Following on from previous lessons where we responded to The Surfer creatively, my current Year 12 students were invited to explore a different approach. From an English Action newsletter, (The […]
At the beginning of each senior English course, we – myself and students – write a letter to our future selves that is sealed, stored in a box and opened […]
My final presentation for the Peel Valley ETA HSC English Study Day was Mark Haddon’s compelling and quirky The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time for Module B: […]
A perennial favourite, The Castle fits very neatly into the expectations of Module A: Language, Identity and Culture. Here are the slides and discussion points from my presentation at Farrer Memorial Agricultural […]
A sunny, yet bone dry day was our welcome from the Peel Valley ETA and the resumption of their HSC English Study Day. Held at Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School, […]
It was with sunshine and wind at my back that I approached the Sydney Observatory for the Writing Teachers workshop with accomplished zinester, author of non-fiction and memoir, and creative […]
As an assessment task for Module C: Craft of Writing, Year 12 wrote a creative piece and critique. This occurred over several weeks, with students submitting a minimum of three […]
Filling in a few lessons of the Year 11 Contemporary Possibilities module, where we had been exploring the representation of teenagers in the media – core text: Rebel Without a Cause […]
In the new Stage 6 HSC English course, Module B Close Study of Text has been replaced by Module B Close Study of Literature. Some aspects of the module are […]
This year, Year 9 considered responsibility of war as part of their study of Context and Perspective through War Poetry. We considered Buffy Saint Marie’s Universal Soldier to reflect on our […]
