Level 2 English (ENA)
12ENA Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Ms V. Scott.
12ENA offers an exciting opportunity to study speculative fiction. You will study texts that prompt you to question "what if?..." Speculative fiction includes science fiction, dystopian texts and texts that explore human responses to situations that are an amplification of our current world.
You will learn to:
- students in this course will study a theme of speculative and science fiction
- critically respond to ideas in texts, using relevant evidence to justify your ideas and make connections between and beyond texts
- appreciate, understand and explore a range of text types, including contemporary and older literature, films and other texts
- create texts with increasing confidence and flair
- communicate ideas confidently and clearly in oral and written forms
- a combination of standards will allow students to achieve the University Entrance Literacy requirement
Please refer to the course video for further information about thematic choices.
Course Overview
Term 1
This term you will:
*Explore a range of short texts
*Complete three personal responses, including one response to an extended text
*Analyse and make meaning from texts through literary essays
*Analyse how writers use language to create meaning in unfamiliar texts
*Complete one draft for the writing portfolio
Term 2
This term you will:
*Explore a visual text
*Complete three personal responses, including one response to an extended text
*Analyse and make meaning from texts through literary essays
*Analyse how writers use language to create meaning in unfamiliar texts
*Complete one draft for the writing portfolio
Term 3
This term you will:
*Consolidate your understanding of the studied texts from this year OR explore an extended text (teacher discretion)
*Analyse and make meaning from texts through literary essays
*Analyse how writers use language to create meaning in unfamiliar texts
*Complete one draft for the writing portfolio
Term 4
This term you will:
*Use editing skills to bring the writing portfolio to publication standard for submission
*Revise textual studies in preparation for examinations
*Revise how writers use language to create meaning in unfamiliar texts.
Pathway Career Pathways
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