Adolescent Novel - The Land of Dragons by Emily Rodda

This book combines several stories from The Land of Dragons and what is to become known as Deltora. Some of the stories have never been told before outside the Deltora quest series and are mostly of ancient legends.

Each chapter provides a succinct message. Chapters one and two set the scene for the entire book. The following chapters jump all over with individual stories which seem to connect to the beginning and finish of the book in one way or another. Many of the chapters are limited to telling specific stories of one person or a family or group of people.

Due to the nature of the book it is often very difficult to follow unless there is full attention paid by the reader. The vocabulary in this book is also very specific to the Deltora quests and the stories within it.

In a classroom this book would highlight the importance of more advanced book layouts. The story has many short chapters but each chapter is clearly identifiable.

Daniel C. Kelly

Daniel Kelly - Introduction

Hi,

My name is Daniel Kelly. I am a second year student in the MBET (formerly LBPM) program at the University of South Australia. This is a brief introduction as a part of the online blogger requires for the English, Language and Literacies course that I am currently undertaking.

My life has always revolved around the outdoors, and more specifically sport. At the age of five I began to play cricket as my school. I continued playing cricket for my schools each and every year of schooling until the completion of year 12. Along the way I also played cricket for a couple of clubs. The first club I played at was the Walkerville Cricket Club at the age of 12. After just one season at Walkerville I progressed to playing at a higher competition at the Prospect District Cricket Club until the end of the last season.

Coinciding with my cricket was my deep love for AFL football. I began playing for the school team at grade 2 and continued playing for school teams through all my schooling. At age 10 I joined the Broadview Football Club and recently played my first Div 1 A grade game. Along the way I also played football for North Adelaide in Junior development teams.

My current interests include football, gym, cars, movies, gaming and anything outdoors. I work part-time at woolworths in the groceries department to support my study.

This week I read a children’s picture book titled “My Funny Family” by Keith Faulkner. It was extremely interesting to pull apart the many details of the book including the formatting, language and literacy.