Length: Full Year

Recommended background: Satisfactory completion of Year 9 English

Content:

Year 10 is a preparatory year to SACE. This is a crucial year for developing reading, writing, listening, viewing and speaking skills in a range of forms and situations. Students will make presentations and contribute actively to class and group discussions, building on others’ ideas, justifying opinions and expanding arguments. Students will also engage with contemporary, classical and everyday texts, concentrating on character and theme, whilst exploring social issues.

Students will also read and respond to a Shakespearian play and study poetry in a more formal way. Writing tasks will include the production of texts across various genres such as narrative, exposition and the discussion form. Students will explain different viewpoints, attitudes and perspectives through the development of cohesive and logical arguments through opinionative and essay writing. A range of responses to shared texts will also be undertaken.

This Year 10 English course leads to Stage 1 English and can lead to Stage 2 English Literary Studies and Stage 2 English.

Assessment:

Students’ performance will be determined according to the subject’s Achievement Standards as outlined in the framework of the Australian Curriculum. Grades A to E will be used for reporting purposes. This includes assessment of achievement in listening, reading, viewing, speaking, writing and creating.