You will be writing your assessment piece on conflict under test conditions in the first week of next term.
During the break, you need to complete a practice expository essay and email it to me. The details inthis document.
Leave a comment here if you have any questions. I’ll answer all questions within a day.
This task is due next Tuesday. The date then is August 18th, 2009
Retell a section of Raymond Carver’s story So Much Water So Close to Home.
Instead of being Claire’s story, your version will be Stuart’s story.
It must be between 600 and 800 words long. Do not make it either shorter or longer.
Write this neatly on loose paper.
I will not give everyone time in class to type this. It does not need to be typed. Neat writing is just fine.
This is as assessment piece. Please make sure that it is your best writing. Carefully check all your spelling and grammar.
LANGUAGE ANALYSIS: LANGUAGE TO PERSUADE
The very first thing you should do is write a plan. Here is the format.
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Choose one story from Tim Winton’s Scission.
Answer the following questions in full sentences.
Please type up your work or write in very neatly and clearly.
Use quotations in your answers to effectively prove your point.
1. From whose point of view is this story told? Is it first person or third person? (around two lines)
2. How does the story start (in your own words)? (five to ten lines)
3. What is each major character like? (fifteen to twenty lines)
4. What are the main events in this story? (five to ten lines)
5. What is the climax of this story? (around six lines)
6. What do you notice about the style of this story? (around six lines)
7. What do you think is the main theme of this story? (around six lines)
8. What is the point of the title of the story? (around six lines)
This work is due on Thursday 7th May 2009. Please hand this work in to me in Room Q2 during session three.
I remind students of Power of English that your chapter adaptations from Missing are due on Monday 26th April.
To be complete your work must be saved on the Red Space Rocket wiki.
Choose a poem from this site. It can be anything you like.
Memorise between six and twelve lines of your poem. You’ll be reciting this to me and the class next Wednesday.
If you have any questions about any of the work you are doing over the holidays please leave a comment here and I’ll post a comment with my reply.
Your questions for Act One of Macbeth are due on Monday 11th.
I hope to have these corrected and back to you on Wednesday.
We started this task in class today and now you need to finish it as homework. Your telling of this story should be finished on the wiki by Friday 26th July.
Here is the Macbeth Introduction if you want to check it for names and events.
Follow this link for the full description and the place to finish your work.
My Macbeth – Red Space Rocket Wiki
This assignment is due by the start of school on Thursday 12th June. The full description is here.
Only one person can do each topic and you need to claim your topic on the forum.
Here are some of the remaining topics. You’ll need to claim yours on the forum. Do a quick check to see that no-one has beaten you to it while you are there.
Appeasement
Code breakers
Fascism in Italy
Occupation of France
President Roosevelt
Structure of the Germany armed forces
The Resistance in France
Women, the war effort and Rosie the Riveter.
We started this work in class. Please post your completed work on the wiki by Friday 6th June.
This task is due next Friday 23rd of May. You work is on the wiki and that’s where I’ll mark it from.
Just a quick reminder that the following homeworks tasks are due to be completed soon.
English: Write me a picture. Due this Wednesday.
Geography: One hint in case of a volcanic event. (post this to the forum). Due next Monday.
History: The Lang Plan – DUE NOW.
Jack Lang
NSW Premier from 1925 – 1927 and 1930 – 1932
Believed selfish capitalists and banks caused The Depression.
Wanted to refuse to pay debts to English banks and use money for social welfare programs in Australia.
He was dismissed by the NSW Governor in 1932.
HOMEWORK ACTIVITY
Answer either of the following on the forum.
Why would some people support the Lang Plan?
Why would other people be against the Lang Plan?
More information
Jack Lang Biography
The Crisis – Wikipedia
Government Response to The Depression
In class you all picked a photo or drawing from a newspaper article.
The aim was the write a detailed description of this image that you could use to explain it to someone who could not see it.
Here are some of the things you might describe about the photo.
Who? What is the gender, age, height, colouring, height etc of any people in the photo.
Where? Where is this image taken? Is it on the street, the beach, in the sky, in a pool, in the ocean, or somewhere else?
Colours? What are the key or striking colours in this image? Or it is black and white or washed out?
What size are things? Are they especially big or small?
How many? Can you see one person or one hundred?
Mood? Is the photo exciting, cheerful, bleak?
What is the focus? Are some elements in focus and others out of focus? Even if everything is in focus what is the subject or point of the image?
Arrangement? How are things placed? Are they in a bunch or a row or a circle or scattered.
Finally write this into an engaging and interesting description of the photo. Pick up the key points and paint a picture in the mind of your reader.
Please post your finished work to the forum by Wednesday May 14.
