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Area of Study: Journeys

Related material suggestions

Choosing related material

They should be readily accessible. They aren't too long when you have lots of other things to read. They will also offer you the chance to make a more thoughtful and individual response to an Area of Studies question.

Avoid choosing the same text types, especially two films.

When you think about choosing a text as related material, consider:

the nature of the journey
the challenges the journey throws up
the rewards of undertaking the journey
the changes in the person(s) who undertake the journey
the relationship to your Prescribed Text, and
the relationship to the Stimulus Booklet texts.

You need to make notes under the following headings:

· Structures of texts

· Language forms and features

· Meaning created by the composer and how it has been made (or shaped) by choices about:

Structures of texts

Language forms and features

· An understanding of your response to each text because of

Meaning created by the composer and how it has been made (or shaped) by choices about:

Structures of texts

Language forms and features

· The connections between the texts studied. In relation to meaning and how meaning has been made.

Follow this link to a blank worksheet you can work with.

Some suggested resources

Please note that there is no order to these suggestions.

These are suggestions that will enable you to show what you know and can do.

Follow the link for a worksheet to use with you prescribed texts and your related material.

You will find it easier to work with a text you like and which has obvious connections to your other texts.

Fiction:

Physical	Inner	Imaginative
a	a		Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career	http://www.middlemiss.org/lit/authors/franklinm/franklinm.html
a	a		Khaled Hossein, The Kite Runner	http://www.khaledhosseini.com/
a	a		Yann Martel, Life of Pi	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yann_Martel
	a	a	John Banville, Galileo	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Banville
	a	a	John Banville, Kepler	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Banville
		a	Arthur Koestler, The Sleepwalkers	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Koestler
a	a		Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Defoe
a	a		Geraldine Brooks, March	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Brooks
	a	a	Peter Carey, Not the real Japan	http://www.middlemiss.org/lit/authors/careyp/careyp.html
a	a		J D Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.D._Salinger
a	a	a	Joseph Conrad, The Heart of Darkness	http://members.tripod.com/~JTKNK/
a	a		James Marshall, Walkabout	http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/marshall.htm
a	a		J G Ballard, Empire of the Sun	http://www.jgballard.com/index.php
a	a		Tim Winton, Blueback	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Winton
a	a	a	Paul Coehlo, The Alchemist	http://www.paulocoelho.com/engl/index.html
a	a		Simon Nasht, The Last Explorer	http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2006/1557571.htm
	a	a	Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Carroll
a	a	a	Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels	http://www.jaffebros.com/lee/gulliver/
a	a	a	Raimond Gaita, Romulus, My Father	http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/atbooks/gaita.htm
a	a	a	Ian McEwan, Atonement

Non fiction:

Physical	Inner	Imaginative
a	a	a	Ernesto 'Che' Guevra, The Motorcycle Diaries Diaries by the revolutionary 'Che' Guevara about a journey through South America before he became world famous.
a	a		Sam and Jenny Bailey, Head Over Heels True story of a rural couple dealing with serious disbility.
		a	Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything Known as a travel writer/social commentator, Bryson has written an entertaining book about our origins and science.
		a	Peter Doherty, The Beginner's Guide to Wi8nning the Nobel Prize Australian Nobel Prize winner examines what it takes to be a Nobel Prize winner in modern times.
a	a		Karen Blixen, Out of Africa Noted Danish author's memoir of her time in Africa.
a	a		Lincoln Hall, Dead Lucky The story of the mountaineer who almost lost his life on Everest.
a			Sarah Macdonald, Holy Cow Sarah Macdonald is a young Sydney journalist who has written a number of books about her travels. This one is set in India.
a	a	a	Li Cunxin, Mao's Last Dancer A bestselling autobiography about the decision to leave revolutionary China and settle in Australia to pursue a career in classical ballet.
	a		Josh Grogan, Marley and Me Charming story of a family and their badly behaved dog. Josh is a journalist and the book charts the changes in his career as well as the battle to tame Marley.
a	a		Sarah Turnbull, Almost French Autobiography of a young journalist's decision to move to France to be with her partner. Examines the problems associated with the move socially, professionally and personally.
a	a		Peter Fitzsimmons, Kokoda Highly successful account of the struggles of Australian soldiers on the infamous Kokoda Track in New Guinea during World War II. Fitzsimmons is a Sydney based journalist in both radio and newspapers.
a	a		Lt. Col. Jay Kopelman, From Baghdad With Love An unusual biography of a soldier who finds a dog in the war zone of Iraq and the lengths he and other soldiers go to in order to save the dog. Sentimental passages offset by the realities of the war.
	a		Adeline Yen Mah, Falling Leaves Bestselling account of growing up in Mao's China.
	a		Sally Collings, Sophie's Journey The story of Sophie Delizio and her family in their struggle to deal with the difficulties that they confront.
	a		Jacqueline Pascarl, Since I was a Princess Autobiography of a woman whose children were taken back to Malaysia by their father when the marriage broke down. Jacqueline is a professional journalist who has recently re-established contact with her now adult children.
a	a		Gemma Sisia, St Jude's Autobiography of a young Australian who set up a school in Tanzania in order to make a difference to children's lives.
	a	a	Jean Dominique Bauby, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Truly amazing when you think that this book was dictated by blinking the one part of this man's body that worked: his eye. Inspirational in his pleasure in life and triumph over his difficulties through the exercise of his memory and his imagination.
	a	a	Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking A short but impressive account of coping with grief by a pre-eminent American writer and journalist who lost her husband and daughter in the same year. Also a play. This is not confronting but it is a touching and mature book for students.
a	a		Skye Bortoli, Eco-Warrior A teenager becomes and international campaigner for the environment.

Graphic novels and picture books:

Physical	Inner	Imaginative	Do some research on the making of the text if you want to use these for Imaginative Journeys
a	a	a	Shaun Tan, The Arrival http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/fiction/authors/at20.htm#tan
a	a	a	Art Speigleman, Maus http://web.archive.org/web/20011102065706/http://arts.ucsc.edu/derek/Art.html
a	a	a	Keiji Nakazawa, Barefoot Gen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiji_Nakazawa
	a	a	Jeannie Baker, Window http://archive.amol.org.au/theaustralianfamily/pbf/profile_jeaniebaker.htm
a	a		Gary Crew and Shaun Tan, Memorial http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/fiction/authors/at20.htm#tan http://www.home.gil.com.au/~cbcqld/crew/biog.htm
	a	a	Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Carroll

Film:

Physical	Inner	Imaginative	Do some research on the making of the text if you want to use these for Imaginative Journeys
a	a		Castaway, dir. Robert Zemekis http://www.foxhome.com/castaway/index_frames.html
a	a		Beneath Clouds, dir. Ivan Sen http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/review/film/s560610.htm
a	a		Nowhere in Africa, dir. Caroline Link http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/film.php?directoryname=nowhereinafrica
a	a		Motorcycle Diaries, dir. Walter Salles http://www.motorcyclediariesmovie.com/
a	a		Transamerica, dir. Duncan Tucker http://www.transamerica-movie.com/
a	a		World's Fastest Indian, dir. Roger Donaldson http://www.worldsfastestindian.com/
a	a		The Pianist, dir. Roman Polanski http://www.thepianistmovie.com/
a	a	a	Shackleton, dir. Charles Sturridge (TV)
a	a		March of the Penguins, dir. Luc Jacquet http://wip.warnerbros.com/marchofthepenguins/
a	a		Touching the Void, dir. Kevin Macdonald http://www.haro-online.com/movies/touching_the_void.html
a	a		Grave of the Fireflies, dir. Isao Takahata (anime) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_of_the_Fireflies
a	a	a	Lucky Miles, dir. Michael James Rowland http://www.infilm.com.au/reviews/luckymiles.html
a	a	a	Space Odyssey 2001, dir. Stanley Kubrick http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film)
	a	a	Evita, dir. Alan Parker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evita _(film)
a	a		Brokeback Mountain, dir. Ang Lee http://www.brokebackmountainmovie.com/
	a	a	Sixth Sense, dir. M. Night Shyamalan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sixth_Sense
	a	a	Pleasantville, dir. Gary Ross http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasantville_(film)
a	a	a	Run Lola Run, dir. Tom Tykwer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_Lola_Run
	a	a	Fight Club, dir. David Fincher http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_Club_(film)
a	a	a	Into the wild, dir. Sean Penn
	a	a	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, dir. Julian Schnabel
	a		The Black Balloon, dir. Elissa Down http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2162605.htm

Note: the director - 'dir.' - is the recognised composer, although many people are involved in the making of a film.

Online resources

The links are suggestions only.

Some come from the ABC's Australian Story and others from Andrew Denton's Enough Rope and Four Corners. All programmes provide stories that will enable you to explore journeys - the challenges, the frustrations and the rewards.
Some stories come from the 60 minutes website. This is not as easy to use so be patient.
The people are largely Australian. Their experiences and achievements are significant. The events are a part of our political and cultural history.
You can download the transcripts of these shows to study. Remember, that a transcript is a text type, with its own distinctive features. Some programmes provide podcasts and RSS feeds.
If you watch these programmes, you will have the advantage of seeing how the programme was presented to the viewing audience as well as having the transcript to study.

When you think about choosing a text as related material, consider:

the nature of the journey
the challenges the journey throws up
the rewards of undertaking the journey
the changes in the person(s) who undertake the journey
the relationship to your Prescribed Text, and
the relationship to the Stimulus Booklet texts.

Whatever related material you chose, you will need to deconstruct each piece for the following:

Structures of texts
Language forms and features
Meaning created by the composer and how it has been made (or shaped) by choices about:

You will also need to be able to show an understanding of your response to each text as a consequence of

Meaning created by the composer and how it has been made (or shaped) by choices about:
Structures of texts
Language forms and features
The connections between the texts studied in relation to meaning and how meaning has been made.

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michael Oondaatje's latest novel and an overview of his career

http://www.smh.com.au/news/books/michael-ondaatjes-neverending-story/2007/05/03/1177788276873.html

Long Journey, Young Lives (ABC)

This is an interactive multimedia text on the ABC website (www.abc.net.au) that brings together the stories of many children with varied experiences.

http://www.abc.net.au/longjourney/index_flash.html

The Kokoda Track, New Guinea, was a major battle site for World War 2 soldiers. It is visited today as an endurance experience for many people including young, troubled youths.

* http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/nsw/content/2006/s1908762.htm

http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Flag-burner-walks-Kokoda-Track/2007/04/18/1176696877774.html

http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/asfaras/kokoda.html