Does this subject contribute to an ATAR? No (Applied subject)
How many credits does this subject contribute towards QCE? 4
What is Essential English?
Essential English develops and refines students understanding of language, literature and literacy to enable them to interact confidently and effectively with others in everyday, community and social contexts. Students recognise language and texts as relevant in their lives now and in the future and learn to understand, accept, or challenge the values and attitudes in these texts.
Students engage with language and texts to foster skills to communicate confidently and effectively in Standard Australian English in a variety of contemporary contexts and social situations, including every day, social, community, further education, and work-related contexts. They choose generic structures, language, language features and technologies to best convey meaning. They develop skills to read for meaning and purpose, and to use, critique and appreciate a range of contemporary literary and non-literary texts.
Students use language effectively to produce texts for a variety of purposes and audiences and engage creative and imaginative thinking to explore their own world and the worlds of others. They actively and critically interact with a range of texts, developing an awareness of how the language they engage with positions them and others.
What makes a student suited to Essential English?
Students who achieve success in Essential English are those who:
- Develop positive attitudes to and strategies for engagement in lifelong learning
- Gain knowledge, understanding and an appreciation of various forms of text
- Reflect on their own and other people's knowledge, values, and practices
- Communicate appropriately and effectively, with confidence
- Plan and work independently and as members of a group
What prerequisites must students meet in order to take this subject?
Nil- course entrance will be determined through year 9 English exit grade
What is the cost of this subject?
Nil - all costs covered by Shared Resource Hire Scheme
What materials or equipment do I need for this subject?
- A4 Exercise book for class use
- BYOD laptop
What do students study in this subject and how are they assessed?| | | Unit Overviews | Assessment | | Year 10 | Semester 1 | Changing the world!
• Exploring a range of social, global, and local issues
• Distinguishing between reliable and unreliable texts
• Analysing the representation of the Australian identity in a range of texts | Summative assessment 1: Extended response-spoken: advertising campaign Summative assessment 2: Extended response- written: journal entries
| | | Semester 2 | Music is my life!
• Analysing a range of texts
• Creating multimodal and written texts | Summative assessment 3: Extended response-spoken: multi-modal presentation Summative assessment 4: Extended response-written: unseen exam
| | Year 11 | Unit 1 | Language that works
• Responding to a variety of texts used in and developed for a work context
• Creating multimodal and written texts | Formative internal assessment 1:
• Extended response — spoken/signed response
Formative internal assessment 2:
• Examination — analytical written response
| | | Unit 2 | Texts and human experiences
• Responding to reflective and nonfiction texts that explore human experiences
• Creating spoken and written texts | Formative internal assessment 3:
• Extended response — Multimodal response
Formative internal assessment 4:
• Extended response — Written response | | Year 12 | Unit 3 | Language that influences
• Creating and shaping perspectives on community, local and global issues in
texts
• Responding to texts that seek to influence audiences
| Summative internal assessment 1 (IA1): Extended response — spoken/signed response Summative internal assessment 2 (IA2): Common internal assessment (CIA)
| | | Unit 4
| Representations and popular culture texts
• Responding to popular culture texts
• Creating representations of Australian identities, places, events, and
concepts | Summative internal assessment 3 (IA3): Extended response — Multimodal response Summative internal assessment 4 (IA4): Extended response — Written response
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