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Year 10 Semester 1 Overview
Period
Description
Assessment

Week 1

to

Week 4


      Myths, Legends and Drama

This introductory unit includes activities directed at creating positive interpersonal relationships within the classroom. The genres of fantasy writing and story telling are explored through "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" and various folk tales.
Summative Assessment
A Radio Play based on an original myth is written and recorded on tape.

Formative Assessment
Observation, group discussions, individual teacher -pupil discussions, pupil projects/activities - Interviews, Focused Analysis of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Character Retrieval Chart, Character Language Chart, Comparison chart, Research Activity, Writing a Countertext.

Period
Description
Assessment
Week 1

to

Week 18


      Wide Reading Unit

This unit is designed for one lesson per week throughout the semester. A writing workshop will be held in this lesson each week to determine aspects of grammar which need more work.
Students are required to keep a Scrapbook which focuses on youth especially in relation to myths and legends, stereotypes and the media, Australian youth and immigration issues.
 		Formative Assessment
Observation, discussion, focused analysis of grammatical issues in weekly writers' workshop.

Summative Assessment
  • Annotated Scrapbook
  • Presentation of poems about youth (past and present) relating to one of the above themes.
    • Period
    Description
    Assessment

    Week 5

    to

    Week 9


            Meet the Media Unit

    Formative Assessment
    Deconstruction and reconstruction of images and captions
    Construction of sound effects, dialogue and background music for audio mix on tape
    Construction of video segment
    Presentation of Public Relations Video of School
    Recorded Interviews
    Fictional Press Conference Proceedings
    Reconstruction of News Texts to show bias
         		Summative Assessment

  •   Taped Interview
  •   Deconstruction and Reconstruction of News Item into a Music Video Clip


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    Period
    Description
    Assessment
    Week 10

    to

    Week 14


           Aussie Poetry Unit

    The emigrant experience and the creation of particular Australian identities is explored through poetry and other genres and forms of socio-historical representations of Australia and Australians.
    Formative Assessment
    Deconstruct images, ballads, lyrics, dramatic monologues and song.
    Reconstruct poetry in form of letters, interviews and articles.
    Write poetry and reconstruct poems in the form of a "play for voices" as performance poetry.
    		 Summative Assessment

  •   A Poetry Anthology in the form of a Web Page
  •   A reconstruction of a poem into letters and an article
  •   Create own poem
  •   Presentation of a "play for voices"
    • Period
    Description
    Assessment
    Week 15

    to

    Week 19


           To Kill a Mockingbird

    Issues of racism, prejudice and stereotypes explored through poetry, the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" and the film "Cry Freedom".

    Summative Assessment
  •   A Campaign Plan to free either Tom Robinson or Steve Biko from gaol.
  •   A persuasive letter.
  •   A video clip filmed for the Campaign.

    Formative Assessment
    Research on background to novel and films
    Reconstruct a formal persuasive letter as an email


    • Formative Assessment
    Guided Analysis of Narrative Voice and Structure in "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Cry Freedom"
    Deconstruct a poem and recreate as a persuasive letter
    Newspaper Article rewriting with a different slant
    Script-writing
    Storyboarding
    Character/Theme Development Concept Map
    Filming of events from "Cry Freedom" rewritten in different contexts/relationships.

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