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Gracey

Original Cover (1994)

Word Splash

- Gracey is one of our main texts in the Relationships unit of study

- We want to explore how language works to build interesting characters, relationships and their stories

- This novel includes some serious themes

What clues about the novel are on the cover?

school Murri

community bones

ancestors letters

police football

photographs white

grave rules

anger people

Second Cover (2009)

How does the new cover add to or change our ideas?

The blurb

Gracey’s back from boarding school for the holidays. She’s been gone two years and Brisbane is home now, not this hick town.

Her brother, Dougy, is an embarrassment, especially when he finds some gruesome old bones that bring experts and activists to town. Gracey’s glad she can get back to school, but Dougy and those bones won’t leave her alone. They’re part of a history that draws her in, revealing more about her family than she could possibly have guessed. Who is Gracey? Does she even know herself?

The second of the award-winning Gracey stories.

Gracey by James Moloney

Chapter 4

Chapter 1

Chapter 3

Chapter 2

Summary Activity - Jigsaw

Chapter 11

Chapter 10

Chapter 9

Key Vocabulary

Chapter 12

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Draw a mind map of the characters that have been introduced.

Use thickness and colour of lines to indicate the type of relationships between them.

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i) Write a 5 sentence summary of chapter 2

ii) What do we learn about Dougy's character in this chapter?

(Select 2-3 quotes to support your answer)

i) Put these events in order:

ii) Why has Gracey changed her name from Gracey to Grace

iii) How is Dougy's narration similar or different to Gracey's?

( Consider tone, tense, vocabulary etc.)

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- Split into pairs/threes and choose from chapters 1, 2, 3 or 4.

- Read Trent's message at the end of that chapter

- Fill in the Trent Foster table

- Break up into groups with someone from each chapter

- Fill in your table from the others work

1. How old are the bones? And what conclusions are drawn about them?

2. Draw a graph of Dougy's emotions throughout the chapter

3. What information do we learn from Gracey at the town meeting?

4. Has Gracey grown much as a character through this chapter? Why or why not?

5. How does Trent’s message contribute to the story?

Creative Writing Responses

- Write a diary entry for a character who doesn't narrate in Gracey

- Write the next chapter of Gracey

- Choose a narrating character and a critical moment in the book. Write a poem capturing their emotions.

Cliche

Journalist

Anthropologist

Specialist

Intrigue

Hostility

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

i) List a phrase that Moloney uses to describe:

-Angela’s parents

-Hamilton College Girls

-Mrs Fielding

ii) What has Gracey learned about language since her first day? (list 2+ things)

iii) Describe Dougy’s tone when he talks about school.

iv) Which sentence/s tell us that Dougy and his mum’s relationship has changed

v) Why do you think this is? (Use quotes to support your answer)

i) Draw one scene from chapter 6 on an A4 page e.g. the formal, the park or Dougy and his friends

ii) This chapter presents different ideas about Aboriginality, describe what it means to be black

- For Gracey

- For Dougy

- For the wider community

iii) How has Trent's voice (tone and vocabulary) changed since chapter 1? Why?

i) What types of primary sources does Gracey find in the Oxley Library?

ii) Who is Stan McNamara? When was he in Cunningham?

iii) Why do you think Gracey looks into the history of Cunningham?

iv) If you were Gracey, what would you do now?

i) What emotions do Gracey and Dougy go through, are they similar or different?

Why does Kevin speak at their mother’s funeral?

The epiphany moment of the end of the chapter: is this a real moment or only temporary? Why?

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