WHALE RIDER

with Oscar-nominated Keisha Castle-Hughes as Pai

Contents
Teaching Guide			Study Guide
Introduction		3	Study Record		2
Suggested teaching plan		4	Initial Quiz		4
Resources		5	Examining the Plot		4
Plot		6	Plot Summary		5
Initial Quiz Answers		7	Narrative Structure		6
Narrative Structure		8	Close Reading Task sheets		7
Approaches to Scene Analysis		11	Designing a Film		15
Motifs and Symbols		12	Examining the Setting		16
Scene by Scene commentary		13	Characterisation		17
Analysis: Opening Sequence		23	Themes		20
Linking Beginning and End		26	From Book to Film		21
Close Reading Answers		27	Adapting the Book		22
Designing the Film		40	Anacrostic		24
Setting		41	Word Search		26
Character Notes		43	Useful Quotations		27
Cast and Crew Notes		45	Glossary of Maori Words		29
Themes		48	Complex Makeup of a Movie		30
Adapting the Book		50	Scene List		31
Extension Suggestions		52	Work sheets		33
Puzzle Answers		53
Interesting Trivia		56
Cast List & Awards		57
Unit outline		58
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