11 English T were challenged to write a feature article about a social issue or observation. Enjoy the way they weave narrative and non-fiction to engage their readers in these topics.

In a class activity, Literature students had a go at giving a fairy tale villain a voice! Check out their fun work samples and see if you can guess which story they are all from.

Stories can transport you to another time and place. Enjoy these stories from our Literature students each based on a different historical time period, but communicating modern values and ideas. 

Year 12 Tertiary English class selected their classes based on studying a particular genre or form. These included: non fiction, graphic novels, crime fiction and science fiction.  Here are a selection of their final pieces, which include screenplays, short stories, a review and a comic. 

Many of our aspiring writers get together on Tuesdays on TRaC X to share and improve their creative writing skills. Please check our some of their work. Note their names - they could be famous writers in the future!

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11 English T classes were challenged to create a short story which represented a thematic issue in a creative manner. Please enjoy some of their stories.

The Literature classes this year were challenged to write a story which shows the power literature can have to impact social change. They each needed to select a social issue and write fiction which would evoke change in our culture. 

Year 11 Tertiary English students were asked to take a character from the novel they were studying and write from their perspective. Check out some of their insightful responses here.

Some of our students are keen to start their career as creative writers. Here are some of their best works. 

While studying the literary canon, students in Literature classes were challenged to write in the style of various classic authors. Their first challenge: to write either a Shakespearean or Petrarchan sonnet! 

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11 English T students have been looking at the different ways conflict has been represented in narratives. Here are some of their own original works exploring this idea. 

In Semester One, the Literature Classes explored the purpose and impact of Historical Fiction. To show their understanding of the genre, students created their own short story based on an historical event, person or era. Here are some of their stories. 

Delve into the dark and the unknown with the Year 12 Tertiary class: Gothic Fiction. The gothic genre aims to distort and challenge social norms through exploration of the supernatural, ideas of madness, and the concept of reality. 

Science Fiction allows the imagination to run wild with wondering 'what if science could...?'. Enjoy some of our work from Year 12 Tertiary English in this genre.

Read some classic (and some new style) 'who dunnit?' stories from some of our Year 12 Tertiary students who explored the popular genre of Crime Fiction.

Short stories in the Crime Fiction genre by Year 12 English T students

Short stories in the Gothic genre by Year 12 English T students

Picture Books created for children by Year 12 English T students.

Year 12 Essential English produced storyboards showing a scene from Gone Girl from a new perspective

Musical adaptations created by students in Year 12 English T

The Literature classes were challenged to write a sonnet. Here are some of their poems.

Year 11 Essential English were challenged to mash two genres together, check out some of the results here.

Crime Fiction

Mindscapes

Fractured Fairytales

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Unreliable Narration

Essays

Marginalised Voices