ine independent f publ i s h i ng TEACHING NOTES www. f remant l e p ress. com.au 1 Destroying Avalon Kate McCaffrey ISBN: 9 781921 064579 Publication Date : 2006 Synopsis Avalon and her family move from Grace Point to a coastal suburb in Perth for the start of Year 10. Her new school is huge‚ an environment vastly different to her old country school. Quickly she learns the schoolyard politics‚ the class system in place‚ from Group A — the Bitches — to Group Z — the Weirdos and Queeros
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compared to Tennyson. Gwaine still returns to Arthur in his dream‚ but tells Arthur he will die in battle. There is no mention of a treaty or of Sir Lancelot. When the time comes to fight a mist surrounds the armies‚ which causes them not to see who they are fighting. As friends kill friends‚ few stand when the mist clears. Looking around Arthur’s sees his loyal knights dead all around and says “Behold‚ I seem but King of the dead.” But Bedivere responds that he is King everywhere‚ and he still worships
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Teaching and Learning Guide Destroying Avalon This guide includes: Analysis of plot‚ characterization‚ style Full textual notes Comprehension questions List of further resources and links Other activities: student briefs Devised by: Trudi Evans & Kate McCaffrey Study Guide Destroying Avalon Setting and Plot Setting The setting for the story is 2006‚ revealed through the popular culture references to TV shows: The OC‚ Neighbours and Missy
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“Imperialism or globalization- I don’t have to care what its called to hate it” – Bill Ayers. Imperialism should be something of the past‚ Avalon is its own land and the natives are their own people. Its not humane to take everything from these people. Imperialism has never lead to any good in the past‚ why would it now? What we call Avalon today isn’t ours to name nor is it ours to take. In the past imperialism has sent the world in chaos. This has started wars from the beginning of time. We
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First of all‚ a similar representation of the group of ‘popular kids’ is evident in Mean Girls and Destroying Avalon. The popular kids are known to us as the ‘A group’ from the novel and as the ‘Plastics’ from the movie. To begin with‚ the people from the Plastics and the A group are represented in both texts as the cliché or stereotypical bunch of popular people. By saying this‚ it is being implied that they demonstrate the hackneyed qualities of people with popularity. Both groups are stereotypically
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The ending of a story is never truly the end. It continues in the minds of the readers beyond the events of the final page. Arthurian legends have been continued‚ retold‚ and reimagined so often that the story—if only a vague outline of it—has engrained itself in our culture. Mary Frances Zambreno‚ in her article‚ “Why Do Some Stories Keep Returning?” explores why that particular story has remained in the forefront of our consciousness. Zambreno argues that the inclusion of gaps compels authors
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demanded patriotism‚ as well as provides a glimpse of his thought process ("Avalon Project - Washington ’s Farewell Address 1796‚" 2008). Not only did he demand patriotism‚ but‚ through his address‚ he let us know that liberty included responsibility. He told us that “respect for authority‚ compliance with laws‚ acquiescence in its measures‚ were duties that were enjoined by fundamental maxims of true liberty” ("Avalon Project - Washington ’s Farewell Address 1796‚" 2008). He informed us that
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February 22‚ 2013 The Nullification Crisis The Nullification Crisis was a revolt by the citizens against Andrew Jackson and the Union‚ whereby they sought liberty and the state of being free‚ including various social‚ political‚ and economic privileges. This attempt to revolt against Jackson failed‚ and their seceding from the country was not granted. In these efforts to secede‚ they sought liberty and worked together as a state to gain what they believed to be free and include various privileges
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boy‚ at approximately 8:15 A.M.‚ and after it hit‚ the entire city fell silent (history.com‚Avalon). This puzzled many Japanese officials; the government sent in a Japanese officer to inspect what occurred in Hiroshima(avalon). From over 100 miles away‚ the man and his crew could see the large cloud left from the blast and the burning remains of a city that was perfectly fine less than an hour before (avalon). The Japanese government was still clueless as to what happened at Hiroshima. It wasn’t until
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