English Learning Area
Introduction
The English Learning Area is one of eight such areas designed to encourage students to become lifelong learners, achieve their potential in their personal and working lives and play an active part in civic and economic life.
Definition and Rationale
The study of English plays a vital role in the development of students’ literacy, enhances their learning in all other areas of the curriculum and provides them with the communication skills and critical understanding of language necessary for active participation in society.
Students’ development in English is a continuous process therefore this subject builds on the language abilities the students have already developed and on their widening experience of life. Students will be required to study books, films and television programs, as well as a wide range of oral and written material.
This subject is based on a set of outcomes that students should achieve. This is achieved by ongoing engagement in four major strands:
Reading
Writing
Viewing
Speaking and Listening
All students will study a common course in Year Ten.
Outline of Year 10 English Course
This outline is intended as a guide only. The topics allow for students to adequately meet prerequisites for all Year 11 & 12 English Courses.
The texts studied will be chosen by individual teachers to meet the needs of their classes. The choice of texts may also be influenced by integrating studies with the Year 10 Society and Environment course. All students have been placed in heterogeneous classes.
Assessment tasks may incorporate more than one strand. Planning, preparation and editing must always be evident to fulfil the requirements of the levelling process. Peer and Self Evaluation are encouraged.
Assessed work, including all notes, plans, drafts, preliminary worksheets etc will be kept in individual students folders by class teachers.
Course Content
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Poetry
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Formal Essay Writing
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Journal Writing
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Creative Writing
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Reviews
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Speeches
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Group Discussion and Evaluation
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Film
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Documentary
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Reporting and Assessment Information
Students will be assessed on all four outcomes during the year. The strands that will be reported on during 2005 are:
Semester One: Reading and Writing
Semester Two: Speaking and Listening, and Viewing
It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that they complete all given assessment tasks. If students do not attempt sufficient assessment tasks then they may not be able to receive a level for one or more of the strands. When a student is absent it is his/her responsibility to complete any work missed.
Common Assessment: One open ended task to be attempted by all Year
8,9 and 10 students during Semester One. This will allow moderation
of levelling across all years
ATP Humanities Program
The Year Ten ATP Humanities course at Shenton College is an outcomes-based course structured around an integrated program in English and Society and Environment. Emphasis is placed on open-ended tasks that are often negotiated with students. As a Humanities course, a number of common assessment tasks are included; students are encouraged to extend their perspective through varying both focus and means of approach.
An emphasis on academic rigour as well as enrichment will provide a strong foundation for further study of humanities subjects in Years 11 and 12.