Term 2 Week #2

Some questions from two stories in Growing up Asian in Australia.

 Hot n Spicy (p. 81)

 

·         What aspects show us that Albert is an ‘average’ kid?

·         How does Albert feel about his own food? His own culture? Make sure you use evidence from the novel.

·         Why do think Albert wants ‘Aussie Food’?

·         What are some of the representations about Australians, Immigrants in the story?

·         What journey is being represented in the story? Use evidence from the text to support your discussion.

·         What values, attitudes and beliefs are being expressed? Use evidence from the text to support your discussion.

 How to be Japanese? (p. 227)

•  What message or purpose does the author have in writing this story?

•  What journey is the protagonist on? Explain with examples?

•  What are some of the obstacles she faced on this journey?

•  How (techniques) has the author presented this to us?

 •          What values, attitudes and beliefs are being expressed? Use evidence from the text to support your discussion.

 

Term 2 Week 4

In pairs, choose one of the stories from the section, Pioneers, and answer the following questions. Be prepared to discuss with the class.

Pioneers

“The sum total of what I knew about Australia came to three things: it had an opera house, kangaroos and Australians spoke the dreaded English.” Simon Tong.

            Each of the stories in Pioneers looks at the first members of the family to leave the homeland and journey to Australia.  Each comes with differing hopes, dreams and reasons for their leaving their homeland. What they expected and what they have lost become major themes in the tales.

 DIY

1.    Do the second generation of migrants have an easier time than the first? 

2.    Why do the pioneers choose to come to Australia? Do you think that their reasons are always clear, even to them?

3.    How do the pioneers’ lives change when they come to Australia?

4.    What elements do they choose to bring with them when they migrate? And which do they reject? Why?

5.    What tricks do the pioneers learn to assist them in belonging to Australian culture?