Chapter 3 Graff

Chapter 3  Graff

1. (19) What does Ender get chosen for in the end? Why does he get picked? he got chosen because of what he did after the monitor was taken off (beaten up another 6 year old) and why he did it
2. What reservations does Ender have? he doesnt want to go because he doesnt want to leave valentine behind and when he gets back she will be a grown woman and may not love ender like she does now
3. (22) What does the soldier say about religion and large families? So is this a religious or secular society? Why? Religion helps keep large families alive and allows people to have more kids, thats why they were able to have Ender. In this book they are a secular society because they are only allowed to have 2 kids. 
4. What does ‘Third’ mean? Why is this such a big deal? Ender got the nickname "third" because he is the third child in the family and his parents did not want him
5. (22) What do we learn about the ‘society’ what countries on earth make it up? ??????
6. What big decision does Ender have to make? What are the reasons against it/for it? What does he decide? Why? What would you decide? The decision that ender has to make is if he wants to go to battle school and become a military commander or stay at his home with his family, mainly Vanentine. He didn't want to leave because when he left, valentine would be an adult and may not love him and for was that he didnt have to go to school to face the gang or peter anymore. he decides to go. i would  also go because of all the experience.

Chapter 2 Peter

Chapter 2  Peter

1. (9) Who are speaking at the beginning of the chapter again? The people monitoring his monitor
2. From what these voices say what can we speculate the ‘monitor’ allowed these people to do with Ender? it allowed them to hear and see what he heard and saw "You live inside somebodys body for a few years, you get used to it"
3. How do the soldiers react to Ender attacking the bully? they thought that he was very rough on the boy that he attacked
4. What effect do the soldiers admit that they had on Ender’s brother Peter? they think that peter will now bully ender now that he doesnt have his monitor
5. What voice do we switch into when the soldiers section of the text is through? we change into much longer sentences no not as formal 
6. (10) What is Ender’s sister’s name and what is implied by her name? his sisters name is valentine that implies that her parents thought she would be love caring and compassion (which she is in the book
7. What are the two sides of Peter? the nice side when he is in front of his parents and the agro side when he is just with ender and valentine
8. (11) What do we learn about the greater world from the description of the game that Peter forces Ender to play called Buggers vs. Astronauts? we learn that the buggers quit easily and that the humans went to war with them
9. (13) What informatioin does Valentine have that she uses to keep Peter under control? she says to him that if he kills them she has a letter in the library that they will open if they are killed and that it would be suspicious if they were both killed
10. (15) Who tells the Enders to have 3 children? What does this tell us about the power of the government? the government told the wiggins to have 2 children because peter was to rough and valentine was to mild and ender would be perfect. this shows that the government has a lot of power over the family
11. What does Ender do at the end of the chapter? What emotional state is he in? Why? ender feels sad because peter tells him that he loves him and that he kows how he feels

setting

Science fictions settings:
Some settings in ender's game are space/ battle school(beginning/middle), earth(beginning), war(middle/end), wiggin home beginning), enders schoolon earth (beginning), battle rooms(beginning), fantasy game(beginning), north carilina(beginning), other planets (end), futuristic technology(beginning,[monitors])

settings that may not be science fiction would be totally based on earth and in the past or present

Why does setting matter (novel/fiction)
info, genre

Chapter 1 Notes

Chapter 1  Third

1. (pg1) Strange that the first chapter is called ‘Third’ Irony- 
2. What can you tell about the story through the use of two different fonts? (Its all dialog so its people talking) two different perspectives that may come together. 
3. What person is the narrative told in? The story is told in 3rd person.
4. We learn about a ‘special’ family.  
5. What is the goal of the speakers at the start of the book?
6. What are they watching and what do they decide about their subject? What type of irony is used by the audience having more information than the main character?
7. What is interesting about the surname of the title character? What does it say about his role in the story?
8. What perspective is the narration for the other section of the opening chapter (not the starting bit)?
9. “Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.” (2) What is a possible central theme of the book?
10. What does the title ‘Monitor’ represent to the other boys?
11. (5) What connotations does Ender being a ‘third’ have ?
12. What does Ender know about his intelligence in regards to the other boys?
13. (7) What does Ender do to the bullies?
14. The narrator is sympathetic to Ender: ‘This would not have a happy ending. So Ender decided that he would not be the unhappiest at the end.’
15. (8) While Ender seems emotionally stable on the exterior how would you describe his emotional state on the inside?
16. How has the perspective of the narration changed in this statement: ‘I am just like Peter. Take my monitor away; and I am just like Peter.’ What does this imply about Peter?

My Sci-Fi World

Diary for 8/5/2211

At 6:05 mum walked into my room and with my breakfast ready to be opened and my iPhone 204 because I had an excursion to mars today so if you got lost I could call her and ask her to pick me up in the car and bring me back to earth.

