Year 9.1 English Course and Assessment Overview 2019, Exercises of English Language

Download Year 9.1 English Course and Assessment Overview 2019 and more Exercises English Language in PDF only on Docsity! Year 9.1 English Course and Assessment Overview 2019 Week Content Assessments Term 1 1 Overview and Introduction to the year. Text Understanding that Australian English is a living language that is continually evolving and changing. Where did it come from and where is it now? Investigate modern Australian slang. Latin and Greek roots 2 Poetry PAT Testing Task 1: Poetry Assignment Given (10%) 3 Introduction to poetry focusing on figurative language.  How can meaning be implied through metaphor, allusion and evocative vocabulary. Fire and Ice by Robert Frost  Identify how vocabulary choices contribute meaning, style and voice in poetry. Cherry Wine by Hozier The Surfer by Gwen Harwood 4 Revisit essay structure (TEEL).  Continue in class time of poetry assignment. 5 Receive Poems “Deer Hit” by Jon Loomis and “Barn Owl” by Gwen Harwood. Task 2: Response (In class Essay) (10%) Poem Due 6 7-10 Short story  The Pedestrian Ray Bradbury  Lamb to the Slaughter Roald Dahl  Dystopian short story  The last spin – Evan Hunter Task 3: Write a short story. (10%) Term 2 1 Novel Text: Hatchet Introduce the text. • Students research DRSABCD • Discuss divorce the damage it can do to children. Naplan Preparation 2 Naplan Preparation 3 NAPLAN 4 Unit 4 – Informative article Unit 12 – Persuasive article Bear Grylls – How can we survive the wild.  Discuss the importance of human connection. Do we need to connect to survive? Task 4: Write an informative article about the events of Hatchet. (10%) 5-6 Survival texts  Themes  Somali pirate article  Film – Hunt for the wilderpeople  Aaron Ralston – article  SWAT conventions 7 Exam preparation 8 Exam Task 5: Exam (Essay about the characteristics of a survivor) (10%) 9 Persuasive language Term 3 1-4 Persuasive language Task 6: Prepare and