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

   
   

   Greta Thunberg's speech always has and always will move me. Her passion and determination when delivering those lines is unlike any other speech we are likely to receive from someone her age which makes it so powerful and inspiring to people her age.

   
   

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

   
   

   My first time listening / reading Greta Thunberg's speech, I was honestly left really frightened for our future. She did a great job in enforcing a sense of responsibility towards our ecosystem by instilling fear upon the idea of what would happen if no changes were made.

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

   
   

   Greta Thunberg performing this speech made me question if this will influence future generations of people to take stands like she did.

Main features of a screenplay:

• Headings / Titles

• Character Names

• Dialogues

• Transitions

• Scene Numbers

In the show 'Steven Universe' (my favourite show). The screenplay includes the title of the episode (eg 'Steven Universe - Full Disclosure). Then as the script is read, each line is accompanied with the name of each character. Dialogues are explained here with clear dictation to which scene they fall under (with the use of scene numbers). We even see the use of transitions. A great example of this in Steven Universe would be how they incorporate the use of a black screen with a start outline, zooming into a character to indicate the end of an episode, ready to transition into the next. Another great thing about Steven Universe is that the screenplays are accompanied with the music that is often incorporated as well! This includes sheet music and vocal demos from either the voice actor or those involved in the music creating process.

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

   
   

   I listened to a podcast earlier this week. It was a "Ted Talk" by a man named Kevin Kelly. In this podcast he explains the concept that "the future will be shaped by optimists." This initial theme peaked my interest as I wanted to know where the point he was making was going to go.

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

   
   

   This podcast reminded me of that power that we hold as individuals when it comes to the future of our worlds, and how we can make a difference if we are optimistic towards change.

   
   

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

   
   

   This podcast helped me feel optimistic towards the future rather than anxious because I now have more knowledge towards how we can help the wellbeing of the planet, even outside of environmental causes.

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? 

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

   The article 'Futuring can help us survive the climate crisis' by 'The Conversation' was the most interesting and engaging to me.

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

   It made me worried for the health of our planet based on the damage that we have already done. It let me know about the changes that I should implement in my own life if I even want to see a future.

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

   It made me question petulant and immature behaviour that many people have towards the issue of climate change on our planet, and how people are so ignorant to the fact that our planet is essentially dying. Will this change in the future, and if so how? 

Greta Thunberg's speech inspires me to this day. I personally believe that she is one of the most influential person of her age to walk this planet. Her speech inspires me to be as passionate about my causes as she is for the health of our planet. Her speech writing techniques are crafted to a perfection, only enhanced by the angst and dedication in her voice when performing the soliloquy like lines that strike the audience one after another. There is a clear and deserving reason that she received so much positive feedback on her speech and is now seen, especially in my eyes as one of the most important people to look up to in this day and age.

The song 'All Too Well (10 minute version)' by Taylor Swift is a beautiful piece of writing that takes you along the love story of someone who was a hopeless romantic, living through a relationship in which the other person was slowly ripping apart. She is able to use her incredible poetic lyricism to illustrate the emotion and discourse scattered throughout the lines of this song whilst also performing it with beautiful poise and accuracy. This song inspires me to write as detailed and powerful lyrics as Taylor Swift is able to produce.

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

We looked at two short stories, I liked the second one better, it was called Wish You Were' by Claire G. Coleman.

This story was framed from a second person perspective which is quite unusual for a story. It was about technology and its power, and what would happen if someone's brain was forcibly downloaded into a computer, perhaps as a warning for the future.

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

This text made challenged my understanding of technology and how it's impact on society. if technology was to expand to a level like this, I would have initially thought that most people would consider it a good thing, but it is very damaging in this context.

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

This text made me concerned for the future. I now feel like I am anxious about the evolving technology in our world and feel like if it is used wrongly, it was cause horrible damage, as it did within this short story.

A short story is made a short story by first, the length of the text, but also the structure in which it follows. It allows for the story to make a strong impact on the reader in a short amount of time whilst keeping them engaged.

Conventions:

I think this theme related to the conflict of character vs technology very well, making the primary theme of the story very prevalent and causing for an engaging and tense storyline.

I think that the setting within this text was written in a very smart and engaging way, indirectly telling us that the setting could actually be within the head and brain of the character.

The climax of the story was written in a way that had a very strong build up, right until the end of the story where we are cut off at the peak. This leaves the reader engaged and wanting more.