The Australian Curriculum (ACARA) is organised into three interrelated strands that support students’ growing understanding and use of Standard Australian English. Together the three strands focus on developing students’ knowledge, understanding and skill s in listening, reading, viewing, speaking and writing. The three main strands are (ACES):
Language: knowing about the English language
Literature: understanding, appreciating, responding to, analysing and creating literature
Literacy: expanding the repertoire of English usage.
The outline provided here gives you an overview of the knowledge, understanding and skills that will be covered in English in Semester One. Here is the program but your teacher will provide you with more detailed course content on detailed briefs, which are detailed to the texts you study according to different needs of different classes. This will depend on your class profile. Some classes will spend more time than others consolidating Year 7 work, while other classes will engage with more difficult concepts earlier. How each strand is interrelated will also vary from class to class. It will be up to you to make the most of the opportunities that your teacher will give through different lesson activities and formative assessments and formal assessments. Doing well in Assessment tasks and tests is important, but it is just as important for you to complete the classwork and homework set by your teacher. In summary:
Class marks are based on evidence in a variety of tests, homework, class work, research, group work, formative assessments and checklists. These class marks will help decide your grade.
Formal Assessments are completed for each Module of work each semester. One task may be a moderated task, which will be cross-marked by other English teachers. You will sit one test each semester.
Grades are not awarded for each assessment but decided by final scores at cut off points at the end of semester.
Your final score (and your grade) may be adjusted using the results of your class in the moderated Common Assessment Tasks and test results.
- Teacher: Adam PERRELLA
- Teacher: Katherine ROSSI