The Module Description
Language has the power to both reflect and shape these two types of identity.
What are individual and collective ideintity?
"Bush all around - bush with no horizon"
'The Drover's Wife'
"Four ragged, dried up looking"
Children in "The Drover's Wife?
"The moon looked like a big new copper boiler set on the edge on the horizon of the plain."
Simile - 'Our Pipes'
What Lawson was famous for writing about in his stories.
The hardships of bush life.
The prescribed text for this module
The Penguin Henry Lawson Short Stories
"We were all strangers to the corpse."
'The Union Buries its Dead'
"gaunt, sun-browned women"
"Shooting the moon"
Where Lawson was published.
The Bulletin
The five stories by Henry Lawson for Module A.
'The Drover's Wife', 'The Union Buries its Dead', 'Shooting the Moon', 'Our Pipes', 'The Loaded Dog'
"swagmen will understand"
"Our Pipes"
He was a 'Roman'
The dead man in 'Union Buries its Dead'
"Now if you say a word, I'll stoush yer"
Colloquial "Shooting the Moon"
Where Lawson was born and died.
Grenfell and Sydney?
Through these three verbs, students analyse, assess and critique the specific language forms and features of texts.
"Did you ever notice,' said Jack in a lazy tone, just as if he didn't want to tell a yarn...
A "pale, quiet young fellow"
The priest in 'Union Buries its Dead'
"spidery, thievish, cold-blooded...good-heartedness"
Personification - 'The Loaded Dog'
Which Australian note was Lawson on - which other author replaced him
$10 - Banjo Patterson
"Students deepen their understanding of how language affirms"...prevailing assumptions and beliefs about themselves, individuals nad cultural groups.
What are "ignore, reveal, challenge or disrupt"?
The drought of 18 ruined him.
"The Drover's Wife"
"big bull-necked...with heavy, blotchy features and a supremely ignorant expression"
The Publican 'The Union Buries its Dead'
"I have left out the wattle - because it wasn't there. I have also neglected to mention the heart-broken old mate..."
Anaphora 'The Union Buries its Dead
The date HL was born
17th June 1867