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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?

Hurley and Discovery Part 1

Had some nice discussions about the nature of discovery within the text and got some thoughts down about how to put together a thesis on...

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...

Discovering Writing

Students spent the lesson working on the Discovery Assessment task. There was a particular focus on the imaginative writing component of...

Frank Hurley - Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8

5, 6, 7, 8 reminds me of the Steps song! But you guys are too young to remember that... We finished off The Man Who Made History today by...

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,...

Frank Hurley - Chapter 4

The fourth and last of the important chapters from The Man Who Made History. Hurley's journey to Papua New Guinea opens up questions...

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...

Sister Act

We concluded our texts about identity transformation by watching Sister Act. This ticked off our popular culture aspect of the course and...

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...

Frank Hurley - Chapter 3

The third section of The Man Who Made History focusses on World War I. This is another very significant part of the documentary as his...