Essential English

Content 

Students develop communication skills through reading, writing, listening and speaking. They will understand and interpret information, ideas and perspectives in texts from social, cultural, community, workplace and/or imagined contexts, and will respond to how the structure and language of texts vary for different audiences, purposes and contexts. When creating texts, students will consider purpose, context and audience, and apply their knowledge and understanding of accurate spelling, punctuation, syntax and conventions. 

Topics may include:

• Respond to texts
  Students locate and extract information, develop strategies for collecting and processing information, and respond to how language is used in various contexts.
• Create texts
  Students create written, oral, visual, digital and multimodal texts using appropriate language features, content and mediums for different purposes, audiences and contexts.

Assessment

Respond to texts  50% 

• Maximum 800 words or a 5 minute oral/multimodal response

Create texts 50% 

• Maximum 800 words or a 5 minute oral/multimodal response

Additional Information

To meet the SACE literacy requirement, students must achieve a C grade in 20 credits of English subjects.

Students will be enrolled in English, English Literary Studies, or Essential English based on teacher recommendations and parent approval. Teacher recommendations are based on previous achievements, PAT results, career pathways, and teacher content knowledge.