📚 Part 1: Close Reading Analysis Table

WALT: Analyse perspectives and representations of concepts, identities, times and places in The Dry.

Instructions: Complete the table below using your assigned passage. Focus on drought, isolation, masculinity, family loyalty, outsider status, gossip and communal responsibility.

Sentence starter for EAL learners: "The description of _______ represents _______ as _______. This positions readers to _______."

🔍 Part 2: Perspective Matrix

Instructions: For each character/group, identify their attitude or belief, connect it to textual evidence, and explain whether Harper reinforces, challenges or complicates it.

Attitude/Belief: _________________________________________________

Textual evidence:

Harper reinforces/challenges/complicates this by:

Attitude/Belief: _________________________________________________

Textual evidence:

How they are portrayed: _________________________________________________

Reader positioning:

"In The Dry, silence protects people more often than it harms them."

Justify your position:

✏️ Part 3: Analytical Paragraph Planner

Topic: "How does Harper use the outback setting to shape representations of responsibility in The Dry?"

Key terms:

Constructs - builds or creates an idea | Exposes - reveals hidden aspects | Reinforces - strengthens existing beliefs | Challenges - questions assumptions | Positions - influences reader viewpoint

Extension activity: Write a second paragraph comparing individual responsibility with communal responsibility in the novel, considering tensions and contradictions in Harper's representation.