ENGLISH ENGLISH – Advanced Core Subject – Two Semesters

The Year 10 English (Advanced) course is designed to provide students with a preparatory pathway for the VCE Literature and VCE English Language courses in Year 11, as well as help develop advanced skills in relation to the VCE English course.

The course is designed to help students achieve these goals:

● To provide the opportunity to develop higher order skills in preparation for three courses of VCE English

English, Literature and English Language

● To introduce concepts studied in VCE courses earlier

● Learn about the metalanguage and text analysis skills from VCE English Language

● Learn about creative writing, text analysis as well as the reading of and responding to the type of quality literature found in VCE Literature

● Text and Language analysis skills; Creative writing skills that would build a pathway to success in VCE English

Students wanting to choose VCE English Language and / or VCE Literature in Years 11 and 12 are encouraged to undertake study in this course. Anyone currently in the Laurel English class are also encouraged to apply. Students currently in mainstream classes can apply, though it would be advised for students currently in those classes to talk to their class teacher for more information about course requirements and their suitability for the course. The Texts to be studied in the course would include:

● Shakespeare: Much Ado about Nothing

● Jane Austen: Emma

There will also be study of a range of short stories, short films and contemporary texts studied as a part of the English Language component of the course. The course will be assessed with Personal Responses, Analytical Responses, Creative Writing tasks and an oral presentation

Victorian Curriculum Strands at Level 10:

The English discipline is organized into three language modes:

● Reading and Viewing

● Writing

● Speaking and Listening

Three strands are interwoven through the language modes:

● Language: knowing about the English language

● Literature: understanding, appreciating, responding to, analysing and creating literature

● Literacy: expanding the repertoire of English usage.

Assessment

● Text Responses

● Writing pieces

● Oral presentations

● Analysis of Language Use in the Presentation of an Issue

● Examinations