2013 School Magazine

We have learnt and explored many new and interesting techniques and concepts this year in English. By far my most favourite would have to be the Orals we did for The Importance of Belhg Earnest play in Term 2. as this allowed each and every one of us to unleash our inner 'drama llamas' with our intriguing accents, remarkable costumes and. of course. acting skills

Year 9 reading The Importance of Being Earnest

SAMAMA ALAM <9B)

The most enjoyable part of English is the variety of topics we study. From persuasive writing to Aboriginal culture and experience. these topics have given us the opportunity to learn many new things

EMILY RAINBIRD <9G)

I like learning new vocab and surprising my dad when I use it in a sentence

INDIANA CONWAY (90)

BC^'I^BANE WF?ITEl::::^"^^ FE, ^^TIVAL In early September a small group of Grammar girls were lucky to attend Brisbane Writers Festival. We sat for talks from three different authors Garth Nix, Me Iina Marchetta and Kate De Goldi. All these successful authors were engaging and gave interesting talks about their careers. These sessions with the authors helped to improve our writing skills and learn about what it is like to be an author. Garth Nix gave an extremely amusing talk and he took a real life story but changed it to make it a fantasy story. Kate De Goldi had also used real life situations to inspire her novel The lopm Quest/bn An excellent day was had by all

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