Hi everyone
I'm looking forward to joining with you in this exciting rap
about the film Whale rider.
Currently I am the Senior Curriculum Adviser, English 7-12 at
Curriculum K-12 Directorate, located at Ryde State Office, in the middle of
metropolitan Sydney, but I like to travel all over the state to get to know
your teachers. Recently I have enjoyed meeting many new faces at the English Years
7-10 workshops where I've been encouraging your teachers to have students join
this rap.
Whale rider is a great text
to use in an English class as it meets many requirements of the new syllabus.
There is the additional incentive for you to be involved with the rap as it
allows you to respond and compose texts for a real purpose and audience as well
as integrating the use of ICT into English activities in meaningful ways. It is
also important because its filmic aspects contribute to make this text one with
many layers of meaning.
I would also like to thank the team from Port Macquarie
High School for putting
together such an engaging and interesting rap. I'm looking forward to hearing
from you throughout the next few weeks.
Kerry
