Note: NSW government schools register for the videoconference and submit questions by Friday 27 February 2009. All students can consider questions for authors this week.
Rap point 3
The composers of the texts included in this rap convey ideas about belonging or not belonging through a variety of language modes, forms, features and structures.
Consider one or both of these quotations:
… you’ll find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly upon our own point of view. ~ Obi Wan Kenobi, Return of the Jedi
… That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Explain how the composer of your text positions the reader in relation to notions of belonging. Comment on:
- To what extent does the reader belong, or not belong, to the text?
- Is there value to be gained from alternative readings of the text?
Compose and post a response consisting two paragraphs for each part of the question.
The Planning and program activities will help you with this response.
Post your response
HSC Belonging blog to the rap blog once you have proofed the final message. You or your class group might like to respond to the responses from other rappers via the rap blog.
Focus question: optional (This requires an extended response and could be completed as a follow up activity after engaging with Rap points 1, 2 and 3).
Referring to your prescribed text and at least one of the texts presented in the rap, respond to the following question:
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody. ~ Mother Theresa
How has study of your prescribed text and your chosen text(s) expanded your understanding of the significance of belonging?
*In your response, consider the ways in which composers convince us of the significance of belonging. |
