Year 10 Course Handbook - Diamond Valley College

English-EN10Compulsory UnitsThe Year 10 English course aims to ensure that students further refine their skills inwriting, reading, speaking and listening. Students will write in a range of styles,including: creative, persuasive and expository.Students will produce finished pieces of writing through a process of drafting,discussion and reflection.A variety of texts will be read by students for enjoyment (including novels, shortstories, plays and poetry) and will be used to develop their critical thinking andanalytical skills. Students will analyse and present persuasive arguments in writtenand spoken forms and further refine their speaking and listening skills through formaland informal class activities.Class Work Maintaining an organised and up to date record of class work Completing pieces of writing for different audiences and purposes and of varyinglengths and styles Reading from a wide range of texts including those set in class and those not set asclass texts Participating in small group and whole class discussions of issues, texts andrelated ideas Delivering formal oral presentations, such as reporting on research and debating Demonstrating knowledge and skills in the two end of semester examinationsPlease note that further studies in English are possible by taking any of the Englishunits offered in the elective program.Teacher Contact-Sarah ParrMathematics-MA10This course aims to provide students with the essential mathematical skills andknowledge that students need in their personal, work and civic life, and provide thefundamentals for specialising in Mathematics in future years.The curriculum focuses on developing increasingly sophisticated and refinedmathematical understanding, fluency, logical reasoning, analytical thought andproblem-solving skills. These capabilities enable students to respond to familiar andunfamiliar situations by employing mathematical strategies to make informeddecisions and solve problems efficiently.The topics studied in Year 10 cover the content strands of Number and Algebra,Measurement and Geometry, and Statistics and Probability.To meet the course requirements each semester, students need to complete acombination of skill development activities, investigation work, topic tests andhomework tasks, and to demonstrate an adequate understanding of all topics.Students for whom it is deemed appropriate may be offered the opportunity toundertake Foundation Mathematics as an alternative course of study in Mathematics.For details regarding this subject refer to the College Senior School VCE Handbook2012.Teacher Contact-Glenys Kidd2012 Diamond Valley College Year 10 Course Handbook 9