Red Space Rocket

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?

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
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?

Goals
Expand vocabulary
Red contemporary fiction

Vocabulary words
The admiral blatantly abused the bogus navigator.

15-minute writing topic: None

First activity: I will be away today, but please continue reading Runner out-loud as a class. I am sure that the teacher you have will be happy to help.

Goals
To write an expository essay

Vocabulary words
The admiral blatantly abused the bogus navigator.

15-minute writing topic: None

First activity
Today, in my absence, you will write the first draft of your 10 Canoes essay.
As you write this, I strongly encourage you to make use of the following resources.
• Your questions and answers about the film.
• My guide to writing an expository essay: text response.
• The summary of the movie.
• Your classmates

Goals
Expand vocabulary
Read contemporary fiction

Vocabulary words
The abstemious woman was abysmal at wrestling but absolved herself from feeling guilty about it.

15-minute writing topic
Wrong Side of the Bed

Focus on physical descriptions

First activity
Continue reading Runner

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?

Goals
Expand vocabulary
Write a formal expository essay

Vocabulary words
The affluent anchorman admonished his brother ad nauseam.

First activity
Today you will write a full plan for one of the following essay topics.

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?

Goals
Expand vocabulary
Write cohesively
Read contemporary fiction

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

15-minute writing topic
The Close Shave
This story will be written entirely in the present tense.
First activity
Continue reading Runner

Goals
Expand vocabulary
Ability to write an expository essay

Vocabulary words
The agile angel stood with arms akimbo and listened to the affidavit.

15-minute writing topic
Polyglot

First activity
What do we know about essay structure?

Second activity
Walking through my guide to the structure of an expository essay

Goals
Read contemporary fiction
Expand vocabulary

Vocabulary words
The affluent anchorman admonished his brother ad nauseam.

First activity
Continue reading Runner

Goals
Expand vocabulary
Read contemporary fiction
Write cohesively

Vocabulary words
The agile angel stood with arms akimbo and listened to the affidavit.

15-minute writing topic
The True Friend

First activity
Continue reading Runner

Goals
Respond to imaginative texts
Expand vocabulary

Vocabulary words
The amiable uncle ran amok in the anecdote.

15-minute writing topic
Polyglot

First activity
Finish of working on the comprehension and culture questions in response to 10 Canoes.

10 Canoes Extended Questions

I’ll see how we are progressing with this work, but I would expect that most students will have finished their draft responses by the end of class on Friday afternoon.

Goals
Respond to imaginative texts
Expand vocabulary
Vocabulary words
The author used an archaic word to describe the arachnid on the arable land.

First activity
Continue working on Ten Canoes extended questions

10 Canoes Extended Questions

I’ll see how we are progressing with this work, but I would expect that most students will have finished their draft responses by the end of class on Friday afternoon.

Goals
Expand vocabulary
Read contemporary imaginative texts

Vocabulary words
The author used an archaic word to describe the arachnid on the arable land.

First activity
Continue reading Runner together.