Year: 9 – Compulsory
Length: Full Year
Contact Person: Karen Slattery
Content: English is a compulsory subject that is studied for a full year. The English curriculum is built around the three interrelated strands of language, literature and literacy. Together, the strands focus on developing students’ knowledge, understanding and skills in listening, reading, viewing, speaking, writing and creating. The curriculum is facilitated through genuine real-world contexts, encouraging students to understand and apply their learning in meaningful ways. Students will study a range of texts that include: novels, short stories, poetry, plays, films, multimedia texts and everyday texts. They will continually develop their ICT skills and also engage in independent reading and book sharing activities. Students demonstrate, present and applying their knowledge and understanding in various ways. Explicit literacy skills are embedded and underpin all topics covered, such as:
- Recount, narrative and short story writing
- Expository, persuasive writing and speaking
- Text studies, comprehension, analysis, transformation and essay writing
- Critical reading and questioning.
- Creative thinking and application
- Media analysis.
- Text Production
- Oral Presentations
- Collaborative Group Work
- Referencing and Bibliographies
Core Texts: Tomorrow, When the War Began, The Outsiders, Trash, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, The Hunger Games, Destroying Avalon.
Assessment: Students are assessed using the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standard.