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WELCOME TO
LANGUAGE ARTS CANBERRA

Exciting English learning experiences for young people

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New short series: Paragraphing Skills

A short, focused workshop series for late Term 3 2024,
building an essential skill for adult written communication

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  • $180 for 3 x two hour workshops - 10am-12 noon, Tues 10th, 17th, 24th September
    @ the Arboretum Cafe - SE corner, near exit to Bonsai section 

  • First session free for new students to 'test the waters' (then full fee if continuing)

    • Session 1:  Understanding paragraph purpose, audience and structure

    • Session 2: Developing coherence and flow

    • Session 3: Incorporating evidence and varying the basic structure

  • Maximum 8 participants, with some content differentially pitched for 12-14 yrs and 14-17 yrs​

  • optional homework exercises available for practice and extension - brief individual feedback available 9:40-10am before Sessions 2 and 3

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Materials to bring: 

  • an A4 lined notebook (current English subject notebook is fine)

  • a wallet folder for handouts

  • pen or pencil

  • a drink and a snack​

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Discover the power and fun of writing poetry! Encounter great works, and develop your creative mastery of English.

  • 6 x 2 hour workshops

  • Tuesdays 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, 23 July to 27 August​

  • Weston Creek Community Centre

  • Cost: First session FREE, then $60 per session or the full series for $280

Further information here.

With the farming of a verse

Make a vineyard of the curse,

Sing of human unsuccess

In a rapture of distress;

Homeschool Senior Workshop Term 3 2024:
Breaking into Poetry

We are such stuff

As dreams are made on; and our little life

Is rounded with a sleep.

From the place where we are right Flowers will never grow

In the spring.

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