LITERACY SUPPORT

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LITERACY SUPPORT

CORE SUBJECT – TWO SEMESTERS

N.B. This subject is by invitation only. Only students identified by the College as having significant Literacy Learning Support needs will be offered a place in this subject .

Learning Focus:

The Year 9 Literacy Support group has been developed for students who find some difficulty with writing and interpreting text. As an alternative to a Languages subject, the curriculum is designed to support understanding of text and also improve the students’ ability to express their thoughts in writing.

Victorian Curriculum Strands:

The program has a focus on grammar, spelling, listening and writing skills to enhance the students’ learning and self-expression.

Initially the program is English-based, but then progresses into other subjects like Science and Humanities in which the language-specific vocabulary may be confusing and complex.

The students are taught to decode the information in the text books and gain a better understanding of the course content being taught in these classrooms. This supports their learning in the subjects studied so they are able to achieve better outcomes across a range of curriculum areas.