• 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 Two of Year 10 English, students study a selection of poetry and learn skills in analysis and comparison to demonstrate an understanding of how poets use techniques to convey a particular theme. They also transfer these analytical skills into another medium and respond to the techniques used by an author of a play text. There is a focus on visual literacy and poetic techniques as students apply their understanding through the creation of an original visual poem. The Australian Curriculum areas of learning include:

• Language for interaction
• Text structure and organisation
• Responding to literature
• Literature in context
• Expressing and developing ideas
• Examining literature
• Texts in context
• Interpreting, analysing and evaluating
• Creating texts

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

• Play Study
• Poetry Analysis
• Film Study
• Visual Poetry
• Independent 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.