• Length of Study: One Semester (It is compulsory for all students
  to study English for the full year in Year 10)

Subject Overview

In Semester One of Year 10 English, students study a shared novel and analyse the ways that the author uses a variety of language techniques to present ideas and perspectives to the reader. They also transfer these analytical skills into another medium and respond to the techniques used by a director of a film text. Students build upon the creative, imaginative writing skills established in previous years by writing an original narrative of a specified genre and creating a digital instructional clip. The Australian Curriculum areas of learning include:

• Language variation and change
• Text structure and organisation
• Responding to literature
• Examining literature
• Creating literature
• Texts in context
• Interpreting, analysing and evaluating
• Creating texts, with a focus on digital technologies

Students undertake study in Year 10 English through the following topics:

• Analysis of a Shared Novel
• Narrative Writing
• Instructional Clip
• Intertextual Study
• Critical Reading

Assessment

Year 10 assessment is comprised of 100% school-based assessment. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:

• Assessment Type 1: Receptive Mode - Responding to Texts (45%)
• Assessment Type 2: Productive Mode - Creating Texts (40%)
• Assessment Type 3: Examination (15%)

Examination:

• This subject has a 70 minute online Examination at the end of the semester.