ENGLISH LAUREL ENGLISH
CORE SUBJECT – TWO SEMESTERS Learning Focus Nazareth College Laurel English not only extends students in regards to the English Curriculum, but also allows for a deeper exploration into some aspects of the Humanities Curriculum. This allows students to observe and understand the connections between a variety of multimodal texts and the broader societal concepts usually covered in the middle and senior Humanities classes. In Semester 1: ● Students respond to the novel The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton. ● ●
Students complete a series of writing units creating narrative and persuasive texts. Students study A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare.
In Semester 2: ● Students respond to a selection of poems. ● Students respond to the novel The Running Man by Michael Gerard Bauer. ●
Students respond to the film Amazing Grace.
Victorian Curriculum Strands 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 response essays ● ● ● ●
Writing pieces Oral presentations Digital presentations Examinations
Year 9 Course Handbook 2023 - Page | 15
