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WHO AM I ?

Am I Batman? Well, we've never been seen in the same room, so who's to say I'm not?

Close Study of Belonging

Students have been working on three tasks simultaneously in order to deepen their knowledge of Belonging. 1. The worksheet on The Simple...

The Simple Gift Conclusion

Today we finished reading The Simple Gift. After having a chat about the novel as a whole (and hoe charmed Billy is throughout the story)...

Belonging in The Simple Gift

Had some more discussion about the concepts of belonging that exist within the text. These ideas can be found here. Also posed some...

The Simple Gift

Started work on The Simple Gift today. An important part of this text is the idea that Steven Herrick wanted to explore the idea that...

Digging into The Lost Thing

Today we covered two things... we discussed the structure of the exams that are coming up in a week's time, and we also used the...

Shaun Tan on The Lost Thing

Today we discussed The Lost Thing in more detail and looked at what Shaun Tan had to say about the story on his website. Once again,...

Another Assessment!

Another day, another assessment task! But there is 8 weeks to do this one, so it had better be good. A copy of the Area of Study...

The Lost Thing

Students read Shaun Tan's excellent picture book The Lost Thing. This text is a clear exploration of the concept of belonging. Questions...

Intertextuality Assessment

Today was the big day that the intertextuality assessment tasks were presented in class. Overall, they were of a very high standard. Well...

Introduction to Belonging

Students were given a copy of the Belonging Rubric that explains exactly what the Area of Study is about. This is modelled directly from...