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Videos of Keynotes and Workshops and Powerpoints

2022

Short Stories and Poetry Workshop presented by Emma Monfries on 12 February 2022. 

The Powerpoint is available here and the video is at Short Stories and Poetry or https://vimeo.com/678041090. Password is town5viL122

Videos 2021

Early Career Conference Keynote and Workshops

 Essential English Community of Practice

2019 - Ready, Set ...

March Seminar  (Lisa Bottomley, Ali Alizadeh, Erin Geddes, Anne Wood and Narelle McBride)

May Master class - Karen Yager - Powerpoint of presentation and 3 handouts.

State Conference - Bronwyn Lea, Claire Hansen, Karen Yager, Annette Curnow, Tny Hytch, Meredith Walker, Lindsay Williams, Anne Wood and Georgina Brown.

2018 - Vision 2020

March Seminar: Text List Crash Course

Quality Assessment Intensive

Master class 1 - Unit 3

State Conference

Master class 2 - Unit 4

Beginning Teacher's Day

2017 - Fifty and Fabulous

State Conference

2016

Seminar 1 

Writing and reading workshops: an alternative to the current organizational orthodoxy of units of work in junior secondary English presented by Garry Collins

Writing Literary Interpretations in English presented by Lindsay Williams

Write the World presented by Juliette Bentley

 

2014

Panel Power: Graphic Novels in the English classroom presented by Di Laycock  (Seminar 2, 2014)

Digital Stories: From production to assessment presented by Dr Kelli McGraw (Seminar 2, 2014

'Increasingly complex and sophisticated texts': Computer games, literacy and design presented by Prof Catherine Beavis and Dr Michael Dezuanni (Seminar 2, 2014)

Persuasion texts for global citizenship: exploring multimodal literacy presented by Kami Hazlewood for World Vision Australia (Annual State Conference, August 2014)

The 'Brave New World' of Senior English: functional grammar as a tool for intervening in literary texts presented by Melanie Wild (Annual State Conference, August 2014)

Re-imagining the Classics: accessible and practical approaches for using classic literature in the multimodal 21st Century Classroom presented by Cheryl Moore and Fiona Rousch (Annual State Conference, August 2014)

The teacher as chameleon presented by Dr Anita Jetnikoff (Annual State Conference, 16 August, 2014). Includes Opening Address, presentation of Jim Buckley Memorial Scholarships and Botsman Award Presentation. Keynote starts at 21:00

2015

Materials from seminar #1

Julie Bliss: Reading Workshop 

PowerPoint Presentation

Anticipation Guides

Anticipation Guides for Conclusions

Conclusions

Alexander The Great

Revolutionary Days

 Jacqueline Manuel's keynote address

Jackie has provided an overview of her keynote address and a handout for practical work

Reading Overview Presentation 

Handout Practical

The PowerPoint from Jackie's keynote address  We Read to know we're not alone can be downloaded as a pdf.

Top Level Structure by Pat Hipwell

An Oldie but a Goodie is available .

Materials from seminar #2, 2015

Beryl Exley's support materials

Notes from Kathy Emtage's workshop

Donna Pendergast:Final Millenials and Learning

Materials from state conference 2015

Prof Beverly Derewianka's keynote: Literature Meets Grammar

Powerpoint  Literature Meets Grammar

Presentation on video

Workshops

John Acutt: Themes, metaphors and motifs in narrative writing. Slides and video

Daniel Fallon: Reading-for-Beauty through Reading-to-Learn video

Fiona Laing: How to build the muscles for writing feature articles  Slides  and video

 

Upcoming Events

Creative Writing with Emma Maguire

Townsville branch will be presenting a workshop on creative writing approaches for teachers for years 7 - 12. Dr Emma Maguire, James Cook University will lead the workshop.

Date: 27 April 2024, from 9 am till 11 am.

Registrations will open Friday 5 April.

Category: Zoom meeting
Start Time: 9:00 AM
Date: Saturday 27th April 2024
Venue: Online


AustLit webinar

AustLit is a comprehensive up-to date bibliographical database of Australian story-telling that includes works of fiction and poetry (including for children and young adults), writing for the theatre, film and television, travel writing, and literary criticism and reviews. AustLit also houses and supports a number of research projects, curated d...

Category: Zoom meeting
Start Time: 4:00 PM
Date: Thursday 2nd May 2024
Venue: ZOOM
Email Enquiries:  adminofficer@etaq.org.au


May seminar: Digital Landscapes

This half-day seminar event aims to further explore ETAQ’s overall theme for PD activities in 2024: Changing landscapes. The focus now is on the exciting (or perhaps daunting) realm of the digital domain. As technology, assessment and texts continue to evolve and expand, teachers have the opportunity to harness technology to engage and inn...

Category: Seminar
Start Time: 8:30 AM
Date: Saturday 11th May 2024
Venue: University of Queensland
Venue Address: Abel Smith Theatre, Campbell Road, St Lucia


External Assessment Preparation 2024

Now in its fifth year, we are confident this program provides just what teachers and students need to approach the external examination confidently.  The materials are completely revised and updated for this year taking into account all the latest advice from QCAA.  The program will consist of three segments: Writing the an...

Category: Student (and teacher) Event
Start Time: 4:00 PM
Date: Saturday 20th July 2024
Venue: Online
Email Enquiries:  adminofficer@etaq.org.au


State Conference

ETAQ's state conference will be held on Saturday 17 August at Lourdes Hill College, 86 Hawthorne Road, Hawthorne. We are excited to announce our keynote presenters will be Anna Funder and Mary Lou Rasmussen, ANU, Canberra. Theme: Journeys of Joy and Justice. The Call for presenters is now available. We are interested in exploring th...

Category: State Conference
Start Time: 8:00 AM
Date: Saturday 17th August 2024
Venue: Lourdes Hill School
Venue Address: 86 Hawthorne Road, HAWTHORNE
Phone Enquiries: 455464000


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Reading Calendar

Each month this year, we will publish a reading calendar, encouraging you to read a new book of your choosing and providing you with activities to deepen your reading experience.  By the end of the year, you will have explored different genres, a range of activities, created and explored some writing, and have read and explored 12 books!

Share your activities with others via our socials; display the calendars in your classrooms and use some of the activities in your book clubs.  

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