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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For Lit our students do <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>History of the world IN 10 ½ Chapters by Julian Barnes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Gatsby the novel and Gatsby the graphic novel by Niki Greenberg<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sylvia Path<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Judith Wright<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Othello<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The Outsider<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We also do a range of poems just because I love them. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Yevtushenko’s poetry is the highlight for all. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I have had success with Spirited Away, Peter Carey’s short stories, Asher Lev, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Negative responses to The Turn of the Screw, Tim Winton, Jane Eyre<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Greta<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I try to have some fun with it <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> english-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:english-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alison Smith<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 31 July 2011 4:24 PM<br><b>To:</b> VCE English Teachers' Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [English] Text Choices for Yr11 Lit?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I'm at a large regional secondary college. I've had a lot of success with Anson Cameron's short stories in <i>Nice Shootin' Cowboy</i> (although, sadly, it is currently out of print). Last year I also did <i>Lord of the Flies</i>, <i>King Lear </i>(Because we could see it in performance)<i>, Toy Symphony </i>(also because it was touring; it was fantastic), <i>Far From Heaven (</i>film text) and some Emily Dickinson poetry. I think I also used some short stories from <i>Book of the Beach. </i><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Alison<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 28/07/2011, at 7:16 AM, Jan May wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I've been using 'A Christmas Carol', the film Graveyard of the<br>Fireflies, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Inheritance, Frankenstein,<br>poetry text Blue Light, Clear Atom and a Shakespeare play. Also did<br>earlier in year a bit of a Shaun Tan unit using class set of The Red<br>Tree and short film, The Lost Thing. <br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>"Caruso, Greta" 07/27/11 6:39 AM >>><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>We have done <br>Beneath Clouds (Great Australian film) but will next year swap to Mary<br>and Max (animated film by Adam Eliot)<br>The Longest Memory but will swap to The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville<br>(possibly) <br>Night <br>Medea (but I think I am sick of that)<br><br>Cheers, <br>Greta<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:english-bounces@edulists.com.au">english-bounces@edulists.com.au</a><br>[mailto:english-bounces@edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Alex NELSON<br>Sent: Wednesday, 27 July 2011 3:13 PM<br>To: VCE English Teachers' Mailing List<br>Subject: Re: [English] Text Choices for Yr11 Lit?<br><br>We do Edgar Allen Poe, A View From the Bridge (as a sort of Views and<br>Values study), Frankenstein (as a novel into film study), Midsummer<br>Nights and a short story from Tim Winton's "Minimum of Two" for the<br>comparison task, and Chaucer's A Millers Tale for creative response. But<br>nothing very modern in here...<br><br>Just went to a New texts for Year 12 English PD and was told Atwood's<br>Cat's Eye, Carver's Will You Be Quiet Please and Things We Didn't See<br>Coming, Steven Amsterdam (I think) would all work well for Year 11 Lit<br>as well.<br><br>Cheers<br>Alex<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:english-bounces@edulists.com.au">english-bounces@edulists.com.au</a><br>[mailto:english-bounces@edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of<br><a href="mailto:nautakat@tpg.com.au">nautakat@tpg.com.au</a><br>Sent: Wednesday, 27 July 2011 2:42 PM<br>To: VCE English Teachers' Mailing List<br>Subject: Re: [English] Text Choices for Yr11 Lit?<br><br>We are finding 'I'm not Scared' a terrific choice at yr 11.<br><br>We still love Macbeth, always works with Yr 11s with lots of<br>supplementary activities.<br><br>We also look at Paul Kelly's lyrics and again Yr 11s respond to the<br>familiarity of these.<br>Good luck, Kathryn<br><br>On Wed, Jul 27th, 2011 at 1:05 PM, "Kennedy, Renee L" wrote:<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>I would like to know what texts schools are choosing for year 11 <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Literature? Can anyone give me some good suggestions?<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Renée Kennedy.<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Important - This email and any attachments may be confidential. If <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>received in error, please contact us and delete all copies. 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