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Humanities

English

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Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this land - the tyerrernotepanner people.

I respect the elders of the Palawa nation; past, present, and emerging.

Their culture is still around us and it is important to see this.

It always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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Homework

Read one (1, uno, un, satu, один, unu, бір) article and bring it, or a summary, on Wednesday.

ABC News, SBS News, Minecraft news, Science Weekly, Al Jazeera, The Economist, … ANYTHING appropriate!

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Learning Intentions

Students will be able to explain who they are using cryptic clues.

Students will be able to infer from each other’s texts who they are.

Success Criteria

I can think of events and items from my past,
I have written down all of these thoughts,
I have listened to other people's poems,
I can use inference skills to gather little clues,
I have had a guess at whose poem was read out.

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Take a minute to consider this picture. What do you think of?

How much time has past?

Who is there?

What has happened?

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I am from…

Who has told someone ANYTHING about themselves?
Who’s written a poem before?
Who struggles to write poems?

There is a poem structure that allows people to “fill in blanks” with details about themselves. Let’s have a look over it.

I’m going to read my version of this poem. See if you can pick up clues about what my childhood was like.

I am from… by Mr. Miller.

I am from Hot Wheels (a specific item from your childhood home)

from a cricket bat and Mario Kart 64 (two products or objects from your past)

I am from a suburban cottage that I navigated through by myself (a phrase describing your childhood home)

and some bush out the back. (more description of your childhood home)

I am from a bird of paradise and many leafy ferns, (a plant, tree or natural item from your past)

whose presence reflected the sweaty humidity that I swam through every day. (personify that natural item)

I am from a guitar and a notebook (two objects from your past)

from Miller (a family name) and Waldie (another family name).

I am from pride (a family trait or tendency)

and a dark sense of humour (another family trait or tendency)

and from trolls (another family trait, habit or tendency)

from people who always gave a helping hand (another family trait, habit or tendency)

I am from steak dinners (a religious phrase or family tradition)

I am from some kind of Icelandic viking (an ancestor)

and a Scottish scallywag. (another ancestor)

From potatoes and fish (two foods from your family history)

From a WWII plane wreck, saving 150 lives (a specific event in the life of an ancestor)

and from a private investigator who ripped the side panel off of a caravan by accident (another detail from the life of an ancestor)

and from many moments alone with my thoughts of being a stunt person (a memory or object you had as a child).

I am from those moments and from many moments alone with my thoughts of being a stunt person. (conclude by finishing this thought or by repeating a line or idea from earlier in the poem)

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I am from…

Pick one of the poems and write your responses in the Word file that I have just sent to you.

Danna Smith or Anonymous

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I am from…

Write your own ‘I am from’ poem.

In your emails, you will note that this activity has TWO pages. Think about a previous task that we have completed before where we had the same exercise twice.

What can you infer from the above statement???

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Anonymous discussions

I am going to pick a poem at random and let’s see if we can guess who it is.

Any questions for the author?

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Use this time to continue the work on your assignment.

If you’re having issues understanding a location, YouTube: ‘A Day in the Life of ’ and enter your destination.

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