My current english assessment task involves me taking an AUSTRALIAN poem and turning it into a short story (Approx 600 word)
When writing the story i need to keep the main theme/idea/message the same as the poem.
But i need to MODERNISE it.
For example waltzing matilda, instead of : A swagman stealing a sheep -> getting caught -> Jumping into billiabong to drown himself.
You would have: A homeless man -> Steels drugs -> Gets caught by -> jumps off a building.
Does anyone have any ideas of a good poem to do?? PLEASE HELP!!
And they do need to be AUSTRALIAN
Thanks in advance
When writing the story i need to keep the main theme/idea/message the same as the poem.
But i need to MODERNISE it.
For example waltzing matilda, instead of : A swagman stealing a sheep -> getting caught -> Jumping into billiabong to drown himself.
You would have: A homeless man -> Steels drugs -> Gets caught by -> jumps off a building.
Does anyone have any ideas of a good poem to do?? PLEASE HELP!!
And they do need to be AUSTRALIAN
Thanks in advance