Year 9 English COURSE OVERVIEW

Welcome to Year 9!
In Year 9, we study the novel To Kill a Mockingbird; the play Romeo and Juliet and a selection of Australian literature including short stories and poems. We explore the theme of family, drawing on the film Bend it Like Beckham, and we also study language and writing: spelling, grammar and punctuation, various writing styles and skills such as essay writing, drafting, planning and editing.

A rough outline is: TERM 1: Australian literature, creative writing, oral presentations, class spelling bee TERM 2: Text study of To Kill a Mockingbird, essay writing TERM 3: Text study of Romeo and Juliet, essay writing, creative writing TERM 4: Context study of Bend it Like Beckham, creative writing, oral presentations

At the end of both semesters you will sit an Exam.

In both semesters, you will also be expected to read widely in addition to your course reading. This wider reading will form part of your assessment for your end of semester reports.

Assessment Tasks
Semester 1
Wider Reading - Short oral report to the class; short written responses Writing Workshop - Short story Oral Presentation Text Response Essay - To Kill a Mockingbird Exam

Semester 2
Wider Reading - as for Semester 1 Writing Workshop - Sonnets; Play scripts Oral Presentation Text Response Essay - Romeo and Juliet Exam

Below is a draft timeline of the Year 9 English course. Dates for assessment are a guide only - to be confirmed!
AREA OF STUDY ASSESSMENT TASKS TERM 1 1/A 2/B 3/A 3rd February 10th February 17th February 24h February 3rd March 10th March Australian Literature Australian Literature Australian Literature Begin work on writing a short story (report task = Writing Workshop) Tuesday - College Photos Wed/Thurs Mass Rehearsal and Mass (assembly t/tables) Tuesday - Camp briengs p3&4 KEY EVENT

4/B 5/A 6/B 7/A 8/B 9/A

Australian Literature Australian Literature CAMP Short story due (report Tuesday: House Swimming task = Writing Workshop) CAMP Introduce Oral Presentation task Oral presentation on ancestry Class Spelling Bees TERM 2 CAMP

17th March To Kill a Mockingbird 24th March To Kill a Mockingbird 31st March To Kill a Mockingbird

Students nish Wednesday assembly day t/table

1/A 2/B

22nd April 28th April

To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird

Year 9 Spelling Bee Easter Monday Public Holiday Championship date TBC ANZAC Day holiday (Friday) Thursday May 1st House Athletics

3/A 4/B

5th May 12th May

To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird NAPLAN Tuesday 13th - Thursday 15th

5/A 6/B

19th May 26th May

To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird Text Response Essay (report task) Exam Wide Reading tasks due

Yr 9 Reection Day Monday 19th

7/A

2nd June

Exam prep

Exams Friday June 6

8/B

9th June

To Kill a Mockingbird

Queens Birthday holiday Monday 9th Yr 7-9 Student free day Wednesday 11th (GAT day) Yr 9 Careers Day Friday 20th Semester Two Begins Sonnets

9/A

16th June

To Kill a Mockingbird Semester Two Begins: Intro to Shakespeare language focus - sonnets

10/B 23rd June

AREA OF STUDY

ASSESSMENT TASKS TERM 3

KEY EVENT

1/B 2/A 3/B 4/A 5/B

21st July 28th July

Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet

Students return Tuesday 22 July Tuesday - Subject selection level assemblies Writing Workshop pieces due Oral Reports Tuesday & Wednesday Student-free day Wed 20th Music Festival Yr 9 RE excursion Monday 1st Romeo and Juliet performance Tuesday 2nd

4th August Romeo and Juliet 11th August Romeo and Juliet 18th August Romeo and Juliet

6/A 7/B

25th August Romeo and Juliet 1st Romeo and Juliet September

8/A 9/B

8th Romeo and Juliet September 15th Bend it Like Beckham September (Context Study) 6th October Bend it Like Beckham (Context Study) 13th Bend it Like Beckham October (Context Study) 20th October 27th October 3rd November 10th November 17th November 24th November Bend it Like Beckham (Context Study) Bend it Like Beckham (Context Study) Exam prep Using Language to persuade??

Text Response Essay

TERM 4 1/B 2/A

Assembly Day Avila Day Oral presentation Year 12 Farewell Assembly Year 10 Drama Festival Monday: Mid Term Break Tuesday: Cup Day Holiday Wide Reading tasks due Exam Monday 10 Nov

3/B 4/A 5/B 6/A 7/B 8/A

Headstart for Unit 1/2 2015