The English Teachers’ Association of Queensland Inc



Saturday 23 March 2019Corinda State High SchoolPratten Street, Corinda QLD 4075Ready, Set … Read!-208915619760Literature is the lifeblood of the English classroom – and a great way to start your year of professional learning. If you’re thinking ahead to your extended prose texts, mulling the options for inspiring poets, or polishing your junior secondary literary offerings, we have something for you.?Following our highly successful Vision 2020 series in 2018, this year’s March seminar will launch our?Ready Set series for 2019.?This year, we want to keep our wonderful community together and focused on supporting one another to?build and teach inspiring programs to students all over the state.?ETAQ’s AGM will also be held at the beginning of this seminar.00Literature is the lifeblood of the English classroom – and a great way to start your year of professional learning. If you’re thinking ahead to your extended prose texts, mulling the options for inspiring poets, or polishing your junior secondary literary offerings, we have something for you.?Following our highly successful Vision 2020 series in 2018, this year’s March seminar will launch our?Ready Set series for 2019.?This year, we want to keep our wonderful community together and focused on supporting one another to?build and teach inspiring programs to students all over the state.?ETAQ’s AGM will also be held at the beginning of this seminar.Ready, Set … Read!Keynote Address #1The Year AheadLisa Bottomley: Learning Area Manager for English and Languages at the QCAAKeynote Address #27747031432500Ali Cobby Eckermann was born in 1963 at Brighton, Adelaide, on Kaurna Country, and grew up on Ngadjuri country between Blyth and Brinkworth in mid-north South Australia. She travelled extensively and lived most of her adult life on Arrernte country, Jawoyn country, and Larrakia country in the Northern Territory. When she was 34, Eckermann met her birth mother Audrey, and learnt that her mob was Yankunytjatjara from north-west South Australia. Her mother was born near Ooldea, south of Maralinga on Kokatha country. Eckermann also relates herself to the Kokatha mob.Eckermann’s first book of poetry,?Little Bit Long Time, was published by the Australian Poetry Centre as part of the New Poets series in 2009. Her poetry reflects her journey to reconnect with her Yankunytjatjara/Kokatha family. In 2011, her first verse novel,?His Father’s Eyes, was published; aimed at young readers, it was published as part of the?Yarning Strong?series by Laguna Bay Publishing and Oxford University Press.Her second verse novel,?Ruby Moonlight, won the black&write! Indigenous Editing and Writing Project, was published in 2012 by Magabala Books, won the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, and was awarded Book of the Year at the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards in 2013.Since then, she has published her autobiography?Too Afraid to Cry?(2013) and the collection of poetry?Inside My Mother?(2015). In 2016, one of her poems was translated into Bangla (the Bengali language) and published in?Cordite.In 2017, Eckermann won both the Red Room Poetry Fellowship and the Windham Campbell Prize (Poetry).ProgramTimeActivityFrom 8:10Registration & tea/coffee8:40 – 9:05ETAQ AGM9:10 – 10:30Keynote addresses + questions10:30– 11:00Morning tea, perusal of resources and networking11:05 – 12:05Panels and Workshops Session A12:10 – 1:10Panels and Workshops Session BThis activity constitutes 3 hours 35 minutes of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).Sessions Participants will have the opportunity to select two from the following. See summary on page 7.EA Text WorkshopsEA text workshops are designed to support teachers to explore and consider teaching possibilities for a range of texts from the External Assessment category of the prescribed text list for English & English as an Additional Language and Literature.Text Workshop 1 Macbeth by ShakespearePresenterJohn Acutt is the Head of English and Languages at Ipswich Grammar School. In 2012 he was the winner of the ETAQ Peter Botsman Memorial Award (school category). He shares practical advice and resources about tackling key teaching challenges in the classroom. Text Workshop 21984 by George OrwellAbstractThe purpose of this workshop is not to explore George Orwell’s novel in detail, but rather to provide a framework for studying 1984 (or any other novel or play) that will promote students’ independence. This involves encouraging detailed and critically aware consideration of narration, setting and context, characters, and plot, ultimately to explore both invited and resistant interpretations of the novel. We also will consider how to use the syllabus when devising appropriate practice essay questions for Units 2 and 4. Note: This workshop will present revised and updated material from the first ETAQ Masterclasses in 2018.PresenterLindsay Williams is a co-author of the (truly excellent) Oxford University Press series, English for Queensland Units 1 & 2 and English for Queensland Units 3 & 4. He also wrote a chapter on collaborative learning for the AATE publication The Artful English Teacher. As an Icelandophile, he would have loved to talk to you about Burial Rites, but believes that 1984 deserves to be revisited at a time of increasing mass surveillance.Text Workshop 3The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverPresentersSamantha Doig is the Head of English at St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School. She has been teaching for 17 years, both in the state and private