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Write your own version of “Fox” in the 1st Person, from the POINT OF VIEW of one of the three main characters- Magpie, Dog or Fox.

This can be presented either as

1. A poster, with accompanying illustrations. 

2. A comic strip as long as each panel is accompanied by at least one sentence written in the first person.

 3. A Picture Storybook (like the original).

Please leave a comment on this post to tell me which option you have chosen (don’t forget to leave your name too!).

1) Write a short piece on your blog, explaining what “friendship” means to you. Who has been a good friend to you? When have you been a good friend to someone else? What does it mean to be a “good friend” to someone?

2) Do you think it’s important to have good friends?

3) Why is Fox described as a ‘flickering tongue of fire’? What does this tell us about the effect he will have on Dog and Magpie.

4) Think of five words that describe Dog, Fox and Magpie.

5) Magpie feels that Fox’s smell fills up the cave. She isn’t really describing his smell, but how she makes him feel. What does this tell you about how she feels about Fox?

6) Why do you think Fox splits up Dog and Magpie? Would he have done this if he had more friends of his own?

7) Why would Fox’s scream be a scream of despair? Why would it be one of triumph?

8)  Do you think Magpie was really good friends with Dog? Why/why not?

Hooray!

 Blog, Blog, Blog 8D! Blog for your life! Have a bloggy time!

 Blog you later!

Yay! The Year 8s almost all have blogs.

I’m whingeing that Miss Pryor is making us write stuff.

To engage in the debate, click Comments, and then Leave A Comment.  Once you have commented, read other comments, and then continue to contribute.

 TOPIC:

“There are more important things than money.”

Friday 3/11 Topic: That those responsible for the Werribee DVD should be sent to prison. Recently a DVD was produced by a group of Melbourne based high school students who refer to themselves as “The Teenage Kings of Werribee”. The film, depicting graphic violence and degradation of people in the Werribee area of Victoria, Australia, caused widespread controversy after excerpts were broadcast by television current affairs program Today Tonight on October 23, 2006, and led to a police investigation about the content. Believed to have been filmed in June 2006, the DVD shows twelve boys – all aged under 18 – making chlorine bombs, harassing a homeless man, throwing eggs at taxi drivers, participating in fights at local parties, and also shows media coverage of incidents that they claim to have been involved in. Most controversially, the footage depicts the group assaulting and humiliating a 17-year-old girl, who has a condition described by The Age as a “mild development delay”. Several of the boys were filmed urinating on the girl, setting her hair on fire, forcing her to participate in sexual activity, and also throwing items of her clothing into the Werribee River, where the incident took place. The girl had previously communicated with two of the boys using MSN Messenger, and had arranged to meet them at a Werribee shopping centre; when she arrived, the group of twelve walked with her to the Werribee River. The DVD was edited and produced for distribution among high schools in Melbourne’s western suburbs, and was reportedly sold for A$5; it included a section of closing credits which listed the full names of all twelve boys. It was labelled as an R18+ (Restricted) film in reference to the Office of Film and Literature Classification rating system, and said it brought to you by the teenage kings of Werribee. No one messes with us, we only mess with them.” It is alleged that the group posted segments of the DVD on YouTube during 2006, with a video viewed over 2500 times. On October 25, the video was removed from the website “due to terms of use violation.”

A number of people have said that, despite the fact that those people responsible for the controversial DVD we’ve seen in the paper’s this week are only teenagers, they should be sent to gaol. Is this right, or should we try to find a better way of dealing with children who do inappropriate things?

Congratulations to 8A who have been working fantastically on their “Holes” Assignments.  I can’t wait to read your work!

Welcome to Holidays 7PC! What has your favourite teacher gone and done? Given you homework! But don’t worry- it’s not too hard, and you can do it in little bits and pieces. 

You’ll need your English Alive textbook, as well as your copy of the “Heros Nomad” novel.

 Read the excerpt from “Heros Nomad” that can be found on pages 2-3 of the English Alive.  Then turn to page 4 and complete the set of related activities.  How easy’s that?

There are 10 activities to complete, and some are shorter than others.  If you have Internet access, you may complete the activities as Blog entries; otherwise, you may do them in your English Exercise book.

 Have a fantastic holiday PCers, and good luck with the tasks!