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Before Reading the Novel Consider the internal and external covers of the book. Are you able to get a feeling about the story based on the blurb and illustrations? What does it give away that could help you piece together what might happen in the book? Record your ideas so that you can revisit them during your reading of the novel. ?Read the contents page with the list of chapter titles. What impressions do the headings give you about the story? Which ones do you find more appealing? Why?ThemesPersonal Identity and IndividualismIshmael declares that he will be voted the Mayor of Loserville because of his Ishmael Leseur’s Syndrome. What does this tell you about how Ishmael feels about his identity?What does Ishmael feel about the story of how he got his name?What do you think of Ishmael? What strengths and weaknesses does he demonstrate throughout the novel?Over the course of the novel, Ishmael faced and overcame many challenges. Looking back, what do you think would be three things that Ishmael might say he learnt? Do you like Ishmael better at the end of the novel?Find your own evidence of identity in the text and record it in the following table.SceneChapter and page numberIn your own words, explain how it demonstrates the theme of identity.ConformityHow does James Scobie challenge the notion of conformity at St Daniel’s Boys College?How is the way Scobie responds to Barry different from Ishmael’s?Find your own evidence of conformity in the text and record it in the following table.SceneChapter and page numberIn your own words, explain how it demonstrates the theme of conformity.RebellionIshmael said at the start that Year Nine was the ‘toughest, the weirdest, the most embarrassingly awful and the best year of (his) life.' Highlight the acts that highlight teenage rebellion – either for a good cause, or simply as an act of defiance.Find your own evidence of rebellion in the text and record it in the following table.SceneChapter and page numberIn your own words, explain how it demonstrates the theme of rebellion.CharacterisationIn your novel who does the author introduce to the reader?Create a table like the one below then list all the people the narrator introduces us to, including themselves.If the narrator gives us their name, include it.If the narrator only gives us a common noun (such as friends), include that instead.In the middle column, list up to five important details the narrator tells us about the person or people – if any,Try to predict whether we will learn more about that person or people later in the book.Characters/families introducedProper name or common noun?Things the narrator tells us about themPredict: will they be a major or minor character? Will they be flat or round?Why or why not?Hair and eye colour?Personality?Nationaliy?Gender? Age?Interests or hobbies?Friendships – Throughout the novel, Scobie and Ishmael are tormented by Barry Bagsley and his group of bullies; using the Venn diagram, show how the two characters deal with the plete the Character Inference Chart on two of the main characters in Don’t Call me Ishmael.A writer can reveal aspects of character by ‘telling’ the readers what the character is like and by ‘showing’ the readers. A writer might ‘show’ readers what particular characters are like in many different ways – by how they move, by their mannerisms, by what they do, by their interests and attitudes, by how they speak, by their appearance and by their name. Discuss ways in which the characters of Prindabel, Bill and Razza are ‘shown’ in Chapter 21.SettingPlease read the graphic organiser below and create your own organiser in your workbook where you write your own examples for each of the senses. Construct a table like the one below in your workbook to explore the author's use of sensory imagery to describe the setting. As you read through the novel fill in this table to demonstrate your understanding of each of the senses. SenseExample from novelHow is the reader supposed to react to the author’s descriptions?HomeSchoolOther location/sMaking ConnectionsUse the three worksheets to make connections between the novel you are reading and yourself, another text and a world/global.Double Entry journal: text to text – What connections can you make between Don’t Call me Ishmael and another text you have read or watched.Double Entry journal: text to self – What connections can you make between Don’t Call me Ishmael and yourself?Double Entry journal: text to world – What connections can you make between Don’t Call me Ishmael and things you know about the world?VocabularyFind one word per chapter that you do not know the meaning of and complete the WORD MAP for each word.Remember the WORD MAP asks for a definition in your own words, words with similar meanings, a sentence using the word correctly and a drawing of the word.LanguageRead the following extract from Don’t Call me Ishmael and complete the discussion questions on the text, which highlight different literary techniques such as descriptive, sensory and emotive language as well as tone, mood and setting. ................
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