Images of Sydney Harbour

To supplement Yr9's work on Late Ferry by Robert Gray - photos from the web of the Bridge and harbour at night.

Multi media

Curse of Were-Rabbit soundtrack cover:

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2844628480/tt0312004

Read more books!

Hey guys
Welcome to your holidays. I hope you get lots of rest, and have many good adventures.
I've been promising a wide reading list for a while, and here is a kinda list...I feel like it will never be complete, so I would suggest using it as a guide. The idea is to get you reading outside the square, or outside your normal comfort zone.

Films
Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
Dark City
Citien Kane
Alice in Wonderland (Disney cartoon)
Brazil
Animal Farm (cartoon)
Any Marx Bros Film - the best is A Night at the Opera
Harry Potter - all of them
Anything and everything by Tim Burton
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Anything by Baz Luhrmann
Shrek
Any Monty Python
Being John Malkovich
Delicatessan or City of Lost Children (French)
Butterfly Effect
Any Miyazaki film - Spirited Away, My Friend Totoro, etc.

Novels and Stuff
To Kill a Mockingbird
Catch 22
Anything by Evelyn Waugh
A Herman Hesse, Gunter Grass, Jean-Paul Sarte, or any other European writer from between 1900 and 1950
Animal Farm, or 1984
All Harry Potter
Anything by Terry Pratchett or Neil Gaiman
Anything by Mike Morre
Everything by Roald Dahl
Tolkien
Australian authors - Henry Lawson, Patrick White, Tim winton, Peter Carey, John Marsden, Ruth Park, Nadia Wheatley

Anything, and everything else you can! The most important things is that you fill your mind, your imagination with the ideas of others, to know what is possible in your own writing, and ultimately the world!

Have fun!

Article pictures

Hi again Year 9!
I really hope this works for us. I've heard rumours that you can't access my blog through your Department accounts. That's pretty sad, and I'm going to apply to get that changed for the future.
I thought that as part of our newpaper stories, it would be really cool to have some images. I've located some pictures on the web of detention centres, protesters and posters for you to choose from. Have a look through, and cut and paste one of them from my blog into your Word document.
I've taken these from other web sites wtihout permission, but I have included the URLs so I am giving them credit. I would like you to also include the URL of any picture you take - carefully cut and paste it, and convert it to a very small font under or near your picture.
You might also like to use the table drawing tool in Word to create a box, and draw your own picture in once you have printed your article.

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http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed%20newszines/oldnewszines/newszine37/dungavel.jpg

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http://www.reportage.uts.edu.au/stories/2001/oct01/images/freerefugees.jpg

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http://www.scottishsocialistparty.info/pictures/dungavel/Images/HPIM1773.jpg

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http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/mediaComms/un0104_DetentionBaxter5750.jpg

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http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/sites/sanspapier/files/images/Denese%20-%20Detainee%20Art%20(01).jpg

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http://www.gdwg.org.uk/images/image9.gif

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Hi Chloe

Thursday's work is one post down the page - and it's called 'Welcome to my Blog'.
You don't need to copy it out, but please read it all.

Miss

Welcome to my blog!

Hi Year 9!
This is my blog. I use it to communicate with my students when they are at home. I can put pictures, links and essays up here for them to read, outside of class time.

I have a task for you - Please write this in your books!

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Blogs and internet journals
A blog is like a personal web site, that is easy to update. It is a way to stay in contact with friends and family. Most people use their blog as a diary, where they can record information about their day-to-day life. It allows you to have a free internet presence. And you can personalise it too!

Common Features of Blogs
Title
The title of a blog will tell readers a little about what to expect from the blog's content.
Profile
This tells readers about the owner of the blog. it may include age, gender and location, and will often give some information about the owner's interests. It may also include a photo, or icon.
Posts
These are the journal or diary entries. They also have a title, and can include links and photos. The time and the date the post was created is recorded at the bottom.
Comments
Blogs are interactive. If you read a post and want to reply to something that was said, you can leave a comment.
Links bar
Owners will personalise their blogs by creating a list of links to web pages they lke to visit. They might be personal interest, work related, or links to friends' pages.
Archives
This is a list links to posts that were made in the past.
Personalised items
Lots of blog owners personalise their blogs with other items, for example:
Quotes
Local time
Local weather
Pictures
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Activity
In your books, draw up a sketch of my blog, identifying each of the features with a label.
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You can see other blogs here, and here.
I hope you've enjoyed checking out my blog! Now, the next step is to try creating one of your own!