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This is where you will find worksheets/information/links etc that you need for English.

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=Year 8=

General resources https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-9kJKFKYShiNkc0Uk1TajFwc3M/edit?usp=sharing





Magazines 

Alice in Wonderland
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The Giver


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=Writing Folio- Term 3 = = =

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<span style="color: #2e6e22; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 25px;">Term 3 Plan
This is a timetable for you to keep up to date with reading for ‘The Giver’. You will need to read some of the text at home. If you are away, please catch up on the reading and assessments you’ve missed.
 * ** Term 3 plan including reading Timetable for ‘The Giver’ **

__** Weekly plan (dates are for Mondays) **__
|| ** Reading guide- (chapters) ** || ** Assessments ** ||  ||
 * ** Holidays ** || 1 & 2 ||  ||
 * ** 1 16th July ** || 3-5 || Writing folio 1- utopia/dystopia ||
 * ** 2 23rd July ** || 5-8 ||^  ||
 * ** 3 30th July ** || 9-12 ||  ||
 * ** 4 6th August ** || 13-15 || Writing folio 2 ||
 * ** 5 13th August ** || 16-18 ||^  ||
 * ** 6 20th August ** || 19-21 || Practice TEEL paragraphs ||
 * ** 7 27th August ** || 22 & 23- finish! ||^  ||
 * ** 8 3rd September ** ||  || The Giver Essay ||
 * ** 9 10th September ** ||  ||^   ||
 * ** 10 17th September ** ||  ||^   ||   ||

<span style="color: #2e6e22; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 25px;">TRASH
Here is the reading schedule to keep you on track. Whatever we don't read/cover in class, you need to finish off at home.
 * Timetable for Term 2: **

Read at least to the end of chapter 4. || Pre Teaching for ‘Trash’ Prediction || Questioning Writing about Author's message (hunch) || Questioning - part of final assessment Writing about Author’s message (hunch) || Questioning Writing about Author’s message (hunch) || Writing about Author’s Message || Life after Trash ||
 * ** Week ** || **Homework** || ** Reading ** || ** Classwork ** ||
 * 1 ||  ||   || Finish Magazines ||
 * 2 || Finish reading Part 1 Chapter 4 by 29th of April. || Begin ‘Part 1’
 * 3 || Finish reading Part 1 by the 6th of May || ‘Part 1’ || 5 point summary
 * 4 || Finish reading Part 2 by 13th of May || Part 2 || 5 point summary
 * 5 || Finish reading Part 3 by the 20th of May || Part 3 || Who wanted to but so - practice
 * 6 || Finish reading Part 4 by the 27th of May || Part 4 || Who wanted to but so: Olivia
 * 7 || Finish reading the book by the 3rd of June || Part 5 – Finished Book! J || Final Assessment - Writing ||
 * 8 ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 9 ||  ||   || Final Assessment - DVD cover



<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 25px;">WIDE READING <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 34px;">



<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How does first person narration contribute to our understanding of Christopher's journey <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Using quotes in essays. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TEEEEEL: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How does Haddon create empathy through the narrative of ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’? || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Character profiles <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Christopher unintentionally reveals as much about the people around him as he does about himself. Discuss || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Intros and conclusions <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">‘Because the story is narrated from Christopher’s point of view, we learn little about other characters.’ Do you agree? || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Discussio <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ess ||
 * || **Reading (pages). Approx..** ||  ||
 * **Wee**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">k 1 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1-60 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TEEL paragraph
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Week 2 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">60-120 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Double- book reports
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Week 3 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">120-180 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TEEEEL:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Week 4 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">180-240 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hurdle
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Week 5 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">240-finish || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Theme study.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Week 6 ||  || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 220%; line-height: 1.5;">Year 12 ** Year 12 English wiki ** ||

[|ACU revision lectures]
=[|VCAA: past exams etc]= ==

=Outcome 1 Resources=

<span style="color: #2e6e22; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 1.5;">'Twelve Angry Men'
media type="file" key="abc radio libby gorr.mp3" width="240" height="20" =Outcome 2 Resources=

<span style="color: #2e6e22; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Extra reading:
Abdel-Fattah, Randa 2005, Does My Head Look Big in This?, Pan Macmillan, Sydney. Akhil, Shalini 2005, The Bollywood Beauty, Penguin, Melbourne. Cho, Tom 2009, Look Who’s Morphing, Giramondo, Sydney.

[|'Selfie' article]

<span style="color: #2e6e22; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Recommended films: // Lars and the Real Girl // // Boy // // Looking for Alibrandi // // Skin //

<span style="color: #2e6e22; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Using Language to Persuade

=Outcome 3 Resources=