Popular Nonfiction Encouraged Required (news stories, feature articles, informative/persuasive texts) Course Structure and Delivery The timeline of our course will follow the guide as below. Please note that this timeline is subject to change (any of which will be discussed and advised with notice to students) and is simply a guideline for us to follow throughout the semester. I am reserving time in the case that certain units may take longer or shorter than expected. UNIT DATES COURSE WORK Writing/Text Formatting Feb. 1 Feb. 8 -Expectation of written – work -Essay format and writing techniques -Composing extended and short responses -Writing for a purpose and audience -Punctuation and grammar review quiz -Elements of good writing quiz Short Stories Feb. 9– Feb. 28 -Narrative exploration The Most Dangerous Game using a range of short The Sniper stories with varying degrees The Lottery of technical difficulty The Monkey’s Paw -Explore and recognise (These are subject to change themes, genres, techniques, with notice) language features, narrative structure and ways we tell stories -Comprehension and interpretation -Perspective and narration -Text comparison essay (Thematic focus) -Suspense and foreshadowing as a writing tool Shakespeare Mar. 1 Mar. 22 -Explore plays and their – and Juliet- William mechanics Shakespeare
Popular Nonfiction (news stories, feature articles, informative/persuasive texts) Encouraged Required Course Structure and Delivery The timeline of our course will follow the guide as below. Please note that this timeline is subject to change (any of which will be discussed and advised with notice to students) and is simply a guideline for us to follow throughout the semester. I am reserving time in the case that certain units may take longer or shorter than expected. UNIT DATES COURSE WORK Writing/Text Formatting Feb. 1 – Feb. 8 -Expectation of written work -Essay format and writing techniques -Composing extended and short responses -Writing for a purpose and audience -Punctuation and grammar review quiz -Elements of good writing quiz Short Stories The Most Dangerous Game The Sniper The Lottery The Monkey’s Paw (These are subject to change with notice) Feb. 9– Feb. 28 -Narrative exploration using a range of short stories with varying degrees of technical difficulty -Explore and recognise themes, genres, techniques, language features, narrative structure and ways we tell stories -Comprehension and interpretation -Perspective and narration -Text comparison essay (Thematic focus) -Suspense and foreshadowing as a writing tool Shakespeare and Juliet- William Shakespeare Mar. 1 – Mar. 22 -Explore plays and their mechanics
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