sector. She is passionate about collaboration in curriculum design, creating authentic learning experiences for her students and promoting student voice and choice. When she is not in her classroom, or at the coffee machine, she can be found cleaning up after her two adorable but messy children, Grace and Alex. Marcia Forness is the Head of the Socio-Cultural Faculty, and senior English teacher, at St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School. She has been teaching for many years across all sectorsText Workshop 4Catch 22 by Joseph HellerPresenterGrace Loyden is the Head of English at Townsville Grammar School. She has a Master of Educational Leadership degree (QUT), during which she explored the evolution of the art of being an English teacher, and the way in which English teachers apply their tacit knowledge to making assessment judgements Poetry WorkshopsPoetry workshops are designed to build teacher knowledge of a selection from the poetry category of the prescribed text list for English & English as an Additional Language and Literature.Poetry Workshop 1 Ali Cobby EckermannAbstractAli will speak with us about the connection between poetry and culture broadly indigenous voices in particular. Her presentation will include an opportunity for questions. She will refer to the following poems:First Time p 8Circles & Squares p 18Tears For Mum p 30LOVE DREAMINGTrue Love p 51Grade One Primary p 10Town Camp p 34Wildflowers p 11INSIDE MY MOTHERKulila p 7Love p 6Inside My Mother p 20Nurture p 83?PresenterSee Ali’s bio on pages 2 – 3.Poetry Workshop 2Dr Ali AlizadehPresenterDr Ali Alizadeh is a writer of fiction, poetry, non-fiction and literary criticism. He teaches, researches and supervises in contemporary creative writing, literary theory and literary studies. Among his books are the collection of poetry,?Ashes in the Air?(UQP, 2011), shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, Poetry; the work of creative non-fiction?Iran: My Grandfather?(Transit Lounge, 2010), shortlisted for a NSW Premier’s Literary Award; the novel?The New Angel?(Transit Lounge, 2008); and the collection of short stories,?Transactions?(UQP, 2013), long-listed for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award. His latest book is the literary historical novel?The Last Days of Jeanne d’Arc?(Giramondo, 2017), long-listed for the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal. His forthcoming book is a study of Karl Marx’s philosophy of art, and will be published in 2019.Poetry Workshop 3W H Auden: Musee des Beaux Arts; September 1, 1939; The Unknown Citizen; Funeral Blues; Refugee Blues.?Thematic connections between these poems are best summarised as the all too human tragedy of individuals as their lives intersect with inhumane leaders and institutions, or the simple realisation of existence in a despondent Universe. After some contextual discussion and close reading, participants will make connections to other texts that the poems may help illuminate in terms of context, themes and ideas (Catch-22, Heart of Darkness, The Complete Maus, Death and the Maiden, True Grit, Dr Strangelove?etc) as well as outlining how Auden’s poems could be used as stimulus texts for IA 2 & 3.PresenterGus Robertson?is an English teacher at Brisbane Grammar School. When not in the classroom, he enjoys stepping into worlds of words and pictures created by ingenious imaginations. These are mostly fictional.?Poetry Workshop 4Bruce Dawe - Queenslander Bruce Dawe is one of the writers included in the poetry section of the QCAA’s Prescribed Text List for new senior courses English and EAL. This workshop will focus on his 1968 poem “Homecoming” written in response to the Vietnam War that was then in progress.Firstly, the session will explore some approaches to teaching the poem and then the structure, language features and possible classroom uses of a teacher-written exemplar response to the poem will be considered. Some possible companion poems will also be suggested.Given this presenter’s record, it is highly likely that there will be at least some mention of functional grammar.PresenterGarry Collins taught secondary English for 35 years, mainly at Gladstone and Ferny Grove State High Schools, but also on year-long exchanges in the US and Canada. After leaving full-time teaching, he spent 8 years as a part-time teacher educator, first at ACU and then at The University of Queensland. Though now retired, he is active on the ETAQ Management Committee and maintains an interest in things English, in particular poetry and functional grammar.Poetry Workshop 5Poetry for the new senior curriculumAbstractGathering a “set” of poems for Units 2 and 4 is an important consideration for General and EAL English. Let Erin and Cara do some of the thinking for you. In this session, they cover poems and the thinking around these poems for a Year 11 Unit 2 on Gothic Horror short story, and a Year 12 Unit 4 Noir-styled story. Whether you’re looking for a complete set of poems to use, or want to hear about how we think these poems can be used for short story inspiration, there is something in this session for you.Year 11 Teaching Poems: Samuel Wagan Watson’s ‘Monster’, ‘There’s no Place like home’ and ‘Vacancy’, Kevin Gilbert’s ‘The Black Drunkard’ and ‘Not Choosing’, ‘The Curlew Cried’, ‘We are Going’ and ‘No more Boomerang’ by Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Ali Cobby Eckerman’s ‘Black Deaths in Custody’ and ‘Thunder raining poison’ and ‘Ned Kelly’ by Margaret Scott. Assessment Poems: ‘The Curlew Cries’ by Oodgeroo Noonuccal, ‘Bora Ring’ by Judith Wright, ‘As I Was Walking Through