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

We read 'The Lottery' and 'The Arborist'. The lottery was definitely more interesting to me though. The lottery is a story set in what seems to be a post apocalyptic future. There is a small village with about 300 people, and once every year a lottery takes place. Loads of small folded pieces of paper are put in a small black box the night before the lottery, one of them having a black dot indicating the 'winner' and on the day of the lottery one representative, (usually the father from each family) takes a piece of paper to represent the family. Then every family member from the family selected must take a piece of paper again and the person who then has the black dot, is stoned to death. This was interesting to me as it was unlike any story I had heard before. It kept me wanting to read more and I was engaged.

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

It expanded my understanding of the future, in stories especially, as when I think about futuristic environments, what normally comes to mind is developed buildings, societies, and easier ways to do things. Although this story challenges that idea, as it's set in a post apocalyptic future, where villages need to sacrifice people to the soil to help with their crops.

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

It made me curious as to what the future holds, both for society and the environment. It made me question if society will develop for the better or worse, or if society takes a step back all together.

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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)

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

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

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

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?

We looked at non fiction pieces this week, things like speeches and articles. Overall I'd say the most interesting one to me was Barrack Obama's 'yes we can' speech. Obama talked about how the citizens of America can make a change in their society, to benefit not only themselves but future generations as well.

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

This text expanded my understanding of the future, as it provided interesting insights as to what expectations people are setting for themselves around the world, whether it's just picking up some rubbish, or taking that extra time to help someone in need, all these little things can have a massive impact on the future world.

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

This text raised some excitement and questions for me about the future, it made me wonder how long it would take to really change the world if we all put in the effort, and this led to excitement about how the world can change, regarding that everyone is trying to do so.

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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?

We looked at a podcast on Youtube known as the Flash Forward Podcast. Flash Forward is a podcast series where the host 'Rose' talks about many different possible situations that may happen in the future, and she explores these through different episodes with different topics. It was definitely interesting to look at and listen to as it was something I'd never really heard before.

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

It expanded my understanding of the future as it provided me with new scenarios and ideas, ones that I hadn't known beforehand, so it was good to build on the knowledge I already had

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

It didn't really raise any questions from me, but more so curiosity as to what will happen in my own future, in a general sense that is.

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

We engaged with several mentor texts this week, the one that stood out the most to me being 'The Arborist'. The Arborist is about a caretaker of a certain area of land, he looks after the environment and nature all around him, reflecting on the past and how grateful he is that things turned out the way they were, being that there were settlers who tried to change the land to what they wanted. Overall this story was most interesting to me as it not only combined reflective techniques, but it also allowed foe me to create a good image in my mind of what was going on in the narrative, which made for a good story.

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

This text expanded my understanding of the future, as it showed a perspective where nature still had a significant impact on someone's life. I think this is important as most of the time, when you think of a story set in the future, the first thing that comes to mind is technologically advanced buildings and/or cities, but even in a fictional story, nature still has a significant impact in the future, which is significant.

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

It did make me wonder if our future was going to be similar, with nature still having some sort of significant impact in our lives all these years later, or if technology and futuristic advancements would take over that sort of aspect of life.

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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