For English this year, it was really a new experience then compared to year 7. I have learnt and done many new things that I haven't really done in the pervious years. The two assement pieces I would like to show would be:the short story that was done during term 1 with Ms Ross andThe Essay Shaping Lives that was done during term 3 with Mr Boyle.
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The Happy Ending?
Ruth Summers hated him….. Why? He caused
her heart to hurt, like there was something burning to kill it. Ruth couldn’t even say his name again, she needed a holiday. Ruth had spent her whole life writing stories and articles for ‘Youth’ magazine, she enjoyed it and was well paid from it. But Ruth wanted a holiday to get over him. Who? Her boss, George Lithen. George Lithen was the hottest boss that everyone wanted, he had the looks, the hair and those white shining teeth to die for. Everyone wanted to be near him, especially the girls. They all wanted to be his working partner for life, and would never let a new transfer get in the way not matter how she looked. Ruth had been working at the very same office through out her whole career and hadn’t made any plan to move to another. Ruth was just an ordinary everyday working person, she wasn’t too pretty like the blonds at her office or to mean like the red heads, but she was smarter and much more hardworking than all of them put together. Ruth had longed to write stories of her own that had potential meaning behind them, but she couldn’t, as she wasn’t like Cathy Quin who got to write the stories of her own mind.
One day, George held a meeting for the wholeoffice. It was Cathy, Cathy had decided to take a few months off due to doctor’s orders, and that meant that someone needed to fill her spot ASAP. Cathy was a bit worried to whom she would pick to fill her spot. When everyone had settled George started explaining to his workers about the situation, Cathy scanned around the room. When her eyes met to Ruth she smiled, Cathy knew that Ruth was the great solution to her worries, when George was finished and asked Cathy to speak. Cathy stood up and walked towards Ruth, she put her hand on Ruth’s shoulders and said, ‘I have chosen Ruth and this is my final decision, unless Ruth rejects to take this position,’ with that she smiled and looked down and saw Ruth with her mouth opened. Ruth stared in amazement but replied, ‘Um… I don’t reject,’ with that George looked at Ruth with his charming eyes and said, ‘Ruth would take Cathy’s spot for a few months until she is better, this meeting is now over,’ with that everyone left except for Ruth, George and Cathy.
When Ruth was about to leave, Cathy asked if she could speak with her privately, with that George took the cue to leave, leaving them to talk. Cathy started, ‘Ruth I know this is really sudden, but I want you to do your best and work your hardest to help George with the magazine do you understand?’ looking at Ruth seriously, Ruth though to herself for a moment before replying, ‘Yes I understand, and I promise not to let you down!’ With that Cathy smiled knowing that she has chosen the right person, after hearing her reply she said bye to Ruth and left Ruth to think to herself.
The next day Ruth started her first day of being George’s partner, she did her hardest in everything and finished the tasks he had set for her, within a few hours. George was impressed in the way Ruth had worked today with that at the end of the day he asked her, ‘Ruth for all your hard work you have done today, I am going to reward you to dinner, how about that?’ waiting for Ruth’s reply. Ruth shocked, not expecting her boss to ask her out, started screaming, ‘You are such a play boy! How can you do such a thing behind Cathy back, after all that time and hard work she had put up to help you! I thought you loved her?!’ George uncovering his ears and walked closer to Ruth, ‘What are you even talking about? Cathy and I aren’t even going out! She and I are just really close….’ Trying to kiss Ruth, but before George could finish his sentence and kiss Ruth, Ruth had slapped him hard on the face, leaving a big, red hand mark. George quickly brought his hand that was on Ruth’s neck to his face screaming and swearing. With that Ruth got her purse and coat and was about to leave, until George grabbed her hand, ‘But ….I love you!’ Ruth disgusted by his respond kicked him hard on the shin and just left George grabbing his shin and hopping around like a bunny.
After Ruth had taken a long bath and had two whole box of chocolate, she sat outside her balcony with a glass of wine looking into the night sky. Ruth realised that life has so many unexpected things and is never what it seems.
Characters:
Ruth
Summers– Emma
Cathy
Quin– Harriet
George
Lithen – Mr Elton
810words
Lai
Final Copy
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Term 3 English Essay Shapping Me
Everyone is different and people’s lives are all shaped in many
different ways. Lives can be shaped by race, environment and the
media. But this can all vary from the way race, environment and the
media affect the individual. For example, children living in the
aboriginal community in the bush would have a different environment
and media impact compared to the children living in the Christian
community on the coast of Australia. Race would also have a
sufficient impact on the children. This is because the children
living in the aboriginal community would have a different
environment, race and media, compared to the children living in the
Christian community on the coast. Good, but try to leave your
examples for the body of the essay.
