11-27/11-28 2006 Absalom Days Promotion

Lesson:
Quiz on the story. If absent, make sure you make this up.

We had a small group debate on issues raised in the story. If absent, please expand on these questions. Back as many answers as you can by referring to the text of the story.


1. What decisions would you have made in Absalom DayÂ’s position? Why?
2. Are executions a deterrent to crime? What do you say? What would the author say?
3. Is violence a natural human behavior?
4. What are some examples of Social Darwinism (survival of the fittest applied beyond biology to society) at work in our society today?

We worked on our Bush Ballads. Check in with your group before next class to practice your part.

I turned back the Rabbit Proof Fence CIM Papers. I will be available during Projects class FOR THIS WEEK ONLY to work on rewrites. You must attend one of these sessions to do a rewrite. With a rewrite you may earn back any CIM points that were lost.

Homework:
Read “The Drover’s Wife”
You can read this on -line at:
http://whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors/L/LawsonHenry/prose/billyboils_2/droverswife.html
Answer the questions on the study guide. (this can be found on the assignments page)

There will be a quiz next class.

Extra credit options:
Baking (recipes found on poem sheet)
Convict diary (pick this up in class)
Articles and questions (pick this up in class)