KLA focus
KLA focus: My Story, Your Story
Note: Content found in this unit is indicated in bold.
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:
In Stage 4 |
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|---|---|
| Fiction[1] | at least two works |
| Poetry | a wide range of types of poems |
| Film, or film on video or DVD | at least two works |
| Nonfiction | 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 p19.)
[1] Bold content indicates that which is found in this unit.