Mr Futbol Fred

Interactive:

The Rabbits are offering the viewers to look over the destruction they have caused. The sentence “we lost the fights” tells the viewersof how the Aboriginals fought with the White men but lost the fights. Most of them were massacres where the White men killed many Aboriginals in certain areas. The demand in this page are the four possums that are chained up near the rabbit. The offer in this page are the two rabbits. One is blowing a horn in the top right corner of the page, and the other one is holding a gun in the bottom left corner of the page.

Compositional: The arrangement of the text in these pages is very simple, yet effective. The sentence “we lost the fights” is the only sentence within this DPS. This text is located down in the far right hand corner of the page. In this DPS the most salient image is the picture in the lower left hand corner of the page. In this picture we see a rabbit holding a gun with four chained up possums.

Representational:

There arent many participants in this image. However there is a huge connection between them. The Rabbits in this book and in these two pages do not look cuddly and friendly, but the complete opposite. They have sharp firm ears, and they are wearing suits. The black background symbolises the colour of death and with the flags on the top of the page it symbolises triumph. There is also a Rabbit blowing a trumpet showing victory. It is very likely that the Rabbits symbolise White men who came into Australia, destroyed nature, took over the land and kept breeding so that there were many of them. In the bottom left corner of the page, there is an image showing what I believe is one of the “Rabbits” kind (White man) holding four possums which I believe is symbolising the Aboriginal people who were captured by the White men and could have been part of the Stolen generation. In this picture there is a big graveyard where there is a remnants of dead possums. Some visual techniques that help put across the meaning are reading path which is the path the viewer takes when they gaze around the visual art and vector which are lines drawn around a picture to represent what draws our eyes.

A great story of colonization , told from the viewpoint of native animals. This picture book talks about the consequences of the arrival of a group of rabbits with entirely different ways. They bring new food and animals, and they make their own houses to live in, eventually dominating the environment and its other inhabitants. In this book there are many different colours representing different things. For instance on DPS 8 the colour black is representing death amongst the Aboriginal people when the Rabbits(White men) came in and took over all the land, killing many inhabitants. Some visual techniques that help put across the meaning are reading path which is the path the viewer takes when they gaze around the visual art and vector which are lines drawn around a picture to represent what draws our eyes.

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

My contribution to the group was very poistive. I found a lot of information on the Dreamtime and Aboriginals in general. My work ethic was very good. I did all the work I was set.

2) What did you find your strengths and weaknesses were?

My strengths were finding information and putting them into my own words. My weakness was putting it together as an exposition/ preamble

1) What part of the expostion are you responsible for?

I am writing the introduction of the preamble.

2) What supplementary material are you using to back up your thesis points (your argument)?

I will use videos, pictures and different text types.eg. Articles to bak up our thesis point.

1) What is an exposition?

A systematic interpretation or explanation of a specific topic.

2) What is a thesis point?

 They are points that are located in the introduction that will will be explained in the paragraph.

3) How is an exposition type structured?

It has an introduction which introduces your case, a body which explains your case and a conclusion which sums up your case.

Are you satisfied with the groups so far?

Yes, I am satisfied with the groups so far.

Who is not pulling their weight?

So far, everybody in the group

1) Outline the frustrations you have felt over the week.

So far I have had no frustrations beacuse we as a team have been working very well together.

2) What has been the cause of these frustrations?

I have had no frustrations yet.

3) Why do you think it is necessary to deal with your frustrations? How will you deal with them in your groups?

I think it is important to deal with your frustrations because if you dont you will not be able to work properly because you are upset. We will deal with frustrations on our groups by speaking to the person who is frustrated and trying to calm him down so we can start to work properly again.

4) Have you felt the desire to work alone so far?

No, at the moment I am happy working with my group.

What significant moment in Indigenous History occurs this week?

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologises to the Indigenous Australians for the Stolen generation

How may you use this as supplementary material?

I will use this as supplementary material to back up my project when we talk about the Stolen Generation

What is your aim for this lesson?

My aim for this lesson is to finish the work set to me by my group and my teacher