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| Teaching Resources
VATE supports English teachers by providing a range of resources. These include:
- The expertise and experience of the Education Officers who will answer your queries or put you in touch with others who can assist you
- VATE and AATE publications
- Sample exams for English, ESL, and English Language and Literature (available from late July 2010 - check with the VATE bookshop in July for the exact date)
- Inside Stories, an annual VATE publication on VCE texts
- Inside Contexts, VATE's publication to support the teaching of Area of Study 2 in Units 3 and 4 English/ESL
- Literature Guide: VATE Perspectives on the List B Literature Texts
- A full professional development program
- The annual State Conference
- The VATE Bookshop: Bookshop catalogue and Bookshop order form
- Other Australian English/Literacy teaching organisations include: AATE; ALEA; E:lit; ETANSW; TATE; ETAQ; SAETA; ETANT; ACTATE; ETAWA
Useful Links
- VCAA website www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
- VCAA VCE English/ESL information here
- VCAA FAQ for VCE English here
- VCAA VCE English Language here
- VCAA VCE Foundation English information here
- VCAA VCE Literature here
- VCE text list for 2010 here
- DEECD website www.education.vic.gov.au/
- ACARA website www.acara.edu.au
- NAPLAN information here
- Discussion lists for all English subjects www.edulists.com.au
- VATE Literature Network Wiki
- STELLA - Standards for Teachers of English Language and Literacy in Australia - STELLA website
- MyRead - Strategies for teaching reading in the middle years. MyRead supports teachers of underperforming students in the middle years (Years 4-9) - MyRead website
- Australian Centre for Youth Literature www.slv.vic.gov.au
- ATOM www.atomvic.org, http://www.metromagazine.com.au
- Asialink www.asialink.unimelb.edu.au
- A Streetcar Named Desire: Online Resource resources.mhs.vic.edu.au/streetcar/
- Audio-visual resources for teachers: www.enhancetv.com.au
- Australian Children's Television Foundation www.actf.com.au
- Childrens' Book Council www.cbc.org.au
- Curriculum Corporation www.curriculum.edu.au
- Digital curriculum resources www.thelearningfederation.edu.au
- Drama resource, Casting Light: scripts for young adults from people living with mental illness: www.mieact.org.au/castinglight
- ERGO provides resources for research skills, essay writing skills and study skills
- Free online library of lessons and links www.teachit.co.uk
- Free online library of resources and lessons www.readwritethink.org
- Heywire is a competition and a space for young (regional) people to share their stories
- Insideadog is a website for young people about reading
- Larkin resources (Linking to 2007 VATE Literature Perspectives) Endnotes, Bibliography
- Literacy Educators: www.literacyeducators.com.au
- Middle school resources and VELS: Heroes and the quest narrative, Wide reading project, Lord of the Flies
- National Film and Sound Archive
- Spress a 'must read for secondary school students'
- State Library of Victoria Online Resources click here
- Student Youth Network (Syn FM) Community radio station broadcasting to Melbourne's student and youth community
- Teachertube provides an online community for sharing instructional teacher videos
- Web lessons - Reading, writing, poetry, film study etc: www.interactive-learning.com.au.
- Australian author S. A. Jones has created a blog and website that contains reviews, reading guides, news and events. www.sajones.com.au.
If you have found any useful websites that you think we should add to this list, please feel free to email Kate Gillespie at kgillespie@vate.org.au with your ideas. |
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