April 2024
English Graduate Teachers’ Day Out (Via Zoom)
This session is aimed at teachers in their early years of teaching English. It is a day that will be rich in practical activities, resources, strategies and advice for teaching secondary English classes. The day will include a number of mini-workshops that will look at: Effective strategies to teach texts (reading and text response) Effective strategies to teach writing (including vocabulary, sentence structure, creative writing, persuasive writing, essay writing and non-fiction writing) Effective strategies to teach speaking and listening How…
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Teaching analysis of argument for AV and written texts for the new VCE English study design (via Zoom)
This workshop looks at the new exploring and analysing argument areas of study at Units 2 & 4 for the new VCE English study design. This workshop will show teachers how to: Choose issues to study Choose AV texts to study Teach students to identify persuasive aural features of AV texts Teach students to analyse persuasive aural features of AV texts Structure an analysis of individual texts at Unit 2 Structure an analysis of a written and AV text at…
Find out more »June 2024
The best strategies and resources for Unit 2 VM Literacy (via Zoom)
This workshop is designed for teachers of Unit 2 VM Literacy in the second semester of this year. This workshop will demonstrate for teachers: How to teach a range of mini units for areas of study 1 and 2 How to integrate the delivery of areas of study 1 and 2 Different types of learning activities and assessment tasks for areas of study 1 and 2 How to embed literacy strategies within learning activities How to use a range of…
Find out more »A practical introduction to the new Victorian 7-10 English Curriculum (via Zoom)
This workshop is design for English teachers at Years 7-10 who are interested in the new Victorian English curriculum or involved with planning its implementation in 2025. This could include English coordinators and team leaders at 7-10. In this workshop, teachers will be: Given an overview of the new 7-10 curriculum and its key differences to the old curriculum Introduced to key skills at each level Shown how the new curriculum creates pathways to VCE English, English Language, Literature and…
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