22
October
2006

The Dons and other books1

Now we’re reading The Dons by Archie Fusillo. And you’re doing some thinking about the themes, doing an assignment of your choice. What did you get out of reading the novel? Have you had experiences with grandparents similar to Paul’s experiences? Have you learnt anything about Italian marriage customs in Nonno’s times? What sort of marriage customs do we have in Australian society? How do you know?

 If you are not reading The Dons tell us about some of the parts of the novel you are reading? What is good about it, what are you not enjoying? Don’t forget to read other blogs - check out the blogs of students in Canada and leave some comments.

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts about your reading.

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8
October
2006

Knowledge about how language worksComments Off

Some people have asked for ways to help them learn about “nouns and adjectives and stuff”. And it is true that we as students often want to know why a teacher will say that something is “correct” or “incorrect” in our writing. Will this knowledge help us be better communicators?  What did you learn today about how language works? Did you find out something you didn’t know before? What do you think about the site we went on today?

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