One Night the Moon Student Book offers a rich exploration of the ways texts represent both individual and collective human experiences. Designed to meet the requirements of the NSW Stage 6 English Year 12 Texts and Human Experiences focus area, this resource helps students deepen their understanding of how composers use language, form, and structure to express experiences of identity, culture, acceptance, and growth — and how texts can challenge our assumptions and invite us to see the world anew.

Through close viewing, guided analysis, and scaffolded writing tasks, students examine how Rachel Perkins’ film One Night the Moon represents the complexity of human emotion and cultural division, while also exploring the potential for reconciliation and understanding.

This study is complemented by a selection of short texts that broaden students’ perspectives on human experiences, including:

• Melissa Lukashenko’s short story ‘Dreamers’

• Tim Winton’s autobiographical essay ‘Betsy’

• Kieran Pender’s online article ‘Stan Grant: I Had a Crazy Career for Someone Who Had Been Brought Up the Way I Had’

Students will examine how authors represent a range of human experiences — including loss, understanding and reconciliation, belonging, resilience, marginalisation, identity, and memory — and how these are conveyed through language, narrative, and perspective.

Authors: Emily Bosco, Anthony Bosco, and Kira Bryant

Format: PDF download, 129 pages

ISBN: 978 1 923140 22 6