Friday, 16 October 2020
TWTWB - Chapter 21 Questions
Tuesday, 13 October 2020
TWTWB - Chapter 17-20 Questions
In this week, I am going to work on questions through 3 chapters of TWTWB
Q2. What is meant by a "clean war"? Why are the invaders so intent on having a "clean war"?
Thursday, 24 September 2020
TWTWB Paragraph
Describe at least one challenge faced by a character or individual in the written text..
In Tomorrow when the War Began, an important character is Ellie. One of the challenges she faced was blowing up the bridge. It is a challenge because they didn’t know about all the things which could have gone wrong, there are a lot of risks involved like being shot, being blown up.n being seen or captured by the enemy. This challenge helped me understand Ellie because her actions and planning showed she had matured over the story, she was brave because she had to run through gunfire. The plan with the truck shows she is not afraid to go out on a limb and hope for the best and will act to save her friends and country. As the reader I was amazed by her courage as it would be a very scary experience.
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
TWTWB Vocabulary Words ( Own Words )
Thursday, 3 September 2020
Tomorrow When The War Began - Vocabulary #3 ( Own words )
Manoeuver - A person that need to do something to accomplish his/her goal...
Inconspicuous - Something that is not attracted..
Wednesday, 19 August 2020
Tomorrow When The War Began
Probably most are written in a violent way.
Why do you think the story is entitled as it is?
To tell what happened before the war began...
Where do you think the story will take place?
Danger zone where war is happening..
What time period do you think the story is set in? Like in the morning?

Chapter 1
What is first person narration? The one telling the story.
What kind of story do you think Ellie is going to tell? What happened before the war began, that’s what I think.
What skills do these characters have that convince their parents that they can ‘go bush’ independently. Find 3 examples e.g Ellie tells Robyns parents they have ‘independence and initiative’ p.11
Chapter 3
What kind of person is Kevin in chapter 3? He is the kind of guy who would break branches off trees instead of walking a few extra metres to pick up dead wood.
Ellie says Fi is like an exoticbutterfly-P.33 Do you agree with Ellie, why/why not? Yes, because Fi never had a two-minute noodle which makes her a foreign girl… I dunno..
Chapter 4
Ellie claims that ‘Hell’ is only a label and that people label things all the time, often ignoring or overlooking certain labelled places or things-pg 43. She then comes to the conclusion that ‘Hell was people’ pg43. Is she right? What’s your opinion, on labelling and Hell? I believe that whoever put the signs is the ones who are the ‘hell’ people...
What was especially peculiar about the planes that flew over Hell? ‘Their noise, their speed, their darkness frightened me.’ Pg 38 Why do you think these frightened Ellie? It scared Ellie because she’s talking about the planes that are going to war…

Chapter 5:
What does Corrie want to do when she grows up? Pg 46 Work in the country that needed nurses most.
Chapter 6:
What is the first sign that something is wrong at Ellie’s house? Pg. 55 Ellie’s dogs weren’t jumping around and barking as they used to then Ellie found out that they were dead, only one dog’s alive.
Do you think the way the teenagers reacted to the realisation that Australia may have been invaded or at war was realistic? Why/why not. Yes, because they all were scared, cried, and frightened...
Which people in the group are starting to stand out as leaders? Why? I think Ellie, because when they realise that Australia may have been invaded, Ellie explained that it might be true…
Why does the idea of a female soldier surprise Ellie? Pg 83 Because most soldiers are men and not women.
Ellie and Kevin’s quick-thinking allowed them to turn a ride-on lawnmower into a bomb. Was this the right thing to do, why? Yes, it doesn't matter because they're now in war with soldiers...
Homer says, “This is war now, normal rules don’t apply.. They’re the ones who tore up the rule book, not us” Pg 97 Do you think Homer is right? Yes.
What pieces of evidence from the book inform the reader that this invasion wasn’t entirely peaceful? Find at least 3 examples from pages 97-99. When Fi said ‘But blood, a lot of blood, a lot of dark stains’. A big sign in Tozers’ window, saying “Shoplifters will be prosecuted. And a ‘truck just down the road that had crashed into a tree.

Why, in Ellie’s opinion, is Cobbler’s Bay and Wirrawee so important to the invaders? Cobbler's Bay and Wirrawee is important to the invaders because it's their plan to capture or control it making it their base and move on to another one.
