Synopses and Biographies

Session One Presenter Workshop Title and Overview Presenter’s Bio Kylie Ryan Exploring Intertextuality through ‘Haunted Writing’ In a past life, Kylie worked in community broadcast journalism, (Fictocriticism) Year 11 public relations and events management. Her teaching career This workshop will share some of the ways I have started in Journalism Education at The University of South Australia, approached the Intertextual Study with my Year 11 class. where she taught for five years, before segueing into the secondary Australian young adult fiction writer Gary Crew’s novel sector to pursue her love of Language Arts. She has worked as an Voicing the Dead (2015) is written in an emergent and educator in DECD schools and currently teaches English and Media experimental postmodern genre called ‘Fictocriticism’. Dr Studies at Pulteney Grammar School. Kylie returned to university Ross Watkins (TEXT, Vol 19 No 1 April 2015) suggests that teaching in 2020, tutoring in the UniSA Education Futures Fictocritical writing is a plaiting of ‘fictional and critical Department. She has been a member of the SAETA Council since modes’ of expression. Crew applies this unconventional 2015, and is the Vice Chair and founding member of the Australian blend of fictional and factual writing in his novel as a way Teachers of Media Association in SA (ATOM). of acknowledging the unknown numbers of women, children and others, under-represented by the historians and ignored or silenced by the powers of their time. He uses the voice of narrator and protagonist, Jack Ireland, as well as historical, literary and other intertextual references in his narrative, to give a ‘voice to the dead’, providing the reader with alternative perspectives of events in Australia’s colonial past, that may otherwise go unheard. Jessica Tools for Explicit Writing Instruction Jessica is currently the English Learning Area Leader at Gleeson McCarthy How can we give our students the tools they need to think College and has taught about their writing in a more critical and independent senior English in secondary schools for 16 years. She has a master’s way? In this workshop, I will demonstrate some explicit degree in Writing and Literature, has experience presenting writing instruction that seeks to help students to become workshops on English teaching and Literacy at a range of more independent at drafting and editing their written conferences and has been facilitating a Professional Learning Team work, as well as improve the complexity of their writing. I with a focus on Literacy at her school for the past four years. will show how you can embed this literacy focus into the content that you are currently teaching, to empower your students to become better academic writers. This workshop is suitable for teachers at all secondary levels of English. Glenys Yakas Dystopian Texts Years 10 and 11 Glenys began her career in the late 80's with various contracts that With the current preoccupation with STEM, the Arts must culminated with 7 years in Pt. Augusta before being appointed to provide the moral compass, as we move into the future. Woodville High School where she has spent 20 wonderful years. She Using a range of dystopian texts as a platform to probe and has been a moderator of all levels of Stage 1 and 2 English and a explore imminent concerns; students produce works that moderation facilitator for 8-10 English. Glenys is also a trained explore ethical considerations and in doing so, find their facilitator in Tactical Teaching: Writing and Tactical Teaching: own voice. This workshop was presented at the National Thinking. Last year she, along with Hellen, presented this workshop Conference in 2019. at the National AATE Conference in Melbourne. This is her first time presenting at the SAETA State Conference. David The Grammatical Keys to Intermediate English (EALD) David has taught secondary EAL/D and English and lectured in pre- Freesmith Find out why many intermediate learners of English as an service TESOL since the turn of the century. He is presently Head of Additional Language or Dialect hit a ceiling in their oral and Languages at Pembroke School. written production trajectories and how they can break through it. We will examine why the dreaded irregular past participle is essential to the control of English tense, voice and mood and learn some fun ways that teachers can help students leap this potentially intimidating grammatical hurdle. Julie Wright Celebrating the Art of Poetry Over her teaching career, Julie has taught regularly in all year In this workshop, I will be taking teachers through the levels from 8 to 12. She is currently transitioning to writing, middle school textbook I launched in March this year. It launching her first two texts in March 2021. Her poetry provides guided exercises for students to discover the collection, Infinite Connections, has a wide meaning of a poem through the poetic devices being range of forms and devices organised into nine sections. The employed. The book is divided into