Respond to the following statement:
"Emelia is the real hero of Othello".
Write an introductory paragraph which presents your thesis and at least two main points in support of this. This is to be posted on your blog by 4pm Thursday, October 13th.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Week 4 Task - due Monday 9/5/11
My Daddy’s a Diver
Use the following questions to write a coherent review of the short story, My Daddy’s a Diver, in which you address its effectiveness as a short story, how it relates to the concept of journey and what ideas, attitudes and values underpin the story. Take notes in answer to the following questions and then use these to write an extended response. Finish for homework if necessary and post this to your blog.
1. Use the checklist of short story genre requirements to assess how well the story meets these. Give specific evidence in your response.
2. How well does the story connect with the reader? What emotions or thoughts does it elicit? How effectively does it use language to do this? Give evidence from the story in your response.
3. What ideas, attitudes and values underpin this text? You may have already identified some of these in Question 2.
4. What kinds of journeys do we see evidence of in this story? Explain your answer.
5. How effective is the story as a whole?
Use the following questions to write a coherent review of the short story, My Daddy’s a Diver, in which you address its effectiveness as a short story, how it relates to the concept of journey and what ideas, attitudes and values underpin the story. Take notes in answer to the following questions and then use these to write an extended response. Finish for homework if necessary and post this to your blog.
1. Use the checklist of short story genre requirements to assess how well the story meets these. Give specific evidence in your response.
2. How well does the story connect with the reader? What emotions or thoughts does it elicit? How effectively does it use language to do this? Give evidence from the story in your response.
3. What ideas, attitudes and values underpin this text? You may have already identified some of these in Question 2.
4. What kinds of journeys do we see evidence of in this story? Explain your answer.
5. How effective is the story as a whole?
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Term 2 Week 2 Homework
In class, you read "Sky-high" which was written from the point of view of an adult looking back on a childhood experience and considering where she is now in her life journey. Write about a memory of a childhood event or object (like the experience with the clothes line in Sky-high). You should aim to use language effectively in your description and to incorporate an element of the idea of journey in your writing. Write about 200 words and post this on your blog by 4pm Wednesday April 27th. You should also continue reading "Unpolished Gem" for homework.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Week 3 "Something of Value" by Eric Bogle
Read the poem "Something of Value" by Eric Bogle. You will find it on Blackboard in the folder of Australian poems. Bogle’s poem explores a different view of Australia to that of Advance Australia Fair. Use the following questions to determine the representation in the poem.
1. What criticism does Bogle make of white Australia in the first 5 lines?
2. In what manner was Australia ‘taken’ according to the poet?
3. How did the British justify their taking of Australia?
4. Why should those who came and took Australia have known better?
5. What words were used by the white invaders to describe the aboriginal inhabitants?
6. According to Bogle, what opportunities did the whites have?
7. What is implied by the poet in the rhetorical question at the end of the second verse?
8. In the last verse what does the poet urge Australians to do now and in the future?
9. How is Australia represented in this text?
Post your answers on your blog by 4pm on Monday, February 14.
1. What criticism does Bogle make of white Australia in the first 5 lines?
2. In what manner was Australia ‘taken’ according to the poet?
3. How did the British justify their taking of Australia?
4. Why should those who came and took Australia have known better?
5. What words were used by the white invaders to describe the aboriginal inhabitants?
6. According to Bogle, what opportunities did the whites have?
7. What is implied by the poet in the rhetorical question at the end of the second verse?
8. In the last verse what does the poet urge Australians to do now and in the future?
9. How is Australia represented in this text?
Post your answers on your blog by 4pm on Monday, February 14.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Week 2 Homework
In class, we have been exploring the way texts present a representation of Australia. For homework this week, you are going to listen to an iconic Australian bush ballad "The Man from Snowy River" and watch the accompanying vision. You will find this on Blackboard in the Year 11 English folder for Term 1, National Identity is Represented in texts. How do the poem and this section of the film represent Australia?
You should write three paragraphs. In the first paragraph, explain in detail the representation of Australia and Australian men. In paragraphs two and three give evidence for your judgement from both the words of the poem and from the movie footage.
You should post your paragraphs to your English blog by 4pm on Friday, February 4th.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Homework January 27
Write a paragraph explaining the representation of Australia in the proposal your group has put together for the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Student Olympics. In your topic sentence you should clearly outline the representation and then give evidence of how your proposal will construct this representation.
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