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.