Year 10 Subject Selection – Picture??

Course Description Do you enjoy reading? Do you enjoy creative writing? Do you enjoy talking about novels / films and how they are written or made? Then the Year 10 Literature Elective is going to be right up your alley! The Year 10 Literature Elective introduces students to the study of Literature. It is designed to expose students to the close analytical study of poetry and texts. The study of Literature moves beyond the study of characters and themes, to look at the way in which texts reflect the human experience and comment on society. It enables students to reflect and comment on texts and to analyse different interpretations of ideas and experiences. This unit is aimed at those students who enjoy reading and writing and who wish to expand their knowledge on the different aspects of the study of English.

Why Study this? Work Tasks Assessment tasks Reading a number of texts Discussion Questions Analysis activities Watching films Analysing scenes and elements from the film Comparing and contrasting novels and films Reading journal Class discussions / presentations Poetry analysis In Literature the assessment tasks are designed to allow the student to respond critically and creatively to texts. By doing so the student examines why people respond to texts the way they do. Students will explore, interpret and reflect on different ideas and values represented in literature and use evidence from the texts to support a response. The different forms of assessment include:: a debate a reading journal a close analysis of selected passages an imaginative piece of writing responding to a text/s studied an oral or a written review a multimedia presentation essay

Subject pathway…. The skills students gain through analysis, planning, responding, proof-reading are skills needed for Year 11 and Year 12. The ability to explore, interpret and reflect on different ideas and values represented in literature also allows students to apply these skills in their every day lives. Studying Literature allows those students, who love to read or discuss novels / films, the chance to do so in a dynamic and enthusiastic setting.

Extra activities/costs? Literature students are given the opportunity to spend time with an author in residence. This gives them a unique insight into the world of an author, their motivations and processes for writing. Students are also given the opportunity to attend films / presentations outside of school; if they fit in with the curriculum and timeframes. A still from ‘The Weir’, a play that Literature students went to see in 2015.

More information…. Staff contacts Mrs Greenland: ggreenland@nagle.vic.edu.au Ms Warden: ewarden@nagle.vic.edu.au Mrs Williams: swilliams@nagle.vic.edu.au Mrs Paterson: spaterson@nagle.vic.edu.au