Scotch College

Scotch English Excel – VCE Holiday Workshops 2008

VCE ENGLISH 3/4

Friday 3rd October
Saturday 4th October

In recent years we have introduced a series of holiday lectures and workshops for VCE English exam revision called “Scotch English Excel – VCE Holiday Workshops”. The lectures and workshops are all held here at Scotch over two days at the end of the upcoming September holidays on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th October. We only present on a selection of texts, the writing task and our context study (Identity & Belonging) which, while being particularly useful for Scotch boys, may be of interest to students from other schools as well. They are “open to the public.” If you wish to attend, all you have to do is complete the booking sheet and send it along with payment to the address as indicated. The deadline for booking is Friday 12th September 2008.

Content and Format

Lectures

Lecturers will present select specialist content and theory relating to the relevant text. This will include information on areas such as themes, characters and language. A handout will be given but students will be expected to also take their own notes.

Workshops

The Workshops will feed off the lectures allowing staff to work with small groups and provide for more individual tuition on the relevant text. These will be practical writing sessions with time provided for the consideration of individual questions. The focus will be on working through sample VCE exam questions, planning answers and offering practical writing tips.

The Presenters

Mr Barrie Burton
Mr Burton is Acting Head of English at Scotch and Year 11 English Co-ordinator. He has taught & assessed VCE English for many years. He is also a current VCE English Assessor.

Ms Alice Cook
Ms Cook is Year 9 English Co-ordinator & a VCE English Teacher at Scotch.

Mr Warwick Hall
Mr Hall is a senior VCE teacher at Scotch. He has been a VCE assessor and has presented at various VATE and AATE conferences.

Mr Ryan Johnston
Mr Johnston is Acting Deputy Head of English at Scotch College and a senior VCE English teacher. He is author of ‘Using Language to Persuade’ & co-author of ‘VCE Oxford English 3 & 4’.

Ms Keiron Jones
Ms Jones is Head of Year 12 and a senior English teacher at Scotch. She has taught and assessed VCE English, and presented at various professional English conferences both for VATE and AATE.

Mr Jamieson Kane
Mr Kane is Head of Film and Media and a senior VCE teacher at Scotch College

Mr Nick Konstantatos
Mr Konstantatos is a senior VCE teacher at Scotch. He has been a VCE assessor, presented at various conferences and is a published author.

Mr Josh Mc Neill
Mr McNeill is a VCE English Teacher at Scotch.

Ms Ailsa MacFie
Ms MacFie is a VCE English Teacher at Scotch.

Mrs Marnie O’Bryan
Mrs O’Bryan is a senior VCE English teacher at Scotch.

Enrolment

While there is no size limit on the Lectures, the Workshops will be limited to a maximum size of 15, in order to provide valuable individual help. Limited numbers means that entry will be on a strictly first-come first-served basis according to the receipt of a formal

Booking.

Costs
Individual sessions:	$20
One Full Day:	$60
Both days	$100

Friday 3rd October

Time	Topic
Session 1	Writing Task LECTURE or
9 – 10.15am	Context Study (Identity & Belonging) LECTURE
Session 2	Writing Task WORKSHOP or
10.30 – 11.45am	Context Study (Identity & Belonging) WORKSHOP
Session 3	Richard III LECTURE
12 – 1.15pm
Session 4	Richard III WORKSHOP
2 – 3.15pm

Saturday 4th October

Time	Topic
Session 1	Writing Task LECTURE or
9 – 10.15am	Context Study (Identity & Belonging) LECTURE
Session 2	Writing Task WORKSHOP or
10.30 – 11.45am	Context Study (Identity & Belonging) WORKSHOP
Session 3	Citizen Kane LECTURE or
12 – 1.15pm	A Man For All Seasons LECTURE
Session 4	Citizen Kane WORKSHOP or
2 – 3.15pm	A Man For All Seasons WORKSHOP

Enquiries: Ph: (03) 9810 4453