The Powerpoint is available here and the video is at Short Stories and Poetry or https://vimeo.com/678041090. Password is town5viL122
Early Career Conference Keynote and Workshops
Essential English Community of Practice
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.
March Seminar: Text List Crash Course
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
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
Anticipation Guides for Conclusions
Jackie has provided an overview of her keynote address and a handout for practical work
The PowerPoint from Jackie's keynote address We Read to know we're not alone can be downloaded as a pdf.
An Oldie but a Goodie is available .
Beryl Exley's support materials
Notes from Kathy Emtage's workshop
Donna Pendergast:Final Millenials and Learning
Powerpoint Literature Meets Grammar
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
Creative Writing with Emma MaguireTownsville 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. The link for the zoom meeting will be sent out on Thursday 25 April. Many schools now require a purchase order to be quoted o... | |||||||||||||||
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AustLit webinarAustLit 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... | |||||||||||||||
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May seminar: Digital LandscapesThis 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... | |||||||||||||||||||||
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External Assessment Preparation 2024Now 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... | |||||||||||||||
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State ConferenceETAQ'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... | ||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Download the Calendar for February
Download the calendar for January
This is the first time I have been to an ETAQ conference and it was really sensational to get so much at all of the sessions.
ETAQ conferences always have sessions that make me excited to be a teacher.
I know that ETAQ conferences in the past have never disappointed - valuable, relevant, practical, inspiring so I came again.
Read AllConnect to a great range of people who are passionate about English and have their finger on the pulse.