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English for the Australian Curriculum Book 2 (print)

English for the Australian Curriculum Book 2 (print)
English for the Australian Curriculum
AUTHOR(S):
Brenton Doecke (Consulting Editor) / Graham Parr (Consulting Editor) / Rita van Haren / Mel Dixon / Suzanne Kiraly / Larissa McLean Davies / Karren Philp / Alison Robertson / Gary Simmons
REGION:
Australia
LEVELS:
Year 9 / Year 10
SUBJECT AREA:
Australian Curriculum / English
EDITION:
1ed
ISBN:
9781107648630
PUBLICATION DATE:
18/11/2011
Price:   AUD $52.95
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English for the Australian Curriculum Book 2 draws on a wide variety of contemporary textual modes to encourage students to explore what texts tell us about ourselves, our place in the world, and how we communicate and interact with others.

  • Broad chapter opening questions prompt inquiry, discussion and reflection, giving students the opportunity to bring their personal world and knowledge into play.
  • Activities throughout the text develop student language skills, consolidate comprehension and analysis skills, and allow students to practise various ways of responding to a text, while describing how language works and makes meaning.
  • ‘Read, Write & Create’ end-of-chapter writing and creating activities allow for deep thinking and can reveal student’s true engagement with the texts and its ideas. They offer the opportunity for students to write and create their own texts and accounts for various languages modes.
  • Look Closer focuses on a particular text type or language feature and provides more detailed information to extend knowledge.
  • ‘Read More’ or ‘view more’ directs students to relevant or related texts to extend their understanding.
  • Key terms defined in the margins and a glossary at the end of the book ensure important concepts can be immediately understood and provides an easy-to-use bank of key terms.
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Chapter 1: Cultural mulch – stories about who we are and where we grow

Chapter 2: Australian stories – telling tales of difference and diversity

Chapter 3: Get real – documentary and the telling of truth

Chapter 4: What scares you the most? The power of gothic horror stories

Chapter 5: Laughing out loud – exploring the language of humour

Chapter 6: Remembering – creating narratives of memory and self

Chapter 7: Speeches – how language changes the world

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A fully-balanced and integrated approach to language, literature, and literacy for the Australian Curriculum.

Written for the Australian Curriculum, English for the Australian Curriculum privileges student experience, creative engagement with texts, moments of reflection and opportunities for deep thinking. The series provides a fully balanced and integrated approach to the study of language, literature and literacy, by drawing on the best in English teaching practice around the country.

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Brenton Doecke (Consulting Editor)
At the time of publication, Brenton was a Professor of Education in the Faculty of Arts and Education at Deakin University. He has written extensively on English curriculum and pedagogy. He is a former editor of AATE, and co-editor of the Australian Journal of Language and Literacy (ALEA). Brenton played a major role in the development of the Standards for Teachers of English Language and Literacy in Australia (STELLA) and has engaged in research on the impact of standards-based reforms on the professional identity and practice of English teachers. Brenton is a life member of both AATE and VATE.
Graham Parr (Consulting Editor)
Rita van Haren
At the time of publication, Rita worked in English curriculum and pedagogy development with teachers from preschool to Year 10 in the ACT. Rita has worked in many system leadership roles, developing more inclusive approaches to teaching and learning, and in 2006 was awarded the Minister
Mel Dixon

Mel Dixon is the Publications and Education Officer for ETANSW with many years’ experience as a Head of English. Mel is an experienced HSC marker who has presented on the HSC, led writing teams and written on HSC texts.

Suzanne Kiraly
Suzanne Kiraly completed her Master of Creative Writing in 2009 and is an educator who loves to write. She has taught at all levels of schooling, and at the time of publication taught English at the Canberra Institute of Technology and was Vice President of ACTATE, and Litlinks Coordinator, which is an annual statewide writing competition for senior secondary students in the ACT and regions.
Larissa McLean Davies
At the time of publication, Larissa was Lecturer in Secondary English Education in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne. Prior to taking up this role, she taught English and literature in a range of Victorian secondary schools. Larissa
Karren Philp
Karren has been involved in English education for 29 years. She has taught in six government schools and, more recently, has taught for seven years in teacher professional development. She has been active in her professional associations, joining the English Teachers Association WA Council in 1994, and she has served continuously since then, with seven years as president (1998
Alison Robertson
Alison began her teaching career in 1983 at Kimba Area School on the west coast of South Australia and has taught in a range of public and independent schools since then. At the time of publication, she taught English at Wilderness School in Adelaide, was President of SAETA and a contributing author and editor of the highly successful SAETA publications. Alison has presented numerous workshops at state and national conferences.
Gary Simmons
Gary has worked at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) where he delivered lectures and workshops to students and teachers for over nine years in the Screen Education Unit. At the time of publication, he worked as an independent writer and speaker on screen texts in schools and universities throughout Victoria and lectured on a sessional basis in both education and general public programs at ACMI.

"The range and quality of the resources, both print and visual, are immediately rich and compelling"

 

"The authors aim to promote rich pedagogies within and across the language, literature and literacy strand of the Australian Curriculum. This is achieved through playful engagement, big questions and immersive participation"

 

"There is an expectation throughout of robust enjoyment, a feeling that the writers want students to love English and 'value the power of the imagination and literary expression to provide pleasure and enrich life'"

 

"Overall, these are stimulating resources in tone and scope. Critical approaches underpin invitations to construct, compare, investigate and evaluate. Cognitively-demanding tasks are strengthened through individual and collective processes using graphic organisers, wikis and blogs. On multiple levels and in very diverse and intelligent ways, students' 'funds of knowledge' are mobilsed. There's a myriad of opportunities for students individually and collaboratively to extend imagination, communicate and create. These texts encourage me to wish I was still one of them."

Reviewed English in Australia (AATE, Vol 48, Number 1, 2013).

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