People’s lives can be affected by the type of race they have
grown up with. Some examples can be found in the movie Rabbit
Proof Fence, which is about three aboriginal girls, who have been
taken away from their mother and family and taken to an aboriginal
settlement formed by the ‘white’ people. In this
settlement they were educated and had to live the way the ‘white’
people lived. But over time they gained courage to run away from the
settlement and return to their home town Jealong. Race had a big
impact on the three girls’ lives. They were taken away from
their family as they were born in the aboriginal community, and with
this, the ‘whiter’ people though they had the rights over
their lives as well. The three aboriginal girls were taken away from
their family, culture and traditions, native language and their home.
Their race had a major impact on how their education should be
compared to the ‘whiter’ race, what type of clothing they
should be wearing and what language they were allowed to speak
compared to the ‘whiter’ children. The movie showed that
if a child among the aboriginal children were to have lighter skin
colour compared to the other children, she would receive a ‘whiter’
education as well. Also, since the three girls were to live in the
settlement they had to live like the ‘whiter’ people and
to adide by the rules. Though, overtime, the three children had
gained the courage to travel back to their hometown. This shows that
even though race was a very significant factor in the lives of the
girls, they were able to overcome some of the disadvantages
associated with their race at this time due to determination of
character.
Media may shape someone’s life depending on the situation they
are in. For instance,Truman, in the movie The Truman Show, did
not know that he was adopted and was a star in a hit series TV show.
Truman had some positive and negative influence from the media. The
negative point of view was that Truman was living a life full of
lies. This was because Truman had been surrounded by actors who
pretended to be his friends, family members and even just strangers.
All the past vacations had also been set up along with who his
friends are and his wife. But some positive influence from media that
had affected Truman’s life was that he was also protected and
taken care of. This was because he was the main character of the TV
series, so all the actors had to be cautious of their surroundings
and to look out for Truman. Another positive effect on Truman was
that he was living in a perfect world compared to the ‘real’
world. All the streets were straight and clean, the houses were nice
and straight, and nothing went wrong with his life. There were no
burglaries and robbers that were involved with Truman’s life.
The movie show that the effect of the media can be particularly
significant on the development of a person.
The education that a person receives, can shape a person’s life
and influence the way he/she acts. Some examples on how education can
have an affect on a person’s life, can be how the person is
affected by their surroundings and their situations they are in.
Truman had a basic education such as learning the colours, numbers
etc., and the three aboriginal girls had a simple education compared
to the ‘white’ and ‘whiter’ children. Truman
had a basic education because the director of the show would not
allow Truman to discover that he was in a TV show, as Truman would
want to leave. The three aboriginal girls had a basic education
because the ‘white’ people thought that the aboriginal
children did not deserve the same education as they did. Write a
sentence which sums up the point you are making.
People’s lives can be shaped by the media, race and education.
The situation in which they are involved, like Truman and the three
aboriginal girls, can shape the lives of the people differently
.Overall, based on a person’s education, race and the influence
on media, a person’s life can be shaped differently to the
person next to them.
Angela
This is a very good essay. You have thought about your work and have
a good understanding of what we have been learning.
Always write a sentence at the conclusion of the paragraph which sums
up the point you have been making.
The Writing in blue is Mr Boyle comment.
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Reflection 1:
Name: English
Item: Short Story
Term completed: Term 1
Description:
For this assement I had to write a story about two characters from this book Emma that the class was reading duing term 1. I had to change the setting from the book between the two character that I had deiced to write about, into a morden setting era.
Why I chose this piece of work?
I chose this piece of work becuase I really had fun writing this story about the 2 characters from a classic noval which was in old english which I couldn't really understand at first but after some explanation I understood what Jane Austen was writing about.
What I learnt from this?
What I had learnt from this piece of work was that even in the olden times there were some common daily problems and things that are still happening in this 21st centuary.
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Reflection 2:
Name: English
Item: Essay
Term completed: Term 3
Description:
For term 3 in English, I had to write about how the surrouding of an induvisual can really affect someone's way of living. I had to give evidence to this from the movies and poems which was done in classes. The movies that the class watched was The Truman Show and The Rabbit Proof Fence.
Why I chose this piece of work?
I had chosen this piece of work because I really had enjoyed watching the two movies and anayslsing the movies.
What I learnt from this?
What I have learnt from this is that each induvisal lives can really be shaped depening on their surroudings. I also had learnt some anayslsing tips while watching those movies as well.
