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6. the metaphors in this poem are in lines 17-19..they describe things that arent possible like “we are the nature and the past” they are significant in this poem because it shows how in touch the aborigines were with their land.

8.Thunder has a capital letter because it is used for personification “that loud fellow” and for a name a capital letter is always used.

9.The mood is a negative one, the aborigines want their land back and the white people will keep using it until they have sapped all the life out of it.

10.I believe that the title of the poem incorporates the central theme of aboriginals being pushed out of their natural areas and how their cultures and traditions are being lost along with them which is mentioned at the end.

Today I came in late because Myself and Jason Chammas (9.2) were on the I-macs in the new PBL room and we couldn’t figure out how to save out work into the USB from i-movie

Today I downloaded the templates from

http://GOODIES.ONREZ.COM/SHOP/CHIPMIDNIGHT/

Next lesson I hope to start on designing a shirt/ avatar

Watch the following presentation and answer the following questions:http://www.interviewwithgod.com/beatitudes/

1. Define the term ‘beatitude’.2. Explain the purpose of the beatitudes.

A1. A beatitude is a declaration made by jesus when he had a sermon with his disciples

A2. The purpose of the beatitudes is to give hope, light and good spirit for those who are suffering for righteousness, mourning and searching for meaning in their lives.

A3.Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for rightousness, they shall be comforted.     An example of this is when Kevin Rudd Apologised to the aboriginals, The aboriginals knew that they were wrongfully treated and they made their voice heard until they were comforted earlier in the month                                   

1. What do you think the above image is about? Discuss.2. List FIVE personal qualities of Andrew Johns.3. List FIVE personal qualities of Mother Theresa.

4. Discuss what you believe the difference is between inspiring people and inspiring people of faith.A1. I think tha this picture is a perfect example for the difference of inspiring people and then inspiring people of the faith. We have Andrew Johns who was the best Rugby League player and then we have Mother Theresa who was a person devoted to god and worked her whole life to help others.

A3. 5 qualities of mother Theresa are…love, compassion, listening, kind and helper

A4. The difference between inspiring people and inspiring people of the faith is that…it takes a special person to devote their life to god and other people..but any normal person can be inspiring to others

1. Define the word Charism.

2. Marcellin Champagnat outlined FIVE marist charisms that are identified within Marist schools. Describe THREE of these charisms.

3. Provide THREE examples of how you have seen these charisms evident within Parramatta Marist.

4. List and describe TWO ways you believe we can create a better sense of ‘Marist Family’ within Parramatta Marist.

A1. The word charism is almost an aura I guess that gives power over large numbers of people

A2. Unknown

A3. need to know answer 2 to answer this…sorry sir

A4. My first way to improve the marist family is to have more excursions/ field-days that people can socialise and have fun

My 2nd way to improve the marist family is to try and put more grass areas where alot of cement is..this way people can play at lunch without being afraid of getting hurt..this will make people more relaxed and happier moods

1. List and Describe THREE different award programs (e.g “The Australian of the Year”)

2. List as many characteristics as you can that are used to judge nominations for these awards. Remember some may not be easy to find you will have to work hard.

A1. Three awards that I can think of are the Nobel Prize, Alan Border Medal and the Arias

The Nobel prize is given to people that display significant contributions to the world in categories such as the arts, humanitarian work, science, chemistry, physics and peace    http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/     

The Allan Border medal is an award given to Australian cricketers that display great skills, leadership and potential for the future. There is also  the rookie of the year award, best woman cricketer award.         http://www.cricket.com.au/default.aspx?s=allanbordermedal                           

The Arias (australian recording industry awards) are like the name suggests, awards that are used to acknowledge outstanding musical prowess and talent for singers/performers    http://www.ariaawards.com.au/home.php                                                                                     

 (all answers include some characteristics that need to be fulfilled in order to be presented with the prizes)

What significant moment in Indigenous History occurs this week?How may you use this as supplementary material?

What is your aim for this lesson?

A. This week the significant event that occurs for aboriginal people was the apology to aboriginal people who were part of the stolen generation.

A2. We can use this apology as one of the most significant events for aboriginal people when we are designing our timeling for our preamble.

A3. My aim for this lesson is to dig in depth about the stolen generation and information about it.

1. Select ONE person who you consider to have inspired you and provide a short background of this person.

3. Import atleast ONE picture and ONE hyperlink that can add to the information you have provided about your inspiring person or inspiring people in general

A1. Jane McGrath is the wife of Glenn McGrath who was an Australian fast-bowler. Jane has been diagnosed with breast cancer 3 times..she has survived the surgeries each time and recovered..but the cancer keeps coming back.

Although she has been so close to death so many times she uses her misfortune and turns it into an awareness campaign for other sufferers by setting up fund-raisers, public events (e.g. at the cricket the was thousands of women dresses in pink tops that stood on the field and made the shape of a lady before the match.)

A2. I consider Jane McGrath to be inspiring because she doesn’t sit at home and mope about how unlucky shes been to get breast cancer so many times..but she gets out in public and makes so many more people aware of the dangers of breast cancer, shes literally saving lives.

A3. http://www.mcgrathfoundation.com.au/

1. Why is it important to have regular group meetings?2. Outline TWO other tools or strategies that can be used to assist group work.

A1. It is important to have regular group discussions because it shows us where our group is up to in terms of the work, shows us where we need to be, and can tell us how to get there

A2. Two other tools for assisting groupwork would be…sensible usage of the computers..no games ect. and also during the team meeting we can work on our communication skills which would aid us in our research and efficiency as a group.

A3.  The major problem that would face our group and stop us from achieving our goals would be ARGUMENTS we can stop that if we choose our group roles correctly.

The 2nd problem that could face our group is when ALL our group members are trying to lead the group..this causes arguments, no work being completed and our group bondage to be broken.

The 3rd problem that could face our group is if the person we choose to be the “marist of the year” does not match all of our criteria.

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