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The document provides discussion questions about the short story 'Only Ten'. It explores how Hussein has grown up in a war-torn country and became a child soldier at age 10, leaving him misunderstood by his Australian peers. Readers are positioned to consider issues like racism, conflict, and poverty from different perspectives.

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Only Ten Questions

The document provides discussion questions about the short story 'Only Ten'. It explores how Hussein has grown up in a war-torn country and became a child soldier at age 10, leaving him misunderstood by his Australian peers. Readers are positioned to consider issues like racism, conflict, and poverty from different perspectives.

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Year 8 Extension English

Short Story Study


‘Only Ten’

The character Hussein has a context vastly different to most Australian teenagers. He has
grown up in a war-torn country and has become a child soldier at the age of ten. He is a
victim of poverty and his immediate family have been killed in war. Hussein is misunderstood
by his peers because he acts differently to them. This is a story that highlights how
attitudes and values vary according to the context in which you live. It also positions readers
to consider their own attitudes and values toward important issues such as racism, conflict
and poverty.

Demonstrate your understanding of the story by answering the following questions using the
three-step approach: Full sentence answer. Embed quote. Analyse quote by identifying a
technique and explaining the effect of it.

Complete all answers in your English book, rather than the computer.

1. What evidence is there in the text that Hussein is from a war-torn country? Suggest
things but only 1 textual reference.
It is clear that Hussein is from a war-torn country by the way he
2. Identify and explain the meaning for each of the following language features and
structural devices used in the story:
 A metaphor – 2 sentences
 A simile – 2 sentences
 1 example of symbolism – 2 sentences
 1 example of foreshadowing – 2 sentences
3. In what ways is Hussein racially discriminated by Bruce and the other students?
4. How are readers positioned to respond to the racial discrimination that Hussein must
endure?
5. What does the mandarin tree symbolise in the story?
6. List three events that happen in the story that do not affect the other students, but
alarm Hussein because of his contextual background.
7. How is Hussein’s hometown described in the text? How do you respond to the
description?
8. Give two examples of acts of compassion that characters demonstrate in the story.
9. How do Hussein’s attitudes and values change by the end of the story? Comment on at
least three different examples.
10. How does the attitude of the narrator change toward Hussein from the beginning to
the end of the story?
11. Why does Henney say, ‘And only ten.’ At the end of the story?’
PEEEL Paragraph

Point Sentence This leads in from the key words in the question and should determine the
P focus of your body paragraph (your specific answer).

Expand Develop the topic sentence, explaining your ideas in further detail.
E
Example Use the exact words from the text as your evidence. Try to integrate this
E quote into your sentence, rather than just having it hanging. Make sure
your evidence is relevant to the point that you are making.
Explain Analyse the evidence that you have provided. Be specific, technical and
E detailed. Identify specific techniques and explain how they create
meaning. Never leave your evidence unexplained before or after including
it in your paragraph.
Link Link back to your thesis by restating your ideas and confidently link your
L examples and arguments back to the key words of the question.

Write a PEEEL paragraph to answer the following questions:

1. Explain how language features or structural devices have been used to represent
Hussein as a victim of war in the short story.

2. How are the children characterised to represent racist bullies at the beginning of the
text?

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