This workshop is designed for Year 12 teachers who will be teaching the film Twelfth Night in 2025 as a text response for Year 12 English. The workshop will begin by looking at essay tasks which can be set for this text. The workshop will then look at how to teach setting, character, imagery and dramatic techniques in the play. The workshop will focus on how to teach students to discuss and think about the messages in the text. It…

This workshop is designed for Year 12 teachers who will be teaching the novel Ghost Wall in 2025 as a text response for Year 12 English. The workshop will begin by looking at essay tasks which can be set for this text. The workshop will then look at how to teach setting, character, imagery and techniques in the novel. The workshop will focus on how to teach students to discuss and think about the messages in the text. It will…

This workshop is designed for Year 12 teachers who will be teaching the short stories of David Malouf in 2025 as a text response for Year 12 English. The workshop will begin by looking at essay tasks which can be set for this text. The workshop will then look at how to teach setting, character, imagery and techniques in the short story collection. The workshop will focus on how to teach students to discuss and think about the messages in…

This professional development is for teachers who will be delivering Vocational Major Literacy at Units 1 or 3 in 2025. The workshop will cover strategies and resources for teaching VM Literacy at Units 1 and 3, including: Designing assessment tasks and criteria sheets Integrating areas of study Core writing, reading, speaking and listening literacy strategies and teaching routines Suggested topics, texts and mini-units for each area of study Digital tools to support, engage and scaffold students

This workshop is designed for Year 12 teachers who will be teaching the poetry of Mary Oliver in 2025 as a text response for Year 12 English. The workshop will begin by looking at essay tasks which can be set for Oliver's poetry, which poems to focus on and how to organise the poems into thematic groups. The workshop will then look at how to teach themes, imagery and poetic techniques in Oliver's poetry. The workshop will also explore how…

This professional development is for teachers who will be delivering VCE English Units 1&3 in 2025. The session will provide teachers with a range of practical strategies for teaching each area of study in Units 1&3, including: How to engage students with personal text response tasks Personal text response class discussion strategies Practising personal text response writing Teaching analytic essay writing Scaffolding students to develop ideas for creative writing Creative writing strategies for craft of writing units Using mentor texts…

This workshop looks in depth at teaching English at Year Levels 9&10 for the new Victorian Curriculum in 2025. In particular, this workshop will demonstrate how to: teach the craft of writing (and specifically a range of non-fiction) tasks and activities teach students to analyse and create spoken texts teach students to analyse the purpose and structure of persuasive texts teach students to analyse novels and films and respond in analytic and personal response essays teach students to develop, share…