A Series of Fortunate Essay Writing Events
In Year 7, we have been studying adaptation from page to screen using A Series of Unfortunate Events as our text. Written by Lemony Snicket, the first book titled The Bad Beginning […]
Monthly Archives: August 2016
Let it go and journey
As part of revision for the Area of Study: journey, Preliminary students have been completing practice HSC Paper 1 Section 1 style questions. For our next lesson, you should answer […]
Daffodils – different perspectives over time
Many of us are familiar with William Wordsworth’s iconic poem ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ that conveys a sense of awe at the natural beauty the persona confronts. Ultimately, […]
Helena Beat – a dystopian perspective
Continuing a Year 9 study of perspectives through song lyrics and music videos, I couldn’t resist Foster the People’s ‘Helena Beat’. Released in 2011, the music video was directed by […]
Brothers in Arms – a hopeful perspective of war
These mist covered mountains Our Perspectives unit in Year 9 (Stage 5) includes an examination of war poetry, though I have extended this to include perspectives of violence and war. We have […]
Raw – images from the novel as writing prompts
These writing ideas were part of my Writing for Life: Public and Private Worlds for those seniors completing the English Studies course of the NSW HSC. There are opportunities to include the […]
