English

Stage 1

Semester
10 credit

Course Overview

Students will explore a variety of text types through responding to texts, creating written and oral texts and undertaking an intertextual study. Students critically and creatively engage with a range of novels, films, media, poetry or drama texts. Students compare texts and consider how they are created for specific purposes, contexts and audiences.

Assessment

School based
50% – Responding to Texts
25% – Creating Texts
25% – Intertextual Study

Further Information

Stage 1 English is a pathway for Stage 2 English, Stage 2 Literary Studies or Stage 2 Essential English.