March 17

Yr 10 EAL

2018 Curriculum Text Links

Rabbits, by John Marsden & Shaun Tan
 Hatchette Publisher’s study guide HERE.
 Mrs Flannery’s English class guide HERE.
Grade Saver study guide HERE.
Representation and Creativity review HERE.
Publishers Weekly review. HERE.
Allegory and artwork in Shaun Tan and John Marsden’s “The Rabbits”HERE.

Watch & listen to this reading of the book.

An interview with Shaun Tan,

Analysis of The Rabbits. Watch it here.

Things fall apart, by Achebe
discussion
Spark notes study guide HERE.
Cliff notes study guide HERE.
Schmoop study guide HERE.
Grade saver study guide HERE.
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Read a review in The New Yorker HERE.
TV Tropes…. HERE.
An article by Duke Oreva on Pulse. HERE.
Foreign soil, by Maxine Beneba Clarke
 discussion
 Study guide from Stella Prize HERE.
Reading notes & discussion questions from Hachette Press HERE.
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Read this review in the Sydney Morning Herald. Click HERE.
Writer’s Edit. Read a review HERE.
Sydney Review of Books review. Click HERE.
Kill Your Darlings review HERE.
Adventures of a Bookonaut review HERE.
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 See an interview with Maxine Beneba Clarke here.
Gattaca – (Movie)
discussion
Grade saver study guide HERE.
Read a summary on IMDB. HERE
A Roger Ebert review HERE.
Are we too close to making Gattaca a reality? Scientific American. HERE.
Article at Philosophy & Philosophers website. HERE.
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Watch a movie trailer here.

2017 Texts Curriculum Links

No sugar

Click HERE for Ms Paquier’s No Sugar website.
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The Academy – history of the play.
Visit Wikipedia for a character list and a bit of background
Visit Wikipedia for a Timeline of Aboriginal history in Western Australia.
National Museum – Collaborating for Indigenous Rights site.
Find out what life was like for Aborigines in the 1930’s. A Uni. of Sydney page.
1930’s Moments and experiences from the Great Depression. Miss Kelly’s House of History
The Stolen Generation. Looks at the whole of Australia.
Sydney Living Museums. Skint! Making do in the Great Depression
Noongar Culture page.
discussion
INSIGHT STUDY GUIDE – our eBook shelf. Available for 3 day loan. Click HERE. Use your computer login to access.
Preview an eNote essay here.
Visit the Student Box and follow the forum.
Helpme.com  Stereotypes in No sugar.
Marked by teachers. You will need to pay for the full essay.
Visit this site for a sample A/B essay and comments.
Gradesaver study guide.
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Photos of the 1930’s.

 

Tales of the Unexpected. Roald Dahl.

discussion
Book Rags study guide.
eNotes study guide – Lamb to the slaughter.

Sapphires. Movie

discussion
Atom study guide pdf. Click HERE.
ACMI study guide. Click HERE.
An excellent study guide from St Joseph’s College HERE.
Marian College Sunshine study guide. Click HERE.
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