Learning for Tuesday 12 June 2018

Thank you for being a supportive audience on Monday, and to Max, Byron and Jameila for your awesome presentations.  Thank you to Jono and Shannon for your practise introductions and most especially to Jenna for your beautiful mihi.  He tino pai!

I am at a meeting at Grey Main today (Tuesday) and so you will have a reliever and everyone who hasn't yet presented will present on Thursday. 

1. The first part of the lesson is silent reading, using paper books (no chromebooks or phones) - 15 minutes.

2. Then you can spend the lesson practising and polishing your presentation.

3. OR, if you have your presentation all sorted, then it's time to start thinking about the Year 10 English exams.  The activity below is designed to prepare you to write about how Junior feels about his family, and how this connects to your own feelings about family life.  Your relief teacher will have a pack of handouts of pages 150-153 from the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian for you to read.  Then I want you to create a new document called "Exam Revision - Part Time Indian & Family Life" in your English folder, copy these questions and then write your answers.

Questions based on pp.150-153 of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian:

1. Copy the name of the chapter title on page 150.  What does this phrase come from?  (googling to find the answer is allowed!)

2. Why do you think Junior used that particular chapter title here?

3. In your own words, summarise what Junior's Dad did over the Christmas period.

4. Why do you think Junior described his Dad's gift to him as "a beautiful and ugly thing"?

5. What is the name of the chapter title on page 152?

6. Why has Junior given that chapter title?

7. What does Junior think is the worst thing a parent can do to their child?

8. What do you think is the worst thing a parent can do to their child?

9. Write a paragraph describing what Junior loves about his family.  Remember to use the SEXY paragraph writing formula.

10. Write a paragraph explaining how Junior's ideas about what makes a good family are affected by what he sees at Reardon.

11. Write a paragraph evaluating what Junior has taught you about the strengths and weaknesses of different families.  Evaluating means you think about all the options and decide which one convinces you the most and why - you don't have to agree with Junior's perspective, but I want you to use what he wrote as a prompt for thinking about what is important about family life for you personally.