{"id":1434,"date":"2020-04-02T10:29:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T23:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/?post_type=article&p=1434"},"modified":"2020-04-02T10:29:23","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T23:29:23","slug":"creative-writing-news-and-other-writing-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/article\/creative-writing-news-and-other-writing-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Writing News and Other Writing Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Writing Workshops with Margot Lee\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

This term the English Department were delighted to welcome back Margot Lee (Class of 2019) to help run some creative writing workshops with Ms Sarah Hawkins. For the 20 students from Years 7 \u2013 11 it was a wonderful opportunity explore new texts, practise their writing and workshop their own pieces.<\/p>\n

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Having participated in several International Creative Writing courses herself, Margot was able to share with students the effect of techniques like free indirect discourse, or the difference between slant and half rhyme in poetry. Amelia Board (Year 11) commented that the workshops taught her about \u201cthe importance of creating rich imagery and description.\u201d Jessica Millin (Year 9) said that she \u201creally enjoyed listening to Margot\u2019s advice about perspective and how it can be used in writing.\u201d<\/p>\n

A big part of the experience was having the opportunity to share your work and \u201cworkshop\u201d it with other young writers. It was so lovely to see students from across a range of Year levels working together and sharing ideas.\u00a0 Scarlett Cooper (Year 9) said that she \u201cenjoyed how everyone had the chance to read other people\u2019s writing and creative pieces.\u201d The students were given wonderful feedback from their peers and from Margot and Ms Hawkins which we hope encourages them to forge ahead with their Creative efforts.<\/p>\n

Other writing opportunities\u2026<\/strong><\/h4>\n

I know that recently in the English Department we have spent a lot of time reflecting on the solace of literature in difficult times. It is wonderful to see a range of on-line resources and opportunities being opened up for students around the globe; Audible\u2019s free audio books for children, libraries and institutions like GERRIC (Gifted Education) uploading free resources.<\/p>\n

In our English classes we\u2019ve been encouraging students to try to take the opportunity over the next month or so to read widely and from new genres. We know that the library was thrilled to have its record day of borrowing on the day that the school moved to \u201cAt home learning!\u201d We\u2019ve also advertised a number of writing competitions which students might be interested in participating in (see below). If you come across other opportunities or resources, please don\u2019t hesitate to let us know.<\/p>\n

Red Room Poetry Object Competition<\/a><\/h5>\n
Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards<\/a><\/h5>\n
Mosman Council Youth Awards<\/a><\/h5>\n
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Ms Jenny Bean<\/strong>
\nActing Head of English<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Writing Workshops with Margot Lee\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 This term the English Department were delighted to welcome back Margot Lee (Class of 2019) to help run some creative writing workshops with Ms Sarah Hawkins. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1456,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[30],"class_list":["post-1434","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_tag-student-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=1434"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=1434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}