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1. Which types of mentor texts did you engage with this week? Which one was the most interesting to you? - I engaged with an episode of the show Black Mirror, it was called Hated in the Nation. This was a visual text written by Charlie Brooker and directed by James Hawes.

2. How did this text challenge or expand your understanding of the future? - I thought about how it was really interesting little robot bees had been created to replace the real bees due to colony collapse - this seemed first like a really cool way to fix the problem if we really didn't have bees due to environmental concerns. However, my opinion quickly changed when I realised that of course people were going to be under surveillance by the government with a program like that and that's a bit of a scary thought.

3. Did this text raise any questions, excitement, or uncertainties about the future? If so, what are they? It made me think about the way that the internet is going to evolve. It seemed strange that even in a 'futuristic' show like Black Mirror, there were still things like twitter and cancel culture that existed. It makes me wonder about whether there might end up being serious consequences to 'cancelling' someone online in the future. I'm also even more uncertain about what the environment might look like now because I thought the episode would look way more futuristic and houses would be more automated but things are kind of still looking the same.

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Create a written commentary in 200 words addressing the questions below:

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Create a written commentary in 200 words addressing the questions below:

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The form that I chose to use was a 'choose you own adventure' short story. I chose this text type as it allows me to write exactly what my brain is thinking and engages the reader into the text as they have to choose the path that they want to take. I engaged this text type with the prompt of the future buy writing about the future of AI. The audience that I am writing for is a niche group of people aged from around 14-17 who are into AI/robots. The use of onomatomania's were evident throughout the text to bring the reader more tuned into the actual scene and to be able to visualise it like they are in the book itself. The process that I went through was first started off with a brainstorm of ideas, followed up by a plan and then I just started writing. I decided to write this text in a second person perspective, meaning that me (the author) is speaking directly to the reader. this gives a sense of importance to the reader and makes them more targeted and engaged with what is happening in the text. The mentor texts helped inspire me with my writing by giving be some background knowledge and ideas of what I could use for my story. After writing my paragraphs I would get my friends to read over it to see if I had made any spelling mistakes and if they thought the ideas were presented well, I also got the teacher to read over the whole thing when it was finished for extra feedback to see where I can improve.

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Create a written commentary in 200 words addressing the questions below:

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Explain your chosen form of writing and why you are writing it (how have you engaged with the prompt and what is your purpose)

The form that I chose to use was a podcast transcript. I chose this text type for my non-fiction text as it is usually the way that I like to gather information about something as I find reading about topics a lot more boring, and I don't absorb as much information as to when I watch or listen to something. I engaged with the prompt by talking about the future of AI in real lifetimes with real people. The audience that I am writing for is people who are into the future and AI and want to know more about it and where it is headed. I incorporated the use of humour so that the reader can imagine the laughing/jokes that were said during the podcast. The process that I went through was first started off with a brainstorm of ideas, followed up by a plan and then I just started writing. The text was written in the style of dialogue as all the text comes from the people in the podcast speaking. I decided to use a few complex words while the expert was talking as it gives the readers a view that the expert knows exactly what he is saying. The mentor texts helped inspire me with my writing by giving be some background knowledge and ideas of what I could use for my story. After writing my sectors of dialogue I would get my friends to read over it to see if I had made any spelling mistakes and if they thought the ideas were presented well, I also got the teacher to read over the whole thing when it was finished for extra feedback to see where I can improve.

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1. Which types of mentor texts did you engage with this week? Which one was the most interesting to you? This week I looked at the text 'Eco-anxiety is a normal response to disaster. Denial isn't the answer'. This text was the most interesting to me as it incorporated the use of personal anecdotes in it which made me relate it back to my life and my understanding on the issue of Global warming, and how it has affected me.

2. How did this text challenge or expand your understanding of the future? This text expanded my understanding on how important it is to take action. it stated that since the start of industrial times, the global heat has risen 1.1 degrees, and is projected to raise up to 2.5 degrees by 2100. By this year, although not likely but I could still be alive to see what kind of disasters would happen if it did continue at this rate, and certainly my children and grandchildren will see all the effects of it.

