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READING & UNDERSTANDING The Rabbits

1. In groups (or as a class) read The Rabbits

2. Discuss what the meaning of the book is

- What is the message

The message of the rabbits is that the ‘white people’ have taken over.

3. Make a list of some visual techniques that you think help create these meanings.

Eg: Colour, participants, setting

They made the ‘white people’ look like selfish pigs, taking everything. And how they changed there lives for the worse.

4. Discuss what you think colours represent in this book.

Dull and lifeless colours symbolising defeat and loss of land and the ‘white people’ looking like rabbits because they came in many.

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-Analyse representational meaning

The reading path of this image draws our eyes to the big rabbit because he takes up a majority of the page and stands out more. We then follow the big and strong vector of the rabbits body and ears vertically then horizontally across the page to the possoms (Aboriginals). This symbolises that the rabbit is more of a higher status than the Aboriginals because he looks richer and more civilized. The rabbits having a compas and a map symbolises more technical and a smarter generation. The Aboriginals being, nothing. The colours symbolise the status. The Aboriginals are a light brown, the same colour of the land which symbolises them being 1. Where as the ‘white people’ are white and this stands out from the brown backrounds and that they dont belong here.

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-Analyse interactive meaning

A feeling that the rabbits (’white people’) are developing the lands.

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-Analyse compositional meaning

The Aboriginals arent meant to be noticed that much. There at the back behind the rabbits.

She turned fourteen only today
And
Impressive as she is
On a Whiteman’s catwalk
We have lost our child
Our only child
Somewhere she walks with them fella’s
Them real big fella’s
In New York
Somewhere we have lost a child to the new world
To
Money and power
To drugs
To stardom for fifteen minutes
Whilst her culture dies

 This is a very sad poem because its talking about how he aboriginal culture was destroyed and how the aboriginal peoples relationship to each other and the land was torn apart. It is talking about the ordeals they went through and the hurdels they had to face.

Even the heading is upsetting because its talking about them losing just about everything. 

http://paolospoems.com/poem-337/our-black-princess-lost/

Evaluate your contribution to the group and your own work ethic?

I think we have over all done the same amount of work.

What did you find your strengths and weaknesses were?

My strong points are that computer skills and my weaknesses are i get distracted easily.

What is an exposition? dictionary.com defines “exposition” as writing or speech primarily intended to convey information or to explain; a detailed statement or explanation

What is a thesis point? A thesis point is the main point of an argument

How is an exposition text type structured? Introducory statement, introduction, main argument, conclusion

1. Outline the frustrations you have felt over the last week?

The frustrations i have felt is that some people in my group are not pulling there weight and i have to lift them up.

2. What has been the cause of these frustrations?

People being away and lazy.

3. Why do you think its necessary to deal with your frustrations? How will you deal with them in your group?

It is necessary to deal with my frustrations because the world has to go on and theres work to be done. For the people that did not do work i spoke to them.

What significant moment in Indigenous History occurs this week?

Kevin Rudds apoligy to the stolen generation.

How may you use this as supplementary material?

I could study this and research the information givin in Rudds speach.

What is your aim for this lesson?

To work on the cover page.