The ETA has very helpfully put together a list of aspects of belonging. The list includes: belonging through place belonging through kinship belonging through shared experience belonging through shared culture belonging through global networks belonging through textual engagement To this list my students added belonging through shared purpose, as this helped them to include many [...]
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New Year, New You: Part 2
Posted in HSC English, tagged AoS, Area of Study, belonging, conflicting perspectives, creative writing, essay, exams, Frankenstein, history and memory, HSC, Mary, Module C, teaching, texts, writing on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Step Two: Write The only way to get better at writing is to write. Preparatory writing for HSC English falls into four main categories: notes, personal responses, analytical responses, creative responses. a. Notes. This includes annotations and notes on your texts (this should, ideally, be done during the second reading), summaries of chapters, poems, acts [...]
Experience of the Human and Module A
Posted in HSC English, tagged Blade Runner, Comparative Study, English literature, film, Frankenstein, HSC, Mary Shelley, Module A, Ridley Scott, texts, texts in time on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The composers of Frankenstein and Blade Runner both use non-human characters to shine a spotlight on the human experience. In addressing questions related to these texts we must ask ourselves, what are the fundamental needs, experiences and desires shared by human beings? We are all born, we all need nurturing, we all desire to know [...]
Bible Verses for the Comparative Study
Posted in HSC English, tagged biblical allusion, Blade Runner, Comparative Study, English literature, Frankenstein, HSC, Mary Shelley, Module A, Ridley Scott, texts, texts in time on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Biblical allusion is a key technique in both texts for the Comparative Module: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Blade Runner directed by Ridley Scott. In an increasingly secular and multicultural country, it can no longer be assumed that students know the bible verses being alluded to in various texts. Here are some suggested verses and [...]
Practising Short Responses
Posted in HSC English, tagged AoS, Area of Study, belonging, exams, HSC, nonfiction, texts on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Section One of Paper One is a great opportunity to gain marks quickly for a small amount of writing. Knowing how to address questions quickly and accurately can really save you precious exam time and save your poor writing hand as well. The best way to get good at these types of questions is to [...]
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 [...]
Judith Wright
Posted in Reading, tagged Australian literature, essay, Judith Wright, Literature, poetry, texts on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last week year 9 submitted their essays on the poetry of Judith Wright and its perspectives on the relationship between the Australian people and the Australian landscape. Here are some of the points we came up with in class: Bora Ring a bora ring is an Aboriginal dancing circle, the one in the poem has [...]
