KLA focus
KLA focus: A special people, a special place
Students in Stage 4 must read, listen to and view a variety of texts that are appropriate to their needs, interests and abilities. … Students will undertake the essential content and work towards course outcomes through close reading, listening to or viewing the following:
| Text type | In Stage 4 |
|---|---|
| Fiction | at least two works |
| Poetry | a wide range of types of poems |
| Film, or film on video or DVD | at least two works |
| Nonfiction[1] | at least two works |
| Drama | at least two works |
The following specifications may be fulfilled through the required types of texts outlined above and/or through other texts.
In each Year students must study examples of
- spoken texts
- print texts
- visual texts
- media and multimedia which should, over Stages 4 and 5, include texts
drawn from radio, television, newspapers, the internet and CD-ROMs.
The selection of texts must give students experience of:
- a widely defined Australian literature, and other Australian texts including those that give insights into Aboriginal experiences and multicultural experiences in Australia
- literature from other countries and times
- cultural heritages, popular cultures and youth cultures
- picture books
- everyday and workplace texts
- a range of social, gender and cultural perspectives.
(From English Years 7–10 Syllabus 2003: 19)
[1] Bold content indicates that which is found in this unit.