Overview
Programs of study in English at Tully State High School use the National Curriculum for English. We include a very strong focus on explicitly teaching literacy basics, reading strategies, and value legible handwriting. Teaching and learning is based on the theoretical frameworks of Archer and Hughes, and Hilda Taba's curriculum design. The diagram below identifies the way the units and assessment tasks build year to year.
Staff & Facilities
The English Faculty has a balance of beginning and experienced teachers delivering the programs. The teaching of English occurs in modern, comfortable general teaching areas in the Junior and Senior Precincts.
English – Junior – 7, 8 , 9
Junior course outlines comprise four units in addition to a folio of writing completed across the semester.
Year 7 English
Topic 1 - Finding my Voice – imaginative story writing
Topic 2 - Persuasive – motivational speech
Topic 3 - Representations in Australia Literature – analytical essay
Topic 4 – Behind the lens - Film review - persuasive
Year 8 English
Topic 1 – Life Matters – reading and discussion
Topic 2 – Cultural stories – poetry – analytical essay
Topic 3 – Heroes – persuasive/ reflective essay based on non-fiction
Topic 4 - Novel study – monologue – narrative intervention
Year 9 English
Topic 1 – Finding my style – narrative writing
Topic 2 – Novel study – reflective public text
Topic 3 – Documentary study – reflective essay
Topic 4 – Play study Twelve Angry Men – multimodal persuasive on issues in text
English – Senior
10 English, Short Course in Literacy (yr 10), English Essentials, General English, Literature
Year 10 English
Topic 1 – Novel study – written narrative intervention
Topic 2 – Media – multimodal analysis
Topic 3 – War Poetry – public text – feature article
Topic 4 – Shakespeare – analytical essay
Short Course in Literacy SCIL (1 QCE point)
Topic 1 – Social issues and identity - response
Topic 2 – Social issues and identity - learning journal
Topic 3 – The Work Environment – spoken response
Topic 4 - The Work Environment – reading comprehension
English Essentials:
Topic 1 – Language that Works
Topic 2 – Human experience in texts
Topic 3 – Creating and shaping perspectives on community, local and global issues
Topic 4 – Responding to and creating popular culture texts
General English
Year 11& 12
Topic 1 – Perspectives and Representations
Topic 2 – Australia's culture through literature
Topic 3 – Conversations about issues and concepts in texts
Topic 4 – Critical and creative responses to literary texts (prescribed text list)
Literature (at present delivered through Atherton High)
Topic 1 – Introduction to literary studies
Topic 2 - Intertextuality
Topic 3 – Literature and Identity
Topic 4 - Independent Exploration