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Magic May – Harry Potter
Fifteen years ago in June 1997, the first in the Harry Potter series (Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone) was released. Followed by another six books over the years, J.K. Rowling and her boy wizard changed the face of children’s/young adult literature. Since Harry there have been other reading fads (e.g.Twilight, and now Hunger Games) … Continue reading
Tag Galaxy
Another way into a topic (particularly modern day) is through tag galaxy . It is a way students can get a visual impression of a topic. I would give students a starting tag or two get them to see how the search reduces and then describe what they think the topic is about based on … Continue reading
Australian April or Magic May?
Michael Pryor – Blaze of Glory The dilemma for me for this book is do I put it in Australian April or Magic May? As we are at the end of the month and start of May I return to the question from the start of April- how do you define a book as being Australian? … Continue reading
Site Recommendation – VCE English lectures
I came across this over the weekend. Great for VCE english students who want to extend their thinking and understanding of their texts. The Wheeler Centre videos discussions on VCE texts – such as Year of Wonders, Richard III, Streetcar, The Crucible and so on. Basically Texts in the City is a weekly exploration of the classic … Continue reading
Australian April – Things a map won’t show you
Things a map won’t show you – stories from Australia and beyond. Edited by Susan LaMarca and Pam McIntyre. Finding a good short story collection is a never ending quest for an English teacher (and their TL) and in this book I may have found the holy grail! My attention was drawn to this book … Continue reading
Australian April = ANZAC April
Given that Wednesday (25th April) is Anzac Day it seems appropriate that bookgenremonthly’s Australian focus for April extends itself into Australian and New Zealand stories of war. There are MANY quality novels that can help young adults understand the impact of war but for this blog entry I am going to mainly limit myself to … Continue reading
Australian April – Indigenous Australians (Pt 2)
Australian April and the first Australians – Texts about Indigenous Australians (2) Following on from the previous blog, I will provide some other recommendations – At the start of 2011, I had to do a collection analysis of what texts I would recommend to an English faculty to have as class etc texts for a … Continue reading
Australian April – Indigenous Australians (Pt 1)
Australian April and the first Australians – Texts about Indigenous Australians In the bookgenremonthly blog on Jasper Jones I referred to Dougy , Deadly Unna and Herbie as comparisons and as a result started thinking of the other indigenous themed texts I have read over the past few years that have given me the “aha” … Continue reading
Reading on an iPad
For convenience, I think being able to read on an iPad (or similar) is great. When I haven’t been able to get to a library or bookshop I have still been able to access books that I want to read (NOW!). However, with the possible exception of Jasper Jones, the books have been quite lightweight … Continue reading
Australian April – Jasper Jones
Jasper Jones – Craig Silvey I decided to do this book for genre monthly as it has caused some controversy at a local school where it has been book-listed as a Year 10 text replacing Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Whether the issue is the content or that it has replaced the much loved … Continue reading
Book genre monthly
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Soveriegn Hill Education
- Digging into Our Putrid Past: Goldfields Hygiene
- SUSTAINABILITY, Waste Not – Want Not!
- Blueprints for a Better Society: The Forgotten Legacy of Mechanics’ Institutes
- François Cogné and the Making of Main Street
- The Voyage that Changed a Life: Letters and Diaries from the Goldfields Passage
- Every Donkey Has Its Day
- Coachbuilder Mr W. Proctor
- The Goldfields according to Gill
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