 Stage 4 English
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The aim of English in Years 7 and 8 as to enable students to use, understand, appreciate, reflect on and enjoy the English language in a variety of texts and to shape meaning in ways that are imaginative, interpretive, critical and powerful.
In Stage 4 students work at developing their writing skills by composing a wide range of texts. Students develop skills in speaking, listening and viewing by preparing and giving short speeches, interviewing and studying film and popular media.
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YEAR 7 |
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YEAR 8 |
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Term 1 |
Believe it or Not Flights of Fantasy (multimedia unit with a focus on reading/writing/viewing) |
Term 1 |
'Heroes' unit - (multimedia unit with a focus on reading/writing/viewing) |
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Assessment Task: creative writing |
Assessment Task: Viewing | ||
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Novel study (Dragon Keeper, The Tulip Touch, Parvana, Misery Guts) |
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Novel study (Holes, Lockie Leonard Scumbuster, The Book of Lies, That was then, this is now) | |
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Term 2 |
Novel (continued) |
Term 2 |
Novel (continued) |
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Assessment Task: Novel (written response) |
Assessment Task: Novel (written response) | ||
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Indigenous Culture unit |
'The World Around Us' Poetry unit | ||
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Term 3 |
'Faces of Fear' visual literacy unit (picture books by Gary Crew and film study: Jumanji or Twister or |
Term 3 |
Reality TV study - Conventions of various reality programs ___________________________ Assessment Task: Oral presentation of own Reality TV program concept |
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Assessment Task: Viewing |
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Telling the story - short story study |
Novel study (Hitler’s Daughter, Binna Binna Man, Space Demons, Blubber) | ||
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Assessment Task: Speech | |||
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Term 4 |
Poetry writing unit (writing free verse, haiku, couplets and creating a portfolio) |
Term 4 |
Novel (continued) |
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Assessment Task: Yearly exam - Comprehension and creative writing | |||
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Film Genre study (conventions of fantasy, mystery, comedy, horror, sci fi and westerns) |
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Humour unit - visual literacy focus |