Corrie and Ellie reminisce about how innocent they were in high school and even a few days ago. Why were they still innocent then? Why are they no longer innocent? The days when they were still innocent were the normal days, suddenly when the war began, they weren't innocent anymore because of what's happening to them.
By blowing up Corrie’s house, what does the invading force demonstrate to the teenagers? They show no mercy...
Describe the strategy Home and Ellie use to ensure their safety when riding their bikes into town. What does this show about how they are starting to think? They show that they are cautious of what's happening around them....
How does Ellie feel as she is waiting in the truck at the Council Depot? Where do her emotions come from? Ellie was shivering, it probably came from the soldiers that were trying to chase them.
Why is it so terrible that Chris falls asleep while on sentry duty? How does Ellie react? Why do you think she reacts this way? How does she feel about her reaction later? Ellie reacted so furious at Chris because Chris suppose to be on watching-soldier duty instead he fell asleep, Ellie said that he almost risk our lives for getting asleep...Ellie went a little overboard to Chris because of how she cares of everyone's lives. Later on she felt bad at Chris..

Q1.All the teenagers have a specific role to play in their group. Describe the roles each teenager plays? Ellie is the leader and takes responsibilities for her friends, Fi is scared of the war she still fight for her friends, Homer is a leader like Ellie, sometimes immature, Kevin is a coward person sometimes but he's loyal to his friends and would never leave them behind, Corrie is Ellie's best and supportive to Ellie, Lee is independent, warrior-like, sweet, convincing and genuine according to Ellie, Robyn is a religious girl, refuse to hurt anybody, lastly, Chris, he's intelligent and a creative poet....
Q2. According to what the teenagers hear on Corries radio, why would America be best not to get involved in Australia’s struggle? So there will be no war between them, I think..
Q3. Why is Australia being invaded? Maybe the enemies plan to capture or conquer Australia because of their resources...
Q4. What do Kevin and Robyn argue about? Do you think Robyn’s points are fair? They argued about that is it fine the soldiers can take what they want, then Kevin said that 'You sound like you don't mind them taking everything they want' but Robyn did mind, because she's religious and doesn't like what the soldiers are doing to their hometown...
Q5. “Paradise of Hell” is an oxymoron. What does it mean. Paradies is another word for heaven, and hell is the eternal punishment after death, so it kinda means the beautiful kind of hell. I dunno..
Q6. Kevin’s hatred of the invaders is quite extreme. Why do you think he is so angry? Because the soldiers did a really wrong thing and triggers something inside Kevin, maybe because of the memories of his hometown or something else...
Q7. Despite the fact that the teenagers are in the midst of a war zone, evading enemy soldiers and planning guerrilla operations, they still find time to harbour romances. Do you think this is realistic? Yes, kinda, because in the real war, some people fight and still do romances stuff like when after they're done with the war, they visits their love ones or something, I think...
Briefly summarise the story of the Hermit from Hell. Do you believe he killed his family? Well, basically yes, it said that the Hermit killed his wife and family in cold blooded and retreated, but maybe he did it on good reasons or maybe bad reasons...
Storyboard

Tomorrow When The War Began - Vocabulary #1 ( own words )
Authority - Something that you have control on...
Wednesday, 22 July 2020
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
Essay Writing Hunger Games Practice
Monday, 20 July 2020
Hunger Games Character Challenges Chart
Thursday, 2 July 2020
Hunger Games - How does Music enhance the story?
Monday, 29 June 2020
Hunger Games - How are costumes used to enhance the story?
What is happening - Picture 1
- reaping scene - 2 tributes selected to compete in the Hunger Games.
- Best dressed.
Describe Costumes
- Light colours, neutral tones, old fashioned, simple.
- Boys - shirts shirts, pants or shorts.
- Both wear formal / Sunday best.
- Girls - hair tidy, dresses or skirts.
- Colour - cold, clean, faded - washed and worn a lot.
- Older clothes mended.
Effect on viewer
- Think they poor - because clothes are outdated - Peacekeepers / Effie in new clean outfits.
- Think it is a bad living - emotionless, all the colour has been drained.
Director Purpose
- Show the comparison / juxtaposition of the district and the capital.
- Shows theme 'Rich vs Poor' because district doesn't have access to resources like new clothing.
Other Techniques
- Make-up - style = status, Effies eye lashes are long and pink and her face is white. The district has no make-up-no access or need for it.
What is happening - Picture 2
- In the Capitol, Katniss and Peeta just getting off the train, have never been there before.
Describe Costumes
- Bright, colourful, neon, extravagant, vibrant, oversized.
