YEAR 10 Literature: Adapting and Transforming Texts

Description

This course is aimed at students who have an interest and enjoyment in both studying and creating literature. Students will analyse a variety of texts examining the ways they convey entrenched views and values. Students will develop the capacity to present a creative response to The Great Gatsby, exploring how they can manipulate an original text in order to reflect modern values. Students will then enhance these skills through an analytical study of the classic play A Streetcar Named Desire and its film adaptation. The focus of this study is to explore the creators’ intention and how form is used to convey meaning.

AIMS

This study is designed to enable students to:

• Develop an enjoyment of literature- both written and visual

• Develop the capacity to use linguistic structure and features of language effectively

• Develop an interest in comparing and contrasting text types and evaluate a range of representations of individuals and groups in different historical, social and cultural contexts

• Understand that people’s evaluations of texts are influenced by their value systems, the context and the purpose and mode of communication

• Read and reflect upon examples of clever, engaging and powerful writing and in so doing, improve their own capacity to use language.

YEAR 10 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

YEAR 10 ACCELERATED PROGRAM

CLC CONTACTS

Semester One Unit

Topics Covered

A selection of topics from:

• The ways in which literature recreates and explores human experience

• Exploration of central themes and ideas expressed in chosen texts

• The ways in which the texts interpret personal, social, ethical and cultural contexts

• The ways in which texts can be adapted for a different medium

• The way the construction of a text can reveal a writer’s views, values and beliefs.

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Year 10

Humanities

One Compulsory Choice

Commerce ONE UNIT

DESCRIPTION

Commerce is an introductory course which enables students to understand the decisions made by business owners when establishing and operating their business. Students will also learn fundamental skills in managing their own money, including developing an understanding of tax and superannuation. Students will apply business reasoning and interpretation to solve problems and make personal decisions. Additionally, students will learn basic skills in recording and reporting financial information and data. Students will then be better placed to secure their own financial wellbeing and to face the future with optimism and confidence.

Skills

• Critical and creative thinking

• Consumer and financial literacy

• Enterprising behaviours and capabilities

• Decision making

• Resilience

• Collaboration.

YEAR 10 LEARNING PROGRAM

YEAR 10 SUBJECT OFFERINGS

CAREERS & TERTIARY COURSES

YEAR 10 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

YEAR 10 ACCELERATED PROGRAM

CLC CONTACTS

Aims

This study is designed to enable students to:

• Creative and innovative thinking skills and approaches

• Evaluative and analytical skills

• Team work skills

• Computing skills.

TOPICS COVERED

• The Business Environment

• Consumer and Financial Literacy

• Accounting.

Future Directions

This subject is good preparation for students interested in undertaking VCE Business Management and VCE Accounting.

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