Thursday 19 February 7-8 pm: Read 3 articles:
- The other Ahmeds, Ahmed Ouf ; Cumberland Councillor, Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday, December 24;
- I learnt more on my first solo trip overseas than I did in high school by Paul Marshall Travel writer November 12, 2025 ;
- Ben Saul: NSW anti-protest laws were rushed through to keep the peace. Challis Chair of International Law at Sydney University February 10, 2026
Write a series of sentences that analyse literary features and “craft” elements: — persona, voice, tone, register and sentence styles; key ideas; comparisons; allusions; references; expert comments and reflections; dramatic and personal recounts; and purpose
Write a series of sentences that analyse argument techniques; persuasive features; evidence; comparisons; call to action, emotive language and positioning tactics and purpose.
Thursday 26 February 7 – 8 pm: Read 3 articles
- “An eight-year-old Australian girl with rotten teeth, trapped in a desert camp, did not make her own bed”, by Mat Tinkler February 19, 2026
- “Adelaide was going to be this writer’s dream come true” by Olivia de Zilva (The Age.)
- “The four-letter word might terrify some employees — but it shouldn’t” by Tim Duggan, The Age 5/2/26
Send sentences that analyse literary features and “craft”: — persona, voice, tone, register and sentence styles; key ideas; comparisons; allusions; references; and purpose
Send sentences that analyse argument techniques; persuasive features; evidence; comparisons; call to action and purpose.