Our Goals

In this unit, students will explore and analyse Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth,  as a way of appreciating and understanding how theatre presents aspects of human nature.  They will consider the nature and conventions of tragedy, and how the play has been shaped to examine central notions of power and ambition, fate and destiny, loyalty and betrayal, morality and immorality, guilt, the nature of conflict, and the deceptiveness of appearances.  Students will then study an appropriation of Macbeth, exploring how it reflects the universality of Shakespeare's works and the ability of his message to transcend time. 

Our Goals

In this genre study, students build on their understanding of the ways texts reflect the values and attitudes of a society. They explore the conventions of the crime genre and consider how this genre has developed and changed in varying contexts (Victorian England to today). Students compare and contrast the language, structures and content of a range of written, film and media texts to consider the ways texts influence audience response. In applying this knowledge, students will create imaginative texts that integrate their understanding of the conventions, values and attitudes of the genre.

Assessment Tasks