At Year 7, English focuses on the consolidation and expansion of students’ knowledge and understanding of a range of texts as well as on the development of their written and verbal expression.

The Victorian Curriculum is organised into three interrelated strands that support students’ growing understanding and use of Standard Australian English. Together the three strands focus on developing students’ knowledge, understanding and skills in listening, reading, viewing, speaking and writing. The three strands are:

As such, students read and respond, insightfully and critically, to a variety of print, visual, electronic and multimodal texts, which explore both familiar and challenging themes and issues. Students also develop an understanding of the ways that texts are designed and influenced by context, purpose and audience. Students create a range of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, for example: narratives, poetry, essays and presentations. They draft and edit their writing for accuracy and effect. Students are given multiple opportunities to develop their oral skills through class discussions, small group work, individual presentations and debates.

Areas of Study

• Reading and responding to texts
• Introduction to persuasive language and advertising
• Exploring, writing and analysing poetry
• Film study
• Debates
• Creative writing
• Language  and writing skills

Curriculum Strands

• Language
• Literatrue
• Literacy

Assessment

• Writing Folio
• Text Responses
• Oral Presentations
• Semester Examination