Macintyre High School Stage 5 English overview Year 9 1 2 3 4 5 T Unit: Media / Visual Texts / TV News / 1 Webpages T 2 Types of Texts Used: Film, media, multimedia, picture books Focus Outcomes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11 Quality Teaching: Deep knowledge; Metalanguage; Problematic knowledge; Connectedness Assessment: Viewing/listening/writing Unit: Shakespeare/Film – Transformation Types of Texts Used: Drama, film (Romeo and Juliet) Focus Outcomes:1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Quality Teaching: Problematic knowledge; Knowledge integration; High expectations; Cultural knowledge. Assessment: Viewing/listening T 3 Unit: Poetry – Forms and Meaning Types of Texts Used: Poetry, Multimedia Focus Outcomes: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11 Quality Teaching: Higher order thinking; Background knowledge; Metalanguage ; Deep knowledge Assessment: Folio (ITC skills) T 4 Unit: Travel through texts - oral Types of Texts Used: Media, multimedia, fiction, nonfiction, visual texts Focus Outcomes: 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11 Quality Teaching: High Expectations; Deep knowledge; Deep understanding; Student self regulation; Social support Assessment: Reflection/oral presentation 6 7 8 9 10 Unit: Close Study of Texts - Fiction Types of Texts Used: Prose Fiction (Tomorrow series, Deadly Unna) Focus Outcomes: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9 Quality teaching: Explicit quality criteria; Narrative; Background knowledge; Assessment: Extended writing response Unit: True Stories (library wide reading and research, plus presentations) Types of Texts Used: Nonfiction, TV documentaries, biography, autobiography Focus Outcomes: 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11 Quality Teaching: High Expectations; Student direction; Students’ self regulation; Explicit quality criteria Assessment: Reading and oral presentation Unit: Australian Drama Types of Texts Used: Drama scripts (Shifting Heart, The One Day of the Year, Women of the Sun, And the Big Men Fly) Focus Outcomes: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 Quality Teaching: Substantive communication; Cultural knowledge; Social support; High expectations Assessment: Dramatic reading Unit: Film Making / Film Study Types of Texts Used: Film, Multimedia Focus Outcomes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11 Quality Teaching: Engagement; Connectedness; Inclusivity; Metalanguage Assessment: Creative response to film or filmmaking English Stage 5 January 2005 Page 1 of 2 NSW Department of Education and Training Curriculum K-12 Directorate http://www.curriculumsupport.nsw.edu.au Year 10 1 2 3 4 5 T Unit: Short Stories – Responding and 1 Writing (genre, style, form, language) T 2 T 3 T 4 Types of Texts Used: Fiction and nonfiction stories Focus Outcomes: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 Quality Teaching: Metalanguage, Substantive communication; Narrative; Student self regulation Assessment: Extended written response Unit: Visual Texts – Cultural Experiences in Australia Types of Texts Used: Picture books (The Rabbits, Memorial) Multimedia, Nonfiction Focus Outcomes: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Quality Teaching: Social support; Engagement; Cultural knowledge; Inclusivity; Knowledge integration Assessment: Written representation Unit: Media Issues- Composing, Reflecting and Oral Presentation Types of Texts Used: Nonfiction, Multimedia, Spoken texts, Focus Outcomes: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 Quality Teaching: Higher Order Thinking; Student self-regulation; Student direction; Knowledge integration; Inclusivity; Problematic knowledge Assessment: Oral opinion presentation Unit: Practical English – Composing for Different Occasions Types of Texts Used: Media, Multimedia, Nonfiction, Everyday and Workplace texts Focus Outcomes:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11 Quality teaching: Background knowledge; High expectations; connectedness ; Deep knowledge; Deep understanding Assessment: Reading/writing skills 6 7 8 9 10 Unit: Close Study of Texts - Fiction Types of Texts Used: Prose Fiction – popular and youth culture eg: Lord of the Flies, Of Mice and Men, Peeling the Onion Focus Outcomes: 1, 3, 6, 9, 10 , 11 Quality Teaching: Explicit knowledge criteria; Background knowledge; Narrative; Higher order thinking Assessment: Literature analysis Unit: Shakespearean Experience Types of Texts Used: Shakespearean Drama and Film (Macbeth) Focus Outcomes: 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, Quality Teaching: Deep Knowledge; High expectations; Background knowledge; Metalanguage Assessment: Viewing, listening and representing Unit: Poetry – Close Study Types of Texts Used: Poetry, Multimedia Focus Outcomes: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 11 Quality Teaching: Deep understanding; High expectations; Background knowledge; Metalanguage; Problematic knowledge Assessment: Response to unseen poem Unit: Perspectives – film, visual texts Types of Texts Used: films, multimedia, visual texts. Focus Outcomes: 1, 2, 3, 4 , 5 , 6, 8, 11 Quality Teaching: Cultural knowledge; Engagement; Problematic knowledge; Deep knowledge; Higher order thinking Assessment: Creative response English Stage 5 January 2005 Page 2 of 2 NSW Department of Education and Training Curriculum K-12 Directorate http://www.curriculumsupport.nsw.edu.au