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The Year 10 English program serves as a bridge between the foundational skills of Stage 5 and the more abstract and analytical demands of senior English. Students engage with a wide range of texts, including novels, film, poetry, drama, and media. They learn to analyse how language, form, and structure shape meaning, and to compose texts with clarity, purpose, and control. Writing tasks range from creative to persuasive and analytical, while oral and collaborative tasks support communication skills. The course encourages students to think critically and creatively about texts and the world around them, while strengthening their authorial voice and textual interpretation.
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The student has shown steady improvement across the terms, in English. Homework completion is consistent with a few late submissions. Overall, excellent progress!
In Term 1, students explore how writers and composers represent personal, social, and cultural identities. Through the study of novels, short stories, or memoirs, students examine how characters and narrators reveal voice, perspective, and values. Analytical tasks focus on developing structured responses to complex texts, while creative writing activities allow students to explore voice and identity in their own compositions.
Term 2 focuses on rhetorical language and the use of persuasive techniques in speeches, essays, media texts, and social commentary. Students examine how language is used to construct arguments and influence audience perspectives on issues of public concern. They practise constructing persuasive texts with logical structure, emotional appeal, and authoritative tone, supported by close analysis of rhetorical devices and contextual factors.
In Term 3, students investigate how texts represent conflict and change, often through poetry and dramatic texts. They analyse how composers use imagery, symbolism, and poetic form to convey inner and external struggles. Students compose their own reflective and imaginative responses that draw from the themes and techniques of the texts studied, with a focus on control of language and editing.
The final term is designed to support a smooth transition to Year 11, with a focus on analytical depth, comparative study, and writing sophistication. Students engage with more complex texts and begin to practise senior-style writing, including thesis-driven essays and extended responses. They are introduced to key expectations of Year 11 English Advanced such as close reading, textual integrity, and critical perspectives. By the end of the term, students will have a clearer understanding of senior English demands and how to respond with precision, independence, and insight.