[English] Ideas for a new anthology would be good

Mon Oct 30 09:07:29 EST 2006

Dear Jo

We haven't considered this but if we got some examples of writing which
were interesting, I can't see why we wouldn't put some in.

Jill 

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Are you also looking for unpublished writing or just published writing.
Could student writing be considered? (I'm thinking secondary school
students)?
cheers,
Jo

--- Margaret Zeegers <m.zeegers at ballarat.edu.au>
wrote:

> I have a couple of suggestions:
> The Prologue from Feral Kid (p. 7) as well as the chapter 26 'Morning'
> from the same book, pp 163-164 (part of a homelessness theme re place,

> and personal shaping
> 
> I would also suggest any passage at all from Steven Herrick's 'By the 
> River', but especially 'Sometime, someday' pp.
> 201-202 and 'The Big
> River', pp. 24-25
> 
> Cheers
> mz
> 
> Dr Margaret Zeegers
> Senior Lecturer
> School of Education
> University of Ballarat
> University Drive
> Mt Helen
> Victoria
> Australia, 3363
> 
> Ph: + 61 3 5327 9327
> Fax: + 61 3 5327 9717
> email: m.zeegers at ballarat.edu.au
> 
> >>> "Wilson, Jill" <jill.wilson at curriculum.edu.au>
> 10/27/06 1:39 PM >>>
> Dear group
>  
> I am hoping that some of you might be interested in helping with a 
> project I'm currently managing.  Curriculum Corporation will be 
> publishing the following in January 2008:
>  
> The project is a collection of writing and art which has attempted to 
> characterise Australians, a collection of text types which explore 
> notions of Australian identity.  It will include a range of genres 
> that are engaging for an upper secondary school audience (Year 11 - 
> 12) as well as a general audience.
> 
>  
> 
> The aim is to compile a collection of voices which are diverse, 
> contradictory, provocative and, at times, complementary of each other.
> The text as a whole is designed to explore the notion of identity and,

> in particular, the conversations, past and present, that Australians 
> have about who they are and what has shaped them as a people.  It will

> provide a richness of materials, speculative opportunities and space 
> for
> reflection about this issue.   The themes are
> outlined at the end of the
> email.  
> 
>  
> 
> I would like some ideas from all of you as practising English teachers

> - do you have favourite pieces tucked away that we could use?  The 
> text types are varied - poetry, extracts from novels, cartoons, 
> essays, newspaper articles, artwork etc.
> 
>  
> We would pursue the copyright on anything you suggest that is 
> selected.
> I'm afraid that there is only glory in the project, not money attached

> to helping but we will acknowledge your help.
>  
> Any suggestions can be posted to me or emailed (if you have it in 
> electronic form).  My mailing address is:
> Jill Wilson
> Curriculum Corporation
> PO Box 177
> Carlton South 3053
>  
> If you need an Express Post bag to help with this, just send me an 
> email with your mailing address.  It you sned anything, can you please

> attach a copy of the publication details so we can chase copyright.
>  
> The collected voices are intended to produce an energetic and engaging

> approach to being Australian.  The collection should be 
> non-stereotypical, focused on the contemporary as well as traditional 
> views of what it is to be Australian.  The collection should include 
> pieces which relate to and "speak to" each other as well as pieces 
> which problematise the content. As a text for English classrooms, the 
> text will range across modes of expression from fine literary writing 
> to pictures to pieces expressing strong arguments.
> 
>  
> 
> The intention is that school students emerge with:
> 
> *	interest in and increased understandings of how
> and why identity
> is talked about and represented
> *	some knowledge of traditional ways in which
> questions of
> identity have been approached in Australia
> *	awareness of competing, contradictory and
> contemporary views of
> this topic.
> *	having participated in discussions about
> contesting views of
> what it is to be Australian
> *	the joyful experience of experiencing good writing
> and finely
> honed argument.
> 
>  
> 
>  The resource is intended to include content about the following:
> 
>  
> 
> Shapers of identity like:
> 
> *	The places "we" live: Landscapes - Eastern
> seaboard/vast empty
> interior, urban landscapes, rural landscapes, the beach
> *	Who are "we"?: People and events - Recent and past
> events which
> have shaped attitudes and values, prominent Australians, Indigenous 
> people of Australia, immigrants to Australia
> 
>  
> 
> Expressions of identity like:
> 
> *	The way "we" talk about ourselves - How we are
> constructed by
> and in the media -opinion, reflection and commentary, major political 
> speeches
> *	How do "we" see ourselves? - depiction of
> Australia and
> Australians in The Arts (literature, visual arts, music, television 
> shows and film)
> *	The games we play - National pride in sporting
> achievement,
> sporting events and their significance, sporting heroes
> *	How  do "we" represent ourselves?: Icons as
> reflections of
> Australian identity
> 
> Many thanks
> Jill
> 
>  
> 
> Jill Wilson
> 
> Manager, Studies of Asia
> 
> Curriculum Corporation
> 
> Level 5 Casselden Place
> 
> 2 Lonsdale Street
> 
> Melbourne 3000
> 
> Ph:  +613 9657 9773
> 
> Fax: +613 9639 1616
> 
> Fax: 1300 780 545 (within Australia Only)
> 
> Email: jill.wilson at curriculum.edu.au
> 
> 
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