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Mrs Emily Beach & Mrs Madeleine Miller - Leaders of Learning - English
Mrs Emily Beach & Mrs Madeleine Miller - Leaders of Learning - English
mmiller13@parra.catholic.edu.au
This course provides students with the opportunity to explore, examine and analyse a range of texts inclusive of prose fiction, Shakespeare, drama, poetry, nonfiction, film, media and digital texts. Students strengthen their knowledge and understanding of language and literature by analysing and evaluating texts and the ways they are valued in their contexts.
English Extension course provides students with the opportunity to further strengthen their understanding of how and why aspects and concerns of texts from the past have been carried forward, borrowed from and/or appropriated into more recent cultures. In Extension 1 they extend their understanding of the ways that texts contribute to their awareness of the diversity of ideas, attitudes and perspectives evident in texts. In Extension 2 students undertake independent investigation of an author study to develop a sustained composition and document this process in their Major Work Journal and Reflection Statement. There is now a compulsory examination for the English Extension 2 course.
This course provides students with the opportunity to explore and experiment with the ways events, experiences, ideas and processes are represented in and through a range of texts. Students strengthen their knowledge and understanding of language and literature by responding to and composing a wide variety of texts for different audiences and purposes.
This course provides students with the opportunity to consolidate their language, literacy and literature skills through responding to and composing a wide variety of oral, written and multimodal texts, including literary, digital and media texts. The course supports students to refine their skills and knowledge in English and empowers them to comprehend, interpret and evaluate the ideas, values, language forms, features and structures of texts from various contexts.
Students must also study a text authored by an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander composer.Â
Students must also study a text authored by an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander composer.Â
References:reonline.sydcatholicschools.nsw.edu.aueducationstandards.nsw.edu.au
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