LISTON COLLEGE

English Department 2019 Year 10 Planner

Term Week Monday Topic / Standard / Teaching Programme Key Dates

ONE 1 Jan 28 Year 8 – 11 in class from WEDNESDAY onwards AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY 28th
2 Feb 4 Unit 1: NZ short texts, poetry, short stories WAITANGI DAY Wed 6th
3 Feb 11 NZ short texts – focus on punctuation, comprehension, basics
INAUGURAL MASS Mon 18th
4 Feb 18 NZ short texts – skim/scan/infer/gist/global
ATHLETICS DAYS 21st & 22nd
5 Feb 25 NZ short texts – deeper comprehension skills
6 Mar 4 CAT ONE: Unfamiliar Text analysis – short texts ASH WED. LITURGIES Wed 6th
7 Mar 11 NZ short texts - continue
8 Mar 18 NZ short texts – character/theme/setting
9 Mar 25 NZ short texts – Essay skills
10 Apr 1 NZ short texts – Essay skiolls
11 Apr 8 CAT TWO: Short Texts ESSAY (four writing periods)
Holiday
TWO 1 Apr 29 Unit 2: Novel Study
2 May 6 Novel Study
3 May 13 Novel Study LISTON DAY Fri 17th
4 May 20 Novel Study
5 May 27 Novel Study
6 June 3 Novel Study: Formative Essay - practice QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY Mon 3rd
Unit 3: Debate/Speech/Dram Mononlogue/Dialogue/Video
7 June 10
review based on text etc
8 June 17 Unit 3 cont
9 June 24 Unit 3 cont.
10 July 1 CAT THREE: Oral assessment
Holiday
THREE 1 July 22 Unit Four: AS 1.11 film techniques
2 July 29 AS 1.11 View film: Theme/character analysis
3 Aug5 AS 1.11: Close viewing
4 Aug 12 CAT FOUR: Film Techniques
5 Aug 19 AS 1.11: Close view scene
6 Aug 26 AS 1.11: Planning, drafting for essay
7 Sept 2 AS 1.11: Writing essay draft, four periods
8 Sept 9 AS 1.11: Formal Essay Due Senior Exam Week
9 Sept 16 Unit Five: Exam preparation WORK DAY Tues 17th
10 Sept 23 Exam prep – Unfamiliar Text
Holiday
FOUR 1 Oct 14 Exam Prep – Unfamiliar Text
2 Oct 21 Exam Prep - Essay
3 Oct 28 Exam Prep - Essay LABOUR DAY Mon 28th
4 Nov 4 Exam Prep - Essay EOY Mass & Prizegiving - TBC
5 Nov 11 CAT FIVE: Exam - Essay/Unfamiliar Text – 2 class periods
6 Nov 18 Reading week
7 Nov 25 Camp Year 10 CAMP All Week
8 Dec 2 Reading week LAST DAY THURS 5th DEC