Red Space Rocket

Goals
Expand vocabulary
Write an expository essay

Vocabulary words
The lawyer’s acumen meant that the rowdy robber was acquitted by the jury.

First activity
Today, you will write the first draft of an essay in response to one of these questions. As you write the draft, you can ask me or other people in the class for help.
When it comes to the final version next week, you will be under test conditions and on your own.

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?