Reading Beyond the Lines Sonia Murr

In this episode, we welcome Philippa Elder, passionate VCE English and Literature educator, currently teaching Year 12 English at Strathcona Girls Grammar, to discuss one of the most troubling chapters of Trevor Noah's Born A Crime.

In this episode, the first in a series of discussions of favourite chapters from Trevor Noah's Born a Crime, Mr O'Toole shares his thoughts on one of his favourite chapters from the text: Chapter 17 - 'The World Doesn't Love You'. We discuss Noah's fear of his mother's discipline, the notion that language unlocks an understanding of humanity, and the insidious nature of racist sterotypes. We also touch on the power of voice in memoir, and Noah's ability to gently characterise his adoles...

In this episode, Ruby and Maya, our English Captains for 2024, have taken over the airwaves to share some English news! Hear what they are reading and tune in for some information on Kilvington Reads, the Kilvington Writers Festival and some other exciting English, Literature and Library initiatives coming up this year. Be sure to look out for the form that will be sharedshortly, with some suggestions about themes for KWF 2024. Have your say!

In this episode, the Year 12 teaching team at KGS offers some last minute SAC preparation and advice.

In this episode, the Year 12 English teaching team at Kilvington offers last minute advice on approaches to the 2023 English exam, working through some tips in response to some of the common mistakes made in each section of the most recent trial exams. The trial exam discussed is the 2023 Insight trial exam.

In this episode, we are joined by Philip Thiel, Kilvington's Academic Dean of English from 2020-2022. Currently teaching Ted Chiang's short story collection Stories of Your Life and Others at Mac.Robertson Girls' High School, Philip was keen to chat about this extraordinary text.