Reading and Comparing - LM and 7S context

How supported do you feel by DSC studying Year 12 English? (choose one)

• Not very supported

• Just the right amount of support

• Very supported

Your teacher has nominated you as someone who is motivated and might be keen for extra support.

Are you keen to receive support from Mrs. Gallagher? This is no extra work, you would be receiving SAC and exam help.

• Yes, please!

• I'm not sure. I need to know more.

• I do not wish to receive VCE English support.

The first criteria of this area is studied relates to the context of the texts and the issues presented in the texts. How would you rate your ability/confidence in this area?

Context = social, political world in which the text is set

• I know very little about the texts' contexts and issues

• I know the basics about the texts' contexts and issues

• I know a lot about the texts' contexts and issues

Who wrote The Longest Memory?

• Fred D'Aguiar (1994)

• Fred Dempsey (1989)

• William Enoch (1994)

• David Whitechapel (1984)

In which period is The Longest Memory set?

• 1990 - 1998

• 1890 - 1920

• 1790 - 1810

• 1690 - 1700

In which American state is The Longest Memory set?

• Louisiana

• Georgia

• Kentucky

• Virginia

The play The 7 Stages of Grieving was created by...

• Wesley D'aguiar

• Wesley D'aguiar & Deborah Mailman

• Wesley Enoch & Deborah Mailman

• Wesley Enoch & Art Vanderlay

In what year did Captain James Cook sail the First Fleet to Australian shores, with the intention of settling Europeans?

• 1778

• 1901

• 1788

• 1875

What does 'the Stolen Generation' refer to?

• The shorter life expectancy of indigenous Australians

• Indigenous children who were forcibly removed from their families

• Indigenous Australians who encountered the first Europeans

• Indigenous Australians in police custody

Quick write:

10 minutes

Write a paragraph comparing the the two texts.

You may draw on contexts, issues, main ideas, author messages, text types, etc.