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Screen plays speeches

Which types of mentor texts did you engage with this week? Which one was the most interesting to you?
This week, I engaged with two mentor texts: Barack Obama's "Yes We Can" speech from 2008 and Greta Thunberg's UN Climate Summit Speech from 2019. Both speeches are powerful examples of persuasive communication, albeit addressing different issues and audiences. Both speeches showcase different aspects of persuasive speaking - Obama's focus on hope and unity, and Thunberg's emphasis on urgency and moral responsibility. Personally, I found Obama's speech more interesting as he uses good examples of how effective communication can motivate people towards a common goal, by calling to action and inspiring hope with his supporters.
How did this text challenge or expand your understanding of the future?
Obama's "Yes We Can" speech, challenges and expands our understanding of the future in a way it infuses with a sense of hope and inspiration, it urged me to believe in my ability to bring about positive change. It can encourage me for a more optimistic outlook on the future.
Did this text raise any questions, excitement, or uncertainties about the future? If so, what are they?
With Barack Obama's "Yes We Can" speech, it can raise questions about the future of leadership, unity, and social progress. It may excite people about the possibile positive change but it can also raise uncertainties about the challenges ahead and whether those aspirations can be realised.

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Futuristic podcast

Which types of mentor texts did you engage with this week? Which one was the most interesting to you?
Types of texts that I have engaged this week what learning about podcast. We had to find our own futuristic themed podcast talking about possible and not so possible scenarios. The podcast that I though was interesting was on Neil deGrasse Tyson with Joe Rogan. We also engaged in learning about persuasive essays and text responses talking about the context, audience, purpose and features/conventions and these features can be used to help write out with our personal or short story essays. I personally engaged in learning more about podcasts. listening to Joe rogans podcast gives an entertaining feel making it want to listen to it more.
How did this text challenge or expand your understanding of the future?
Listening to Neil deGrasse Tyson on Joe rogans podcast expanded my understanding on why people do still do podcast till this day as it can be a way to learn new things. An example of this is me learning and engaging about the future of artificial intelligence and the possibilities. These podcasts offered valuable insights into future scenarios, predictions, and strategies for navigating uncertain futures.
Did this text raise any questions, excitement, or uncertainties about the future? If so, what are they?
This Podcast make me ask myself if Neil deGrasse Tyson knows this much about the predictions of the future, what more is there to know, because there's always information changing overtime.

Week 6

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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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Which types of mentor texts did you engage with this week? Which one was the most interesting to you?
How did this text challenge or expand your understanding of the future?
Did this text raise any questions, excitement, or uncertainties about the future? If so, what are they?

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personal response essays/short films

Which types of mentor texts did you engage with this week? Which one was the most interesting to you?
This week we looked at personal response essays and short films. I personal enjoyed short films more and an example of this is one called "Instant Doctor" as it talks about what healthcare could be like in the future.
How did this text challenge or expand your understanding of the future?
The short film "Instant Doctor" challenged and expanded my understanding of the future by showing a concept where healthcare accessibility is revolutionised through advanced technology. It makes me question the implications of such innovation, including who would have access to these instant medical services, how they would be regulated, and what this means for healthcare equity.
Did this text raise any questions, excitement, or uncertainties about the future? If so, what are they?
The text "Instant Doctor" made me think about the future of healthcare. It made me wonder about how medical technology might advance, like having quick tests and treatments. I also thought about who would get these new medical services and if everyone would have fair access.

Hated in the Nation

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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.
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.
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.

Hated in the Nation poster

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A world without bees

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If birds were cameras

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Texts that remind me of HITN

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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

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.

Create a written commentary in 200 words addressing the questions below:

36895_9 — 2024-04-18 03:42:29 UTC

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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Short stories

Which types of mentor texts did you engage with this week? Which one was the most interesting to you?
This week we engaged in two short stories, 'the lottery' by Shirley Jackson and 'wish you were' by Claire G. Coleman. I engages in 'wish you were' the most as it made more sense to me talking about todays modern society. I wasn't really engaged with the lottery as seeing people getting stones wasn't in my interest to see in todays world.
How did this text challenge or expand your understanding of the future?
The story "wish you were" goes into themes of environmental degradation and collapse, which can be an issue in contemporary discussions about the future. It explores the consequences of human actions on the environment and how these consequences shape the world of the future. Overall, I think Coleman's work challenges us to consider the potential paths our world may take and the implications of our present choices on the future.

Did this text raise any questions, excitement, or uncertainties about the future? If so, what are they?
The short story "wish you were" text make me question if technology like this would ever take over the world, causing to take complete control of humans.