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A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control. Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe -- a role that neither wants. These teens must master the art of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.

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Britannica - World Population Growth
1) seven-billion world population milestone was reached in 2011
2) primary cause of this tremendous spurt in population growth was the drop in death rates
3) population factors affect economic well-being, health, education, family structure, crime patterns, language, and culture

CITATION: Population 2018. Britannica School. Retrieved 23 November 2018, from https://school.eb.com.au/levels/middle/article/population/276507#312785.toc

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Duck, Death and the tulip by Wolf Erlbruch

In a strangely heart-warming and beautifully illustrated story, a duck strikes up an unlikely friendship with Death.

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MY CURRENT LOAN HISTORY IS
54

I PLAN TO READ TO PAGE 100 BY NEXT LESSON

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READING ACHIEVED: I read up to P15
READING GOAL: By next lesson I plan to read to at least P100
PHRASES INCLUDE:
1) "We do not officially call it 'killing' ...we call it 'gleaning'..."
2) "scythes showed up...did their unpleasant business and moved on"
3) "Citra stood...not out of respect but fear"
4) "Citra bristled...'There's a right way to glean?' 'Well' he answered 'there are certainly wrong ways'
5) "Grandma had reset herself all the way down to twenty-five making her ten years younger than her daughter"

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Australia's Population Growth:
1) "decline does not feature in Australia's current population outlook"
2) "we need ...to turn our attention to sustainability"
3) "can we manage the growth we have?"
Click here to find catalogue record

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Death Note : Boredom by Tsugumi Ohba
Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects--and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal...or his life?
Catalogue record here

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MY CURRENT LOAN HISTORY IS
58

I PLAN TO READ TO PAGE 200 BY NEXT LESSON

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READING ACHIEVED: I read up to P115
READING GOAL: By next lesson I plan to read to at least P250
PHRASES INCLUDE:
1) "the thrill of the drop wasn't worth the cost. However Tyger on the other hand had become a splattering junkie"
2) "at least give him a reason. Tell him why it has to e him!"
3) " I don't care" she wailed "You could have done something but all you did was watch!"
4) "2042 was the year we conquered death"
5) "Rowan was never particularly popular ...but now he was cornered and beaten on a regular basis"

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Too many people? New Internationalist:
ABSTRACT: The article discusses the subject of world population growth and whether overpopulation is a growing economic, environmental and social problem. The author notes that the primary concern often expressed about overpopulation revolves around the alleged effect it will have on climate change and specifically, that it will be difficult to control carbon dioxide emissions with uncontrolled population growth.
CITATION: ‘Too many people?’ 2010, New Internationalist, no. 429, pp. 4–5, viewed 23 November 2018, <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=anh&AN=47337227&site=ehost-live>.

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We need to talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Two years ago, Eva Khatchadourian's son, Kevin, murdered seven of his fellow high-school students, a cafeteria worker, and a popular algebra teacher. Because he was only fifteen at the time of the killings, he received a lenient sentence and is now in a prison for young offenders in upstate New York. Telling the story of Kevin's upbringing, Eva addresses herself to her estranged husband through a series of letters. Fearing that her own shortcomings may have shaped what her son has become, she confesses to a deep, long-standing ambivalence about both motherhood in general and Kevin in particular. How much is her fault?
CLICK HERE FOR CATALOGUE RECORD

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MY CURRENT LOAN HISTORY IS
61

I PLAN TO HAVE FINISHED SCYTHE

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Continue reading your book and record which page you got up to by the end of the lesson. Find 1 background source for your novel using any of your keywords and phrases from your reading so far. Add a diary note reminder with your reading goal for following week.

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FED:How to live to 90 well: expert
1)

Life expectancy has increased across the globe, and in South Korea it's creeping
towards 90
2) Australian
boys born in 2030 can expect to live to 84, four years longer than those born
in 2010..
3)The good news is behavioural changes that have an impact can be made even at the age of 50 and 60.

CITATION : ‘FED:How to live to 90 well: expert’ n.d., AAP Australian National News Wire, viewed 23 November 2018, <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=anh&AN=74C3668428612&site=ehost-live>.

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CLICK HERE FOR 5 SIMILAR FICTION READS

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Continue reading your book and record which page you got up to by the end of the lesson. Find 1 fiction extension for your novel using any of your keywords and phrases from your reading so far. Add a diary note reminder with your reading goal for following week.

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You will be allocated a random partner to share your novel exploration.

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If you still have not finished your original selection please add 1 more background source and fiction extension until you have completed your novel.
YOUR NOVEL MUST BE FINISHED BY THE END OF THIS TERM

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Studio: Universal Pictures

Director: N/A

Screenwriters: Josh Campbell, Matt Stuecken

Starring: N/A

Plot Summary:

Adaptation of National Book Award-winning author Neal Shusterman's "Scythe." A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life-and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control. Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe-a role that neither wants. These teens must master the "art" of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.

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Adaptation of National Book Award-winning author Neal Shusterman's "Scythe." The book is set in a dystopian future where there is no disease. Therefore people called Scythes kill to control the population. Two teens must learn the "art of killing" - A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death.

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About Neal

Neal Shusterman is the New York Times best-selling author of over thirty novels for children, teens, and adults. He won the 2015 National Book Award for Young People's Literature for Challenger Deep-and his novel, Scythe, was a 2017 Michael L. Printz Honor book-and is in development with Universal Studios as a feature film. Read more

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Watch the Skinjacker Trilogy Trailer Watch the Dry Trailer About Neal Neal Shusterman is the New York Times best-selling author of over thirty novels for children, teens, and adults. He won the 2015 National Book Award for Young People's Literature for Challenger Deep-and his novel, Scythe, was a 2017 Michael L.