- Look expensive and more fancy than casual.
- Over the top - excessive, more than needed to be practical.
- Head pieces to match, wigs.
- Both genders over the top outfits / wigs / make-up.
Effect on viewer
- Think they are rich / greed - have more than us.
- Fashion is shocking / scary to viewer - in your face.
- Show us how shocked / different things are for Katniss and Peeta.
Director Purpose
- Again shows us theme 'Rich vs Poor' - the people in capitol live in extreme luxury compared to the poverty of district 12.
- People in the Capitol have everything.
Other Techniques
- Make-up - over the top - caked on so we know they have lots. Men / Women wear it.
- Setting - concrete, metal, glass, clean, crisp, futuristic, technologically advance.
What is happening - Picture 3
- In the arena of the Hunger Games.
Describe Costumes
- Practical - suitable for fighting.
- Jackets, boots, shirts, long pants.
- Colours that will match surrounding - help them hide.
- Tells us about the arena climate.
- Not going far as not much.
Effect on viewer
- Feels like they are dressed for war / hunting - all dressed same uniform.
- All look same - every has the same advantage.
- Makes us less emotionally attached to individuals.
Director Purpose
- Rich vs Poor - every one is finally equal so personal skills become important.
- Struggle for power - tributes are under the power of the Capitol, they have no freedom / free will at this point.
In the reaping scene, costume is used effectively to show the theme 'Rich vs Poor'. (e)For example, the potential tributes are dressed in formal shirts, skirts and trousers. Their clothes are well-worn, weathered and dull. (x)This make us understand the people in District 12 because their best clothes are old and faded compared to the Capitol representative Effie Trinket. (x)This is done t show juxtaposition between the extreme wealth of the Capitol and the poverty of those in District 12. (x)This worked well with the use of make-up as shown by Effie. She has lots of make-up on including long pink eyelashes, an extremely white foundation and pink and gold lips. This tells the viewer that she is wealthy because she can afford extravagant make-up when those in the district can barely afford clothes. This aspect can be compared to the scene where the tributes arrive off the train in the Capitol. Here we see luxury and excess wealth in the costumes of the Capitol citizens compared to rags worn by Peeta and Katniss.
Thursday, 25 June 2020
Tuesday, 9 June 2020
Film Study
Opening Scene
Music:
Slow (timbre)
Minor tone - often means something bad
is happening or about to happen
Silence - grabs attention
Capital video - major
- saying it is a good thing
- War in the past was worse
Rest of music - minor
- Kids are terrified
Camera Shots:
Mid shots - to show face and body language
Close up - of Katniss and Prim to show emotion
Wide view - see setting, get more information at once
Extreme close ups - focus on specific information, ex the signs say 'Danger!'
Tracking shots - showed how her surroundings changed, that she was going somewhere.
Shaky Camera - more realistic, unsettling as if it's running with her, makes sense for the scene - during district 12 opening
Close ups - Katniss's reaction to Prim's name
- Effie about to read out names - see her make up, how she is different to everyone else - shows she is rich.
Medium range - Effie takes Katniss & Reta away, when Katniss is in the crowd.
Long/wide shot - Effie looking out, ti see the mass of people
Panning - when people show respect and lift their fingers for her.
POV - Katniss looking for Prim, when giving sign of respect, watching capital's film, when Katniss walks up stairs - extra shaky to show her fear.
Flashback - memory if Pera and the bread, show she knows him, He helps her.
Dialogue:
Crane & Caesar - celebration 'knitting people together'
Crane's 'style' of Game making make prim cry & scream
Prim dreams it was her selected.
Katniss say 'It's your first time you wont get picked' - foreshadowing
Reading out the names
Calm at first, then screaming
'I volunteer as tribute' - sister bond
District 12 first volunteer
Effie - surprised - volunteer make her feel better - could get promotion
- excited-entertain
calm-doesn't have to sacrifice
Colour & Lighting:
The interview - saturated colours, very bright, neon, very artificial, cold light.
District 12 - dull, bland, natural, dark, cold light as well.
Propaganda
What is it? Information that gives a bias opinion.
Where do we see it?
- Video from the capital
- The games itself is propaganda - all the tributes
Real message
- You have fought back once and lost now we can kill your children and there is nothing you can do.
Propaganda message
- It is not a bad thing.
- If you win, you will be a hero to your district.
- The boy and girl in the film - big, strong, healthy, fit.
- How they remember their past.