3. Did this text raise any questions, excitement, or uncertainties about the future? If so, what are they? The text raised questions in my head as one thing that I like to do is go fishing, and in the text it stated that she was mad at the fisherman for taking out the fish from the ocean. Because we are from such polar opposite perspectives it made me think if going fishing is actually a bad thing and am I part of the problem to the World.

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1. Which types of mentor texts did you engage with this week? Which one was the most interesting to you? This week I engaged with a podcast. The podcast that I decided to watch was a Joe Rogan podcast featuring guests who were very knowledgeable about AI and what kind of dangers it possesses in the future.

2. How did this text challenge or expand your understanding of the future? During the podcast, It dove into how you can easily bypass simple systems of AI protection protocol simply by wording what you say to make it seem innocent. This challenged my understanding of the future because if the security protocol is so easy to bypass on such simple AI, in the future would it be the same.

3. Did this text raise any questions, excitement, or uncertainties about the future? If so, what are they? A question this episode made me think of is, If AI can answer questions using its own thinking for bad, when actual robots come into place, will they be able to make such bad choices for themselves as well?

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1. Which types of mentor texts did you engage with this week? Which one was the most interesting to you? This week I engaged with two non-fiction mentor texts, one from Barrack Obama and one from Greta Thunberg. The one that I found the most interesting was the Greta Thungurg one as in the video she is a young girl similar to my age with such knowledge on the harm that we are causing to the planet and how it can effect our future.

2. How did this text challenge or expand your understanding of the future? The text type made me think of how I am possibly contributing to the harm of the Earth just from simple day to day things that I don't think much of, when someone similar to my age at the time has such a different perspective on how they view the world and tries to educate others, having a greater impact one people similar to her age to help by not contributing to harming the Earth for our own future.

3. Did this text raise any questions, excitement, or uncertainties about the future? If so, what are they? The text made me think that what if everyone doesn't take action in helping and how long it will take for the damages done to be irreversible.

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- I remembered watching Nosedive which is also an episode of Black Mirror, and people there also have their lives change drastically - but in different ways - when people turn against them.
- 1984 by George Orwell has the theme of surveillance - maybe I can think of a way to join these two ideas together when I create something

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Persuasive Essays

Context

Audience

Purpose

features/conventions

An issue will emerge, requiring some discission. E.g. Rise of AI, think of the terminator

Have a particular view-shaped by who they are and what they do.

Views

Values

Beliefs

Behaviours

P.O.V

Advocating for or against

Advocating for change or actions

To convince people to embrace/use it

Intro - outline the main arguments

Your contention

Discuss the issue/context

Body paragraph - supporting argument

Evidence

Explanation of the evidence

Persuasive language

Conclusion – sum up ideas

·       Restate contention

·       remind the reader why you are correct

Text responses

Context

Audience

Purpose

features/conventions

You read something, you’ve been given a prompt/question that you are now responding to…

E.g. terminator shows that the future of mankind is fated to end  at the hands of AI - Discuss

·       teachers

·       -Academics

·       To defend a  contention in relation to the prompt

Intro – Contention

·       Preview/signpost your arguments

·       Define Key terms

·       Context

Body paragraph

·       Topic sentence – argument – support your contention

·       Evidence – quotes, film – techniques, language devices etc, social views/values/ authorial intent.

·       Link to the prompt

Conclusion – Sum up

·       Restate contention

·       Show why you were right

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1. Which types of mentor texts did you engage with this week? Which one was the most interesting to you? This week I read two short stories, one fictional 'Wish you were', and one nonfictional 'The Lottery'. The short story which was the most interesting to me was 'Wish you were' as the story related closer to my personal experience with the world and my own personal understanding of the future.

2. How did this text challenge or expand your understanding of the future? This text gave me the perspective of how computers/robots will take over in the future, and because we are in a time where AI technology is growing exponentially, it made me have a deeper understanding on the consequences on advancing such a smart technology.

3. Did this text raise any questions, excitement, or uncertainties about the future? If so, what are they? The text brought to my mind the uncertainties of how advanced robots/AI can possibly get in the future, and with them being supposedly emotionless, how would they convey messages to humans if they have an answer that isn't straight forward.