Monday - Period 2, Wednesday - Period 4 & Friday - Period 5

Homework Reminder - You need to have read 'The Running Man' to Chapter 17 by Wednesday, 30/8/12.  Make sure you have the book with you for Wednesday's lesson and be prepared for a post-reading task.

Assessment Task Reminder - Progressive submission due 31st August (Friday Week 7).  FIRST DRAFT TO BE SIGHTED IN FRIDAY'S LESSON.

Monday: (groups to swap for Wednesday's lesson)
Group B - complete work from Friday's lesson on your Weebly.

Group A - 'Identity' poem by Julio Noboa Polanco.  Identity ideas and poetic features examined, in particular Polanco's use of extended metaphor.  Student composition of an identity poem using his poem as a model (see example below).

Friday - Period 4

Feature Articles - Today you will have the choice of feature article you wish to look at.  For either you need to complete the tasks below on your Weebly:

'Postcards of Pride' - read and decide on the identity ideas represented by the composer.  Then design a tattoo of your postcode and accompany it with a paragraph that explains how the location in which you live forms (or does not form) elements of your identity.

'Wristbands' - read and decide on the identity ideas represented by the composer.  Then design 3 wristbands that represent elements of your personality or identity and accompany it with a paragraph that explains how these wristbands represent elements of your identity.

Thursday - Period 1

Today we will make sure all work from Week 5 has been completed.  When finished you will spend time with me looking at how the texts we have studied have bought us both identity ideas and possible narrative styles and structures you could use in your assessment task.

Tuesday - Period 3

Today we will consolidate last week's work by specifically taking a look at the structure of the short stories from last week.  Identification of the structure and language features of these texts will be considered for the possible ideas they may give you for your assessment task narrative.

Homework:  Read Chapters 13-17 of The Running Man by Wednesday, 29th August.

Friday - Period 5

Lesson lost due to History/Geography excursion.

Wednesday - Period 3

Following on from our narrative revision last lesson, we will complete a guiding writing exercise that uses another short story as the model for our writing.

Monday - Period 2

Revision of narrative structure.Narrative Overview

Week 4 Activities

This week you are required to complete all of the tasks below.  You have the choice of when you attempt a particular task, however they must all be completed by the end of Week 4.  Unfinished tasks become homework (with the exception of the tutorial).

• The Running Man - Read Chapters 4-8 for homework and complete the reading journal response (under this post).

• 'Hook Me Up' - The Veronica's (continued)

1. On your Weebly create a sub-page titled 'Hook Me Up'.
2. Insert the YouTube video of the lyrics.
3. Select 4 identity quotes from the text.
4. Record each quote, identify the technique/s it contains, and explain what it says about identity.

• Poem - Kaleidoscope by Vicki Bennet

1. Annotate the poem for its techniques and identity ideas
2. Compose conceptual statements that summarise the identity ideas.
3. Create a collage using Photovisi that represents the poem's key ideas and insert it on your Weebly under a sub-page titled, 'Kaleidoscope'.  

• Short Story - Carpe Diem by Maria Nuttick and My Father's Hands by Calvin Worthington

1. Read both stories
2. Jot down key identity ideas that occur to you after reading
3. Study the style of the story (narrator, characters, flashbacks, structure, dialogue, ending, etc), taking note of how and what works in this narrative.

• Join Mrs Lans for a discussion/revision of short story elements.  This will begin the work needed for your own short story (assessment task).

Weekly Reading Journal - 'The Running Man'

Week 4 Response:  The blurb contains some key ideas: 'uneasy relationships', 'dark secrets', 'judgements' and 'how we cope with tragedy'.  How have these ideas emerged in your reading of Chapters 4-8?  Be specific in your response.

Friday - Period 5

All work on 'Making the Cut' should now be complete.  Finish for homework if needed.

Homework:  Don't forget to post your comment to the weekly reading journal for 'The Running Man'.  Use the tab under the blog heading and follow the Week 3 prompt instructions.

Song Lyric - 'Hook Me Up' by The Veronicas

IN PAIRS:

1. View video and read lyrics
2. Annotate lyrics with the techniques and identity ideas they contain
3. Create as many conceptual statements as you can that represent the identity ideas/messages contained in the text
4. If time, create a new sub-page on your Weebly called, 'Hook Me Up' and insert the video.

Wednesday - Period 3

Group B - Deconstruction and analysis of 'Making the Cut' blog entry

Group A - Weebly tasks:  

1. Create a new page called 'Identity'.  On this page you are to write a paragraph that describes your identity.  Make sure you address your personal, social and cultural identities.  
2. Then create a sub-page called 'Stereotypes'.  On this page type up the two diary entries for ONE of the stereotypes you considered in Week 2.  This character may be one that you incorporate in your own short story about identity in future weeks.
3. Create another sub-page called 'Making the Cut'.  On this page add a link to Zoe Keating's blog entry which you will find here.  Insert a YouTube video of one of her cello performances and photos of Zoe.
4. Finally, using the blog entry we deconstructed on Monday, write a paragraph in response to the question:  How does Zoe Keating define her identity in her blog entry, 'Making the Cut'?  Make sure you make reference to specific examples and the language techniques she uses in her blog post.

Homework:  Don't forget to post your comment to the weekly reading journal for 'The Running Man'.  Use the tab under the blog heading and follow the Week 3 prompt instructions.