In Semester One you can choose your English subject from the list below.
In Semester Two all students will do a compulsory English subject which will focus on VCE preparation.
Proposed 2024 Year 10 Semester One English Subjects:
The Writer’s Room
Do you love writing? In this subject, you will learn how to craft, edit and critique your own short fiction and poetry. Reading a range of contemporary poems and stories, hearing from local writers, practising regular creative writing exercises, and participating in workshops, by the end of this semester you will have a polished piece ready for publication.
Journalism - Manufacturing Opinion
You will study the significance of journalism and the structure of digital media, furthermore learn the skills necessary to produce newsworthy articles in today's world. You will explore different forms of media to produce an interactive web folio which will hone your writing and editing skills, and showcase your ability to create digital content. You will undertake collaborative projects, which will include interviewing, fact gathering and content creation. You will have lots of journalistic freedom to respond to issues that are important to you and your final web folio will analyse fake news, create content for a specific audience and can be published in our PHSC school magazine.
The Literary Canon - Literature through the ages / Literary movements
You will engage with texts ranging from Medieval literature and Renaissance literature, to the Post Modern movement. The texts will examine ideas and concerns relevant to the time periods they were created through the eyes of the contemporary reader as well as exploring and critiquing whether these texts are still relevant today.
Introduction to Sports Media
In this elective, students will be introduced to the world of sports media. Students will look at a broad range of sports journalism and sports media coverage, as well as creating their own podcast, commentary reel and long-form article on a sporting figure or team of their choosing. You will explore current cultural issues surrounding sports media such as racism, gender and gambling and look at how media coverage has changed to reflect changing expected norms.
The Woman In The Attic: Women in Literature
You will explore how women have experienced and responded to gender in English literature from the 1700s to the present day. From writer Mary Wollstonecraft to the first Australian female Prime Minister Julia Gillard, you will explore the changing concerns of women through the ages and how they got their message out to the people. You will look at excerpts from novels, short stories, essays and non-fiction writing, and spoken and written poetry. You will complete a folio of creative, analytical and non-fiction responses that allow you to speak up and address the specific concerns of women in 2024.
Story to Screen: Adaptation & Film
You will explore the art of adaptation and how written texts are translated to the screen, comparing a text and its adaptation and then creating your own. Through comparison of excerpts of Hamlet and Disney’s The Lion King and Daphne Du Maurier and Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, you will look at how universal human challenges are represented to modern audiences. (text selection changeable)
Exploding the Canon!
The Western Literary Canon is a term used to describe a group of literary works considered the most important. Is it boring and stale? Should we blow up the canon and rebuild it to mirror to the diversity of readers that exists? To act as a window to the diversity that exists in the wider world? In this subject you will engage with texts from diverse perspectives including neurodiverse, LGBTQI+, different genders, ethnicities and time periods. You will also be able to suggest texts you love, to share with others - short stories, songs, poems, autobiographies, podcasts, novels and plays. You will engage in debate: What should we cancel and what should we keep? Anything?
English for real life
In this elective you will read and write for practical purposes. You will learn how to use language to manipulate and how to understand when it is being used to manipulate you. You will also learn to present yourself well orally and in writing. There will also be a community project decided upon by the class and you will use your English skills to organise and run the event. Texts explored will be from a range of newspaper articles, Ted talks, videos etc. You will complete your own personal portfolio and community event folio.