The Golden Day
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2011
Z1770097
2011
single work
novel
young adult
mystery
(taught in 6 units)
'"There were only eleven of them, like eleven sisters all the same age in a large family. Because it was such a very small class, they had a very small classroom, which was perched at the very top of the school - up four flights of stairs, up in the high sky, like a colony of little birds nesting on a cliff. 'Today, girls,' said Miss Renshaw, 'we shall go out into the beautiful Gardens and think about death."'
'In the Gardens they meet a poet. What follows is inexplicable, shocking, a scandal. What really happened that day? Is 'the truth' as elusive as it seems? And do the little girls know more than they are letting on?' (From the publisher's website.)
White Lines (Vertical)
Ormond
:
Hybrid
,
2010
Z1675828
2010
selected work
poetry
(taught in 4 units)
'White Lines (Vertical) is a new collection of poetry by Marcelle Freiman. These moving poems highlight the poet's sensibility towards the complex, varied facets of identity and her perceptions of the world. Coming from a family whose generational identity is one of migration from Europe, this South African immigrant responds intently to Australia's landscape and its art, and to the intersections of these with personal and cultural memory.' (From the publisher's website.)
Larry's Party, Shields
The Art of Fiction, Lodge
Making Shapely Fiction, Stern
This unit offers students the opportunity to develop their writing across poetry, short story, novel and writing for younger readers. Two modules specifically cover poetry and writing for younger readers. Through both creative and reflective writing, students extend their skills in craft and analysis, and in their research abilities; reflect upon their writing and research practices, explore new methods in relation to technique, and link this work to consideration of published works and narrative studies and theory. Weekly workshops of work-in-progress enable students to make productive links between reading, revision, and audience. Assessment is based on the quality of the student's participation, creative and reflective writing, and research abilities.
