Unit One
Area of Study One
Unit One
Area of Study One
UNIT ONE AOS ONE: READING AND EXPLORING TEXTS
On completion of this unit the student should be able to make personal connections with, and explore the vocabulary, text structures, language features and ideas in, a text.
The text you are studying in Unit One is Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel.
Key Knowledge
Inferential reading and viewing strategies
Ideas, concerns and tensions in a text
Vocabulary, text structures and language features in a text
Personal and analytical writing in response to a text
Small group and whole class discussion, including ways of developing constructive and collaborative interactions and building on the ideas of others
The conventions of discussion and debate
The conventions of syntax, punctuation and spelling of Standard Australian English
Key Skills
Develop strategies for inferential reading and viewing
Consider and explore:
ideas, concerns and tensions presented in a text
characters, settings and plot, and point of view and voice
how vocabulary, text structures and language features create meaning
Engage productively in small group and class discussion, including listening to others
Develop, share and clarify ideas with peers and teachers employing appropriate strategies for discussion and debate
Plan and develop personal and analytical writing about a text, including the use of appropriate metalanguage to discuss vocabulary, text structures and language features
Use textual evidence, where appropriate, to support writing
Use appropriate strategies to review and edit writing
Apply the conventions of syntax, punctuation and spelling of Standard Australian English.
ASSESSMENT
Assessment for Unit One, Area of Study One consists of:
Class Activities
Homework
Analytical Essay under timed conditions (SAC). The essay will be on Station Eleven.