Albany Senior High School/Coursebook/2ENG

What is this course about?
In this course you will develop your ability to show a discriminating understanding of a broad range of texts and language techniques as well as communicating your own ideas in a sustained and convincing manner. Students may begin to map out pathways to scholarship at level three. There are also options to sit appropriate level three standards.

Students in this course also opt into a theme at the beginning of the year. You will study texts that relate to this theme and consider common concepts across them. There are three themes for 2011:
 * desire
 * diversity
 * dystopia

What will I learn?

 * How to write confidently and convincingly in a range of styles to express your ideas.
 * How to powerfully explore and articulate your ideas verbally through speeches, presentations and debates.
 * How to closely read and analyse static and moving visual texts.
 * How to use processes and structures precisely to understand and respond to surface level and deeper ideas within texts.
 * How to analyse and consider different readings available within a text.
 * Why and how to use accurate and integrated language features in a range of situations and for different audiences.

What sorts of things will I do?



 * Read a range of written, visual and oral texts such as novels, short stories, articles, poetry, films, and static images.
 * Write, speak and create visual texts to express your own ideas.
 * Analyse and examine perspectives and ideas in texts and demonstrate your understanding of these through creating your own texts.
 * Choose a theme that interests you for your course of study.

Frequently asked questions:
What are some of the text options in this course?


 * Themes readers - compilations of short written and graphic novel texts.

Novel/Drama:


 * Q &amp; A
 * Lord of the Flies
 * The Hunger Games
 * Macbeth

Film


 * Gran Torino
 * Bladerunner
 * Minority Report
 * V for Vendetta
 * The Dark Knight