Wednesday - Period 5

Lesson lost due to History/Geography excursion.

Friday - Period 5 & Tuesday - Period 2

In these lessons we will read and respond to our next short story - 'Cinderella, Inc'.  In this story the author, Christopher Anvil, writes about a future time where we can physically transform ourselves through surgery to assume new and completely different physical identities.  This story raises the issue of how we (and others) perceive our identity based on our looks.

You will use the short story response questions in your book and post responses on your Weebly.

Monday - Period 3 & Wednesday - Period 4

Now that our initial activities for the beginning of the year are out of the way (spelling and comprehension tests, Weebly setup) we will be concentrating on the concept of 'identity'.

The PowerPoint we viewed gave us some basic ideas around identity.  We will look at a range of short stories that deal with different aspects of identity and look at the composer's message about identity.  Each will make comments about the importance of identity through the story they tell.

We will start by looking at Maria Nuttick's short story, Carpe Diem.  In this story an old woman, Bitsy, spends her day completely out of character.  For this, and all the texts we study, we will address the following questions:
1.      In no more than 3 sentences write a synopsis (outline) of the plot.  (What is the story about?)

2.     List the personal, social and cultural identity details of the protagonist (main character).  This can be done in point form.

3.     What words, phrases and sentences are in the text that describe or allow us to recognise the identity of the protagonist?

4.     Identify the language techniques in the examples you find for question 3.

5.     How does the composer want us to feel about the protagonist/antagonist?

6.    What lesson/s do we learn about ‘identity’ from this story?