The Amazing Spencer Gray ~ End of Year Project

Once you have read the novel, you will have the choice of what you can do as your end of year project. Enjoy having the freedom to be as creative as you like.

Task 6 ~ Creating a monologue to perform

You have come across some wonderful characters this year in English. Now is the time for you to choose one character to create your monologue.

Think carefully about an interesting incident your character has been in and how you will be able to engage your audience in your presentation.

I’m looking forward to seeing your performances.

Task 5 ~ Letter to a poet

I hope you enjoy reading lots of different poems to make your final choice for your letter task. Don’t forget that you have to complete some research about your poet as well.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

When you have finished reading your novel, have a look at the official Roald Dahl website. There are lots of interesting things on there for you to read and learn.

Some of you may like to read another of his novels. This will be very useful when you are writing your essay as you will have other examples to draw on and make comparisons with.

Blueback by Tim Winton

I hope you have enjoyed reading this novel. Use the links I’ve found to find out some interesting facts about Tim Winton. Then you are going to come up with some questions to ask him about the novel and then we will post them to him. Hopefully he will write back to us with some answers.

Spelling Test 4

The next spelling test is on words you will be using in the writing of your film review for Task 3.

representation
character
relationship
dialogue
technical
protagonist
antagonist
appearance
cue
queue

Task 3 ~ Film Study

For Task 3 you are going to be viewing the Australian film Oddball. Before you watch the film, I would like you to read about the town of Warrnambool, the Maremma dog and the little penguin. If you look under Task 3 ~ Film Study, you will find some links to help you with your research. Please make sure you take lots of handwritten notes.