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1. Updated 2022 Year 11 Transition Session.pptx
- 1. YEAR ELEVEN ENGLISHBrief Overview
- 2. CONTENTS OF THESESSION Outcomes Course outline and SACs Exams Skills Expectations Introduction to the texts
- 3. THE OUTCOMES Year11 English Unit 1 and 2
- 4. HOW TO PASSUNIT 1&2 To receive an S at the end of Units 1 and 2 you must: •Complete all the SACs (meeting word/time requirements and other expectations) •Complete set classwork and homework •Submit work that is your own •Meet attendance requirements •Not breach any of the VCAA or College guidelines
- 5. SACS & REDEMPTIONS SACsmust be completed in the conditions set out by the school. If you break these conditions (eg.: communicate with other students, cheat, etc.) you risk failing the SAC. If you are absent on the day of a SAC you must have a medical or other certificate to explain your absence and allow you to resit the SAC without penalty. You MUST hand in your medical certificate within 5 working days of the original SAC date. Each SAC has guidelines and minimum standards you need to meet to pass. These include word/time minimums, style of writing, skills demonstrated. If you fail to meet one of these minimums you may receive an N for that SAC. Redemptions are a chance for you to turn an N into an S. They will happen if your teacher decides that you have done everything in your power to pass but haven’t quite got there. What is ‘everything in your power’? For example: Reading the texts Doing classwork and homework Using all available SAC time to complete the task
- 6. UNIT ONE ANDTWO: AREAS OF STUDY READING AND CREATING TEXTS How meaning is created in a text, and how the author builds the world of the text. You need to make choices about the structure, conventions and language you use to develop the voice and style. You need to make inferences about the choices made by the author. ANALYSING AND PRESENTING ARGUMENT The analysis and comparison of the use of the language in texts that debate a topical issue in the Australian media. Specific care taken to identify how the language develops the arguments and positions the reader. READING AND COMPARING TEXTS Comparing texts can provide a deeper understanding of the ideas, issues and themes within the texts. How do the features of the texts – structures, conventions, and language, for example – convey ideas and reflect and explore the world?
- 7. COURSE OUTLINE Year11 English
- 8. COURSE OUTLINE Term 1: Readingand Creating Like a House on Fire Creative response & analytical essay Term 2: Analysing and Presenting Argument Point of View oral presentation Single text language analysis Reading and Creating Border Crossing Analytical essay Term 3 Reading and Comparing Animal Farm and ‘V for Vendetta.’ Comparative essay Term 4: Analysing and Presenting Argument Multi-text language analysis Point of View oral presentation
- 9. EXAMS – POSSIBLESTRUCTURE Students will sit a TWO hour exam at the end of Semester One and a THREE hour exam at the end of Semester Two. They are designed to help you get ready for the exam at the end of Year Twelve. Make sure you complete all class work as this will help not only with your writing, but knowledge and preparation. It will also help you to keep a list of short quotes you can memorise throughout the year. Unit 1 exam Part 1: Language Analysis Part 2: Like a House on Fire Unit 2 exam Part 1: Language Analysis Part 2: Border Crossing or Like a House on Fire Part 3: ‘V for Vendetta’ and Animal Farm comparative
- 10. SKILLS AND EXPECTATIONSYear 11 English
- 11. SKILLS AND EXPECTATIONS Thisis VCE: You are expected to take responsibility for your own learning, so seek out your teacher for work if you are going to be away, and always back up your electronic work to a second (and third, or fourth) separate device. Utilise Daymap! It should be your first stop for work you have missed while away, or for anything you didn’t get time to finish working on in class. If you can’t access Daymap it’s your responsibility to fix this with the IT office. Use your time wisely. Complete all the set tasks. Make sure you are prepared for each class. This is English – expect that you’ll be writing every lesson, so bring pens and paper, and your text. Do the set homework and classwork – It is designed to help you retain information as well as work on your skills. Use and refer back to a calendar regularly. See your teacher if you don’t understand something. Communication is key! Take note of all the red pen and Daymap feedback – it is designed to help you get better. Choose a particular aspect from all that red/pink/purple pen and consciously work on improving that area. It will be hard work at times but you just have to keep going. 45,000 – 50,000 The number of students who will be competing for the jobs and courses you want. So do the very best you can!
- 12. skills content analysis Writing Reading Sentence structure Speaking Note taking Research Spelling Essayformats Grammar Work efficiently Planning Thinking Discussing Exploring Breaking down Use examples Support arguments Identify themes Impact of language Structures and cinematography KNOW the plot, key and minor characters, settings, quotes, author background, context, sequence, vocabulary.
