About this Subject
- Length of Study: Semester 1
- Number of SACE Credits: 10
- Pre-Requisite Information: By Year 10 English teacher or Student Diversity recommendation
Subject Overview
Stage 1 Essential English is intended to help support students to gain the literacy requirements mandated by SACE. In Essential English, students respond to and create texts in and for a range of personal, social, cultural, community and/or workplace contexts. Students understand and interpret information, ideas, and perspectives in texts and consider ways in which language choices are used to create meaning. There is an emphasis on communication, comprehension, analysis and text creation.
Students undertake study in Stage 1 Essential English A through the following topics:
- Media Study
- Explanation
- Website Analysis
- Film Study
- Instructional Video
- Analysis of a Shared Novel
- Creative Writing
- Intertextual Study
Assessment
Stage 1 assessment is comprised of 100% school-based assessment. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
- Assessment Type 1: Responding To Texts (50%)
- Assessment Type 2: Creating Texts (50%)
Examination:
- This subject does not have an examination at the end of the semester.
