Diaries
Week 41
News Stories
Diary Conventions
Practice Diary
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Week 41
News Stories
Diary Conventions
Practice Diary
News
Tell the person next to you about the news story that you have read.
Make sure you
give a good/complete summary of what the story was about
explain why you have chosen this story
be ready to tell the class about it.
We will switch partners a few times before we continue to the Name Picker Wheel.
Written task
An 'imaginative piece' in which you demonstrate your understanding of the course work and a type of text.
Demonstrates that you understand the conventions of many types of texts and that you can manipulate language to produce these text types.
Rationale
Your objectives and how you attempted to achieve them
What were you trying to accomplish? What was your goal when writing this Task? What feelings or ideas are being described?
Specific examples showing how this was done.
Comments on how the task demonstrates an understanding of the literary option(film/information) on which it is based.
This section should directly relate to the novel, film or play from which your Task comes.
Structure & Motive
Discuss with your neighbour whether or not you have ever kept a diary and what your thoughts are on the subject.
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Diaries
Brainstorm with your neighbour:
Discuss with your neighbour whether or not you have ever kept a diary and what your thoughts are on the subject.
What are the conventions of a diary?
What will you typically find in a private diary?
Note at least 5 typical items in a private diary.
What could the reasons be to keep a diary?
Note at least 5 reasons.
Key Elements of a Diary
What is typically included in a private diary?
Gives some indication of time
Description
Reflection
Daily events
Hopes & dreams
Feelings & emotions
Reasons
Why do people keep diaries?
Why might it be beneficial?
Provides insight
Unload the burden
Catharsis:
Process of releasing and letting go
Dreams & ideas develop and grow
Diary Excerpt Analysis
From the excerpt you have, try to:
Guess the gender and age of the writer
Interests
Attitudes towards topics being written about
Reasons for writing
Provide some evidence or justification
Day 983 of my captivity. My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects.
They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets.
Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength.
The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape. In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the carpet.
Choose Your Favorite...
Take the perspective of your favorite....
Athlete
Actor/Actress
Singer/Songwriter
Celebrity
Polititian
Create a Diary entry for that person.
Make sure you write it so that someone can guess, with a bit of thought, who "wrote" it.
What is typically included in a private diary?
Gives some indication of time
Description
Reflection
Daily events
Hopes & dreams
Feelings & emotions
