Time
Learning Activities
National Curriculum Standards
Assessment Tasks
Semester One: Term one
• Introduction and Goal Setting
Romeo and Juliet Study
• Read Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (Preferred Edition:
Oxford School Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet 2009)
• Discuss context and language Including brief research of William
Shakespeare’s life and literary accomplishments
• Complete a series of comprehension questions while reading text
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• Complete comprehension quiz
1-4
• Discuss the qualities that make Romeo and Juliet a tragedy.
• Discuss the features of a monologue
• Students to write and perform a short dramatic monologue from the
point of view of one of the characters alive at the end of Romeo and
Juliet
• Watch Baz Lurhman’s Romeo and Juliet
• Compare to play
Language
• Text Variation and change
• Language and interaction
• Text structure and organisation
• Exploring and developing ideas
Feature Article Study
• Read a selection of feature articles on global issues and sustainability
• Brainstorm, discuss and identify the style/conventions of a Feature
Article
- bias/persuasive language
- columns
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- headings/subheadings
5-6
- pictures/graphics
!
- case studies
- selection of detail
- appeal to authority
• Students write own Feature Article
Language
• Text Variation and change
• Language and interaction
• Text structure and organisation
• Exploring and developing ideas
Film Study
• Discuss visual language and film conventions
• Revise SWAT codes
• Watch the feature film Stand By Me
Revise the concept of stereotypes and develop a list of conventions
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7-10
• Answer Study questions
• Prepare Film response notes sheet
• Complete in class Film Essay
Language
• Text Variation and change
• Language and interaction
• Text structure and organisation
• Exploring and developing ideas
Literature
• Literature and context
• Responding to literature
• Examining literature
• Creating literature
Literacy
• Texts in context
• Interpreting, analysing and evaluating
• Creating texts
Task One a): Comprehension Quiz &
Comprehension Questions
(15 marks) & (10 marks)
This quiz will be completed in class in a 40
minute period
Due:
Task Two: Romeo and Juliet Essay
(25 marks)
This task will be completed in class during
one class period
!
Due:
Task Three: Monologue
(25 marks)
Due:
Literature
• Literature and context
• Responding to literature
• Examining literature
• Creating literature
Literacy
• Texts in context
• Interpreting, analysing and evaluating
• Creating texts
Literature
• Literature and context
• Responding to literature
• Examining literature
• Creating literature
Literacy
• Texts in context
• Interpreting, analysing and evaluating
• Creating texts
Task Four: Original Feature Article
(25 Marks)
Due:
Task Five: Stand By Me Response
(25 marks)
This task will be completed in class during
one class period. One A4 notes sheet
allowed.
Due:
Time
Learning Activities
National Curriculum Standards
Assessment Tasks
Semester One: Term Two
Short Story Study
• Revise the form of short stories
• Revise narrative conventions
- plot
- character
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- setting
1-3
- introduction, climax, conclusion
- use of language
NAPLAN
- figurative language
Week 3
• Read a variety of short stories selected by teacher
• Work through activities
• Short story writing
• NAPLAN REVISION
Language
• Text Variation and change
• Language and interaction
• Text structure and organisation
• Exploring and developing ideas
Ballad Study
• Discuss and identify the features of ballads
• conduct analysis of both old and modern ballads (“Lord Randal”, “Sir
Patrick Spens”, etc).
• Respond to ballad structure
• Class to produce a list of ballad characteristics
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- rhyme
4-6
- rhythm
- meter
- repetition
- subject matter
- themes
• Students to write their own ballad.
Language
• Text Variation and change
• Language and interaction
• Text structure and organisation
• Exploring and developing ideas
Greek Theatre Study
• Discuss the conventions of Greek theatre
• Read Oedipus Rexx in class
• Discuss staging, characters, themes, subject matter and issues
• Revise Aristotle’s views on tragedy
• Students to work in small groups to present a scene from Oedipus for
a modern audience. As part of their presentation they must justify their
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decisions.
7-10
• Students to begin reading The Outsiders by SE Hinton (and finish
reading this over the July school break
• Discuss characters, issues and themes.
