Creative Writing Lab
Inspire students and kickstart their imagination with creative writing workshops at the museum.
In this English-curriculum aligned workshop led by museum staff, high school students will focus on the work of author Alice Pung as they engage their creativity to craft a work of their own.
Students will learn
- To collaborative on creative projects.
- To complete individual writing exercises.
- How to produce a poem or creative piece of writing.
- How to respond to the Becoming You exhibition
Students will experience
- Techniques for sparking creativity through collage, erasure, and blackout poetry.
- Ways to engage with personal content and ideas to jumpstart their writing.
- Insight into Alice Pung’s practice, exploring themes of identity and belonging in their writing.
Students will need
- Pen or pencil.
Other key information
- The length of this excursion is 90 minutes includes a visit to the Identity exhibition.
Alice Pung
Alice Pung is an internationally-acclaimed author and journalist who has published work in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Age, The Monthly and The Australian. Her award-winning books are studied in schools in Australia and overseas and include Unpolished Gem, Her Father's Daughter and Laurinda.
Alice was born in Melbourne, the daughter of Chinese-Cambodian refugees, and grew up in Footscray and Braybrook. She has given lectures at universities, including Vassar College, Brown University, Peking University and the University of Milan.
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Availability
Terms 1–4, Monday to Thursday
1pm
Duration: 90 minutes
Student information
Years 9 to 10, VCE
Minimum 15 students
Maximum 30 students
Bookings
Workshop
Presented by a museum educator
Victorian Curriculum Links
English: Levels 9 and 10
Literature and contexts
- analyse the representations of people and places in literary texts, drawn from diverse historical, cultural and social contexts, by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors and a wide range of Australian and world authors (VC2E9LE01)
- analyse representations of individuals, groups and places and evaluate how they reflect their context in literary texts by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors and a wide range of Australian and world authors (VC2E10LE01)
Engaging with and responding to literature
- analyse how literary devices and language features, and still and moving images, shape an audience’s preference about the social, moral or ethical positions presented in literary texts (VC2E9LE03)
- analyse the ways that social, moral or ethical positions are represented in a range of literary texts (VC2E10LE03)
Creating literature
- create texts, which may be hybrid, that experiment with literary text structures, language features and devices, and voice, for purposes and audiences (VC2E9LE06)
- create texts with a sustained voice, selecting and adapting literary text structures and devices, and language, auditory and visual features for purposes and audiences (VC2E10LE06)
Intercultural Capability: Levels 9 and 10
Culture, identity and belonging
- how diverse cultures, including their own, influence one another in a range of contexts and how this impacts identity and a sense of belonging and inclusion (VC2CI10C01)
Cultural diversity
- how diverse worldviews can contribute to addressing social and environmental challenges (VC2CI10D02)
English VCE
Unit 1: Crafting texts
Accessibility
Please view our accessibility page for general information. Contact our team on 13 11 02 or email us at [email protected] to discuss how we can support your visit.
Museums Victoria Learning Access Fund
The Museums Victoria Learning Access Fund aims to enhance access to our museums (Melbourne Museum, Scienceworks and Immigration Museum), programs and events by offering free or subsidised education programs for eligible schools. Find out more about the fund.
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