Year 10 English - Foundation

In Unit 1, students develop reading, writing, oral communication and learning skills through activities that relate to preparing for and seeking employment, operating in an existing workplace, and/or entering a new work environment. They learn to make meaning from different work-related text types, identify their own purposes for reading, and understand the role they play in the construction of meaning within a workplace environment. They identify and develop the set of knowledge, writing skills and strategies concerned with the ability to shape written language according to the workplace purpose, audience and context. 

Oral communication involves both speaking and listening and is both transactional and interpersonal. Transactional exchanges are primarily practical in purpose, while interpersonal exchanges involve an engagement of the speakers with each other. Students also come to understand that learning is a purposeful activity undertaken to achieve objectives that they value. It is an active process of gaining understanding and developing skills that draws on students’ prior knowledge and experiences as they shape meaning. 

This topic consists of four interrelated core skills: 

• reading 
• writing 
• oral communication 
•  learning

In Unit 2, students develop reading, writing, oral communication and learning skills through expressing personal identity, achieving personal goals, and 
understanding and interacting with the wider community.

They learn to make meaning from different text types, to identify their own purposes for reading, and to understand the role they play in the construction of meaning. They identify and develop the set of knowledge, writing skills and strategies needed to shape written language according to purpose, audience and context.

Oral communication involves both speaking and listening and is transactional and interpersonal. Transactional exchanges are primarily practical in purpose, while interpersonal exchanges involve the speakers engaging with each other.

Students also come to understand that learning is a purposeful activity undertaken to achieve objectives that they value. It is an active process of gaining understanding and developing skills that draws on students’ prior knowledge and experiences as they shape meaning.

This topic consists of four interrelated core skills:

• reading
• writing
• oral communication
• learning.

In this Foundational English unit, Year 10 students will embark on a captivating journey into the world of narrative writing.

Throughout the unit, students will delve into the art of storytelling, honing their skills in crafting narratives that explore individual and collective experiences. By engaging with a diverse range of texts in various contexts, students will unravel the intricacies of how perspectives, identities, and concepts are shaped through language, medium, style, and text structures.