The risqué politician went through the usual rigmarole of media attention for consorting with riffraff.
Rewrite this sentence replacing the words in bold.
Change the sentence around if you need to.
As you might know, I am heading off on a school trip this week and so I won’t be able to run the master-class activities. Happily, Miss Jones has stepped into the breach and will do this week’s activities.
So I’d encourage people to take part. Since I’ve gone to the trouble of begging and pleading with her, you should go to the trouble of making her efforts worthwhile.
On Tuesday, I will still be away and you will have a replacement teacher. For the double session, you will be watching a recent Australian film called Bran Nue Dae. Next term, we will be comparing this film to 10 Canoes, which we are working on at the moment.
On Thursday and Friday, you will have a replacement teacher, too. You will also have a collection of news articles about language and language change. Each article has between five and ten comprehension questions that go with it. I expect that you will read at least one article and fully answer all the questions for that article in each session. I also expect that some of your work quickly enough to respond to two articles each session.
On Monday morning, you will have 100 minutes under test conditions to complete your essay about our context: family.
You can bring in a copy of Montana 1948, a dictionary, handwritten notes, and any printed notes that I have given you.
I strongly encourage you to carefully read the sample context response. It’s not perfect, but it will give you a good idea of what a finished Year 11 response should look like.
Later in the week, as discussed, I will not be conducting our regularly scheduled sessions, as I will be away on a school trip. You can use this time to work on other subjects.
On Monday, we are going to spend the entire one-hundred minutes reading Runner. With any luck, will be finish the book. That’s certainly what I am aiming for.
On Tuesday, you will have a replacement teacher. You will also have a collection of news articles about language and language change. Each article has between five and ten comprehension questions that go with it. I expect that you will read at least one article and fully answer all the questions for that article. I also expect that some of your work quickly enough to respond to two articles.
On Wednesday, I will still be away and you will have another replacement teacher. For the double session, you will be watching a recent Australian film called Bran Nue Dae. We will watch this film again next term on the big screen before we study it formally.
I know that our school has a handful of students on a cultural exchange in Japan at the moment, and two in particular from my classes, Tomb and Shaun. So, I thought I’d put this entry up in case any of these students feel like saying a quick hello to us back here in Australia, or – I guess – vice versa.
Here is a really interesting article about study habits. I’d be very surprised if you didn’t find it interesting.
Forget What You Know About Good Study Habits
Since some of you missed class today, here are some resources that you should print off and consider.
Goals
Write an expository essay in response to a text
Vocabulary words: None
15-minute writing topic: None
First activity
Under test conditions, you will write the good copy of your essay in response to the film 10 Canoes.
1. To what extent are gender roles in 10 Canoes similar to those in mainstream Australia today?
2. To what extent are the people’s skills in 10 Canoes similar to those possessed by people in mainstream Australia today?
3. To what extent are the tools in 10 Canoes similar to those in mainstream Australia today?
4. To what extent is the practice of justice in 10 Canoes similar to practices in mainstream Australia today?
5. To what extent are rituals surrounding death in 10 Canoes similar to those in mainstream Australia today?
Rewrite this sentence without, replacing the words in bold with other words that keep a similar meaning.
The bourgeois artists’ presents were a boon to the nascent painter.
Then…
Create your own sentence that uses bourgeois, boon and nascent.
Goals
To write an expository essay
Vocabulary words
The abstemious woman was abysmal at wrestling but absolved herself from feeling guilty about it.
15-minute writing topic
None
First activity
Today, with my help, you will review the draft of your 10 Canoes essay. The point of this exercise is to see which elements you have included and how well these points work.
You will be completing your good copies tomorrow under test conditions. Although you will not be able to talk to one another, this is an open-books task and you can access your notes.
Goals
Analyse a text for issues.
Expand vocabulary
Vocabulary words
The bourgeois artists’ presents were a boon to the nascent painter.
15-minute writing topic: None
First activity
Discuss the film My Sister’s Keeper, and make note of the ways in which is demonstrates issues relating to family.
In less that one hundred words, write a complete story in the present tense. Your story should have one or more characters, a problem and a resolution.
Goals
View text and collect information about the theme of family
Vocabulary words: None
15-minute writing topic: None
First activity
We will watch the feature film My Sister’s Keeper in the Drama Centre. Because this film is slightly longer than the double session, you will need to be there at 1.20: ten minutes before the end of lunch.
Goals
Write cohesively and grammatically valid sentences
Expand vocabulary
Read contemporary fiction
Vocabulary words
The bourgeois artists’ presents were a boon to the nascent painter.
15-minute writing topic
The Dead Body in the River
Focus on describing sounds.
First activity
Continue reading Runner
Second activity
What do we know about essay structure?
