Section 3 booklet- At ten years old

ANSWER TO QUESTIONS

At ten years old- Poem

Scooter- kids toy 

Intricate- detailed or very complicated 

Fete- a public function typically held outdoors and organised to raise funds for charity 

Incomprehensible- not able to be understood 

Estimate- roughly calculated or extend of 

Recruited- enlist someone in the armed forces 

Invaluable- extremely useful 

Denied- refuse to give something or refuse to admit something

Campaign- an organised course of action to achieve a goal 

My Predictions
I think that the piece might be about describing someone or something when they were a child, as a significant moment that happened that was memorable and maybe they were going through memories that had and impact on them

2 memories when I was ten
I remember that my dad once bought a life-size doll and scared my mother with it after they watched a horror movie
I also remember how we discovered a snake in our house

I think this piece might include the joys of growing up and how the world is seen by a ten-year-old

Now I think this piece might be about how a ten-year-old see the world and experiences it because the information I have gathered seems to be pointing in that direction

maybe how the world has changed from the good old days when she was carefree

The main purpose of the speech might be letting people know how much everything has changed and how it might not all be for the best

The speaker wants us to donate to the child soldiers international and support them to stop the recruitment of children for war

• how Juliet had to prepare for war by painting her face while other kids her age were getting face paints 
• How music to Juliet was drum beats marching them into war and not like a normal 10-year-old listening to music and dancing in their bedrooms 
• Juliet was a child who was denied her childhood and about 300,000 other children were also taken to war against their will 
• donate to the campaign and give these children their childhood back 

summary 

This piece is about a young girl named Juliet who was taken from her home and made to fight in the war and how it is estimated that about 300,000 other children are suffering the same fate. This poem is giving awareness and asking people to help make a difference 

The writer/speaker wanted to teach us about how what was going on that we couldn't see because it is unfair that these innocent children were made to give up their lives to fight in the war

• personal pronouns- It makes it sound like a realistic experience and when the reader is reading this it makes it sound like this happened to them- At 10 years old I remember having my face painted- As readers see this it immediately brings them into the picture 
• Listing- listing down things to show how much Juliet missed- play-fighting with boys at school, water fights, water balloons and laughter/ real fighting, grenades and silence of death- the reader is clearly shown the differences of Juliet's childhood and a normal child's childhood
• repetition- to draw attention to the word/phrase- at ten years old- it is showing that Juliet was only 10 and this was happening to her 

Personal pronouns- e.g at ten years old MY trips, I remember the music

The speaker's attitude towards children going to war is not good. We see this attitude when the speaker uses repetition. She is constantly stressing the fact that this child was only 10 and how her childhood was taken from her. This is proven when she says "at ten years old my days were filled with trips down to our local beach""at ten years old Juliet was taken against her will""Juliet was a child who was denied her childhood". The point of this is to emphasise her point which is that this is happening and it shouldn't be.  The speaker's overall purpose is to spread awareness on this topic and to help stop it.
Another way this attitude is shown is when she uses the technique listing. Which we see in the line "Juliet was taken away against her will, from her family, her friends, her education, school and community". From this, we learn that this ten-year-old has lost so much of her freedom because she was taken to war. It makes us think about how this is a serious issue and how this 10-year-old shouldn't be forced into that life. Finally, the author wanted us to remember/act/learn that these children are being taken against their will and made to fight in the war when they should be living their childhood. Because no child especially as young as 10 deserves to be living this life. Just like in the text when our character Julie is taken away when she should be living her life.