1/134-136 Cambridge Street Collingwood VIC 3066

P: 9411 8500 | F: 9411 8511 | E: events@vate.org.au

ABN: 22 667 468 657 | Inc No A0013525E

Register at www.vate.org.au

2021 Online VCE Englishes SessionsLiterature

VATE’s annual VCE Englishes Days have been re-imagined in 2021. In the spirit of 2020, and with the ongoing challenges, the usual VCE Englishes Days will be available as online sessions, including live online sessions as well as pre-recorded sessions which can be viewed at your convenience.

Overview of programLive sessions 4.30pm - 6.00pm (online via Zoom)

Thursday 11 February: VCE Units 1-2 for new teachers Caitlin Penrose, Montmorency Secondary College

Wednesday 17 February: VCE Units 3-4 for new teachers Christine Lambrianidis, Point Cook Senior Secondary College

These live, new teachers’ sessions will begin with an overview of Units 1 and 2, and Units 3 and 4 (key skills, knowledge, etc.) and then provide a deep dive into Units 1 and 3 and the Outcomes for those Units with suggestions for activities, assessment, and resources. VATE will run sessions in May 2021 with a more specific focus on Units 2 and 4. Pre-recorded general sessions Available to download until 31 October 2021

Backward planning – Units 3 and 4 Literature Elizabeth Campbell, Fitzroy High School

Creative response Kalinda Ashton, Footscray High School

How to teach perspectives Elizabeth Campbell, Fitzroy High School

Teaching passage analysis Karen Lynch, Kew High School

Text selection for Literature and English Briony Schroor, Nossal High School

Ways to get students reflecting on their own essays and strategies to improve

Heather Maunder, Education Consultant

Pre-recorded sessions are approximately 45-60 minutes each and available from February 2021.

VCE Englishes Online Sessions

1/134-136 Cambridge Street Collingwood VIC 3066

P: 9411 8500 | F: 9411 8511 | E: events@vate.org.au

ABN: 22 667 468 657 | Inc No A0013525E

Register at www.vate.org.au

Pre-recorded text sessions Available to download until 31 October 2021

Ariel (Sylvia Plath) Mary Purcell, The University of Melbourne

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Clare Ridgway-Faye, Princes Hill Secondary College

Foreign Soil Sonia Murr, Woodleigh P-12 School

Hippolytus Briony Schroor, Nossal High School

North and South Karen Lynch, Kew High School

Northanger Abbey Rachel Towns, St John’s Regional College

Only the Animals Clare Crowe, Avila College

Othello Nathan Armstrong, St Leonard’s College

Picnic at Hanging Rock Nathan Armstrong, St Leonard’s College

The Complete Poems (Emily Dickinson) Mary Purcell, The University of Melbourne

Twelfth Night Graham Preston, Balwyn High School

Pre-recorded sessions are approximately 45-60 minutes each and available from February 2021. 2021 VATE membershipTo register for the Literature sessions, you must be a 2021 VATE member (Individual / Organisational / Concession). You can renew your membership at www.vate.org.au

Once you have renewed your 2021 VATE membership, you can register online using your 2021 VATE member login details. Contact membership@vate.org.au with any membership queries. Cost and registration

Please register online for both live and pre-recorded Literature sessions at www.vate.org.au

Please note that all prices are per person and per session and all prices are inclusive of GST.

Live sessionsIndividual member $65 | Organisational member $75 | Concession member $55

Pre-recorded sessionsIndividual member $55 | Organisational member $65 | Concession member $45VATE’s cancellation policy is available at www.vate.org.au

VCE Englishes Online Sessions