Extended+Text+-+Purapurawhetu+(External+exam)

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//**Our Extended Text for this standard is the play Purapurawhetu by Briar Grace-Smith. In the exam, you will need to write a 300-400 word essay. This will relate to themes, characters, settings and symbols amongst other things. We will be practicing writing essays that follow this format.**//======

=Website Links=

//**GENERAL**// Firstly, and MOST importantly, here is the link to STUDYIT. There is invaluable information on all aspects of NCEA, but I have added a specific link for this external standard. []

[] This is the New Zealand Book Council entry for Briar Grace-Smith. [] Here is a NZ Herald review of the latest production of 'Purapurawhetu' in Auckland this June. [] A second review of the new production of 'Purapurawhetu'. [] The Theatre Company that produced the original production of 'Purapurawhetu'.
 * //PURAPURAWHETU and BRIAR GRACE-SMITH://**

= = =Background Reading on The Writer's Perspective - Briar Grace-Smith= Here is some information on the writing of Purapurawhetu from Briar Grace-Smith. (This is from a drama resource developed by the New Zealand Ministry of Education.)

= = =Close Reading Questions and Character Sheet= Here are the Close Reading questions that we have been covering in class as we make our way through the text, and a sheet on characters in the play. I will continue to add sheets to this wikispace as we move through the text.



= = =Themes in Purapurawhetu= Here are the questions I asked in class about themes in Purapurawhetu.

Here are themes we looked at, and QUOTES that support these themes. Here is a helpful template that you can fill in with quotes that represent themes in the play.

= = =Setting in Purapurawhetu= Here are notes on setting in Purapurawhetu.

=CHECK OUT 'EXAM PRACTISE QUESTIONS' FOR MORE ON PURAPURAWHETU.=

=="The separate strands of harakeke that make up a weaving are like the structure of a play. The individual voices of the characters and their concerns, like the various strips of flax, each have a different quality or colour."==