Summative Entry

Australian Literature helps me to expand the boundaries of my own experience. This unit has definitely pushed me out of my literature comfort-zone, and in doing so has shaped my own experiences for the better. I chose literature because I did well in English last year in high school, I enjoyed analyzing our set texts […]

Peer Review #5: Brian

Creative Blog – Ada Cambridge Hey There Brian! <- Click his name for the blog 🙂 Man, I was so excited to find someone who is active with their blog out of all the inactive or broken links on LEO! …That was until I started reading your blogs and thought to myself “how the bloody hell am […]

Peer Review #4: James

Hey there James 🙂 I clicked a random link on the list, and you were the lucky ticket! So for all my readers (because I have thousands), here’s the winning link. Alrighty, my first impression: Love love love your blog’s layout! The colors, the theme, the style of it- is all really exciting. I also […]

(Best Blog) Creative Blog #3: The Orange Tree

Discuss the significance of the last line of “The Orange Tree” I’m a classic millennial: losing the language of literature. Hence, before I could even discuss the significance of the last line of “The Orange Tree” I had to first understand what I was reading. I defined and researched words of almost every sentence, and […]

(Best Peer Review) Peer Review #3: Charlotte

Hi Charlotte! 😁 Thank you for your review on my creative blog ‘Beach’. I thought I’d return the favour and review one of your blogs too! I chose to review your ‘Shopping Day’ by Russell Drysdale, because I too chose this as the most meaningful/enjoyable artwork on our gallery visit. Overall, I thought that your […]

Peer Review #2: Sandy

Hey there Sandy! I really enjoyed reading your answer to this weeks Blog: Write a brief description of this painting of Ned Kelly. What do you think it is saying about Ned Kelly’s status in the 20th Century. [ Here is the link to Sandy’s Blog 😁 ] First Impression: I like that you used […]

Critical Blog #3 Ned Kelly

Write a brief description of this painting of Ned Kelly. What do you think it is saying about Ned Kelly’s status in the 20th Century? Sidney Nolan, 1946 First-Class Marksman. (Credit: https://michaelgriffith1.com/2018/09/11/australian-colonialism-from-1880-on-republicanism-feminism-federation-and-beyond/) A Brief Description: The subject matter is clearly identifiable due to the contrast of organic, natural shapes with the geometric shape of Ned Kelly and […]

Creative Blog #2 That DeadMan Dance

5/ Remember you are always permitted to create and write a topic of your own. Remember also to do your weekly peer-review Funny thing this; I was doing my Assignment about the set text ‘That Deadman Dance’ by Kim Scott, and I was just about finished when I realized that I had written my entire […]

Critical Blog #2: Art Gallery Visit.

Which art work did you find most meaningful and/or enjoyable? Give a verbal description of the work (include a visual image if you can). You can approach this task either as a CRITICAL or a CREATIVE blog. You can create an Ekphrastic poem or prose piece or you can give an analytical description. What is […]

Peer Review #1: Heidi

Heidi’s Blog ↑ If you click this link it will take you to her blog in a new tab. (Which is totally worth it!) First Impression: Amazing. Genuine. Personal. The fact that you have used your own photos really adds to the individuality of your blog. It creates a connection with the viewer that engenders […]