Assignment Paper

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CREATIVE RESPONSE TO TEXT – NO SUGAR – 2020 SAC topics
 Complete ONE of the Creative response tasks below.
 You must also complete a Written Explanation for this piece of writing – to be completed on the provided scaffold sheet.
 Time allocated = 100 mins total – to complete both the Creative Response & Written Explanation
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1. You are Frank Brown, writing a letter to his own family. At what point of the play would Frank write this? What has prompted Frank to write to his family? Also consider:
• Treatment of your indigenous friends by white officials
• Your opinion about the removal from their home to Moore River
• What you have learnt about indigenous way of life – how have they adapted? What have they retained of their culture? What have you learnt about indigenous values? Customs?
• Your position as a white man – your thoughts on other whites/authorities
• The effects of the Great Depression on yourself and indigenous communities
• Your hopes for the future for your indigenous friends.
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2. You are Chief Protector A.O. Neville, giving a speech to West Australian government ministers in 1934 about your role. What would you say?
• Why are you giving this speech – what has prompted it?
• What type of ideas do you have for the government to implement? How do you see your role?
• Have you seen examples of your ideas in practice already? Where? Successful?
• How would you reflect on the behaviour of the Moore River Settlement inhabitants at the Australia Day celebrations?
• What do you see for the future of the Aborigines?
• What are your overall attitudes towards the Aborigines?

Creative Response = approx. 500 words in length. Consider your use of:
1. Literary/stylistic devices that Davis uses
2. Specific references to events/concepts/viewpoints in the play
3. ‘Realistic’ character depiction – language, tone and perspectives adopted
4. Your response must be textually accurate

Written explanation = approx. 200 words in total
Complete the questions on the scaffolded sheet to explain and justify the decisions that you make in your writing.

Name:
Creative Response – Written Explanation
‘No Sugar’ by Jack Davis, Unit 1

What is the ‘gap’ you have chosen to explore – explain the context of your piece? Locate where your piece fits in with the original play and explain why you have chosen this point in time to write your ‘crack in the narrative’ (i.e. what did you want your piece to add/develop/reveal about the setting and social/cultural attitudes of the time?). Also, who is the target audience for your piece – why?

Whose perspective did you write from? How did Davis portray this character? Which of these key ideas did you want to convey about this character, and WHY? (Remember – your piece should realistically convey the ideas/beliefs/attitudes/actions of one key character, but your writing should obviously also include references to other characters) .
Also, what structure/form did you choose to write in? Why was this a suitable form to choose for your character’s PoV? (ie. What did it enable you to focus on or reveal about your key character?)

Which key concerns (themes/ideas) did you focus on and develop from the original play? WHY?
(ie, what is the purpose/aims/intention for your piece of writing?). Be really specific about how and where your piece demonstrates these – give brief quotes from your piece.
eg, My intention was to explore the character of Neville in ‘No Sugar’, as he is an authority figure and antagonist in this play. The purpose of my piece was to explore Neville’s viewpoint and therefore reveal Davis’s key concern of racist white attitudes towards the indigenous community, and the white justification for this ‘protection’. This was revealed when I had Neville comment “………..” I wanted to portray Neville as…..

Which stylistic devices from the original play (ie, stage directions, type of language, symbols, motifs, structure of the play, the use of literary references, specific character voice/tone, etc…) did you attempt to use in YOUR writing? Be as detailed as possible –provide examples/quotes from your own piece that demonstrate their use, and explain why you use these. Ie. what were you aiming to add to the ‘meaning’ of your piece? or impressions you were intending to convey? using these devices.
Eg. To create a realistic response for Frank, I used the colloquial language that Davis employs for him in the play, such as “……….” This is to show that Frank was…….. I also incorporated the symbol of ……. as this implies Frank feels/believes…….
Creative Response – Name: