English Lower Secondary Syllabus - Department of Education

Lower Secondary Syllabus9.3 Stories from Papua New Guinea and the WorldTerm 3, 10 weeksIn this unit students explore a range of issues and ideas about their owncultural and societal backgrounds as well as those of others, in acontemporary setting. As they read, view and produce a range of texts,students will examine the structure and language features of thesenarratives and analyse those produced by others. They will write their ownnarrative texts drawing from their own experiences. Students will select atleast five (5) texts types in this unit from the list below. The students’achievements of the unit learning outcomes will be assessed through an oralpresentation and creative writing.In preparing students to write or produce their own texts, teachers mustfocus on language structure, vocabulary, and grammar appropriate for eachtext type selected for study.Unit learning outcomesStudents can:9.3.1 create narrative texts based on Papua New Guinean experiencesusing appropriate structures and language features9.3.2 read, view, listen to and discuss a range of narrative texts fromPapua New Guinea and beyond.Text types• Traditional stories legends and myths from Papua New Guinea• Novels and short stories – Papua New Guinean and others• Narrative films and DVDs• Short plays or scripts• Feature articles• Video clips• Poems, cartoons and picture stories.• Narrative songs and ballads.ContentReading and viewingRead and view a range of stories from Papua New Guinea and beyond thatfocus on familiar and some unfamiliar issues.Texts and contexts• identify the main purposes, audiences and features of narrative texts• read and view texts which explore a range of concepts and issues25