Journeys

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Wk 4 autobiography and journal and Glog Wk 5/6 : Identity 1234 (Harvey for national anthem and english Resources): Bend it like Beckham: values (below!) and identity.essay! Where did it come from? Public speaking- a speech about identity? values, family etc. Austrlialian symbols and flag Wk 7/8 newspaper and recounts. Newspaper Reports from Harvey English. (Vocab, models and Tale links and BTN (Read the newspaper this week. Pick out a story that interests you and tell us about it, what do you think? ) wk 9: Letters to the editor (Tale) [|Letters to the editor] What gets your goat? Australian challenges- expo (Read some letters to the edior oin your local paper. what are some of the concerns in your community? PUBLIC SPEAKING!! Harvey English wk 10 Exposition : Lams/ 10/11 ( Write an exposition text and sheets in class.

Australian values
Consider what "Australian values" are. The focus on "Australian voices" in this Elective requires an awareness of what it means to be "Australian." Some would argue that this entails respect and honouring of Australian values. _ _ _ __**//Vocabulary://**__ __//Values// -__ __//Principles// -__
 * Pre-Reading Activities:**
 * //Think://** //What values do you see as important to have a good society? Why?//

Description of Australian values
//**From @http://www.immi.gov.au/living-in-australia/values/book/english/lia_english_part1.pdf - p.4**//

"To maintain a stable, peaceful and prosperous community, Australians of all backgrounds are expected to uphold the shared principles and values that underpin Australian society. These values provide the basis for Australia's free and democratic society. They include: While shared to some extent by many other countries, these values and principles have been adapted to Australia's unique setting, shaped and modernised through the settlement in Australia of millions of people from all over the world. Although they may be expressed differently by different people, their meaning remains the same. […] This statement of shared values and principles does not seek to make everyone the same with the same beliefs. In fact, respect for the free-thinking individual and the right to be 'different' are foundations of Australian democracy. The aim is to help new residents understand the basic values that have helped to create a society that is stable but at the same time dynamic; cohesive yet diverse. In Australia, people have many freedoms. However, in taking advantage of these freedoms, everyone is required to obey Australia's laws, which have been put in place by democratically elected governments to maintain an orderly, free and safe society."
 * //(Published in October 2007 - during John Howard's time as Prime Minister)//**
 * respect for the equal worth, dignity and freedom of the individual
 * freedom of speech
 * freedom of religion and secular government
 * freedom of association
 * support for parliamentary democracy and the rule of law
 * equality under the law
 * equality of men and women
 * equality of opportunity
 * peacefulness
 * a spirit of egalitarianism that embraces tolerance, mutual respect and compassion for those in need.

VERY HELPFULLL!!!!! Gap fill exercise and other comments about this : here Also explanation of values.

term 4: Discussion, poetry and essays about literature. __www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au __ Multiculturalism in Australia Australian Visions then: 1,2,3,4 below) (give a speech and write and essay)

Journeys to Australia. 1. Why do people come to Australia? (Mind map then essay from CF)

2. Why did you come to Australia?

3. First do page : Discussion in Harvey wiki

Immigrants at Central Station 4. Poem and study and fill in sheet about a poem by Peter Skrznecki about immigrants waiting to embark.

Poetry Unit of work about Peter

Ideas Rabit Proof Fence unit.

Term 4: Area of Study: Journeys. The Arrival/ discussions about migrants and refugees.

5. The Arrival (Shaun Tan website)

The Arrival with pics The hero's story of immigration to a strange new land, but with the graphic form itself: devoid of known languages, inviting us as readers along on the experience. H is Chinese father immigrated from Malaysia to Australia in 1960. Tan grew up in Perth, where he was in different ways both a born-&-bred native & a stranger there himself. In part the book is inspired by his father’s stories, but //The Arrival// is far more universal.

Questions for The Arrival - journal tasks Discussion Questions & Suggestions • **Favorites**. Which is your favorite illustration or detail & why? • **Strangers**. What does it mean to be a Stranger here? Discuss our hero’s challenges toward finding himself at home in a strange land.

• Alienation to Home. That's a basic arc here. What are the crucial events & elements that eventually allow him to transition from total alienation to finding himself more at home? • Cross-overs. For all his adaptation & assimilation, what (if any) images follow him from his Old Country to the New?

• **Readerly** **Empathy**. Discuss the specific ways the form puts the reader in the hero’s shoes, as it were, making us better empathize with the protagonist / immigrant’s experience. Which did you feel were most affective? • **Universality**. A single immigrant’s story can’t be entirely universal, though the book makes a good faith attempt. What are some of the assumptions & choices it makes with respect to the immigrants themselves, the Old Countries, the New Country, the decisions to leave, and being a Stranger? • **Transitions**. One of the geniuses of this book is Tan’s ability to transition (wordlessly!) into & out of other people’s stories, fluidly changing narrators / point of view & even tense. The blond grocer tells our hero his story, for example, fleeing The Giants with big boots, vacuuming people up. The old man at the assembly line also tells his war story. Talk about that technique & those side stories. • **The Fantastic**. Elements of the aliens lands are merely different shapes (hats, stamps, snowflakes). Others are alien but guessable (food, animals, the postal system). Still other fantastical & allegorical (dragons, giants).Tan tries to walk a fine line between giving us something at once familiar & simultaneously alien. He’s snowed the protagonist (& us!) with elements we don’t recognize & yet //must// navigate. Talk about the use of surreal or fantastic imagery. • **Other Choices**. What other authorial choices did you find particularly interesting? Were there moves that didn’t work for you? • **What is it?** What do you think of this form: a wordless graphic novel? Is this book for adults? Kids? Is it literature? Do you think it deserved to win a general literary award in a category including all traditional books of adult literary fiction?

6. Who are refugees and why should we help them? Let's find out with this BTN news story

Sight about a refugees journey: One woman's journey from Afghanistan

Your journey Digital story of autobiography. And there are some great stories o our own BHIEC website: Refugee Stories

7. Discussion about Austrlia and migration - harvey wiki.

Term 4 Aus identity: Life in Austrlia Dept. of immigration. booklet

Bogans! Austrlian langauge: Austrlialian symbols and flag Austrlian poetry about the land harsh and environments Multiculturalism Essay:

Australian values in your prescribed text
Think about your prescribed text and Australian values. The following questions will help you form statements synthesising your text and Australian values that you can use in your extended response.
 * Who are the **voices** in your text?
 * Are the voices in your text **distinct** from each other? How?
 * Do particular voices in your text reflect or appeal to **Australian values** in their words and actions? Explain your answer.
 * How are you **positioned** in the text to view these voices? Are your positioned to consider any of these voices as breaching Australian values?
 * What is the **most important Australian value** in your text? Explain your answer.