YEAR 12 ENGLISH 2017

UNIT AND ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW

SEMESTER

UNIT

UNIT FOCUS

ASSESSMENT

WEEK
DUE

SEMESTER ONE
ONE

INNER
VOICES:
Auto/biography

Term 1
(10 weeks)

Term 2
(10 weeks)

Students will build on their

developing knowledge and
understanding of texts by
examining a range of
auto/biographies and canonical
literature.
They explore and evaluate
meaning in texts, affected by
perspectives such as gender,
class, race, creed and
sociocultural and historical
contexts.

INNER
VOICES:
Shakespeare

This semester focuses on the

motivations of people and
characters and how their beliefs
and behaviour impact on their
own lives and on others,
including readers and viewers.
Also explored are how these
impacts can change according to
the audiences context in time
and place.

1. WRITTEN:
Persuasive Letter
Drafted
assignment
2. SPOKEN:
Persuasive /
Reflective. Individual
T.V. interview with
author
Drafted individual

Shakespearean text
3. SPOKEN: Dramatic
Monologue
(Imaginative)
Drafted individual
4. WRITTEN: Short
Story
Input into plan
only
Seen supervised

Issue
Week 2
Assess:
Week 6
Term 1
Issue
Week 7
Assess:
Week 9
Term 1

Issue
Week 2
Term 2
Assess:
Week 6
Term 2
Exam
Block
Term 2

SEMESTER TWO
TWO

OUR WORLD:
Popular Fiction

Term 3
(10 weeks)

Term 4
( 7 weeks)

OUR WORLD:
Contemporary
Issues

To give an appreciation of the

nature and role of language and
literature in the modern world.
To give an understanding of
issues and themes in literature
today as a reflection of modern
society.
Students will also be required to
deconstruct representations of a
public identity in a range of
media texts. They will analysis
language in the texts to appraise
attitudes and beliefs about this
identity. They will synthesis their
findings to show their audience
how readers are positioned
about their public figure.

5. WRITTEN: Analytical
Response to
Literature (Essay)
Unseen supervised

6. SPOKEN: Analytical
Multi-media
presentation
Input into plan
only

Units, Assessment and Due Dates may vary.

In-class
exam
Week 9
Term 3

Issue
Week 1
Term 4
Assess:
Exam
block
Term 4