So, thought I'd already put this up, but apparently I hadn't. If you want to send me drafts, or questions, or whatevers in the future, the best address to get hold of me with is below:
hally@occupied.com.au
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
English Exam 2010 Assessment Report
Hey all.
As promised, here is the Assessment Report for the 2010 English Exam that we looked at in class this morning. I've uploaded the exam too, so you can have a look.
2010 Exam
2010 Exam Assessment Report
As promised, here is the Assessment Report for the 2010 English Exam that we looked at in class this morning. I've uploaded the exam too, so you can have a look.
2010 Exam
2010 Exam Assessment Report
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Language Analysis Introduction Generator
Yo.
Even though, as I was saying today, it's a really good idea to steer away from writing formulaic responses with your essays, here is the introduction generator I made that might help you with your introductions if you're really struggling. The formatting of the generated intro is dodgy (I still haven't fixed that one yet), but apart from that it works.
Click here to check it out.
Hally
Even though, as I was saying today, it's a really good idea to steer away from writing formulaic responses with your essays, here is the introduction generator I made that might help you with your introductions if you're really struggling. The formatting of the generated intro is dodgy (I still haven't fixed that one yet), but apart from that it works.
Click here to check it out.
Hally
Sunday, February 6, 2011
An article for Language Analysis
Yo.
Below is the link to an article you might want to write about as a practice for Language Analysis. It's quite long, but it has a lot of stuff in there to write about.
"I'm Tired" by Robert A. Hall
Below is the link to an article you might want to write about as a practice for Language Analysis. It's quite long, but it has a lot of stuff in there to write about.
"I'm Tired" by Robert A. Hall
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Your first short story...
OK, so as part of your course this year, I've decided that you all need to be exposed to different styles and types of writing to gain a greater understanding of how language can be used intelligently and creatively.
Now, it's unrealistic if I give you extra novels to read each week on top of your Year 12 workload, so each Friday, I'll publish a link to a short story, or article, or blog, or whatever really. Just something that is short and sweet (compared to a whole book anyway) that will expose you to different writing styles and ideas.
You don't have to write a response to these pieces of writing in class, or get assessed on it, but if there's something such as a phrase, or a even a word, or concept that you really like in the piece of writing write it up as a new post on your own blog. It might be an idea that you want to use for your own creative story/article, it might be a personal response to what the piece of writing was about, it might be a sentence or two about what you thought of the piece of writing, or it might just be the definition of a cool sounding word the piece of writing used that you want to remember to use in one of your upcoming SACs.
Whatever it might be, just add a short and sweet post to your blog and as the year progresses, you'll have a random collection of ideas, thoughts, writings, etc. that you can reflect on and use to develop and improve your own writing. You're not always going to like the story/article necessarily, but simply reading and understanding it, will help you develop and improve your own skills and awareness of the world around you.
Eventually, I'd like you to start writing paragraphs, short stories, little ideas, etc. to your blog as well, but let's just start off with reading a story.
Your first story for the year is called "Shooting Tuvia" by a quirky Israeli author named Etgar Keret. It's only six and a bit pages long, so should only take you about ten minutes or so to read.
Click here to read it, or right-click on the link and choose "Save Link As..." or whatever it says similar, to save it to your computer/USB Drive.
I look forward to reading your posts in response.
Cheers,
Hally
Now, it's unrealistic if I give you extra novels to read each week on top of your Year 12 workload, so each Friday, I'll publish a link to a short story, or article, or blog, or whatever really. Just something that is short and sweet (compared to a whole book anyway) that will expose you to different writing styles and ideas.
You don't have to write a response to these pieces of writing in class, or get assessed on it, but if there's something such as a phrase, or a even a word, or concept that you really like in the piece of writing write it up as a new post on your own blog. It might be an idea that you want to use for your own creative story/article, it might be a personal response to what the piece of writing was about, it might be a sentence or two about what you thought of the piece of writing, or it might just be the definition of a cool sounding word the piece of writing used that you want to remember to use in one of your upcoming SACs.
Whatever it might be, just add a short and sweet post to your blog and as the year progresses, you'll have a random collection of ideas, thoughts, writings, etc. that you can reflect on and use to develop and improve your own writing. You're not always going to like the story/article necessarily, but simply reading and understanding it, will help you develop and improve your own skills and awareness of the world around you.
Eventually, I'd like you to start writing paragraphs, short stories, little ideas, etc. to your blog as well, but let's just start off with reading a story.
Your first story for the year is called "Shooting Tuvia" by a quirky Israeli author named Etgar Keret. It's only six and a bit pages long, so should only take you about ten minutes or so to read.
Click here to read it, or right-click on the link and choose "Save Link As..." or whatever it says similar, to save it to your computer/USB Drive.
I look forward to reading your posts in response.
Cheers,
Hally
General VCE Stuff
Hey peeps.
Have uploaded a presentation called "7 Steps to Prepare for VCE". It's got a voiceover and Powerpoint running at the same time (goes for about 16 minutes) with a guy from the website "VCE Help" giving some ideas and hints about little things you can do to ensure you do better in Year 12. It's worth a look and will only take 16 minutes of your life. The presentation can be viewed by clicking here.
Cheers,
Hally
Have uploaded a presentation called "7 Steps to Prepare for VCE". It's got a voiceover and Powerpoint running at the same time (goes for about 16 minutes) with a guy from the website "VCE Help" giving some ideas and hints about little things you can do to ensure you do better in Year 12. It's worth a look and will only take 16 minutes of your life. The presentation can be viewed by clicking here.
Cheers,
Hally
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