YEARS 8 - 12 SEMESTER 1 - 2013 - UNITS - BRISBANE STATE HIGH SCHOOL - PRE-READING

This is a guide only. Unit placement changes from year to year. This is what was studied at the beginning of 2013. Most texts will be studied at some time through the year, if not in Unit 1. 

YEAR 8 2013

UNIT 1 - ADOLESCENCE

Don't Call me Ishmael - Michael Baeur - (Novel)

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YEAR 9 2013

UNIT 1 - AUSTRALIAN UNIT

TEXTS:

• Waltzing Matilda - Banjo Paterson (Poem/Song)
• Clancy of the Overflow - Banjo Paterson (Poem)
• Riding the Black Cockatoo - Denalis (Novel) - Reading Comprehension
• NAPLAN PRACTISE FOR TEST 

TASK: A SPEECH on Australia's treatment of the indigenous people.

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YEAR 10 2013

UNIT 1 - COMPARING TWO TEXTS

TEXT

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

MONOLOGUE IN A MINOR CHARACTER'S VOICE

Jasper Jones - Craig Silvey (read to compare to To Kill a Mockingbird)

TASK: IN-CLASS WRITTEN TEST COMPARATIVE ESSAY COMPARING TWO TEXTS - CHOOSE TWO CHARACTERS WHO ARE SIMILAR - eg Boo Radley and Mad Jack

Check out my 'cloud' above, with both texts compared.

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YEAR 11 2013

TEXTS

Documentaries - The Tall Man, Bra Boys etc. (Australian documentaries)

TASK: FEATURE ARTICLE ON THE CODES AND CONVENTIONS OF THE DOCUMENTARY AND HOW THEY POSITION THE VIEWER TO ACCEPT A POINT OF VIEW.

Begin THE CRUCIBLE - ARTHUR MILLER (PLAY) 

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YEAR 12 2013

TEXTS

The Metamorphisis - Frank Kafka - (Novel)

TASK: SPEECH ON 'TRANSFORMATIONS' 'CHANGING' 

The Importance of Being Ernest - Oscar Wilde - (Play)

TASK: PERSUASIVE ESSAY ON SATIRICAL TEXTS - COMPARISON of novels, essays on satire (see 'Satire' in my cloud above.)