The Bush’ by Nick Coyle and ‘There’s No Place Like Home’, Samuel Wagan WatsonYear 12 Teaching poems: ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ by Robert Browning, ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ by Wilfred Owen, ‘The Last Post’ and ‘In Mrs Tilscher’s Class’ by Carol Ann Duffy, ‘Death, Be Not Proud’ by John Donne, ‘Joan of Arc’ by Ali Alizadeh and ‘Tulips’ and ‘Lady Lazarus’ by Sylvia Plath. Assessment poems: ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ by John Donne, ‘Words Wide Night’ by Carol Ann Duffy, ‘Valentine’ by Carol Ann Duffy, ‘Daddy’ by Sylvia Plath and ‘Coup d’Etat’ by Ali Alizadeh.PresentersErin Geddes is a Head of Department and experienced teacher of Senior English. She has presented on a variety of topics for ETAQ and currently looks after Words’Worth. Having spent seven years teaching English and Humanities at Forest Lake SHS and now in her first year at The Gap SHS, Cara Gleeson enjoys trying?new and interesting ways to?encourage her students to develop the tools to read, write and think critically and for themselves.JUNIOR SECONDARY STRANDJunior secondary workshops are designed to:support teachers who predominantly teach or are currently interested in English in 7-10present an exemplary unit of work on engaging literature suitable for younger secondary studentsJunior Secondary Workshop 1Lost and Found in The Night Sea: Teaching Zana Fraillon’s The Bone SparrowAbstractZana?Fraillon’s?The Bone Sparrow?is an award-winning novel (ABIA Book of the year for Older Readers; CBCA Honour Book 2017 - Older Readers; Shortlisted for the Carnegie Award) that has found its place in the Junior English program of many Australian schools since its publication in 2016. I studied this book with my Year 9 class in 2017 and together we travelled to extraordinary places – to Australia’s hidden corners of the outback, to Myanmar, to the open sea, to the stories of our own family histories, and to those imaginary places of our childhood. This novel allows a rich exploration of many themes: identity, friendship, asylum seekers,?detention centres,?human rights, freedom, totems, grief and hope.? The friendship between Rohingya detainee,?Subhi, and Jimmie, the Aboriginal girl from ‘outside the fence’ provides a tangible link to the lives of junior students.? Through the struggles and touching?comraderie?of these two children, the YA reader?is able to?navigate the confronting issues of Australia’s asylum seeker policy, and the tragedy of displaced people, and reflect on their own identity and values. My students responded with maturity and empathy to this novel and the associated texts (documentary, poetry, news reports, and illustrated stories) that we studied.? It was an enriching Unit of work and I look forward to sharing it with you.?PresenterRachael Christopherson has been an?English?teacher?at Brisbane Girls Grammar School for over a?decade?but she has also taught English and Art in?both co-education and independent boys?schools, in both regional and urban settings.??Rachael has presented workshops in local, state and national forums since 2003, and was the recipient of the ETAQ Peter?Botsman?Award in 2005. Her teaching is used as ‘model practice’ in the QUT Education degree course.?Junior Secondary Workshop 2Preparing Junior Secondary Students for Senior School English Using ShakespeareAbstractIn Term 3 of 2017 and 2018 it was decided to introduce across the school a program called ‘Shake up Shakespeare’ in an effort to improve student outcomes. A variety of innovative pedagogical strategies were introduced across the school, including: - immersing junior students (years 7 and 8) into the world of Shakespeare through drama productions, and introducing highly engaging student assessment instruments and the innovative use of technology to engage all learners. This workshop will mainly focus on the Year 9 Unit – Romeo and Juliet.PresentersAnne Wood –?Curriculum Leader-English at Aquinas College, Ashmore. Anne has 20 years’ experience as an English teacher. She has taught in both New South Wales and Queensland, in the State, Independent and Catholic systems. Her passion for Shakespeare began when she was a student at the University of Sydney and was an adjudicator for the Shakespeare Youth festival held at the University.Narelle McBride is a Year 9 English teacher. Narelle has many years teaching experience with the last four being in English. 2018 was the first time she has taught Shakespeare and greatly enjoyed working with two Year 9 classes.Workshop OptionsPlease choose a first and second choice for each session. ALL workshops will NOT necessarily run in both sessionsSession 1(11:05 – 12:05)Session 2(12:10 – 1:10)Text Workshop 1MacbethPresenter: John Acutt√Text Workshop 21984Presenter: Lindsay Williams √√Text Workshop 3 The Poisonwood BiblePresenters: Samantha Doig and Marcia Forness√√Text Workshop 4Catch 22Presenter: Grace Loyden √√Poetry Workshop 1Selected poemsPresenter: Ali Cobby Eckermann √ Poetry Workshop 2 Selected poemsPresenter: Dr Ali Alizadeh√√ Poetry Workshop 3W H Auden’s poetryPresenter: Gus Robertson √√Poetry Workshop 4Bruce Dawe’s poetryPresenter: Garry Collins √√Poetry Workshop 5Poetry for the new senior curriculumPresenters: Erin Geddes and Cara Gleeson√√Junior Secondary Workshop 1Lost and Found in The Night Sea: Teaching Zana Fraillon’s The Bone SparrowPresenter: Rachael Christopherson√√Junior Secondary Workshop 2Preparing Junior Secondary Students for Senior School English Using ShakespearePresenters: Anne Wood and Narelle McBride√√ ................
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