McKinnon SC VCE English Text Talk : Recent Episodes
Charlotte Douglas
Text talk, analysis, debate and critical thinking, brought to you by the VCE English team at McKinnon Secondary College. This podcast is for senior students who want to develop further as thinkers and writers, and explore and understand the ways that rich conversations can unlock some of the best ways to approach written analyses of a range of different texts.
This episode is in two parts : two recording of conversations about The 7 Stages of Grieving and The Longest Memory. . In the first part Ms Murr is joined by Gemma Milner, Ebony Lo Casto and Abby Humphreys and focuses on pair number 2 of the passages explored in class. The second part of the session is a conversation about passage pair number 4, with Kobe Francis and Sam Potter (who also graciously edited this episode - Thanks Sam!)
Reading and studying a play can be challenging! So in this week's episode, Mr Lynch and Ms Murr are joined by very special guest, and McKinnon Theatre Studies genius, Lucy Angell, with some context that will help you all feel a little less overwhelmed by the form of Seven Stages of Grieving, by Deborah Mailman and Wesley Enoch. Seven Stages of Grieving is one part of the pair of texts we will be exploring in order to round off Unit 4. Stay tuned for a part two of this episode, along with a pre-reading context session on Fred D'Aguiar's The Longest Memory. These introductory conversations should be listened to before you read/re-read the texts over the holidays.
In this week's episode, Ms Andrews, Ms Cross and Ms Murr offer some last minute Analysing Argument SAC advice, as you prepare for your final Unit 3 English SAC. We cover the difference between summary and analysis, avoiding decorative quoting and the importance of making your observations about how writers use language to shape argument and impact audiences, in very specific ways, explicit. It's a big week - all the best for both Analysing and Presenting Argument SACs!
In this week's 'Student Take Over' episode, host Mia Sarra interviews members of the class of 2022 about their speech topics and gathers their preparation tips for the Week 7 Presenting Argument SAC. Thanks to Tait Thomson, Gemma Milner, Taya Minin, Sophia Diegelmann, Ryan Borowitz, Archie Redman, Isabel Asmaryan and Lucy Anderson for sharing their thoughts.
In this episode, Mr Florence, Ms Same and Ms Murr discuss the Uber articles scheduled for analysis in Week 4, with a focus on the progression of argument, identifying audience and structuring analysis. Be sure to have a hard copy of the article so that you can make notes as the conversation moves through the articles.
In this episode, Mr Papatolicas, Ms Douglas and Ms Murr discuss The Age Editorial that provides a focus for our first argument analysis this term. You will need to have a hard copy of the article in front of you in order to make the most of this recording. The article is included in the Week 2 resources on Compass.
Ms Same and Ms Murr offer some last minute advice for the cohort before we head into the Rear Window SAC this week. Delivering tips on how to approach reading time and working through anxiety in test conditions, this episode is also designed help those looking to maximise their writing time and achieve the best possible results.
In this episode, Mr Lynch, Ms Andrews and Ms Murr offer some advice on your final week of preparation for the Rear Window SAC. The Year 12 English teaching team at McKinnon SC wish you every success!
In our first of many VCE English podcast episodes, Mr Lynch, Ms Douglas and Ms Murr discuss their favourite moments in Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window. But the question remains.... is that a photo of Lisa?