English

There is one English electives in the area of literature.

Core English 

The study of English is based on the Victorian Curriculum. This unit will encourage the enjoyment of texts and analysis and a range of classic and contemporary texts and develop students’ knowledge and skills in creative, expository and persuasive writing. Students will explore the ways in which texts and language are constructed to persuade students to develop the skills and confidence to present their ideas in a range of written, oral and multi-modal forms. The language analysis and critical thinking elements will be studied with a level of sophistication which builds on the skills already acquired in these areas to thoroughly prepare them for related skills in VCE English. 

Content

• Language: oral and written expression, multi-modal texts, language context and purpose.
• Literature: novels, poetry, plays, media texts and films .
• Literacy: academic vocabulary, language conventions, real life texts .
• Personalised learning, study skills and metacognitive skills. 
• Thinking and interpretation of arguments developed through a range of opinions presented in a wide variety of formats. 

Assessment

Responses to texts, creative writing, issue response both analytical and persuasive and oral communication.

English as an Additional Language 

This is a compulsory study for students who have less than five years of English instruction. 

The study of English as an Additional Language is based on the Victorian Curriculum. This unit will develop students’ command of the English language through the study of texts. This includes being taught explicitly how to analyse a range of texts and develop students’ knowledge and skills in creative, expository and persuasive writing as well as increasing their ability to improve their grammar and syntax in language. Students will explore the ways in which texts and language are constructed to persuade students to develop the skills and confidence to present their ideas in a range of written, oral and multi-modal forms. They will also study how to listen and respond to a spoken texts. These critical thinking elements will be employed to increase skills to prepare students for related skills in VCE English. 

Content 

• Language: audio, oral and written expression, multimodal texts, language context and purpose. 
• Literature: novels, poetry, plays, media texts and films.
• Literacy: academic vocabulary, language conventions, grammar and syntax.
• Personalised learning, study skills and metacognitive skills.
• Thinking and interpretation of arguments developed through a range of opinions presented in a wide variety of formats. 

Assessment 

A series of writing tasks and responses, grammar activities, an oral presentation and audio tests.

Literature

Aim

This unit will encourage the development of a personal interpretation of experience through the close reading of a range of Literature including contemporary and classical texts. Students will be encouraged to be active authors themselves by responding creatively to texts. This course provides the skills preparation for VCE Literature. 

Content

Students will study a range of both contemporary and classical literature that will include: poetry, novels, and films as text, plays and short stories. They will begin to understand the differences between the genres and how this influences how we respond in writing to them. 

Assessment

All major areas of the course will be examined. There will be essays in response to each text in addition to some formative assessment which measures the progress of students as they develop their critical reading of the various forms of literature. Some summative assessment measures the progress of students as they develop their critical reading of the various forms of literature.