November 2019
Task 1: argument analysis
Exploring evidence, facts and figures
- What is the evidence?: What are the facts: What are points of view? Identify “hard” and “soft” evidence, experts, statistics, people stories.
- References:
- Red Book: “P Plate extensions overdue”: Exercise 20, p. 31
- Red Book: “Editorial Sharing the Fat load?” Exercise 27, p. 38
- Red Book: “Support Animal Lives,” Exercise 36, p. 48
- Red Book: “Animal testing: a necessary evil? Exercise 34, p. 46
- Green Book: Read pp 6-7; Exercise 6 on p. 8
- Skills: advanced comprehension, reasoning and analytical skills; essay-writing skills (evidence)
- Links: Red Workbook Tasks
The technique of comparison
- The Red Book: page 36: Exercise 25
The Red Book: page 37, Exercise 26 - The Green Book: pages 33 and 34: Exercise 20 and 21
- Use the technique of comparison in your own essays
Task 2: essays
Writing a point-of-view essay:
- Essay topic 1: Main contention: the government must implement strict regulations to safeguard children from exploitation in the gambling industries
- The rebuttal; Some say that parents should be free to choose their leisure and entertainment activities.
- Essay topic 2: Should Police use body cameras to control crime? Write two body paragraphs
- Write a rebuttal (refer to the articles; use evidence and quotes; use comparisons (See Yellow Book: p. 15
References
- Yellow Book: Exercise 25, p. 55
- Yellow Book: in transit program, exercise 22, p. 51
- Yellow Book: Start times at school, Exercise 22, p. 48-49
- Yellow book: 9 year old children on public transport, Exercise 19, p. 45
- See Yellow Better Essay and Yellow Book: How can I improve my persuasive essays
- Skills; essay-writing skills; vocabulary extension; evidence; sophisticated use of persuasive devices.
Task 3: editorials
- Please read and re-read the articles and learn some nice words and phrases
- The Age: “Get Technology right for Naplan”
- The Age: “Young lead way on climate action”
- The Age: articles on Police Body Cameras
- The Age; article on religious bigotry
- Skills: advanced comprehension; vocabulary building; sophisticated written expression; argument analysis; essay writing skills
Task 4: vocabulary
Exploring words and phrases: please go over the following words. Choose 5 to learn in a sentence.
- Swathed: wrapped around
- To garner – to collect, deposit, to store..
- To infiltrate- to filter into or through
- Inveigh against – to attack strongly in words, to attack vehemently in words , speak violently – abusive speech
- to Coerce – to restrain or constrain by force law or authority; compel to do something
- Ostracise- to banish (without trial ) and exclude
- Akin – related or alike – partaking of the same property
- Daubed- to cover with or coat with to spread over something
- Denunciation – – open harsh criticism of something that was bad or ..
- Denounce – to inform or to inveigh against; accuse publicly; to give notice of intention to withdraw
- Inexplicable: cannot be explained
- Qualms – worries and concerns
- Condescension – supercilious
- Perpetuity – lasting forever
- Newfangled: changing
- To justify – to condone, to rationalise – to normalise
- Nonchalant: coolly unconcerned, indifferent, casual unexcited
- Insouciant: carefree and unconcerned
- Rueful: – sympathetic; causing sorrow, pitiable
- Inarticulate: unable to express oneself
- Incoherent: disjointed unclear not making sense
- Baleful: menacing pernicious
- Affront: insult
- Cavalier: haughty disdainful supercilious ill-concerned diffident casual
- Supercilious: haughtily disdainful or contemptuous
Task 5: Work on texts and poems
Poem: The Puzzle : Erin Hansen
Task: Using poetic terms to analyse the poem: extended metaphors
Fly Away Peter by David Malouf
Read the first two to three chapters: Keep reading
Analysing comparisons: There are numerous comparisons in the first three chapters. Choose a comparison and analyse the similarities and differences.
- Characters: Father and Son
- Characters: Jim and Ashley
- Different attitudes to landscape and to birds.
Character descriptions: write a father-and-son or mother-and-daughter story; try to capture the sense of difference between the two characters. Include some dialogue, some stand-out phrases or sayings that capture the essence of both.
- The father stands for tradition and habit; the son for change and progress. The father is abrupt and gruff; the son is fluid and flexible.
- There is a sense of hurt that exists between them.
- Think about the images: metaphors, similes.
- Try to capture their idiosyncratic traits.
Poems and other texts
To be advised (such as The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Lord of the Flies, A Christmas Carol and excerpts in class). Super advanced comprehension and reasoning skills; narrative devices.
- Bruce Dawe: Drifters
- Gwen Harwood: Suburban Sonnet
Task 6: Grammar
- Sentence elements, subject, predicates, objects and phrases, pp 41-46
- Sentences: phrases and clauses and punctuation pp 52 – 55, p. 72-73
- Nominalisation, p. 51
- Listing devices, p. 56
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