In this elective, you will be given opportunities to read, view, question, discuss, learn from professional writers, participate in online communities and create!
There are several strands to this course:
Literature Circles- in these sessions you will read the novels, Jarvis 24 and Stolen, and complete related activities.
Making a book trailer- you will use the autobiography, The Rugmaker of Mazar-E-Sharif, for your inspiration.
Keeping a Personal Writing Journal- you will be asked to organise sections for: Literature Circles, Making your Book Trailer, Working with Authors, Special Guests and Ideas that Inspire( images/ vocabulary/ poetic devices found in your reading)
Designing and writing a children's picture book- author, Kerry Brown, will share her knowledge of the picture book industry, what inspires her, the structure of a picture book and the importance of the illustrations.
Creating poetry with the assistance of bush poet, Marco Gliori
Working with author, Archie Fusillo and special guests,including Mr Patrick Wallas and Mr Andrew Boswell
Welcome to the Literature Lovers elective!
In this elective, you will be given opportunities to read, view, question, discuss, learn from professional writers, participate in online communities and create!
There are several strands to this course:
Literature Circles- in these sessions you will read the novels, Jarvis 24 and Stolen, and complete related activities.
Making a book trailer- you will use the autobiography, The Rugmaker of Mazar-E-Sharif, for your inspiration.
Keeping a Personal Writing Journal- you will be asked to organise sections for: Literature Circles, Making your Book Trailer, Working with Authors, Special Guests and Ideas that Inspire( images/ vocabulary/ poetic devices found in your reading)
Designing and writing a children's picture book- author, Kerry Brown, will share her knowledge of the picture book industry, what inspires her, the structure of a picture book and the importance of the illustrations.
Creating poetry with the assistance of bush poet, Marco Gliori
Working with author, Archie Fusillo and special guests,including Mr Patrick Wallas and Mr Andrew Boswell
Participating in the online community, Goodreads at http://www.goodreads.com/
Contributing to the Group Discussion on this wiki