Students will be encouraged to develop a practical grasp of all Unit 3 Areas of Study including; Reading and responding; Creating and presenting; and Using Language to Persuade.

This English program over the Easter Holidays will consist of two parts:

• Part 1 - Analysis of Language Use: 
  A three and a half hour session focusing on section C of the English exam. The analysis of language use is worth one-third of the total assessment for the examination.  This part of the progran is also important in preparing students for Unit 3 Outcomes relating to analysis of language use. 
  
  
• Part 2 - Contexts: 
  This four and a half hour session on each of the four contexts will focus on section B of the English exam, Writing in Context. This component is worth one-third of the total assessment for the examination.  Students will select (from the following four) the context that they wish to attend for the four and a half hours.
  
  
  • Encountering Conflict:
    In addressing the context, this session will make detailed reference to the following four texts:
    • The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif 
    • The Crucible
    • Paradise Road 
    • The Quiet American
      
      
  • Exploring Issues of Identity and Belonging:
    In addressing the context, this session will make detailed reference to the following four texts:
    • Growing up Asian in Australia 
    • Sometimes Gladness
    • The Member of the Wedding 
    • Skin
      
      
  • The Imaginative Landscape:
    In addressing the context, this session will make detailed reference to the following four texts:
    • Tirra Lirra by the River 
    • Peripheral Light - Selected and New Poems
    • Island 
    • One Night the Moon
      
      
  • Whose Reality?
    In addressing the context, this session will make detailed reference to the following four texts:
    • The Player 
    • The Lot: In Words 
    • Spies 
    • A Streetcar Named Desire

Presenter Details:

Ms. Jo deMeester

BEd. (English & Biology); Experienced VCE Teacher & VCE Assessor – Senior Teacher at Swinburne Senior Secondary College.

Mr. Peter Cram

BA. (English), Dip. Ed.; Experienced VCE Teacher, VCE Assessor & VCE Author – Senior Teacher at Melton Christian College.

Ms. Ersilia Bruno

BA. (English & Legal Studies), Dip. Ed.; Experienced VCE Teacher & VCE Assessor – Senior Teacher at St Helena Secondary College. 

Ms. Bronwyn Shiel

BA. (English), Dip. Ed., MEd.; Experienced VCE Teacher & VCE Author – Senior Teacher at Lilydale Heights College.

Ms. Anna Purcell

BA. (English), Dip. Ed., Grad. Dip. English Literary Studies; Experienced VCE Teacher & VCE Author – Senior Teacher at Mowbray College.

Venue Details:

TSSM's VCE Centre (Level 14, 474 Flinders Street, Melbourne).  Specific room details will be provided upon enrolment.

Total Length of Program:

9 hours.  This includes three 30 minute breaks.

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