Year 10 Subject Guide 2020

Structure

Semester 1

Semester 2

Unit 1: The Indigenous Australian Experience in Film

Unit 3: Novel B

In this unit students watch and analyse a number of short films about the Indigenous Australian experience.

In this unit students will engage with the novel Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie.

Unit 2: Novel A

Unit 4: Play

In this unit students will engage with the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

In this unit students will engage with the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare.

Assessment In Year 10 Language and Literature students complete four summative assessments and a variety of formative tasks. Summative assessments Semester 1 Semester 2

Criteria Assessed

Criteria Assessed

Written Response for a Public Audience

B,C, D

Imaginative Response

B, C, D

Semester 1 Examination: Analytical Essay

A, B, D

Semester 2 Examination: Analytical Essay

A, B, D

25