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- 14. HOLIDAY HOMEWORK 1. Texts Read all three texts before February. Use the reading schedule handout to help manage your time. Create a reading journal, annotate your book, sticky note it. You could include: Chapter summaries Ideas of the symbolism in the texts Character profiles: Key information, what you think about them, quotes/descriptions Language choices: short/long sentences, paragraphing, imagery, repetition, tone, voice, etc. Favourite quotes, or the opening/closing sentences of each chapter 1 to 10 list – list your favourite characters/events/quotes in order and explain why Images of and notes on the settings The order we study the texts is: Like a House on Fire, Border Crossing, Animal Farm/‘V for Vendetta’. Optional: watch ‘V for Vendetta’. 2. Language Analysis Write a language analysis essay on the attached text on shark attacks, using what you remember from Year 10. There is no word minimum, but you should aim to write an introduction, 2-3 body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
- 15. PREPARING FOR YOURFIRST SAC- CREATIVE RESPONSE Writer’s Notebook/Reading Journal •A separate book with notes and ideas about the short stories from the anthology. •These notes will help you to understand the world the characters live in, and their reactions and choices in response to what happens to them. •Can be brought into the SAC with you. What can’t go in? •Practice creative writing pieces •Practice written explanations What can you include? •Notes of the main themes •Important quotes •Character, chapter, event summaries •Language Features – short/long sentences, imagery, similes, specific types of language used •Pictures/maps that relate to the stories (old tractors, primary school classroom, hospital maternity ward, etc.) •Notes on the features of the Written Explanation
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- 17. THE TEXTS Year11 English
- 18. THE TEXTS FOR2022 To be successful, you need to be very familiar with all of the texts 1. Creative SAC You will also write analytically on this text 2. Analytical SAC 3. Comparative SAC
- 19. HOW TO PREPAREFOR A TEXT STUDY: -Set yourself a minimum number of pages to read each day. Be realistic. -Download an audio book version. Apps such as Audible Australia and Audio Australia have a wide range of texts, some free, to download. Also check clickview and youtube. -Purchase copies to read on tablets for study purposes (NOTE: page references will be different) You must READ THE BOOKS! The reading schedule you have been given is there to help you – use it!! 70 days – 37 chapters. If you start today: • 1 each day (finished Tuesday 28/12) • 1 every second day (finished Tuesday 2/2) • 4 each week (finished by Sunday 30/1) 30-40 minutes per session • Enough time to read the chapter/story and add to your notes. YOU CAN DO THIS!
- 20. LIKE A HOUSEON FIRE- CATE KENNEDY ‘Like a House on Fire’ is an anthology (a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing.) There are 15 short stories within the collection, however we are only going to focus on 5 in class.
- 21. LIKE A HOUSEON FIRE- CATE KENNEDY This collection of short stories catalogues moments from the dramatic to the mundane. In each story, though, there is an expansion of the characters beyond the roles that they have fallen into. The collection inspires compassion and considers the impact of time and expectation on our relationships.
- 22. LIKE A HOUSEON FIRE- CATE KENNEDY Predict what 4-5 of the short stories are about, based on their title. Flexion Ashes Laminex and Mirrors Tender Like a House on Fire Five-Dollar family Cross-Country Sleepers Whirlpool Cake White Spirt Little Plastic Shipwreck Waiting Static Seventy-Two Derwents
- 23. BORDER CROSSING Make twopredictions about the novel based on the information on this and the next slide. •Inspired in part by the abduction, torture, and murder of 2 year old James Bulger at the hands of 10 year old friends in England in 1993. •The novel is told from the 3rd person perspective of Tom Seymour, a child psychologist who is reunited with Danny Miller years after he helped put the then child behind bars for murder. •Tom and his wife Lauren are unhappy and resent each other due to their inability to have a child. •Despite knowing he shouldn’t, Tom agrees to meet with Danny to help him come to terms with his actions and past. •Symbols used throughout the text include water, fire, fog, smoke, mud.
- 24. THEMES AND QUOTES •Borders •Innocence •Guilt •Relationships •Evil •Redemption •Fate/Coincidence •Thepast •Memories •Control •‘You see the real question is: can people change?’ •‘You wring a chicken's neck, you don't expect to find it running round the yard next morning, do you?’ •‘They'd awoken that morning to a curious stillness. Clouds sagged over the river, and there was mist like sweat over the mudflats.’ •‘Well, he is a horror, isn’t he?’
- 25. ‘V FOR VENDETTA’ Quickwrite: Record down as many cinematography devices as you can remember from Years 9 and 10. THEMES IN THE FILM Truth and Lies Propaganda Revenge Freedom Fear and Violence Power and Corruption Rebellion and Unity
- 26. HOW DO YOUKNOW… What kind of a leader this man is? What famous leader does he remind you of? How has the director made this link? This is called ‘Allusion’.
- 27. HOW CAN YOUTELL… Who has the power in this scene?
- 28. Animal Farm George Orwell Thenovel was written from November 1943–February 1944, in the midst of World War II. Orwell describes Animal Farm as a fusion of politics and art. It acts as an allegory, where all characters and events are symbolic of real people and events. Orwell’s message wasn’t about how a particular style of government was better, but instead he despises how power hungry people can corrupt it. Orwell once said that the ignorance and indifference of the Russian people allowed atrocities to occur. In your own words, explain why you think George Orwell wrote Animal Farm: Possible sentence starters: George Orwell wrote Animal Farm in order to … (expose, highlight, condemn, question) Animal Farm is an allegory (a story with a hidden message) and is used by George Orwell to…
- 29. ‘V FOR VENDETTA’AND ANIMAL FARM THEMES IN THE FILM Truth and Lies Propaganda Revenge Freedom Fear and Violence Power and Corruption Rebellion and Unity Predict the common themes across both texts.