SUBJECTS: English
YEARS: 5–6, 7–8, 9–10
Watch this clip to learn how author Alice Pung thinks about settings in her writing.
What does she say about they way they inform the characters she develops?
Why does Alice think a high school is a good setting for a story?
Write a short story that's set in a high school, paying special attention to the dramatic possibilities this setting can offer.
Acknowledgements
With thanks to Melbourne Writers Festival and Centre for Youth Literature.
Production Date: 29 Aug 2016
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