My Place by Nadia Wheatley

My Place is historical fiction. What does this mean?

• It's a made up story set in the olden days.

• Historical events are true but the characters and stories are not.

• Characters are real but the history is made up.

• The characters are made up and so is the history.

How is the story multimodal?

• The timeline at the front helps readers navigate the story.

• There is a handdrawn mudmap on each double page spread

• The story is narrated by different children in each decade.

• Each double page spread has the decade written in the top right hand corner.

• The language is simple and easy to understand.

What is the purpose of the text?

• To inspire readers to migrate to Australia

• To persuade readers to read more Australian History books

• To educate readers about aboriginal Australian history

• To inform readers about fig trees.

What is the significance of the fig tree in the text?​ (a)   ​

• To show how some things never change.

• It symbolises nourishment because it keeps growing fruit.

• It is native to Australia.

• It has nasty prickles on its branches representative of White Australians' treatment of Aboriginals

How would you describe the chronological order of the book?

What was the main reason the text was written?

• To celebrate Australia's bicentenary

• To celebrate figs

• To teach people about multiculturalism

• To convince environmentalists to stop building canals

Why are aborigines seldom mentioned in the story?

• They were considered by the whites to be unimportant.

• Their history is uneventful.

• They didn't want mentioning.

• The whites considered them savage heathens.

The canal largely represents ______ in the story.

What do readers learn about Australian History in the text?

• How to cook a barbecue

• how multiculturalism began

• how whites have destroyed the environment since British invasion

• the strength of community

Which children told stories in the text?

• Laura

• Russell

• Mike

• Sophie