When I got down stairs I went to the fridge and got out some milk to have with my weet- bix. When I put my breakfast in the super wave for it to be expanded. I teleported into the internet and walked to real google to go onto my English teachers realpage to see what my homework was for the night so he could do it on his iPhone while he was being teleported to Mars.

On the way to school our teleporter on our car had broken so we had to fly to school for a change. When we got to school I met up with my friends on the chapel roof before school to talk about how boring the excursion to mars will be today and how we would much prefer to go to Jupiter 2 to see the wildlife. . After I teleported to mars we got to got to McDonalds and the exit of the teleporter. Then we went to the museum about the first mars landing in 2101. Then we were allowed to go outside with our space suits . So on the way home I did my English story and then got home and played some virtual PlayStation and the had some takeaway from the moon and went to bed at 10:00 after getting killed in world of war craft.

Researching the Science Fiction Genre

Science Fiction Genre

Research Assignment

1.    Origins (100words)

Trace the development of the sci-fi genre. Explain where the genre came from. What did it grow from? Consider the role of other genres which had a direct or indirect influence on the development of sci-fi? Examples to consider include: westerns, horror, the heroes’ journey, other? 

I believe that Sci-Fi books and movies developed because as the world develops people start believing things about time travel and spaceships that travel at light speed will become reality and about 100 years ago people caught onto the idea and started writing books about things that are not possible yet.

2.    

    Categories (500 words)

Science fiction can be broken up into a number of sub-categories. Identify and explain the various sub-categories and the features which make each distinguishable. Give examples of texts you are familiar with which may represent these sub-categories.

One of the science fiction categories is fantasy. Some of the features of a fantasy story may include places or names that are not known to this world and are often created by the author There have been many famous books and movies made about fantasy stories one of the most famous fantasy stories is Lord of The Rings. This book was first published in 1954 and later made into a a movie series.

Another category of science fiction is space travel. Some of the main features that time travel stories should be set in the future with big spaceships. The first ever space travel movie was made in 1901 this was a Sci-Fi and it was about going to the moon which only 70 years later became true. This really makes you think about what we might be doing in 70 years and how far we may have come.
Time travel was also another sub-category of sci-fi. The first book written about time travel was in 1885 but it later really caught on in the mid 1900's. Some of the features that make this type of science fiction distinguishable is that it, in almost of all the books, is set in the future and the people travel in time
Another big sub-category of science fiction is the super hero genre. Some of the main features that make this book distinguishable to the superhero genre is that the characters have amazing powers or skills, they also usually have a very distinguishable costume that they wear. There is also usually a back story as to how the superhero acquired his powers and they usually have a safe house or a base where they stay. The first ever comic that was published about a superhero was in 1939 and it was called "superman". That has later been into many movies, one being out done by the other. This comic has also led to other comics such as "BatMan" SuperWoman" and "Spiderman".

3.  

           Conventions (200 words)

Explain in detail the conventions of the science fiction genre. The conventions should also include those frequently borrowed from other genres ie the heroic journey, horror, etc.

Some Conventions of the science fiction or what they do to make it science fiction would be, that they have h=guns that we do not have yet such as laser guns and force fields. At this time we do not have that technology so that makes it science fiction.
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Is It Cruel to Keep Animals In Cages

Is It Cruel to Keep Animals In Cages?

I believe that it is cruel to keep animals in cages because all animals have rights and being kept in cages all their lives gives them no rights at all an they are under total control by the people who are keeping them in cages.

Imagine if you were put in a cage so small you couldn't stand up or stretch out your arms and all you could do is sit down and be unable to move you body around.
Most people in 1st world countries would not even think of doing that to other humans but yet just down the road at their local zoo helpless animals are being kept in those claustrophobic cage so us human beings can have the privilege to see those animals.
If we wouldn't do it to to other humans why is it right to do to to animals, what makes that right?

I personally think it is wrong to keep helpless animals in cages for most or all of their lives and I believe that this issue should be widely know throughout Australia that these animals, these poor animals are being kept in these tiny cages where they cant even move around, all they can do is sit there not knowing what might happen.

Persuasive genre		Score 1-5
Audience	The writer’s capacity to orient, engage and persuade the reader
Text structure	The organisation of the structural components of a persuasive text (introduction, body and conclusion) into an appropriate and effective text structure
Ideas	The selection, relevance and elaboration of ideas for a persuasive argument
Persuasive devices	The use of a range of persuasive devices to enhance the writer’s position and persuade the reader
Vocabulary	The range and precision of contextually appropriate language choices
Cohesion	The control of multiple threads and relationships across the text, achieved through the use of grammatical elements (referring words, text connectives, conjunctions) and lexical elements (substitutions, repetitions, word associations)
Paragraphing	The segmenting of text into paragraphs that assists the reader to follow the line of argument
Sentence structure	The production of grammatically correct, structurally sound and meaningful sentences
Punctuation	The use of correct and appropriate punctuation to aid the reading of the text
Spelling	The accuracy of spelling and the difficulty of the words used
TOTAL		/50