Books from Insight Publications
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Insight English Skills 9
By Insight Publications StaffOr Alex Steiner. Because the world does not deserve them. She tore a page from the book and ripped it in half. Then a chapter. Soon there was nothing but scraps of words littered between her legs and all around her. The words.
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On Angels Wings
By Karen Taylor-GoodThe book contains a full, 14 song companion CD by this grammy-nominated singer-songwriter/author/speaker.
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Insight English Skills 10
By Insight Publications StaffRead the following passage, where the widow, Dibs, and her son, William, find Farley's will: William seizes upon an envelope. He opens it deftly with a letter opener. Dibs: William! Please! William examines the contents carefully.
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Film Analysis Handbook: Essential Guide to Understanding, Analysing and Writing on Film
By Thomas Caldwell0 0 American director David Lynch went one step further. His debut film Eraserhead depicts Lynch's nightmarish fears about fatherhood and his disgust at the industrial city he was living in when making the film. However, Lynch does not ...
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English in Year 11
By Elizabeth Tulloh, Melanie Napthine, Robert Beardwood'The Bystander', Rosemary Dobson ○ 'The Unknown Citizen', W. H. Auden ○ 'Intolerance', Oodgeroo ○ 'Burning Want', Les Murray ○ 'We are going', Oodgeroo ○ 'The Stranger', Rudyard Kipling A A A List two ○ 'Mangoes', Richard Tipping ...
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The Merchant of Venice
By Aidan Coleman, Abbie Thomas, Shane BarnesSome there be that shadows kiss; Such have but a shadow's bliss. There befools alive, iwis, Silvered o'er; and so was this. Take what wifeyou will to bed, I will ever beyour head. So be gone;you are sped. Still more fool I shall appear ...
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Othello
By William Shakespeare, Aidan Coleman, Shane BarnesI will play the swan, And die in music: [Singing] Willow, willow, willow – Moor, she was chaste; she loved thee, cruel Moor; So come my soul to bliss, as I speak true; So speaking as I think, I die, I die. I have another weapon in this ...
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Romeo and Juliet
By William Shakespeare, Aidan Coleman, Shane BarnesQuestions 1 What is the message that Friar Laurence has been unable to have delivered to Romeo? 2 What does Friar Laurence plan to do to avoid disaster? 3 See if you can find and explain an oxymoron that Friar Laurence uses at the end ...
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VCE English Language: Exam Guide
By Kirsten Fox(David Campbell, 'The weasel words of war', The Age, 17 January 2007) c) 'Why do we say “offshore” when we mean overseas? Is it because it sounds softer, like boats sailing, or children playing in the sand? Jobs do not go offshore: they ...
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Insight English Skills 8
By Insight Publications StaffThese innovative course books are based on the Australian Curriculum and develop an integrated approach to English.
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William Shakespeare's King Lear
By Sue TwegDr Johnson, writing as a Georgian editor of Shakespeare's plays, viewed King Lear as exceptional because every scene 'agitates our passions and interests our curiosity' but complained that Gloucester's onstage blinding was 'an act too ...
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Year Eleven English Skills
By Elizabeth Tulloh, Virginia Lee, Sue ShermanThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini does show that true redemption is when 'guilt leads to good'. Rahim Khan says this when he is trying to persuade Clear contention. Amir to forgive himself and his father, Baba.
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Insight English Handbook
By Melanie Napthine, Robert Beardwood, Michael PohlSaren Dobkins for permission to use a photograph of her painting Boy on a bike. Mark Knight and Jon Kudelka for permission to use their cartoons. Angus McDonald for the article, 'A Dollar a Day', and the accompanying photograph ...
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ESL English for Year 12
By Melanie Napthine, Michael DanielMiller. Key ideas • Conflict can occur within oneself, as shown in John Proctor's dilemma, which is made more difficult by his sense of guilt over his relationship with Abigail Williams. • Conflict often occurs between an individual and ...
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English for Year 12
By Robert BeardwoodFor example, the author can: l emphasise particular characteristics, e.g. attractive or unattractive qualities l omit ... l participation in the events described, making it difficult to achieve a fair and balanced perspective l strong ...
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I'm Not Scared: Insight Text Guides 2005
By Robert BeardwoodItalo Natale's dogs are kept 'locked up...summer and winter, behind wire netting' (p.66), and their howling one night makes Michele look 'towards the hill' (p.66), thinking ofthe boy whose freedom, like that of the dogs, has been taken ...
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William Shakespeare's Othello
By Sue TwegDesigned to provide insight and an overview about each text for students and teachers, these guides endeavor to develop knowledge and understanding rather than just provide answers and summaries.
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Hamlet
By Sue TwegOffers an analysis of the narrative, characters, and themes of Shakespeare's "Hamlet."
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Insight English Skills Year 7
By Insight Publications StaffInsight Publications Staff, Marie Rimpas. 2 In groups of three, research the following cinematic ... (See the Insight Film Analysis Handbook or the Insight English Handbook for more information on film language and how to use it.) b.
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Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
By Catriona MillsDesigned to provide insight and an overview about each text for students and teachers, these guides endeavor to develop knowledge and understanding rather than just provide answers and summaries.