twelve units, two of companion book for middle school students has deliberately which have appeared in our Opinion magazine. You may taken a positive approach in response to the criticisms often wish to look at the annotated poems on my website and levelled at English teachers that our texts are too dark and focus the commentaries on various literary devices which I will on the negative aspects of society. build upon each month. The website can be found at https://benedictuspublishing.com.au. Dr Leanne Respectful Representations of Disability in Literature Dr Leanne Longfellow has spent over thirty years in the field of Longfellow The inclusion of various forms of disability and physical disability and education as a teacher, educational consultant, difference within literature is common, yet texts by non- presenter and researcher. Her own experience of disability, and that disabled writers often fail to challenge the dominant of parenting her daughter with disability, informs her practice. She is discourse about difference. In this workshop, participants currently the director of Inclusive Education Planning, an will be introduced to strategies to support students of all organisation that supports schools and teachers to include students year levels to critically respond to the representation of with disability in general education. disability in literature. Examples from the work of non- disabled writers (Wonder and All the Light You Cannot See) will be compared and contrasted with that of disabled writers (Ugly and Growing Up Disabled in Australia). We will discuss whether incorporating a disabled character is merely a literary device (e.g. blindness is often used as a figurative device to convey a lack of insight) or an authentic representation of disability. Literature by disabled writers, often referred to as CripLit, will be introduced to promote and amplify their voice. Also, guidelines for choosing a text that portrays disabled people respectfully, thus creating an inclusive and safe space for all, will be shared. Session Two Presenter Workshop Title and Overview Presenter’s Bio Tessa Kowaliw TikTok: engaging content creation, text response, and Tessa began her teaching career in Port Pirie in 2004, and was a microlearning activities... in 60 Stage 2 English Studies marker before returning to Adelaide and seconds or less. taking time out of the classroom for babies. She now works as Chief Within one month of release, the video sharing, social- Learning Officer for a software company, using all that the English networking platform, TikTok, surpassed classroom taught her to advise a range of global clients in on- and Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and SnapChat in monthly offline learning strategies. She recently presented at DevLearn 2019 installs. Why? Because TikTok makes it so easy for users to (Las Vegas), can talk your ear off about the xAPI (and other geeky, create and share content, and to collaborate via re- edtech things), and is passionate about giving back where possible purposed audio and virtual ‘duets’... and it’s fun. to the teaching community which has well-served her. This hands-on workshop explores how to safely harness TikTok for text production, text response, and film analysis tailored to secondary students of any level. We will also look at prime examples of educational TikTok accounts which offer microlearning opportunities to students, so that you leave inspired to flip learning like a boss with TikTok. David Chapple Time Travel Through Narrative David Chapple began his career in film and television working for This workshop uses dynamic poetry and prose techniques The British Film Institute and Channel 4. He has worked extensively to explore and play with the notion of time in literature. as a writer in residence in schools, hospitals, prisons, hospices, Students will create linear and non-linear works and a mental health facilities, drug and alcohol treatment centres and palette of ideas to inform a final work. Aimed at year 10/11 homelessness support services where he has supported new voices pupils the workshop will inspire participants to take risks in poetry and performance. with the written word. www.davidchapple.org Pat Pledger What’s New in Young Adult Books Pat Pledger is a director of Pledger Consulting and editor of the and Sharing a list of highly recommended YA books (personal ReadPlus blog (https://www.readplus.com.au/). Previously, she has Chris recommendations as well as from reviewers) as well as been a school library coordinator and English teacher working at Thompson presenting information about reviewing and ReadPlus. Renmark High School, Reynella East High School, Hallett Cove School Chris Thompson will assist in the running of this session. and Aberfoyle Park High School, as well as for the National database EDNA. She is keenly interested in the promotion of reading and has presented conference papers about literature activities at national and international conferences.

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