English

Content

Year 8 English focuses on developing students’ knowledge, understanding, skills and processes of speaking, listening, reading, viewing and writing with purpose, clarity and confidence within the fields of language (knowing about the English language), literature (appreciating, understanding, analysing and creating literature) and literacy (expanding the skills of English usage).

Assessment

Students complete various written, oral, and multimodal tasks to demonstrate their language skills, knowledge, and understanding, and they are assessed against the Australian curriculum achievement standards. By the end of year 8, students will demonstrate:

• Knowledge of a range of texts, including written, spoken and multimodal forms
• Reading and listening for understanding 
• Examining, responding to and creating literature
• Appropriate construction of imaginative, informative, persuasive, media and everyday texts
• Speaking and writing to demonstrate skills, knowledge and understanding
• Drafting, proof-reading and editing skills

Additional Information

Students will be enrolled in Connect English or English based on teacher recommendations and parent approval. Teacher recommendations are based on previous achievements, PAT and NAPLAN results.