Senior course readiness criteria and pre-requisite
B in Year 10 English
What is the course about?
English focuses on the study of both literary texts and non-literary texts, developing students as independent, innovative and creative learners and thinkers who appreciate the aesthetic use of language, analyse perspectives and evidence, and challenge ideas and interpretations through the analysis and creation of varied texts.
What will students learn?
In studying English, students will learn about:
- perspectives and texts
- texts and culture
- textual connections
- close study of literary texts.
What skills will I learn through English?
- use patterns and conventions of genres to achieve particular purposes in cultural contexts and social situations
- establish and maintain roles of the writer/speaker/signer/designer and relationships with audiences
- create and analyse perspectives and representations of concepts, identities, times and places
- make use of and analyse the ways cultural assumptions, attitudes, values and beliefs underpin texts and invite audiences to take up positions
- use aesthetic features and stylistic devices to achieve purposes and analyse their effects in texts
- select and synthesise subject matter to support perspectives
- organise and sequence subject matter to achieve particular purposes
- use cohesive devices to emphasise ideas and connect parts of texts
- make language choices for particular purposes and contexts
- use grammar and language structures for particular purposes
- use mode-appropriate features to achieve particular purposes
Course Content
Unit
| Unit Description |
Year 10
Sem 2
| Unit 1
- Shakespeare
- Creating analytical texts
| Unit 2- Novel Study
- Creating imaginative texts
|
Year 11
| Unit 1 Perspectives and texts - Examining and creating perspectives in texts
- Responding to a variety of non-literary and literary texts
- Creating responses for public audiences and persuasive texts
| Unit 2 Texts and culture - Examining and shaping representations of culture in texts
- Responding to literary and non-literary texts, including a focus on Australian texts
- Creating imaginative and analytical texts
|
Year 12
| Unit 3 - Textual connections
- Exploring connections between texts
- Examining different perspectives of the same issue in texts and shaping own perspectives
- Creating responses for public audiences and persuasive texts
| Unit 4 - Close study of literary texts
- Engaging with literary texts from diverse times and places
- Responding to literary texts creatively and critically
- Creating imaginative and analytical texts
|
How will students be assessed?Students will complete the following assessments:
- extended response — written response for a public audience (25%)
- extended response — persuasive spoken response (25%)
- extended response — imaginative response (25%)
- examination — analytical response (25%).
Subject summary
Subject type
| Assessment
| QCE credits
| Contributes to ATAR
|
General
| Internal assessment (50%)
External assessment (50%) | Up to 4
| Yes
|
*QCAA: Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority – www.qcaa.qld.edu.au