Author: ewackett

Homework: Select and highlight the important quotations from today’s reading and finish the character motivation table (link at bottom of page if you need).

At the finish of today’s class we will have…

• Discussed and completed a CEC on The Unkindest Cut  (Jan 24-25 The Weekend Australian Magazine) by Daisy Goodwin. CEC???

1. What connections can you draw between this article and the play, Inheritance?
2. How does it extend your understanding of the play?
3. In what ways does it challenge your reading of the play

• Looked at an “Allandale Photo Albulm”
• Finished the reading of the play.
• Worked on the character motivation table

Homework: Select and highlight the important quotations from today’s reading

AND…

Open this link The Unkindest Cut  (Jan 24-25 The Weekend Australian Magazine) by Daisy Goodwin. The article explores the feelings of rejection Goodwin experienced on being snubbed in her mother’s will.

Consider…

1. What connections can you draw between this article and the play, Inheritance?
2. How does it extend your understanding of the play?
3. In what ways does it challenge your reading of the play.

Your have two tasks for homework.

1. Make a family tree or character map of the characters.

2. Re-read what we covered in class today and highlight all the significant lines.

Have a nice weekend, see you next week. We will finish our reading of the play next lesson.

What do inner city folk represent?

Today we read to the end of scene 22.

Tonight’s homework is to re-read the scenes and highlight quotes that are representative of the key concerns of the play.

Pauline Hanson is back in the news! Read today’s article at:

Hanson

Homework: Reread today’s scenes and continue to select quotes. Read through the ‘Inheritance’ handout.

Today we read Act 1 Scenes 1-11. 

Homework: Re-read scenes 1-11. Select relevant quotes to highlight. Focus your thoughts on quotes that reflect important information about the characters or are representative of the central concerns of the play.

INHERITANCE CENTRAL CONCERNS:

• Who does the land belong to?
• Inheritance
• Prejudice/self interest
• Duty/Freedom (luck/fortune)
• Family

To fully understand a piece of literature you need a sound understanding of the CONTEXT. Definition: The set or circumstances which allow the setting for an event, statement or idea (or play, novel…) to be fully understood.

Homework:

You are to become the teacher. Choose one of the four context headings (The Mallee, Pauline Hanson, rural issues, Native title).

Develop a presentation and present and teach the class about this area. Due Monday.

This information will form the basis of the class notes and will inform your understanding of the play. Be sure to include some images.

Using Language to Persuade – Textbook

Please complete the following exercises from your textbook

To review your homework task (3 new vocabulary items and sentences, post your three words and your ‘best’ sentence on this wall: http://padlet.com/wall/11wackett

In today’s double, we will finish listening to (and reading) the first story A Temporary Matter in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpretor of Maladies. Fill in the ‘Symbols/motifs/Imagery’ table and also the ‘Changes’ table. Be as detailed as possible. You also need to complete a character list of every character mentioned in this short story. Remember, the more information you put down, the better your resources for your SAC.

(Click on these links if you need a copy of the charts:  A Temporary Matter changes in S and S  and A Temporary Matter Symbols chart)

In our last double next week, you will construct a well written, detailed paragraph using TEEL on who you believe is the most important character in the short story A Temporary Matter  and why.