Year 9 English students explored the idea of cultural identity by considering the key inquiry question of ‘How texts show us who we are and what is important to us?’ They read ‘Growing up Asian in Australia’ edited by Alice Pung, which is a non-fiction collection of texts that represent Asian migrant experiences within Australia. Students were then required to compose an essay in response to this text within their half yearly examination.
Year 10 English explore the morality of unchecked ambition by studying Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Excitingly, students attended a live theatre production of Macbeth at the Seymour theatre early in Term 2, allowing them to appreciate both the textual and theatrical elements of the play. Students needed to compose an essay response exploring central ideas within the text within their half yearly examination..
Year 11 English Advanced students undertook a detailed study of ‘Narratives that shape our world’ by looking at a wide range of texts that implement unique and engaging narrative forms and structural features. They were required to compose a written narrative accompanied with a Minecraft video of this story. Students were also required to compose an essay response exploring the way the 2021 film version of Dune as well as a related text of their own choosing create narratives that shape our world.
Year 12 English Advanced students explored the ideas in T. S. Eliot’s poetry to further strengthen their informed personal perspectives within Module B: Critical Study of Literature. Students studied Eliot’s poems within a critical study to grasp the notion of the poetry’s textual integrity by investigating and evaluating the perspectives of others. By doing so, students reflected on how texts continue to have relevance. Students completed their penultimate assessment task for the Year 12 HSC course as an in-class essay critically exploring T. S. Eliot’s poetry.
English Extension 1 students continued their study of the Elective titled Worlds of Upheaval with close exploration of the way Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot represents such a world of upheaval. Students considered Godot's Modernist context to support their reading and composition of texts and examination of a range of reading practices to develop awareness of the assumptions that guide interpretation and evaluation. Students also study their third and final prescribed text, Fritz Lang’s film Metropolis. Students completed their second assessment task this term as a presentation and a panel question and answer session on a selected related text early in addition to an in-class essay as well as a reflection.
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