ENGLISH

English 
 
We would like to acknowledge all the amazing efforts of students, parents, guardians, teachers, ES staff, and those in the school community who have rallied once again and gotten through the tumult of the past few weeks during remote learning. Well done! 
 
English welcomes Sophie Morane to the English faculty! We hope this odd welcoming experience to the school via online learning has been enlightening! All the best to you and your future at Mooroolbark. 

Students in Year 9-10 are encouraged to keep an eye on their Compass newsfeeds for further information on the specialists on offer for them – English Language and Literature. 
 
Through the year levels 

Senior students begin their preparations for their final units of study for VCE and aim to consolidate on their previous successes in semester one. 

Our Year 7 Aspire students rose to the challenge of writing a story of exactly 20 words. After some impressive brainstorming and editing, these are some of the final products. All of the students should be proud of their creativity and willingness to attempt such a challenging task! 

Look for yourself! 

In year 10 English, students have been introduced to comparative essay writing which involves the study of two separate texts but with similar themes, characters, and ideas. Students aim to find, analyse, and interpret these in the form of an essay. In the preparatory stages of the unit, one group have gone back to the tried-and-true carousel activity aiming to find relevant evidence under the themes provided. We think they came up pretty darn well! 

Neologism of the month… 
A neologism, from Greek meaning ‘new speech/utterance’ is a relatively recent or isolated word or phrase that is emerging into common or frequent use. 

June Neologism: ‘Blamestorm’ 
This neologism describes the process of assigning blame, usually in a scheduled meeting or group discussion in relation to a negative outcome. This has been used in corporate contexts for instance when a deadline isn’t met, or a project isn’t successful. The impending blamestorm would be the follow up meeting or conversation where people have a chance to attribute blame unto those responsible either in secret or in public. 
 
e.g. “It does no good to blamestorm, you should be looking for a solution”. 

English Recommendations: 

Film: Raya and the Last Dragon

TV Show: Bob’s Burgers 

Novel: ‘Oddity’ – Eli Brown 

Tyrone Ingham
English Key Learning Head