Year 10 Subjects: English

English (Core English - a whole year study)

Overview: Year 10 English focuses on the ability to speak, listen, read, view, and write with confidence, purpose, and enjoyment. Students will build on work from Year 9 and develop skills, which they can transfer to the workplace or to the study of VCE English.

Areas of Study:

Semester 1

Students will read and respond to texts analytically and creatively. They will develop skills in analysing and interpreting views, values and ideas inherent within a text before practicing the craft of writing a text response essay. Following that, students will engage with a variety of mentor texts in consideration of a key idea as they begin to develop skills in drafting, editing and refining a text. 

Semester 2

Students will build on the skills and knowledge formed in Semester 1. They will create expositions that analytically and creatively explore texts of varying forms, and express opinions. Students will consider audience and purpose when developing persuasive texts and analysing how arguments are formed by others. This will be demonstrated through oral presentations and written analysis responses.

Assessment:

• Writing folio
• Text Response
• Oral Presentations
• Issues tasks
• End of Semester Examination

Literature (One Semester Only)

Overview: In this unit students will study a variety of literature types including prose, plays, and poetry. Students will engage with both contemporary and classic literary texts and focus on developing the skills and knowledge that are necessary for the study of VCE Literature. Students intending to study VCE Literature are advised to select this elective.

Areas of Study:

• An understanding of literary concepts and terms
• Ways in which a text reflects or comments upon a society
• How a text relates to the authors’ views of the world

Assessment:

• Creative Adaptation
• Literary Perspective Response
• Close Analysis
• End of Semester Exam

*Note: Students complete Literature as well as Core English.