[English] english Digest, Vol 59, Issue 1

Mon Aug 1 11:15:48 EST 2011

We are doing:

'The Little Prince'
'The Wife of Martin Guerre'
'The Great Gatsby'
'King Oedipus'
'Importance of Being Earnest' (non-print text)
Death poetry

Kind regards,

Phadrah Hirschfield
WCC Head of English (Secondary)
WCC PoLT Coordinator

Check out my blog at:  www.welcometomyocean.wordpress.com

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   1. Re: Text Choices for Yr11 Lit? (Alison Smith)
   2. Re: Text Choices for Yr11 Lit? (Caruso, Greta)

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Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:24:29 +1000
From: Alison Smith <smith.alison.cl at edumail.vic.gov.au>
Subject: Re: [English] Text Choices for Yr11 Lit?
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I'm at a large regional secondary college. I've had a lot of success with Anson Cameron's short stories in Nice Shootin' Cowboy (although, sadly, it is currently out of print). Last year I also did Lord of the Flies, King Lear (Because we could see it in performance), Toy Symphony (also because it was touring; it was fantastic), Far From Heaven (film text) and some Emily Dickinson poetry. I think I also used some short stories from Book of the Beach.
Cheers,
Alison

On 28/07/2011, at 7:16 AM, Jan May wrote:

> I've been using 'A Christmas Carol', the film Graveyard of the
> Fireflies, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Inheritance, Frankenstein,
> poetry text Blue Light, Clear Atom and a Shakespeare play. Also did
> earlier in year a bit of a Shaun Tan unit using class set of The Red
> Tree and short film, The Lost Thing.
>
>>>> "Caruso, Greta"  07/27/11 6:39 AM >>>
> We have done
> Beneath Clouds (Great Australian film) but will next year swap to Mary
> and Max (animated film by Adam Eliot) The Longest Memory but will swap
> to  The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville
> (possibly)
> Night
> Medea (but I think I am sick of that)
>
> Cheers,
> Greta
>
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> From: english-bounces at edulists.com.au
> [mailto:english-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Alex NELSON
> Sent: Wednesday, 27 July 2011 3:13 PM
> To: VCE English Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [English] Text Choices for Yr11 Lit?
>
> We do Edgar Allen Poe, A View From the Bridge  (as a sort of Views and
> Values study), Frankenstein (as a novel into film study), Midsummer
> Nights and a short story from Tim Winton's  "Minimum of Two" for the
> comparison task, and Chaucer's A Millers Tale for creative response.
> But nothing very modern in here...
>
> Just went to a New texts for Year 12 English PD and was told Atwood's
> Cat's Eye, Carver's Will You Be Quiet Please and Things We Didn't See
> Coming, Steven Amsterdam (I think) would all work well for Year 11 Lit
> as well.
>
> Cheers
> Alex
>
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> Sent: Wednesday, 27 July 2011 2:42 PM
> To: VCE English Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [English] Text Choices for Yr11 Lit?
>
> We are finding 'I'm not Scared' a terrific choice at yr 11.
>
> We still love Macbeth, always works with Yr 11s with lots of
> supplementary activities.
>
> We also look at Paul Kelly's lyrics and again Yr 11s respond to the
> familiarity of these.
> Good luck, Kathryn
>
> On Wed, Jul 27th, 2011 at 1:05 PM, "Kennedy, Renee L"  wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I would like to know what texts schools are choosing for year 11
>> Literature?  Can anyone give me some good suggestions?
>>
>> Ren?e Kennedy.
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Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 10:56:17 +1000
From: "Caruso, Greta" <Caruso.G at kingswoodcollege.vic.edu.au>
Subject: Re: [English] Text Choices for Yr11 Lit?
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For Lit our students do
History of the world IN 10 ? Chapters by Julian Barnes Gatsby the novel and Gatsby the graphic novel by Niki Greenberg Sylvia Path Judith Wright Othello The Outsider We also do a range of poems just because I love them.
Yevtushenko's poetry is the highlight for all.

I have had success with Spirited Away, Peter Carey's short stories, Asher Lev, Negative responses to The Turn of the Screw, Tim Winton, Jane Eyre

Greta

I try to have some fun with it

From: english-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:english-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Alison Smith
Sent: Sunday, 31 July 2011 4:24 PM
To: VCE English Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [English] Text Choices for Yr11 Lit?

I'm at a large regional secondary college. I've had a lot of success with Anson Cameron's short stories in Nice Shootin' Cowboy (although, sadly, it is currently out of print). Last year I also did Lord of the Flies, King Lear (Because we could see it in performance), Toy Symphony (also because it was touring; it was fantastic), Far From Heaven (film text) and some Emily Dickinson poetry. I think I also used some short stories from Book of the Beach.
Cheers,
Alison

On 28/07/2011, at 7:16 AM, Jan May wrote:

I've been using 'A Christmas Carol', the film Graveyard of the Fireflies, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Inheritance, Frankenstein, poetry text Blue Light, Clear Atom and a Shakespeare play. Also did earlier in year a bit of a Shaun Tan unit using class set of The Red Tree and short film, The Lost Thing.

"Caruso, Greta"  07/27/11 6:39 AM >>>
We have done
Beneath Clouds (Great Australian film) but will next year swap to Mary and Max (animated film by Adam Eliot) The Longest Memory but will swap to  The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville
(possibly)
Night
Medea (but I think I am sick of that)

Cheers,
Greta

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[mailto:english-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Alex NELSON
Sent: Wednesday, 27 July 2011 3:13 PM
To: VCE English Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [English] Text Choices for Yr11 Lit?

We do Edgar Allen Poe, A View From the Bridge  (as a sort of Views and Values study), Frankenstein (as a novel into film study), Midsummer Nights and a short story from Tim Winton's  "Minimum of Two" for the comparison task, and Chaucer's A Millers Tale for creative response. But nothing very modern in here...

Just went to a New texts for Year 12 English PD and was told Atwood's Cat's Eye, Carver's Will You Be Quiet Please and Things We Didn't See Coming, Steven Amsterdam (I think) would all work well for Year 11 Lit as well.

Cheers
Alex

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Subject: Re: [English] Text Choices for Yr11 Lit?

We are finding 'I'm not Scared' a terrific choice at yr 11.

We still love Macbeth, always works with Yr 11s with lots of supplementary activities.

We also look at Paul Kelly's lyrics and again Yr 11s respond to the familiarity of these.
Good luck, Kathryn

On Wed, Jul 27th, 2011 at 1:05 PM, "Kennedy, Renee L"  wrote:

Hi All,

I would like to know what texts schools are choosing for year 11 Literature?  Can anyone give me some good suggestions?

Ren?e Kennedy.

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Alison Smith
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Wanganui Park Secondary College
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Phone: 03 5820 9900

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