Resources

Research paper released April 2017 on Teenagers reading habits is available here.

Resource based on film about singer/songwriter Paul Kelly

A "taster" of a free teaching resource being developed by ETANSW can be downloaded here Paul Kelly Resource Taster

Recommended Class Texts

At our March 2010 seminar, teachers were asked to recommend texts that they use in their school.  They are listed in the files below.

New free resource for English teachers

A free new resource for English teachers is the Reading Australia website at www.readingaustralia.com.au

This valuable project has been initiated by the Copyright Agency and involves collaboration with the Australian Society of Authors (ASA), the Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE), the English Teachers Association NSW, and the Primary English Teaching Association Australia (PETAA).

It is planned that this project will be ongoing but the titles currently included in the secondary section are: Blackrock by Nick Enright, Cloudstreet by Tim Winton, Collected Poems 1943  1995, Gwen Harwood, Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta, My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin, Stasiland by Anna Funder, Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch, The Arrival by Shaun Tan, The Boat by Nam Le, The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper. For each title there are teaching resources including a critical essay. Some books in the primary section could also be useful in the lower secondary school

Upcoming Events

Grammar via zoom 23

This workshop will be presented via zoom to cater for those who cannot attend in person. Date: Saturday 25 March Time: 9 - 1pm Purpose: To assist attendees to develop their understanding of grammar in order to fully comprehend and to effectively teach the Australia Curriculum: English (AC:E). Elaboration: After a short ge...

Category: Workshop
Start Time: 9:00 AM
Date: Saturday 25th March 2023
Venue: Online
Email Enquiries:  adminofficer@etaq.org.au


May Masterclass

“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall” – F. Scott Fitzgerald Autumn marks a time of transition, and we are set to embark on a critical change across Queensland with the implementation of Australian Curriculum v9.0 over the next few years. This Masterclass will help to set the agenda for this transformati...

Category: Master class
Start Time: 8:30 AM
Date: Saturday 20th May 2023
Venue: John Paul College
Venue Address: Daisy Hill


Essential English CIA 2023

In response to requests from members, ETAQ is organising a Community of Practice to help with preparation for the Common Internal Assessment on Saturday 18 February 2023. We are excited to announce Lisa Smith, QCAA, will be providing the keynote address which will be live-streamed as will be the whole program. If you have some experie...

Category: Seminar
Start Time: 9:00 AM
Date: Tuesday 18th July 2023
Venue: St Joseph's, Nudgee College
Venue Address: 2199 Sandgate Road, BOONDALL 4034
Phone Enquiries: 0455 464 000
Email Enquiries:  adminofficer@etaq.org.au


State Conference 2023

State Conference in 2023 will be held on 19 August 2023.

Further details later

Category: State Conference
Start Time: 8:15 AM
Date: Saturday 19th August 2023
Venue: To be confirmed


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