Year 7-8-9: A head-start at Secondary School
(Check times this weekend)
Classes focus on:
- essay writing on current issues (based on newspaper texts etc.)
- comprehension and reasoning skills: plus persuasive and reasoning techniques (Red and Green Workbooks plus online support)
- study of people-based stories to improve thematic and character analysis and insights
- creative writing: study of short stories and anecdotal accounts that help students write pieces that are personal and meaningful; (includes people-based stories from the newspaper; Two of Us from the Good Weekend, The Age as well as the study of short story texts from well-renowned authors such as Nobel-prize winning short story writer Alice Munro)
- building a comprehensive vocabulary as well improving written expression.
(If students wish to extend themselves they are invited to study with the VCE students and read texts such as Medea, This Boy’s Life, No Sugar and Stasiland.)