The Oblivious Town

The Oblivious Town

Icy cold drops of rain fell on the small unsuspecting town. The darkened clouds bellowed across the valley like a wave of fog, it looked almost unreal. The town was like almost every other town it had shops a dam a movie theatre etc... Once everyone arose from their slumber they didn’t know what was coming next. The town was surrounded by mountains like they were in a bowl, a bowl that was about to be filled up. Suddenly the dam started cracking when whoosh the water behind the dam destroyed everything in its path. The town is now history.

Memory Anchors

Memory Anchors - In the book     

Date of Origin

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I found this picture of the world in chains, for me it represents how in the book ‘Date of Origin’, humans are prisoners and don’t any sort of freedom anymore.

This picture shows the rising sun and how night will never be forever. I choose this photo because even though everyone thinks there is no hope there always is.

This picture shows the ocean and it wondrous beauty. I choose this picture to represent their trips to the seaside (their own little sanctuary).

This picture is an abandoned city. I choose this picture to represent whatever we do nature will still blossom even if the world gets taken over by aliens nature take back what's rightfully hers.

Reading Assignment

Reading Assignment Date of Origin     

Q1: Rezza is fearful that the guards will take Snake the dogbot if "they found out he was programmed to think and talk" (p.5) What message is the author conveying about the way this society operates?

A1:The Author is saying It's a cruel society.

Q2: What questions can you raise about an authority that separates families for political purposes? Are there any text-to-world connections you can make to this through research?

A2:If there is a war families might be separated.

Q3: Rezza felt left out as she watched Boyd and Kesai go off to the meeting of the Unattached who are nearing their Date of Origin. (p.42) What connections can you make to her feelings? Why do you think the author includes this incident?

A3:I remember when I no one let me play with them it was horrible.

Chapters 5-6

Q4: What connections do you think the author wants you to make to phrases such as 'herded into transit wagons and transported to camps'? (p.46) What underlying message is the author conveying in this situation?

A4:It's like slave trading

Chapters 7-10

Q5: Will talks to the elders about how, "Tomorrow's going to be... a perfect day for the big party." (p.91) What makes Rezza suspect Will is making up stories about a party? (p.94)

A5: They didn’t talk to her about it, so there are no more parties any more.

Chapters 11-14

Q6:  Why do you think Will chooses Rezza to go back with Boyd for the contents of the cake tin? (p113)

A6: Will said Rezza was brave and courageous.

Q7: Is Rezza's encounter with the Guards a predictable element in the plot? Does her escape seem credible? (p.129) why/why not?

A7: Rezza's encounter with the Guards was so predictable because for me you have to really think what would happen realistically. Her escape is credible because if she didn't escape the plan would of fallen to pieces.

Chapters 15-16

Q8: What feelings are evoked by the description of the Guards collapsing into "piles of mangled, melting bits of scrap"? (p.147)

A8: The feelings are satisfaction and hysteria.

Q9: Could robots rule the world with artificial intelligence? What arguments would you put forward to support/ oppose this premise?

A8: Well I think It could be any, because you're talking about the future so we might have the ability to shut down the robot system with the press of a button, or if robots are superior enough they might be able to overcome the human resistance. Really won’t know unless it happens.

Text to Text

This book reminds me of the hunger games because everyone is controlled under one rule.

Text to Self

They have friends and I have friends.

Text to World

In Homs Syria no one is allowed to leave they are trapped and forced to starve.

Writing Tasks

This term we have been looking at ways to make our writing more interesting for the reader.

We have used the following criteria to guide us:

• Changing the word order of a sentence
• Using literary devices such as metaphor, simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia and  personification
• Using specific verbs and adjectives
• Using  show, don’t tell techniques
• Using different sentence beginnings and lengths

Here are some examples of my writing this term.

