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Pre-Course Survey

Expectations for Written Work (this document is common to all English classes)

=WRITTEN EXPRESSION= Here is a fabulous link to exercises to __help__ you improve your expression Written Expression

=C O U R S E O U T L I N E= =This course outline includes units of work that not all classes will undertake.= =It is meant as a guide only for the units that any one class might do.=

== =TERM __1__ = = = = = =Recount – features of, practice, 4 corners activity, CAT = =Don’t Call me Ishmael (novel) = =Natasha's Will (novel study) Mrs McKenzie's class - Reading text, comprehension activities, Final summative task = =Star Wars, the Monomyth and the QUEST NARRATIVE creation unit =

=TERM 2 = = = =Star Wars, the Monomyth and the QUEST NARRATIVE creation unit (Cont)= =Holes (Film study) - Reading text, comprehension activities, Final summative task. = =Independent Reading Assignment - Mrs McKenzie's class = = End of Semester Test Preparation - Week 9 =

=<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**SEMESTER TWO** =

=<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">TERM 3 = =<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Visions of the Future from the Past = =<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">New Books – introductionexamples of.... = =<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr Seuss Comes to Town = =<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Common Assessment Task (Sem 2). Letters of Complaint = =<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Independent Reading Task = = =

=<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">TERM 4 = =<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (novel) = =<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">A Brief History of English http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/timelines/language_timeline/index_embed.shtml = =<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Independent Reading Assignment Mr McKenzie's class = =<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">End of Semester Test preparation =

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Throughout the year there will be other mini units and language activities to supplement the main content outlined above.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">This course is based on material and assessment from the National Curriculum documentation

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is a link to the National Curriculum Website for information regarding the English courses. ACARA Website

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