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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Scott - can you send me your paper digitally asap so that I can write the prefatory note to teachers in the new teachers/coordinators conference and the middle years conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks Mary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> english-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:english-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Scott Bulfin<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 24 April 2013 10:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> VCE English Teachers' Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> [English] English for the Australian Curriculum - New Resources<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi folks,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Many of you would have seen this new resource go up a few weeks back. But for those who haven't seen it yet, let me encourage you to take a look. AATE strongly supported the work and I'd be interested in your views and thoughts.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.e4ac.edu.au">www.e4ac.edu.au</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>--<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Scott<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;z-index:auto'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=580 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valign=top style='padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'><h4 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#202020'>English for the Australian Curriculum<o:p></o:p></span></h4><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:7.5pt;line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4C4C4C'>AATE is delighted to present a new Foundation to Year 10 online resource, produced by English teachers for English teachers, to support the teaching and learning of English in the Australian Curriculum.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:7.5pt;line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4C4C4C'><a href="http://www.e4ac.edu.au/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#336699'>English for the Australian Curriculum</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>supports primary and secondary educators with:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> <span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>full mapping to the Australian Curriculum, providing 850 new elaborations of curriculum content across the strands of language, literature and literacy</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> <span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>links to Curriculum content descriptions, cross-curriculum priorities and general capabilities</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> <span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>48 classroom learning sequences for secondary, 12 sequences in each unit of work, ready for classroom use</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> <span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>a dynamic collection of digital and multi-modal resources, interactive worksheets, rich assessment tasks and links to other website resources.</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan=3 valign=top style='background:white;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'><img border=0 width=560 height=1 id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://e4ac.edu.au/newsletter/images/rule.jpg"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 0cm 7.5pt 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'><a href="http://www.e4ac.edu.au/secondary" target="_blank" title="New window for the Secondary units page of the E4AC website"><span style='color:#27479E;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=250 height=192 id="_x0000_i1030" src="http://e4ac.edu.au/newsletter/images/face.jpg" alt="A close up of a young man looking into the camera lense of the camera taking a photograph of him"></span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><h4 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#202020'>Years 7 to 10<o:p></o:p></span></h4><p class=MsoNormal 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style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'><img border=0 width=560 height=1 id="_x0000_i1031" src="http://e4ac.edu.au/newsletter/images/rule.jpg"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 0cm 7.5pt 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'><a href="http://www.e4ac.edu.au/primary" target="_blank" title="New window for the Primary units page of the E4AC website"><span style='color:#27479E;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=250 height=192 id="_x0000_i1032" src="http://e4ac.edu.au/newsletter/images/sunset.jpg" alt="A sunset over a 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style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> <span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>literacy and language learning supported by geography, science and history</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> <span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>themes include Dreaming stories and folktales, life in Ancient Rome, and human impact on Macquarie Island.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-top:7.5pt;text-align:right;line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4C4C4C'><a href="http://e4ac.edu.au/primary/" target="_blank"><b><span style='color:#505050'>Go to units of work</span></b></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#777777'><img border=0 width=560 height=1 id="_x0000_i1033" src="http://e4ac.edu.au/newsletter/images/rule.jpg"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 0cm 7.5pt 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span 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</span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>three units of work drawing on a rich selection of children’s literature</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> <span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>units link an engagement with English and literacy to the learning areas of geography, science and mathematics</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> <span class=apple-converted-space> 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