<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hello Dave,<DIV>Another anthology composed specifically for Years 7 - 8 is Story Wizards, Series editor, Sandra Bernhardt. Published by Macmillan Education Australia in 2005. Authors include Libby Gleeson, Allan Baillie, Gina Dillon, Gary Crew, Jacqueline Kent and myself, Lyndall Hough. Each chapter has subsections eg: Who is Libby Gleeson? What does Libby think about writing? What does Libby say about her stories? Then a couple of stories follow. Each story has: 1 Key questions. 2 For discussion. 3 an aspect of story telling eg Characters. 4 Your turn to write.<DIV>This book has been followed by Story Weavers aimed more at 9 - 10, published in 2006 with Carmel Bird, Peter Goldsworthy, Libby Hathorn, Beth Spencer, Warren Flynn, Roxzan Bowes and Brian Caswell.</DIV><DIV>Enjoy!</DIV><DIV>Lyndall<BR><DIV><DIV>On 23/08/2007, at 9:35 PM, Smith, David M wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV id="idOWAReplyText28009" dir="ltr"> <DIV dir="ltr"><FONT face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2">yes it's that time of year. We're looking at an anthology of short stories for our year 7 and 8s. Are thinking of Fortune Cookies or The Girl Who Married a Fly. Has anyone used these - what do you think? Any other suggestions.</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir="ltr"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir="ltr"><FONT face="Arial" size="2">regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir="ltr"><FONT face="Arial" size="2">Dave</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV dir="ltr"><BR> </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P><B>Important - </B>This email and any attachments may be confidential. If received in error, please contact us and delete all copies. Before opening or using attachments check them for viruses and defects. Regardless of any loss, damage or consequence, whether caused by the negligence of the sender or not, resulting directly or indirectly from the use of any attached files our liability is limited to resupplying any affected attachments. Any representations or opinions expressed are those of the individual sender, and not necessarily those of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.</P>_______________________________________________ <BR> <A href="http://www.edulists.com.au"> http://www.edulists.com.au </A> - FAQ, resources, subscribe, unsubscribe <BR> VCE English Teachers' Mailing List kindly supported by <A href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/english/index.html">http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/english/index.html</A> - Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>