The Anatomy of Wings, by Karen Foxlee

Posted on June 30th, 2009 by Mr Symonds

I have just finished reading one of the saddest books I have had the dubious pleasure of reading (that I can remember, anyway). The Anatomy of Wings won Best First Book in the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and probably deservedly so. It is an accomplished piece but like other first books, can sometimes be too “wordy”, [...]

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This is how you do it, kids!

Posted on June 4th, 2009 by Mr Symonds

We have a number of assessment items where students are asked to discuss books and reading and the like. For some reason, some of them struggle. (Actually, the reason is that many of them just do not read or read much!)
Yesterday, the English faculty had one of their regular meetings but the focus this time [...]

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