Next Session: Sunday 12th February 10 am and 11.30 am ; 3 pm
Next Session: Tuesday 14th February 5.15 pm
(VCE Preparation: the new Study Design 2023 and Literature)
I’ll start the regular classes on Sunday 12th Feb. The focus is on extension activities: good writing skills, and different writing styles (new syllabus), opinion pieces, poetry, metalanguage, structure etc. – all the skills needed to succeed in English.
Times will be : 10 am; 11.30 am and 3 pm.
So that I can balance numbers, can you please let me know what times you would prefer for Term 1. There are 7 lessons this term.
(no lesson 12th March – long weekend)
February: 12; 19th; 26th March: 5th; 19th; 26th ; April; 2nd
Reading: Wide-reading material based on your texts in school (excerpts): poems (and sample critical analysis), textual excerpts, editorials and opinion pieces.
Key skills: identification of the author’s or poet’s key ideas, viewpoints/concepts; central images
Metalanguage: language (poetic) and story-telling features. What metalanguage can I use?
Structure: a paragraph, an essay, a close passage analysis (poem or excerpt); editorial or opinion piece: Identify:
- key idea/central image/theme (be as analytically precise as possible).
- language and poetic devices that best reinforce this key idea
- 3 quotes (style/tone and purpose)
Dates:
- Sample excerpts
- Link to Year 11 Study Design 2023:
- Link to Literature
- Please See: Tips so far
- Key Ideas, Views Values Concepts Work
- Writing : Crafting and Writing Styles