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MSC English Faculty Wiki I have created this wiki as a way for us to share information, resources and discussions about curriculum, programs and assessment in the English Faculty.
 * If you have any suggestions for stuff you would like on here, let me know.
 * Feel free to create your own pages for resources if you would like. It's quite user-friendly.
 * You can add links to word documents, etc. and also to other websites which may contain helpful resources.

Pirozzo Unit Update:
I have had to remove the Pirozzo units from this site, as the privacy settings for the wikispaces were not as tight as I would have liked and some unscrupulous people were downloading the units and selling them. If you want access to any of the units that were previously on the site, the should be saved on the school network, or you can e-mail me/ send me a message via this wikispace and I can send you what you need over a more secure forum.

I apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

= Disclaimer: = Aside from the Pirozzo units (which have authorship attributed), these are units that have been written or modified/ adapted by the English faculty at Moree Secondary College since 2008.

Part of our program proforma (for registration purposes) is to have the teacher's name, the class and sometimes the year at the top right hand side of the program. This does not necessarily reflect the authorship of the program, simply that a teacher has taught that unit.

I am happy for anyone to use these programs as long as they don't claim authorship.

I wish to apologise to Karen Yager, who's protest poetry unit was previously available on this site with my name on it. My name was a reflection only that I taught the unit. I did make modifications (additional lessons at the beginning of the program), however the majority of the unit was written by her. I did not realise this at the time.

Please feel free to make me aware if you see something on this site that you feel has been incorrectly or improperly attributed as I am quite happy to correct the problem. Initially the wikispace was just for in faculty use, but I have allowed membership to grow, as I believe it's important that we share resources within the teaching community.

The units on this site which I have written, co-authored or heavily modified include:


 * Year 7 English**
 * Novel Studies program (with life skills outcomes)
 * Novel Program: focus Bridge to Terabithia
 * Poetry Program (heavily modified from existing program within faculty and supplemented with excellent activities from other staff members within faculty (particularly Michael Langton and Jen Lloyd))
 * Poetry Capacity Matrix Program
 * Drama Program (supplemented with excellent activities from faculty members - special thanks Ellie Auld)
 * Real and Imagined Worlds (film)


 * Year 8 English**
 * Novel study generic
 * Novel Study focus: Lockie Leonard Legend
 * Memories - co-authored as part of the Digital Elders program with Ellie Auld and Amy Coulthart (Cross curricular unit English/ History/ Art)
 * Transformation Texts Focus: LWW (film)
 * Transformation Texts Focus: Prince Caspian (film)
 * Transformation Texts Focus: Harry Potter (film)


 * Year 9 English**
 * Novel Study: New Worlds
 * Novel Study: Toad Rage
 * Picture Book Program (heavily modified from program existing within faculty, includes activities from Distance Ed materials an supplemented by excellent activities from within the faculty - special thanks Katie Magriplis)
 * Heroes: Real, Contrived and Extraordinary (film) - co-authored with Ellie Auld


 * Year 10 English**
 * Novel study - courage and growth (almost unrecognisable from starting program)
 * Real Lives - co-authored by faculty during SDD, completed by me
 * Shakespeare focus: Macbeth (co-authored with Tim Barklay with thanks to Bell Shakespeare theatre company regional teacher scholarship)

I freely admit that I trawl the internet, my university notes, books, old programs, training and development resources etc. looking for ideas and activities to complete with students, so not all activities/ questions within a program are necessarily authored by me. Although I have come up with many activities and resources, I see the main job in programming as combining activities and learning experiences in a logical sequential manner in order to achieve optimum success with the students I see everyday.