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- Everyone logon to this padlet (https://padlet.com/cmcadenhead/nanberry ).
- We will read a chapter from Rachel and then Nanberry's perspectives from near the end of the novel.
- A think-pair-share activity on the unequal treatment of women and Indigenous Australians in Nanberry.
-In the second period we are doing a creative journal writing activity from one of three different characters perspectives on loss. Everyone is to email their short journal entry to me at the end of the lesson.

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At the end of chapter 59 Rachel receives a letter from Surgeon White telling her to send their son to England on the next boat. Rachel doesn't want him to go but because he is a man and a man of authority so she will have to send the boy.
Similarly, at the end of chapter 60, Nanberry must accept that his foster brother is to leave him and go on to a better education and life.

For a few minutes write yourself a list of other examples of women and Indigenous Australians being forced to do things that they do not want in the novel. There are a lot. Consult your past notes and the class comprehension questions.
Next, chat with the person next to you for a couple of minutes about your memories and list examples.
Finally, we will come together and discuss the examples and why they are in the novel.

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You are all to write a journal entry from either the perspective of Rachel, Nanberry or Maria after they have faced loss and are contemplating the difficulties of being women/Indigenous Australians in Sydney.
You are all to email what you write in class to me and I will give you feedback for next lesson.

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-If you choose Rachel, you are to write a journal entry from her perspective right after Surgeon White has left  her and Andrew at the end of chapter 48.
-Pick a date that works!
-You need to consider the types of emotions she would be feeling at this time. Look to chapters 48 and 51 for inspiration.
-You must reference the gender relations of Sydney in some way or another. Remember that Rachel is fully aware of these issues.
-This journal is meant only for Rachel's eyes so feel free to be personal and add creative flair.

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-Write a journal entry from right after Nanberry has learned that his foster father, Father White, has left back to England.
-Pick a date that works!
-Think about how lost Nanberry would have felt without the protection of Father White. Consult the later Nanberry chapter for pointers.
-Consider the language that the author uses when writing Nanberry's chapters. It is clearly a different language style to Rachel and Maria.

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-If you choose Maria, you are to write a journal entry from her perspective after her husband is killed and she is almost sold into semi-slavery.
-Choose a date that works!
-Refer to chapter 51 and 52 for details of what she she went through but you will have to try to put yourself in her shoes during this horrendous time.
-Briefly talk about the grief of losing her husband and try to use the kind of language that a distressed person would use.
-You must explicitly discuss the imbalance in power between herself as a woman and the men who capture her.

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-Read through the feedback that I have given you on your creative journal entry from last lesson.
-Good creative writing requires a vivid imagination. Simply retelling what you’ve read is not enough!

-The first activity explores ways to be more creative than simply stating the feeling that the character is experiencing. We will look at an example of how I might go writing about the five senses. You will then make an attempt and are to email me it.
-After this we are to look at the five possible assessment tasks that you are all allowed to choose from. To do this we will work in a jigsaw activity.

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-Nanberry: Imagine you are Nanberry and you close your eyes during his first voyage on a large ship in the open sea. What do you hear, smell, feel, taste and then, only once you’ve done this you can open your eyes discuss what you see.

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Example of an attempt at the five senses activity

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Example of an attempt at the five senses activity

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•Imagine you are Rachel and you’ve just woken up in your bed the morning after Andrew has left to England. Describe the senses.

•The silence woke me. Usually my little one would have come bustling in with a new set of questions for me to grapple with for the day. No questions today, or tomorrow. I curl into a ball and accidently brush my husbands shoulder. I quickly recoil. He can’t help me; my son is gone. A salty taste touches my lips. It takes a few moments for me to realise that I’m crying. That’s all I’ve been doing since yesterday. As the sobbing begins to take over, a faint smell of something familiar wafts in from the direction of my door. A soft knock and my eyes snap open, taking in the scene of Maria holding some freshly baked bread. She looks into my eyes and all I see is a reflection of the sadness that is overwhelming me.

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-I will email you the document with the exact conditions and time scale of the assessment but first let's look at the five options.

1. Write a diary entry from Maria AFTER the novel has finished. What is she doing in 1824? How has her life changed?

2. Write the introductory chapter of Surgeon White’s book Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales. What would White have to say in this opening chapter?  Keep in mind what we know about his opinions of the colony.  You may use quotes from the novel where appropriate. (please reference these) *You will need to research his book in order to complete this task.

3. Write an obituary for Nanberry. How would he be remembered? Include some discussion about his struggle with his identity. Ensure you identify who has written the obituary.

4. Write a newspaper article about living conditions in Sydney in the period that the novel is set. Use different characters perspectives as evidence.

5. 1)     In Chapter 55 Rachel receives a letter from Surgeon White requesting his son be sent to him to England. Write that letter. Be sure to outline some of the challenges Surgeon White knows Andrew will face in the colony. Also reflect on the relationship between Surgeon White and Rachel.

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Jigsaw Activity on the Assessment Options

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Jigsaw Activity on the Assessment Options

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-Each group is given one of the assessment options to consider. As a group you are to write up a report on possible approaches to your particular option. This is to be done into the class Google.doc for today's lesson. After this, I will let you know which table you are all to go to in the jigsaw to then discuss with other groups about their assessment options.