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=Dr Joe, Joe Bellugio =

by Jade Barry
Katharine Chomkowicz Emilia Colicchia Emily Collins Megan Counihan ** Task: ** 1. Katharine Chomkowicz 2. Megan Counihan 3. Individual 4. Emily Collins 5. Individual 6. Emilia Colicchia 7. Individual
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1. ** Write a blurb to entice readers to read your short story. It should be as imaginative and creative as possible ** **. **  It’s Joe’s lucky day. Or so he thought. He started his day just like any other, following his well worn ritual. But today there was a difference, a feeling that something was coming. Joe took it for luck, but he was wrong. Dead wrong. On his 35th birthday Joe feels on top of the world. He pushes one more sit up in his morning workout and treats himself to just one more rasher of bacon at breakfast. But a loud thud on the hood of Joe’s car instantly shatters his joyful mood. In this short, thrilling story we go through the motions with Joe as he tries to save the one patient that would’ve been better off without him. (Kat chomkowicz)



2. As you read your short story, write down any vocabulary words you would like to understand better. Find their definitions and write them in a sentence of your own. Definitions: Impulsively: it means a decision or action that you make in a spur of the moment situation Bystander: it means someone who is around but not involved in Muffled: it means a less loud or quite sound Sentences: I swerved **impulsively** to avoid a head on collision with another car. A **bystander** came over and helped me to pick my work that I dropped Her voice was **muffled** by his hand on her mouth (Megan Counihan)

 3. **Your job is to find a connection between the short story you are reading and the outside world. This may mean connecting what you have read to your own life, to what happens at school or in the community, or to a similar event at other times and places, or to other people or problems. Once each member of the group has shared their connection to the story, choose one connection and write a description of the part of the book, and its connection to the outside world.** (Individual Response [emily collins]) The part of the story that connects with people in the community was Dr Joe losing one of his patients, and having to do the hard task of breaking the news to the family. Everyday, vets, doctors, surgeons, paramedics, police and others have to do one of the hardest jobs in the world; tell families that they will never see their loved one again. While it was only a dog that died, it was still a very sad thing to happen. Many emergency service people would have to experience this with people as well, and although they would probably be used to it, it’s still an extremely hard thing to do.

‘Quick we’re losing him, we’re losing him.’ ‘Bump it up to one-eighty, CLEAR.’ ‘He’s not responding. Again?’ ‘Go again, two hundred this time, CLEAR.’ ‘Doctor, he’s gone.’ ‘No we can’t lose him.’ ‘Doctor, do you want me to call it or should I?’ ‘Time of death 10:32AM’ This part of the book reminds of my cats Ebony and Tinkerbelle. Both cats got ran over by car when I was only 8 years old. My sister and I love cats and kittens very much and when both of the cats died we were really sad. It also reminds me of my old dog. We had to put down my old dog, Brutus, because she was very sick and we didn’t want her to suffer anymore. When I was in the vet I saw another little girl crying because they just put her rabbit down. When the little girl in the story asked if her doggy would go to “doggy heaven” it immediately reminded of the little girl crying when they put her rabbit down. (Megan & Katharine) 4. (emily collins)


 * 5.** **Your job is to choose a paragraph or sentence from the short story to analyse. The purpose is to help other students by spotlighting something interesting, powerful, funny, puzzling or important from the story. Read the section you have chosen to your group members, discuss it with them and record it on your wiki. Please record the name of the story, the page and the section you have chosen, then write your analysis underneath.**

(emily collins- Individual Response) Page 2 of Dr Joe, Joe Bellugio. Paragragh 1: "Rocky was named after all five Rocky movies."... This paragragh is funny because it is obvious that Dr Joe is a lot fatter than he thinks! He has to use two towels stitched together for his shower, although it looks more like a hand towel on his big bum. He follows his morning routine meticulously, and we aslo find out about his love of Rocky films, hence his pet cat's name. Joe gets ready to tackle the day head on, and shows a great attitude towards life. Little does he know that it will turn out to be a very bad day indeed.

Dr joe very rarely drives to work but its a lucky day so why not? up ahead the street has the same clutter of cars to it, although it seemed slightly different today. impulsively, dr joe swerves to miss an ambualnce charging at him head on. once he regains his bearings, he thumps on the break pedal with both heavy feet, in order to miss the object infront of him. something has just rolled over the hood of his car. i think that this paragraph is the most important in the book. it tells the readers that Dr joe has just run over something. it also shows dr joe's character that he is lazy and cant be bothered walking. he uses the excue. 'but its a lucky day so why not. 6. **Describe the setting of the story in detail, either with a picture map or in words. Does the scenery change? Why/why not? How important is the setting to the overall effectiveness of the story? **

 First off the setting of the story takes place in a hospital surgery room I’m guessing, it doesn’t exactly say but that’s what it’s portraying. The scenery does change quite a lot, from his apartment, to his favourite cafe where he eats his breakfast, and then to driving down the street to work when he hits what we think is a person. They then rush to Dr Joe’s surgery where they try to save its life. The setting in the story really isn’t very important. It’s more the action that captivates you. The setting just follows with the action and plot. It’s just there to give you an understanding of where it all takes place, so there for its not very effective in this story. (Emilia Colicchia) **

7 . You're the illustrator! Your job is to draw some kind of picture related to what you have read. It can be a sketch, cartoon, diagram, stick figure scene or an image off the internet that encapulates the main character, the plot or the setting. Show your image to the group. Let them comment upon what they think it might mean, then explain it to your group.**  ** Comments from the group : (emily collins) I think this is Dr Joe's morning ritual. It shows his pet cat, his love of the Rocky movies and his breakfast.

(Megan Counihan) **

(emily collins)