A poetry experience at Abbotsleigh

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A poetry experience at Abbotsleigh
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The Red Room

• What is the Red Room
• The Red Room Company aims to create, promote
  and distribute poetry by new and emerging
  Australian writers to the public in unusual ways.
  

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Red Room Radio
Members of the Red Room work with alternatives to
traditional poetry book publication such as
radio, video and new media to broaden the
public's definition of and experience with
quality Australian poetry.
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How is Abbotsleigh involved?

• PAPERCUTS is the name for The Red Room Company's
  poetry education program, which is being piloted
  in four NSW high schools during 2007.

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PAPERCUTS
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• Year 9 at Abbotsleigh have been looking at
  poetry through the ages and at various forms and
  features of poetry.

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Students were fortunate enough to work with
Australian poet, Joanne Burns on two occasions
during the unit. Joanne has composed a poem
inspired one of the talismanic objects presented
her by Year 9 students during her first visit to
Abbotsleigh. September 18th Joanne will
present this poem to students when she returns to
Abbotsleigh.
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WORKING TOGETHER
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Year 9 students discovering the challenges and
joys of composing poetry.
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Joys and frustrations of the creative process
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Discovering their own potential

• As a result of their involvement in the
• Red Room pilot project students have been
  composing their own FOUND poems and poetry
  inspired by talismanic objects.

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Each class has its own Cabinet of Lost and Found
which includes displays of their poetry and
contains their talismanic objects.
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Selections of poems from each class will be on
display in the Community Cabinet of Lost and
Found in the library.