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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Dec
Pages: 7
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Year 10 English: Australian Texts and the Battle for Survival
Robertson,, Alison
English in Australia, v47 n3 p52-58 Dec 2012
The texts and classroom activities in this paper are a sample of those used within a unit on "The Battle for Survival". The unit brings classic Australian literary texts together with reportage on contemporary news events, and demonstrates an integrated approaches to the Literacy, Language and Literature strands of the AC:E. The unit concludes with the culminating task of an original "heroic narrative".
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Foreign Countries, Textbook Evaluation, Didacticism, Creative Writing, Literature Appreciation, Literary Styles, Text Structure, Story Grammar, Natural Disasters, English Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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