Cirrus@Austlit

'This student book is a study of the prescribed essays of Tim Winton from his collection The Boy Behind the Curtain, along with a variety of other poems, prose fiction, and non-fiction texts. It has been designed to fulfil the requirements of the NSW Stage 6 English Year 12 Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences.

'By engaging in close reading of:

1. ‘Havoc: A Life in Accidents’

2. ‘Betsy’’

3. ‘Twice on Sundays’

4. ‘The Wait and the Flow’

5. ‘In the Shadow of the Hospital’

6. ‘The Demon Shark’

7. ‘Barefoot in the Temple of Art’

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'This student book is a study of the prescribed poems of Kenneth Slessor, along with a variety of other poems, prose fiction, and non-fiction texts. It has been designed to fulfill the requirements of the NSW Stage 6 English Year 12 Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences.

'By engaging in close reading of:

1. ‘Wild Grapes’

2. ‘Gulliver’

3. ‘Out of Time’

4. ‘Vesper-Song of the Reverend Samuel Marsden’

5. ‘William Street’

6. ‘Beach Burial’

'alongside the following texts: Susan B. Anthony’s ‘On Women’s Right to Vote’, Alfred Lord Tennyson’s ‘The Lady of Shalott’, Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Pedestrian’, George Orwell’s ‘The Sporting Spirit’ and Geraldine Brooks’ ‘A Home in Fiction’, students will develop their knowledge of how texts provide insight into the emotions, behaviour, and motivations that form the core of human experiences.'(Publication summary) 

'Robert Gray: Coast Road Student Book engages students in an enjoyable and detailed study of the prescribed poems of Robert Gray for the NSW Stage 6 English Year 12 Standard Module B: Close Study of Literature. It has been designed to improve detailed and informed knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the poems as literary texts.

'In order to develop their own considered personal response to the prescribed poems, students will engage in a variety of activities that require them to respond to the poems in both critical and creative ways. This includes tasks that require students to compose in the imaginative, persuasive, and discursive styles of writing. By working their way through the different activities in this student book, students will improve their understanding of: the content of the poems, the ideas and issues Robert Gray encourages readers to think about, the language the poems use, and the way they have been structured. Students will also learn how to support their judgements about the poems using detailed knowledge of language features and textual form.

'The poems covered in this student book include:

• ‘Journey, the North Coast’

• ‘Flames and Dangling Wire’

• ‘Harbour Dusk’

• ‘Byron Bay: Winter’

• ‘Description of a Walk’

• ’24 Poems’

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'The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Student Book is a study of Ray Lawler’s Australian play, along with several other texts. It has been designed to fulfil the requirements of the NSW Stage 6 English Year 12 Standard Module A: Language, Identity and Culture.'(Publication summary)

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'Contemporary Asian Australian Poets Student Book is a study of the prescribed poems of six Asian Australian poets from the 2013 poetry collection Contemporary Asian Australian Poets edited by Adam Aitken, Kim Cheng Boey, and Michelle Cahill, along with several additional texts. It has been designed to fulfil the requirements of the NSW Stage 6 English Year 12 Standard Module A: Language, Identity and Culture.

'Students have the opportunity to engage in an enjoyable and detailed study of the ways different authors use language to reflect and shape individual and collective identity. Students will engage in close reading of the following prescribed poems:

• ‘This is Where it Begins’ by Merlinda Bobis

• ‘Home’ by Miriam Wei Wei Lo

• ‘New Accents’ by Ouyang Yu

• ‘Mother’ by Vuong Pham

• ‘Circular Breathing’ by Jaya Savige

• ‘Translucent Jade’ by Maureen Ten (Ten Ch’in Ü)'

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'The Poetry of Rosemary Dobson Student Book is a study of the prescribed poems of Rosemary Dobson for the NSW Stage 6 English Year 12 Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences. By engaging in close reading of the poems: 'Young Girl at a Window', 'Over the Hill', 'Summer's End', 'The Conversation', 'Cock Crow', 'Amy Caroline', and 'Canberra Morning' alongside a variety of other texts, students will develop their knowledge of how texts provide insight into the emotions, behaviour, and motivations that form the core of human experiences.

'To help students master the critical thinking, reading, and writing skills this module demands, a variety of analytical, creative, discursive, and reflective activities have been included in this student book. By completing these activities diligently, students' skills and confidence in using disciplinary specific language, literary devices, and textual concepts in response to different texts is guaranteed to improve. This student book is a highly valuable resource for students and teachers of the NSW Stage 6 English Year 12 Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences.' (Publication summary)

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'The Ali Cobby Eckermann: Inside My Mother Student Book is a study of the prescribed poems of Ali Cobby Eckermann, along with several other texts. It has been designed to fulfil the requirements of the NSW Stage 6 English Year 12 Standard Module A: Language, Identity and Culture.

Students have the opportunity to engage in an enjoyable and detailed study of the ways different authors use language to reflect and shape individual and collective identity. Students will engage in close reading of the following prescribed poems of Ali Cobby Eckermann:

• ‘Trance’

• ‘Unearth’

• ‘Oombulgarri’

• ‘Eyes’

• ‘Leaves’

• ‘Key’ (Publication summary)

'Henry Lawson Short Stories Student Book is a study of the prescribed Henry Lawson short stories, along with several other poems and prose texts. It has been designed to fulfil the requirements of the NSW Stage 6 English Year 12 Standard Module A: Language, Identity and Culture.

'Students have the opportunity to engage in an enjoyable and detailed study of the ways different authors use language to reflect and shape individual and collective identity. Students will engage in close reading of the prescribed short stories of Henry Lawson:

• ‘The Drover’s Wife’

• ‘The Union Buries Its Dead’

• ‘Shooting the Moon’

• ‘Our Pipes’

• ‘The Loaded Dog’

'Alongside the following texts:

• Kate Tempest’s ‘My Shakespeare’

• Louisa Lawson’s ‘Boycotting the Dawn’

• A.B. Paterson’s ‘The Man from Ironbark’

'To develop their knowledge of how language can be used to affirm, challenge, or disrupt dominant assumptions about identity and culture.'(Publication summary)

'The Poetry of Oodgeroo Noonuccal Student Book engages students in an enjoyable and detailed study of the prescribed poems of Oodgeroo Noonuccal for the NSW Stage 6 English Year 12 Standard Module B: Close Study of Literature. It has been designed to improve detailed and informed knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the poems as literary texts.

'In order to develop their own considered personal response to the prescribed poems, students will engage in a variety of activities that require them to respond to the poems in both critical and creative ways. This includes tasks that require students to compose in the imaginative, persuasive, and discursive styles of writing. By working their way through the different activities in this student book, students will improve their understanding of: the content of the poems, the ideas and issues Oodgeroo Noonuccal encourages readers to think about, the language the poems use, and the way they have been structured. Students will also learn how to support their judgements about the poems using detailed knowledge of language features and textual form. The poems covered in this student book include:

1. ‘The Past’

2. ‘China…Woman’

3. ‘Reed Flute Cave’

4. ‘Entombed Warriors’

5. ‘Visit to Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall’

6. ’Sunrise on Huampu River’

7. ‘A Lake Within a Lake’

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