- Don't give detail 'why' their was a revolt.
- Played every year - Gale mocks it - Effie recites.
- So people from the capital believe in the entertainment.
Key vocab
- 'Honor' - 'Glory' - 'Eliminated' - 'Peacekeeper'
Rich (Capital)
- The amount of food.
- Bright colours.
- Costuming - Extravagant
- Modern architecture
- Everything is controlled - no nature.
- Clean
- Fit & healthy
- Materials - stone, marble, metals.
Poor (District 12)
- People were starving.
- Dull colours
- Costuming - wearing 'best' types - stereotypes.
- Small and sickly - don't stand a chance in the Hunger Games.
- Old farm housed/shacks - old - need repair - dirty
- One good building - for filming - control.
- Materials - mostly wood.
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Dialogue
- Only stronger than fear
- Link to propaganda - false sense of hope that at least one will live.
- Just killing everyone cause resentment - Capital don't want to kill everyone, they need them.
- Hope is only effective if contained.
Camera Shots
- Mid shot - between Crane and Snow talking - to show expression & body language.
- POV - show & Crane - showing their deep conversation.
- Close up - of rose - pruning - metaphor for his 'perfect society' for control.
- Extreme close up of flowers.
- Flower ring showed she really cared for Rue.
- Showing that the games will not change her.
- POV/High angle - showing that she is aware that she is being watched.
Music
- Sad minor
- Medium timbre
- Progress to being more powerful - more hopeful.
Rebelling - District 11 - Links to 'Black lives' very well.
Music
- up tempo
- more aggressive/emotional
Camera shot
- Track - close up of hands - really important - shows they are united - link to symbol to black lives matter move.
- Wide - to show all the people.
- Birds eye view - drone coming blowing papers - plane landing effect - papers were important - shows technology - Capital is bigger and stronger.
- Cutting shots of shaky camera - creates tension - showed the chaos.
Lighting
- At the start of scene it was day.
- At end it was night - show fighting for hours.
Rebellion
Music - sad - minor
- Powerful.
- Enhanced the drama.
- No lyrics - emphasise her words, adds to the depth of the scene.
Dialogue
- Katniss rebelling against the propaganda of 'their has to be a victor'.
- Voice over urgently saying 'stop'. Katniss has beaten them at their own game.
- First Capital beaten at own game.
- 1st time 2 victors.
- She embarrassed the Capital.
Camera Shot
- Close ups - see both Peeta and Katniss reaction.
- Capital citizen and Crane's reaction - surprise.
- Over head - when the booming voice came - remind the game makers had been in control until this point.
- Extreme close up - the berries - they were the thing that changed everything.
Rich vs Poor
Poor
- Close up - of guy eating everything he could - food is precious - people here are starving
- Car was malnourished.
- Really dirty - mud everywhere - flies everywhere - cleaning is not a priority.
- Extreme close up - Electric fence sign - fence and money to power it.
- Costuming and Setting - looked like they are in the past - wooden - old, run down.
- Minors were going into the mine but were still covered in soot.
Capital
- Establishing shot - of the capital - see the buildings, the grandur - everything was modern - technology - white/clean/crisp.
- Costuming - Fashion and make up really extravagant.
- Close up - to see lady with big gold eye lashes - the pink poodle.
- Gives huge contrast to lives in the districts.
- Fashion is a status thing here - they want the next best thing - represents wealth.
- Capital clothing is for looks - artificial material bright.
- District clothing is for practicality - more natural.
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Katniss
- Tough - had to mature fast after dad died.
- Emotionless - well hidden.
- Protective of the people she loves.
- Impulsive - volunteering for Prim.
- Caring - flowers around Rue's body.
- Rebellious - sneak out of District.
- Introverted - not very good at making friends. (Like me)
Haymitch
- Alcoholic - trauma, stress - feels like a pawn.
- Depressed
- Smart, reliable - surprised his tributes abilities- smart because he understands that the HG is a TV show.
- Brutally honest - aggressive.
- Witty, cunning.
- Agile - when Peeta tries to get his drink.
Peeta
- Soft - bad or good?
- Crying when he leaves.
- Kind - giving the bread to Katniss.
- Gullible.
- Smarter than he looks.
- Physically strong.
- Socially persuasive - likeable.
- Artistic, creative, cake decorating.
Effie
- Enthusiastic.
- Calm about the HG - Her job.
- Oblivious of the reality.
- Status driven - focus on 'manners'










