Composing: drama doesn’t have to be disturbing
One message that seems to come through time and again from WACE markers is that they don’t want students writing horrific, disturbing [...]
Week Nine – We Can Be Heroes
It’s about a full-on generation shift that caught me, and I’m guessing you, totally by surprise. These magic kids are from EVERYWHERE. R [...]
Week Nine – Exam Preparation
Hi everyone. Please see below documents in support of the seminar tomorrow evening, Tuesday 27th March. These documents are also excellent t [...]
Week Eight – Tutorial Highlights
Check out the work below, from Cindy, on the 80s zeitgeist, context and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. It gives an excellent example of how [...]
Week Six – Some Kind of Wonderful
Hi everyone, Below are notes I took this morning for Some Kind of Wonderful. Talking with some students this morning who wanted to know how [...]
Week Six -Teens Now: Current Voices, Current Issues
As TIME magazine’s Sarah Gray recently wrote, “The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Feb. [...]
Week Six – One for the PARENTS!!
Dear parents, It’s been a while since we last spoke. But, thank you to the parents who responded to my last post for parents. This one [...]
Week Six: Speaking for a Generation
Hi everyone, Attached, below, are three introductions that discuss John Hughes’s films and the notion that his work defines a shift in [...]
Week Five – Tutorial Highlights
Some great handouts here: The first is from Abbie, which accompanied a cracking tutorial on Context, Relevance and Blackboard Jungle. Abbie& [...]
Week Five: Genre Over Time
Hi everyone, attached below is an essay based on our work yesterday in class and how the teen film genre can be used to answer questions abo [...]
Week Five: Sweet Bard of Youth
“Sweet Bard of Youth”, an article by David Kamp, appeared in Vanity Fair in 2010, following John Hughes sudden death in 2009. Th [...]
Week Four – Where Were You in ’62?
Read and annotate the following articles. Scan the results and add to your personal blog. American Graffiti Read the Introduction and Chapte [...]
