The selected poems discussed in this book are:
- Merlinda Bobis, ‘This is where it begins’
- Miriam Wei Wei Lo, ‘Home’
- Ouyang Yu, ‘New Accents’
- Ouyang Yu, ‘The Double Man’
- Vuong Pham, ‘Mother’
- Jaya Savige, ‘Circular Breathing’
- Maureen Ten (Ten Ch’in Ü), ‘Translucent Jade’
- Eileen Chong, ‘My Hakka Grandmother’
- Ee Tiang Hong, ‘Some New Perspectives’.
Each Qwiller Geek Guide contains the following:
• Essay writing strategies
– writing clear sentences using sentence-level grammar & punctuation
– language forms and features of an essay
– understanding literary context
– a sample essay for the literary text with an introduction, body & conclusion
– key scene analysis
– referencing other people’s work
– editing an essay
– reflecting on writing an essay
• Literary text analysis
– key ideas and concepts
–narrative elements, such as characters, text structure and summary, and setting
– language forms and features
• Background information
– analysis of purpose and audience
–analysis of personal context of author and social, cultural and historical context of the literary text
– key term definitions
– bibliography including URL links
• Guided writing strategies
– ‘How to’ activities that guide writing
– modelled responses to support writing
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