"English is my favourite class. It's not only a class to learn important skills, but also a place to have fun"
What does the course entail?
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By engagement with a range of text types (fiction, non-fiction, print, visual and multi-modal) students will have opportunities to refine their capacity to read and interpret texts in increasingly in-depth and sophisticated ways. In the Year 9 course students will begin to interrogate how texts may offer representations of societal groups, places and events while also opening windows into the historical and cultural contexts to which they are linked. Students will through modelling and active learning strategies be given support to create imaginative, informative and persuasive texts that raise issues, report events and advance opinions. Assessments are strategically devised to ensure students may draw on both critical (analytical) and creative thinking strategies to enjoy suitable growth and success. Text types include:
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What Learning pathway could this course take me on?
