Use the internet, dictionaries and each other to work through the FOUR following tasks:
1. Open a Microsoft Word document and write the heading 'Year 9 English - Deadly Unna?' and your name underneath.
2.In a Microsoft Word document, answer the following question: what is a "synonym"?
3.In the same Microsoft Word document write down what you think the following words mean in a table. Do not use offensive words.
a. Youse
b. Buggerise
c. Nungas
d. Goonyas
e. Flanks
f. Ruck
g. Slack moll
h. Gutless wonder
i. Optimism
j. Brudda
k. Grubbered
l. Momentum
2. What is "paraphrasing"?
3. Paraphrase the following paragraphs in a reply to this post by clicking on the 'comments' link below.
Deadly Unna? is a novel about an individual overcoming the constraints of a racist, ignorant community. It is set in a small Australian town, which is divided into two areas, the Port and the Point.
The main character, Gary Black, and his relationship with Dumby Red, raises the primary concern of the novel, as Black endeavours to overcome the stereotypes that underpin the attitudes of the vast majority of the community.
Black, following the death of Dumby, decides to attend his funeral and has to deal with many challenges in an attempt to be there. He must disobey his father, disappoint his girlfriend and go behind his mother’s back to achieve his intended goal.
