If you’re in Year 11, you can probably see the pre- and post-Trial HSC chaos around your school. If you’re in Year 11 and you’re smart, you might be thinking, “that’s going to be me in a year’s time.” If you’re in Year 11 and you’re really smart, you might be thinking, “what can I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Preliminary’
Dear Year Eleven Part One
Posted in HSC English, Writing, tagged assessment, essay, exams, Extension 2, HSC, journal, paragraphs, Preliminary, reading, writing on August 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Theseus and the Hunger Games
Posted in HSC English, tagged appropriation, Greek mythology, Hunger Games, Odyssey, Preliminary, science fiction, Suzanne Collins on April 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Many schools approach the Preliminary English Extension course in the same way: first, they select a “classic” text (anything from The Epic of Gilgamesh and Homer’s Odyssey to Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen or a play by Shakespeare); then they introduce students to the idea of “appropriation” or “adaptation” by exploring texts that are [...]
What do you need help with? A poll.
Posted in Thinking, tagged AoS, film, Module A, Module B, Module C, Preliminary, Shakespeare on March 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I am currently working on a number of posts focusing on Module A: Texts in Time and Area of Study: Belonging. I am interested in the kinds of posts my readers would find useful. If I get enough votes for a particular topic I will add it to my “to write” list. You can also [...]
EX11 Term 3 Project Post 3
Posted in Reading, Teaching, Writing, tagged appropriation, creative writing, English literature, Jane Austen, journal, Literature, Preliminary, reading on August 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
All three of my texts end with a relationship being firmly established. In P&P and B&P, this relationship is a marriage and this has been the goal, if not of the female leads then at least of their mothers, all along. Bridget ends up with her Darcy but, in the modern western tradition (begun, I [...]
EX11 Term 3 Project Post 2
Posted in Reading, Teaching, tagged appropriation, English literature, film, Jane Austen, journal, Literature, Preliminary, reading, texts on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
During discussion in class today a student asked, “isn’t that the one where they randomly burst into song?” He was, of course, referring to one of my chosen appropriations, the Bollywood film, Bride and Prejudice (see previous post for an example of a musical number from the film). This got me thinking about the links [...]
EX11 Term 3 Project Post 1
Posted in Reading, Teaching, tagged appropriation, English literature, Jane Austen, journal, Literature, Preliminary, reading, texts on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Following the example of Dr Shann, I have decided to begin work on the Term 3 project being undertaken by the Preliminary Extension English classes. These journal entries will chronicle my progress and, hopefully, serve as a guide to the students who are tackling the idea of a learning journal for the first time. This [...]
What’s the point of literature?
Posted in Thinking, tagged board of studies, debate, Literature, Odyssey, Preliminary on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a summary of the entertaining discussion which was presented to Preliminary Extension classes earlier this week. My personal favourite part was when a teacher (who shall remain nameless), postulated that every text is overtly political and a student (also nameless) replied: “that’s why I’m happier than you”. Many thanks to Rob and Will [...]
Storytelling vs. Lying
Posted in Thinking, tagged creative writing, fiction, Odyssey, Preliminary, quotes, thinking, Virginia Woolf on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Storytelling is a socially acceptable form of lying in which the author (liar) and the reader collude in order to create a safe place for the story (or lie) to flourish. The reader, although aware of the tale’s fiction, willingly participates in its propagation, often retelling it to other willing marks. According to Virginia Woolf’s [...]
