2013 Year 10 Course Information Booklet.pdf - Immanuel College

Prerequisite:
Year 9 English
Leads to:
Stage 1 English, Stage 1 English Pathways, Stage 1 Liter‐
acy and Numeracy for Work and Community Life
Assessment:
Tasks include wri�ng, reading, viewing, speaking and
listening and the criteria for this area of learning are:
�� Criterion A: Content
�� Criterion B: Organisa�on
�� Criterion C: Style and Language Use
Descrip�on:
English
Department: English—Language A
Length: Full year subject
Coordinator: Gregor Dingwall
Students develop their skills in language and communi‐
ca�on through engagement with crea�ve literature,
media texts and factual informa�on. They develop the
capacity to respond personally, though�ully and cri�cal‐
ly.
Students will engage in an extended prose text study, a
genre based film study, cri�cal and independent reading
and the crea�on of a number of text produc�on pieces.
Students engage in a Shakespeare study, an extended
prose text study, a poetry study, cri�cal and independ‐
ent reading and the crea�on of a number of text pro‐
duc�on pieces.
The course aims to foster a las�ng apprecia�on of the
power of language, literature and the imagina�on
whilst enhancing those literate prac�ces that will pre‐
pare students for future learning.
English as a Second Language
(ESL)
Department: Languages—Language B
Length: Full year subject
Coordinator: Max Marshall
Prerequisite:
Appropriate competence in English
Leads to:
Stage 1 English as a Second Language (ESL)
Assessment:
Assessment of wri�ng, reading, speaking and compre‐
hension skills is completed in class according to IB‐MYP
assessment criteria.
The criteria used in this area of learning are:
�� Criterion A: Oral communica�on
�� Criterion B: Visual Interpreta�on
�� Criterion C: Reading comprehension
�� Criterion D: Wri�ng
Descrip�on:
This course focuses on improving skills in English and
preparing students for Stage 1 SACE. Students will read,
listen to and view a range of text types. In turn, they
will learn to write and speak the range of text types
necessary for senior secondary study, through model
text deconstruc�on and reconstruc�on. The text types
o�en studied include:
�� Short stories
�� Novels
�� Factual reports
�� Oral presenta�ons
�� Essays
�� Debates
The content of the course is integrated through a the‐
ma�c approach. This may be topic‐based or literature‐
based or a combina�on of the two. Students have the
opportunity to develop detailed knowledge of English
through integrated study of the following:
�� The language of the field under study
�� Language for different text types
�� Language structure at the sentence, paragraph
and whole‐text level
�� English grammar
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