Show Don’t Tell - Emotions

The Three Emotions

Joy Anger Tired	I was so joyful when I won the nobel prize I am so angry with my mum Yawn, works boring.	My head was spinning my throat felt dry and scaly. I stepped up onto the stage to accept the nobel prize for most creative invention. My invention you ask it's a simulation for people to win their own nobel prize. Everybody wins.
		I ran down the hall to the front door to find my mum standing in the doorway.’Where do you think you’re going little missie. Why won’t you let me go to the cinema i’m not 15 you know. You know the rules, you can’t go out past 11 PM. Argh I storm up into my room and smash anything I can get my hands on. After everything is destroyed I turn my TV on and watch soap opera.
		I’m on my work computer on the 38th floor, in section H8 On hallway 75, in an office that is 1 metre by 1 metre. My eyes are baggy, my arms are droopy and I feel like a dead cat. I rest my sore head on my keyboard and nod off. What seems like 1 minute the janitor wakes me up to leave work. He says that i’ve been asleep for 13 hours!

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                                                                        Writing to Music

Music Writing

Edvard Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King

My cheeks are cold and red, the hairs on arm stand and up on end. I’m climbing the himalayas; the highest mountain range in the world. We’re climbing the monstrous mountain range in search of the lost tomb of his highness mascall racklean III. If we find him we must take photographic evidence, but we can’t take the body because that would be extremely culturally insensitive. As I’m climbing I see a woven flag sticking out of the ground I try to get a closer look when I see a man frozen in the ice I say to myself ‘my jove this man must of been part of war party hundreds of years ago’. An avalanche must have buried them as they were marching to the war grounds. That's when I see the stone cow engraved in the icy wall of rock. I found it the tomb crying happily. I pull out a piece of dynamite and lighter.’This should do the trick’ I say. I light the piece of dynamite and through it at the wall I hear an explosion and wait a few seconds for the dust to settle I walk into the to discover nothing is there!

No no no no NO this can’t be right everything must of been stolen long ago.’Well then’ I say to

myself ‘back to the old drawing board’ I turn around and head back to my warm lab.

The Boy

The morning was bright and crisp I was strolling along when I saw a boy fiddling with his zipper with agitated facial expressions. I say to myself ‘I wonder if that boy needs some help, so I walk up to him and ask ‘excuse me but do you need some help I said in a calmed voice. Umm well…. It's just that my dog died yesterday and I really loved him. I could tell he was about to burst into tears because his eyes were welling up with tears. I try and make him feel better. Hey, I remember when I my dog died. I was really upset but then my parents got me a new dog. Were you happy then asked the boy.

Yes I was, oh I didn’t catch your name. ‘It’s Timmothy’, and and what's your name? asked the boy. It's Isabella, Well Timothy don’t worry, soon you will get over it and probably have a new dog. If you do get upset just remember that your dog is in dog heaven and it can eat all the dog biscuits in the world. Ok I’ll try thanks Isabella, That's alright Timothy. Bye. Bye.

Viking Girl             

Key  Do Feel Think Look Say

The Troubling Twosome

#1

The day started like any other day the birds were chirping the men were hunting for food and people burnt down houses and the duc… “ AHHHHH!” said the girl “I  had it up to here with people giving me these horrible HORRIBLE costumes! Why can’t people give me some normal clothes for once!” “But dear!” said mum “your father insists that you wear them and…” “I don’t care what dad thinks! I just want some clothes that you can actually WEAR!! And whats with the helmets!” “Well... it’s Tradition dear!” “You do know vikings never wore helmets with horns!” “Well it was the only thing I could find at the blacksmiths” “AHHHHHHH”said the girl “i’m going to my own kingdom (AKA her room) where I can wear jeans and smash bowls!”

#2

Her eyes were as dark as storm clouds her hair was a tumble and her lips were red hot.

No one knew what she wanted and probably never will, she stormed around the house demanding and ready for a fight. She silently steals her brothers viking costume ready to have a real knockout, ready for anything coming her way. Anger was her army, her gift for destruction. Stay clear of this girl because she will pull hair and bite arms and you won’t know what's coming till she has done her deed.