Friday - Period 3

Novel issue:  Library borrowing of Michael Gerard Bauer's novel, 'The Running Man'.  Please commence your reading of this text as soon as possible.  Homework:  please read Chapters 1-4 (pages 1-53) by Friday, 06/08/10.


Essay Writing:  Introductions and conclusions revised.  Composition of one paragraph under timed conditions.

Tuesday - Period 3

Essay planning:  in today's lesson you are to form groups to explore one of Dawe's themes.  You need to share the ideas about that theme found in two or more poems, and how he has used language to develop these ideas.  When complete you should then draft an essay plan that reflects your approach to next Monday's in-class assessment task.  This draft essay plan should support any study and preparation you make for the task at home.

Monday - Period 5

"There comes at time when excessive speeding
Takes over the driver at the wheel..." - Momentum

Deconstruction and short analysis of Bruce Dawe's poem, 'Momentum'.  This poem is Dawe's political view of the war in Iraq and is in contrast to the other poems we have studied (subject matter, extended metaphor).

Core ideas found in Dawe's poetry collated:

• female experiences/gender roles
• minutae of life
• relationships
• human psyche

Wednesday - Period 1 & Friday - Period 3

Activities:

Study of Bruce Dawe's poem, 'Drifters'. Annotate, deconstruct and complete summary table. After shared deconstruction you are to compose a paragraph in response to the question: Analyse how Bruce Dawe represents human experiences in his poem, 'Drifters'.