Year 9 Literature

Year 9 Literature aims to foster a love and appreciation of various forms of literature. Excerpts from a range of texts (such as picture books, young adult novels, adult novels, plays, non-fiction, genre hybrids, mashups, parodies) will be studied to facilitate analysis of familiar and unfamiliar contexts.

Students will explore and consider the combinations of writing techniques that authors use to present information, opinions and perspectives in different texts. In addition, students learn to interpret, analyse and evaluate of how different perspectives of an issue, event, situation, individuals or groups are constructed to serve specific purposes. There will also be consideration of the ways in which technological advances have provided new avenues for creators to make meaning for readers.