Area of Study: Belonging

This website is designed by Anish Carmyn, Teacher librarian at Auburn Girls' High School, to support NSW HSC English students in the Area of Study: Belonging.  It includes:

• Links to information about set texts (finished)
• Suggestions for related material (work in progress, some pages are limited)
  
• Hints on essay writing (finished)
  
• Stimuli for creative writing (work in progress)
  
• Sample short answer questions (finished)
  

Other HSC hints sites:

Save my HSC [http://savemyhsc.com.au/category/area-of-study-belonging/] has study tips for English exams and a link to an excellent list of text types and their techniques.

Shelley MacNamara's blog [http://belongingareaofstudy.blogspot.com/2009/11/developing-understanding-of-concept-of.html] describes a belonging journal

If you need a lecture to start you studying, click here! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3erJMrHI6M&feature=BFa&list=ULwC5w_yFiRws&lf=mfu_in_order]. Ignore the ads that come up at the end.

Classroom Activities

• Birrongbelonging [http://birrongbelongingpage.wikispaces.com/Assignment+Overview] Introductory activities including creation of online survey
• Create a digital Narrative about belonging [http://www.webquestdirect.com.au/webquest.asp?id=650&page=4916]

If you are a teacher from another school using this site, please respect copyright - Credit your cut-and-pastes in a footer:

(c) Anish Carmyn, Auburn Girls' High School, 2011.http://aghsbelonging.weebly.com