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English Years 7-8 Syllabus

7-8 Outcomes/ Content and Text Requirements for Stage 4

Texts

 Student in Stage must read, listen to and view a variety of texts that are appropriate to their needs, interests and abilities. These texts become increasingly sophisticated as students move from Stage 4 to Stage 5. (Some students with special education needs may not be able to use all or some of the modes of language: reading, listening and viewing.)

Student will undertake the essential content and work towards course outcomes through close reading, listening to or viewing the following:

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 interest and CD-ROMs

The selection of texts must give students experience of:

• a widely defined Australian literature, and other Australia 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