Essential English
The Essential English course forms a bridge between the students and community. This course will scaffold and develop the students’ literacy and is designed to be a pathway into work and society. The focus will be on ASE as the standard, however linguistic inflexions will be considered under the scope of the verbal and visual language systems of English. This program is intertextual in context and enhances learning through the metacognitive processes. In certain activities contextual study of language to link to individual literacy needs are explored. In a positive classroom climate and a responsible learning ethos as the whole school policy this course can prepare for the effective transition from school to community through English Language, Literature and Literacy.
Course outcomes:
Use language effectively:
Use of vocabulary to hone effectiveness of communication in personal, social, academic and workplace settings.
Examine the relationship between language, context and meaning through studying: everyday transactions, social and community reports, workplace procedures and expositions regarding work ethics.
Study literary texts such as graphic novels, films, plays and poetry.
Process:
Example tasks for orientation of learners and as a scaffold towards a development of a reader response.
a) Writing letters (informal) of a personal nature;
b) Responding to issues in society (reflective journals);
c) Academic writing (essays) and
Skill development:
Research
Planning
Reflecting
Evaluating
Factors assessed:
Reading Contextually
Reading Creatively
Reading Analytically
Assessment:
Continuous assessment with shared percentage mark and based on work portfolio and weekly assessment.
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