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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 read two short stories one non fiction called the Lottery and a fiction called Wish you were. The most interesting one is wish you were because it shows how dark technology could be in the future where evil scientists take memories from dead people.

2. How did this text challenge or expand your understanding of the future?

This text challenged my understanding of a dark future story because at the start it did not sound like a story and it was hard to understand sometimes. This story is similar and like the film Ghost in a shell similar to the scientists using a human as a test subject to be enhanced and involved in technology. Another similarity both is set in the future and it is around a dark future where technology is at its peak.

3. Did this text raise any questions, excitement, or uncertainties about the future? If so, what are they?

Technology may be advancing and may become a big problem to the world because smart evil people could control memories of people who could be dead.

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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)

I am writing a short story for fiction my idea is revolving around robots and humans having a war and humans fighting for their survival against the alien robots.

Explain who you are writing it for and how you have used the language and structural features of the text to appeal to your chosen audience

I am writing it for young adults that like futuristic technologies that could improve or turn against the humans and about world problems that could lead to wars.

What is the process that you went through as you produced your text

What word choices and style did you employ, and what is the impact of that on your audience

How have you used the mentor text to guide your writing?

How did you utilise feedback with teachers and peers and how did this impact your writing?

Reflect on your choices and how the writing of the mentor text influenced you as an author.

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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)

I am going to try to write a non-fiction speech about how humans will cope when climate change has destroyed the world (e.g. when the ice caps have melted and we have less land).

Explain who you are writing it for and how you have used the language and structural features of the text to appeal to your chosen audience

A speech is a good way to promote this message, because it is less boring. It is less boring because there is someone putting in effort in the way they deliver it, because they can use tone to create emotional effects. So, i can make the audience worried by expressing worry in my own voice and word choice. I can use other persuasive techniques/devices such as repetition, to make the points stand out as important and make the reader/listener remember them.

What is the process that you went through as you produced your text

What word choices and style did you employ, and what is the impact of that on your audience

How have you used the mentor text to guide your writing?

How did you utilise feedback with teachers and peers and how did this impact your writing?

Reflect on your choices and how the writing of the mentor text influenced you as an author.

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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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1. Which types of mentor texts did you engage with this week? Which one was the most interesting to you?

I have read an article which is about eco anxiety. It talks about how climate change can effect our anxiety.

2. How did this text challenge or expand your understanding of the future?

The future of the world might get worse and people become more worried about the future.

3. Did this text raise any questions, excitement, or uncertainties about the future? If so, what are they?

Worried about my world in the future and how it will change.

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1. Which types of mentor texts did you engage with this week? Which one was the most interesting to you?

2. How did this text challenge or expand your understanding of the future?

3. Did this text raise any questions, excitement, or uncertainties about the future? If so, what are they?

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Write a paragraph reflecting on what text types you have chosen to write on and what changes you have made this week while writing. Consider - did your text types change? As you were writing did you come up with a better solution?

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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 have listened to two podcasts that are about the futuristic themes. The most interesting one was scarier than killer robots by ABC listen but flash forward the other podcast was ok.

2. How did this text challenge or expand your understanding of the future?

People have been always scared of technology especially robots and AI. So the world is uncertain if they want to keep relying on technology in the future.

3. Did this text raise any questions, excitement, or uncertainties about the future? If so, what are they?

It was a good podcast and I found it exciting and engaging to listen and enjoyable.

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1. Which types of mentor texts did you engage with this week? Which one was the most interesting to you?

The texts that I have read are President Obama speech, Greta Thunberg's speech which are non fiction, Brave new world which is a fiction story and lastly Rick and Mortys screenplay. The most interesting and favourite is President Obama's speech.

2. How did this text challenge or expand your understanding of the future?

When President Obama was the president at that time he wanted to make the future of America bright with his faith and hope for country and world.

3. Did this text raise any questions, excitement, or uncertainties about the future? If so, what are they?

It gave me some good positive things that he believes the future will be good and the will of his leadership to bring the world from darkness.

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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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Features and Conventions of a short story 

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Features and Conventions of a short story 

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The features and conventions of a short story are:

A narrative structure

Dialogue

Setting

Character

Theme

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1. What form conventions did I learn this week

2. Just write anything.

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Conventions and Stuff

1. What conventions did I learn this week?

I learnt about a speech text and how they can persuade and change peoples way of thinking and they are sometimes motivating to do better things.

2. Another thing that I learnt about screenplays and the key things about is screenplays have are the characters, dialogue, actions and locations.

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Codes and conventions

I learnt about podcasts of the future and some were boring but good and interesting.

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Context

Audience

Purpose

Features/conventions

An Issue will emerge, requiring some discussion. For example, Rise of AI, 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 of main arguments

. Your contention

. Discuss the issue/context

Body paragraphs

. Supporting argument

. Evidence

. Explanation of the evidence

. Persuasive language techniques.

Conclusion

Sum up ideas

Restate contention

Remind the reader why you are correct

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You read something you’ve been given a prompt/question that you are responding to E.g

Terminator

. Teachers

. Academics

To defend a contention in relation to the prompt.

Intro- Contention

Preview/signpost your arguments

Define key terms

Context

Body paragraphs

Topic sentence- Argument - Supports your contention

- Evidence – Quotes, film techniques- Language devices

-Literary devices

Link to the prompt

Conclusion

Sum up

Restate contention

Show why you were right

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·      Write one sentence each on your initial thoughts on the journalist’s

PURPOSE: To let people know that climate change is getting worse and people are stressing out about it.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Young Adults and teenagers worrying about climate change.

TONE: The tone is serious and worrying.

·      Google NEOLOGISM:

I)         Write the definition in your book

II)         Find the NEOLOGISM in the title

III)         List 5 more neologisms you use every day – but your grandparents wouldn’t!

Indulgent, Crazy, Stressed, sad, bruh

·      FIND THREE QUOTES that give off a POSITIVE and NEGATIVE TONE towards climate anxiety.

POSITIVE

EXPLAIN QUOTE

NEGATIVE

EXPLAIN QUOTE

“Denial isn’t the answer”

The word “isn’t” tells us that the journalist is trying to dissuade people from not engaging with climate change.

“Spiraling into despair”

The verb ”spiraling” is usually used to explain someone’s descent into a negative mental state.

“Feeling sad is a natural response to situations that cause pain,”

Things that cause you pain make you sad.

. “Stability is ebbing away and the future is unknown.”

Stability is not strong and the future is uncertain.

“The world has changed,”

The world has changed and is not doing good.

·      The article ends with straightforward advice while the first paragraph uses words (diction choice) like “despair”, “eco-distress” and “enduring psychological pain”. Describe this contrast and explain what the intended effect is on the audience.

To make the audience feel sad and worried about this eco anxiety and climate change.

·      Do you think this technique of “ending on a high” is important and/or responsible when writing about climate change? Why/why not?

It is important to end on a high when writing about climate change because people need to know about this and remember what is happening right now

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I read a article about eco anxiety and they are wordy and have a main message to the reader.