Hey there kiddos –

Please find this week’s work detailed below.  It will be your responsibility to organise your time and use it effectively to ensure that this work is completed by class on Monday 25th.

A response to CRT feedback relating to some students’ work from Wednesday’s session – SPECIFICALLY RELATING TO ACTIVITIES 2 & 3:

 

Please keep in mind that all responses should be thoroughly explained as paragraph responses citing specific examples to support your explorations of questions

Any single sentence responses will not be deemed satisfactory, so some of you may need to review your responses

You will be involved in some reading and analysis/comprehension activities relating to RANSOM.

ACTIVITY 1:

Here is a summary of the novel RANSOM for you read through & highlight:

• RANSOM – SUMMARY

ACTIVITY 2:

And here are some initial comprehension activities for you to respond to:

• RANSOM COMPREHENSION TASKS

THEME ANALYSIS ACTIVITIES:

ACTIVITY 3:

Some exploratory questions on RANSOM relating to the themes we have been discussing in class so far:

LEADERSHIP:

• In what ways are Priam and Achilles flawed leaders?
• How are they influenced by family & public expectations? What are their responses to this?
• How do leaders view themselves/their responsibilities?
• How do they respond to death and grief, and what possible social upheaval may occur because of their actions?

FAMILY vs. SOCIETAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• What are the public expectations of both Priam and Achilles? How do their personal responses to situations conflict with these expectations?
• Do they try to balance their roles to their families with their duty?
• Who do they rely on/turn to for advice? Do they follow this advice?

TRADITION & CHANGE:

• What role does tradition play in the lives of Priam and Achilles?
• In what ways do they challenge these traditions? Why do they do this?
• What is Malouf saying about the notions of FATE and FREE WILL in this novel?
• Are any of the changes that Priam or Achilles undertake on-going?

PERSONAL JOURNEYS:

• What journeys (literal &/or figurative – emotional &/or physical) do the Priam and Achilles go through?
• How does this affect the way in which they see the world/act?

ACTIVITY 4:

Here is a quotes document for RANSOM for you to sort into the relevant themes

(NB: Some of the quotes can fit into more than 1 theme)

• ransom-quotes

Enjoy,

BWR

Hey there kiddos –

A character map of RANSOM to make the personal relationships in the book a little easier to understand:

Enjoy,

BWR

Hey there kiddos –

• The story of Troy is a mythical story & not necessarily based on an historical story – it is, however, recounted in the epic poem The Iliad.
• RANSOM (2009) is a novel by Australian author David Malouf.  In this he retells/re-imagines part of the story of The Iliad from Books 22 to 24.

Please make sure that you make the delineation between the two of these.

Enjoy,

BWR

Hey there kiddos –

Here is a PDF for those of you who need it:

• RANSOM pdf

And I have added an audiobook version of the text to our Google Classroom for you to use in your studies.

Enjoy,

BWR