Hello Foxwell families!  Our Year 9 and 10 English students have all started work on their Term 3 tasks and should be working hard in class and reviewing, editing and rehearsing work at home to ensure they achieve success.

This term, students in English will be expected to draft their work in their class notebooks and will upload photos of their work to Seesaw each lesson so that you are able to check their progress and they are able to proofread, edit and rehearse their work at home as well. Students whose PLP outlines the requirement for assistive technology will be accommodated as required.  Most of our English students will be presenting spoken tasks this term and will also be expected to record their presentation at both draft and final stage, including multimodal elements such as a PowerPoint (if required) and upload this to Seesaw as well. We would appreciate you checking your student's Seesaw account to check their progress and use of their lesson time over these next few weeks. 

Please have a chat with your student about their ideas and when their English lessons fall.  We have some really interesting and engaging ideas from our students and are very proud of them.  We are looking forward to listening to our students’ speeches and helping them improve and recraft their work to the best of their ability.  The dates for all tasks are also in our Assessment Calendar.  Teachers will contact parents via email the week after drafts are due, if students have not successfully completed their drafts, in order to inform you and provide your student with time to successfully complete their work.  If drafts are not submitted on time, students will not receive teacher feedback to assist them. If your student requires an extension of a draft or final due date, please ensure that you use the form on our website and apply for this at least 2 days prior to the due date or contact the class teacher or myself to discuss how we can best support your student.

Year 9 English

Our Year 9 students are working on a persuasive spoken pitch to Netflix about adapting the novel they have read into a film or TV show.  Drafts for this task are due in the 3^rd lesson of next week, which, depending on when your student has English, will be either Thursday or Friday.  Students have had at least 2-3 lessons this week to brainstorm and plan their pitches and will have 2-3 lessons next week to work on these drafts in class.  Finals for this task are due in the first lesson of Week 9, which will fall on either a Monday or Tuesday depending on when your student has English.

Year 10 English

Our Year 10 students are now in classes that will prepare them for their Senior English studies that have been discussed with students in class and at SET Plan interviews and based on previous English results.

Literacy Short Course

Students in this course will receive their Literacy Tick for their QCE upon successful completion of the course, setting them up for future success in Essential English in Senior.  Students in this course are completing ongoing work on their Student Learning Journal with the draft for this due in Lesson 1 (Monday) of Week 8 and the final due in Lesson 3 (Thursday) of Week 9.  They are also working on their Extended response to a social issue with the draft for this due in Lesson 3 (Thursday) next week and their final due in Lesson 3 (Thursday) of Week 7.  This is the only course that are not presenting a spoken task this term.

Essential English Prep Course

Students in this course are working on a persuasive speech on the media’s portrayal of teenagers requiring them both write their script and record their speech for both their draft and final submission.  Students have been working on their brainstorming and planning this week and will be drafting during class next week.  As this is a spoken task, only verbal feedback will be provided by the teacher, which will be recorded and uploaded to Seesaw.  Drafts for this task are due in Lesson 3 of next week, which may fall of a Thursday or Friday and finals will be due in Lesson 2 of Week 8, which will fall on a Tuesday or Thursday depending on the class your student is in.

General English Prep Course

Students in this course are working on a spoken monologue in role as a character of their choice based on a text of their choice requiring them to write their script and record their monologue for both their draft and final submission.  They should also be reading a novel of their choice that is related to our inquiry question:  'What is love?' Students have been working on their brainstorming and planning this week and will be drafting during class next week.  As this is a spoken task, only verbal feedback will be provided by the teacher, which will be recorded and uploaded to Seesaw.  Drafts for this task are due in Lesson 1 of Week 7 (students need to submit at the beginning of the lesson), which may fall of a Monday or Tuesday and finals will be due in Lesson 1 of Week 8.

We appreciate you working in partnership with us so that students are able to use class time effectively and achieve success in English.  All work and resources are provided in One Note for students to access at any time.

Please contact your student's class teacher if you have any further questions.

Danielle Goddaer

HOD Year 9 and 10 English and Humanities