• Discuss whether The Outsiders is a modern tragedy
• Short answer response summarising their opinion
• Watch and discuss the film adaptation of The Outsiders (time
permitting)
Language
• Text Variation and change
• Language and interaction
• Text structure and organisation
• Exploring and developing ideas
Literature
• Literature and context
• Responding to literature
• Examining literature
• Creating literature
Literacy
• Texts in context
• Interpreting, analysing and evaluating
• Creating texts
Literature
• Literature and context
• Responding to literature
• Examining literature
• Creating literature
Literacy
• Texts in context
• Interpreting, analysing and evaluating
• Creating texts
Literature
• Literature and context
• Responding to literature
• Examining literature
• Creating literature
Literacy
• Texts in context
• Interpreting, analysing and evaluating
• Creating texts
Task Six: Short Story Response
(25 marks)
Due:
To be completed in class during one class
period
Task Seven: Original Short Story
(25 marks)
Due:
—NAPLAN WEEK 3—
Task Eight: Original Ballad
(25 marks)
Due:
Task Nine: Examination
(25 marks)
—Date to be advised —
Week 6
Task Ten: Oedipus Tutorial
(25 marks)
Due:
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Time
Learning Activities
National Curriculum Standards
Assessment Tasks
Semester Two: Term Three
Poetry Study
• Look at the poetry of Bruce Dawe. Consider the context when he was
writing and the context now for us as readers.
• Consider the language of poetry including figurative language and
other devices.
Look at ‘The Death of Ronald Ryan’ and ‘A Victorian Hangman’
•
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Students to look at one Bruce Dawe poem and present a reading of it
•
1-5
for the class, including a one page handout.
• Students are to consider all of the information they’ve been given and
develop an original thesis. They are to write an essay on the
preoccupation of Dawe using at least two of his poems as supporting
material
• Students to create a poem replicating the style of Dawe
Language
• Text Variation and change
• Language and interaction
• Text structure and organisation
• Exploring and developing ideas
Novel Study
• Discuss the novel genre and how it differs from the short story
• Revise narrative conventions
• Read Unwind by Neal Shusterman
• Study
1. plot, setting and atmosphere
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2. character studies
6-8
3. point of view
4. values and attitudes
5. readings
Language
• Text Variation and change
• Language and interaction
• Text structure and organisation
• Exploring and developing ideas
Respond to a studied text from a variety of questions (Exam preparation)
Genre Study
• Each student will be given a genre
• Conduct a detailed study of this genre and texts it contains (old and
modern)
• Produce a multi-page report which explains the elements of the genre
in detail. Identify the features of this genre as well as famous texts,
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directors/authors
9-10
Literature
• Literature and context
• Responding to literature
• Examining literature
• Creating literature
Literacy
• Texts in context
• Interpreting, analysing and evaluating
• Creating texts
Literature
• Literature and context
• Responding to literature
• Examining literature
• Creating literature
Literacy
• Texts in context
• Interpreting, analysing and evaluating
• Creating texts
Task Eleven: Bruce Dawe Essay
(25 marks)
Due:
To be completed in class during one class
period. One A4 page of notes permitted.
Task Twelve: Reading & Poem in the style
of Bruce Dawe
(10 marks) & (15 marks)
Due:
Task Thirteen: Novel Study
(25 marks)
Due:
Task Fourteen: Text Response
(25 marks)
Due:
To be completed in class during one class
period
Language
• Text Variation and change
• Language and interaction
• Text structure and organisation
• Exploring and developing ideas
Literature
• Literature and context
• Responding to literature
• Examining literature
• Creating literature
Literacy
• Texts in context
• Interpreting, analysing and evaluating
• Creating texts
Task Fifteen: Genre Report
(25 marks)
Due: Start of Term 4
Time
Learning Activities
National Curriculum Standards
Assessment Tasks
Semester Two: Term Three
Genre Study (Cont.)
• Revise narrative conventions and features of the short story
• students to produce a genre specific short story
• Discuss and idenitify the
• Students will then produce an infographic which visually displays the
information given to them in the report of another student (a different
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genre to the one which was used in the report and short story).
1-4
Language
• Text Variation and change
• Language and interaction
• Text structure and organisation
• Exploring and developing ideas
Literature
• Literature and context
• Responding to literature
• Examining literature
• Creating literature
Literacy
• Texts in context
• Interpreting, analysing and evaluating
• Creating texts
• Catch Up
• Exam preparation
• Reflection and Revision
Literacy
• Texts in context
• Interpreting, analysing and evaluating
• Creating texts
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7-10
Genre Game
• Develop a board or card game that involves the stereotypical
elements, conventions and events of your chosen genre.
• Play test the game
Language
• Text Variation and change
• Language and interaction
• Text structure and organisation
• Exploring and developing ideas
Or
Literature
• Literature and context
• Responding to literature
• Examining literature
• Creating literature
• Produce an activity booklet for an assigned target audience.
Task Seventeen: Genre Infographic
(25 marks)
Due:
Language
• Text Variation and change
• Language and interaction
• Text structure and organisation
• Exploring and developing ideas
Literature
• Literature and context
• Responding to literature
• Examining literature
• Creating literature
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5-6
Task Sixteen: Genre Specific Short Story
(25 marks)
Due:
Literacy
• Texts in context
• Interpreting, analysing and evaluating
• Creating texts
Task Eighteen: Examination
(50 marks)
—Date to be advised —
Week 6