1. VCE English – Units 1 & 2
Kambrya College 2013/2014

2. Welcome to VCE Year 11 English
Assessment tasks, SACs, Exams
Expectations of each student this year
Course outline and required texts

3. Missing SACs
SAC dates are set in advance and you will be told of them well before. Mark them in your planner.
If you are absent on a SAC day, you must provide a medical certificate and complete the SAC at the next available opportunity to get a mark.
No certificate = only a mark of S or N for that outcome, once you
have completed the SAC.

4. How to pass a unit
To successfully pass a unit (semester) you must successfully demonstrate all outcomes.
Failure of any outcome will result in failure of that unit
Studies at a VCE level require a 80% attendance rate.
UNIT ONE
UNIT TWO
Outcome One: Text response
The Book Thief
Oral Presentation
Macbeth
Outcome Two: Creating and Presenting – ‘Growing Up Asian in Australia’ (Identity and Belonging)
Outcome Two: Creating and Presenting – ‘Freedom Writers’ (Encountering Conflict)
Outcome Three: Using Language to Persuade- Language Analysis
Outcome Three: Using Language to Persuade- Language Analysis & Oral presentation

5. Unit 1 Course Content
Outcomes are set by VCAA and are set out in the VCE English Study Design
There are three outcomes
Each outcome covers an Area of Study
AoS1 – Reading and Responding
AoS2 – Creating and Presenting
AoS3-Using Language to Persuade
Introduce SACs

6. AOS1 – Reading and Responding
Identify and discuss key aspects of a set text and to construct a response in written form.
You must demonstrate the following skills:
Understanding of ideas, characters and themes
Understanding of the ways that the author constructs meaning
The structures features and conventions used by authors to construct meaning in relation to the above
Cont.

7. Demonstrating outcome 1 cont.
Strategies for preparing, constructing and supporting a response to a text in the chosen form
Show the ways that the text can be open to different interpretations
Use of appropriate metalanguage to discuss the structures and features of narrative texts
The conventions of small group and whole class discussion, including ways of developing constructive interactions and building on the ideas of others
Conventions of spelling, punctuation and syntax of Standard Australian English

8. Outcome 1 at Kambrya College
The text chosen to allow you to demonstrate outcome 1 in 2014 is Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief.
This novel explores the experiences of a young girl living in Nazi Germany during WWII.
You are required to read this book over the holidays and complete the related holiday homework.
Prepare to read your text more than once and highlight key ideas, themes and character or plot events
Liesel Meminger is only nine years old when she is taken to live with the Hubermanns, a foster family, on Himmel Street in Molching, Germany, in the late 1930s. She arrives with few possessions, but among them is The Grave Digger’s Handbook, a book that she stole from her brother’s burial place. During the years that Liesel lives with the Hubermanns, Hitler becomes more powerful, life on Himmel Street becomes more fearful, and Liesel becomes a fullfledged book thief. She rescues books from Nazi book-burnings and steals from the library of the mayor. Liesel is illiterate when she steals her fi rst book, but Hans Hubermann uses her prized books to teach her to read. This is a story of courage, friendship, love, survival, death, and grief. This is Liesel’s life on Himmel Street, told from Death’s point of view.

9. Book Thief Interview with Markus Zusak

10. AOS 2 – Creating and Presenting
Create and present texts taking account of audience, purpose and context
The chosen Context at Kambrya College is ‘Identity and Belonging’ in Semester 1 and ‘Encountering Conflict’ in Semester 2.
For this outcome, you will read a text which will help you to understand ideas of the context, and will be a basis for your own response.
You are required to write a detailed plan and a practice piece in response.

11. Outcome 2 at Kambrya College
The chosen text at Kambrya College for Semester 2 in 2012 is a collection of stories titled ‘Growing up Asian in Australia’ and the context is ‘Identity and Belonging’ this Semester.
Again, you will be responding to the text and using it as a basis for your own writing on the context.

12. AOS3 – Using Language to Persuade
Identify and discuss, either in writing and/or orally how language can be used to persuade readers and /or viewers.
To meet this outcome, you will complete an analysis of persuasive texts. This will be undertaken under exam conditions.
The issue for Unit 1 will be chosen by your teachers.

13. Meeting Outcome 3
You need to demonstrate the following skills and knowledge to meet this outcome:
Understanding point of view presented in persuasive texts
How texts work to influence readers
Examples of verbal and non-verbal language used by authors of texts to persuade readers and viewers to share the point of view/s presented
Use of appropriate metalanguage and features and conventions of spelling, punctuation and syntax of Standard Australian English

14. Unit 2 There are three Areas of Study and three outcomes in unit 2
AOS 1 is a Reading and Responding outcome
AOS 2 is a Creating and Presenting outcome
AOS 3 is Using Language to Persuade

15. AOS 1 – Reading and Responding
Discuss and analyse how texts convey ways of thinking about the characters, ideas and themes, and construct a response in written or oral form
You also need to demonstrate an understanding of the structures, features and conventions used by authors to construct meaning in a range of text types and genres, including print, non-print and multimodal texts
Strategies for identifying the point of view and values of the author of a text

16. AOS 2 – Creating and Presenting
You will be responding to the film text ‘Freedom Writers’, using this as a basis for your own writing on the context of ‘Encountering Conflict’.

17. How to meet the outcome
Understanding of features of texts that affect interpretation; for example, language, form and context
Strategies and techniques for constructing and supporting a response to a text, including knowledge of an appropriate metalanguage to discuss the structures and features of the text
The Text chosen at Kambrya College in 2014 will be Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’

18. AOS 3 Using Language to Persuade
You need to be able to identify and analyse how language is used in a persuasive text and to present a reasoned point of view in oral or written form
You will present this to your peers using a variety of modes (spoken, visual and written)

19. Skills and Knowledge- Unit 1 and 2
 An ability to explore texts in depth
An ability to comment on the ways that texts have been constructed
An understanding of the ways that texts present their main ideas and concerns to the reader
An ability to write about the texts in detail through well ordered and clear essays
An ability to work independently and to undertake independent reading and research
An ability to participate in class discussions
Good note taking skills
Good oral presentation skills
Maintaining a well organised workbook
Adherence to deadlines
Good organisational skills
An ability to understand implicit and explicit values in texts
An understanding of theme, character, plot and setting in narrative
A good understanding of persuasive techniques and their influence on an audience

20. Holiday Homework – Year 11
TASK ONE: READ the Novel for Unit 1:
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
TASK TWO: Book Thief tasks
Character summary
Short answer questions

21. How the school will help
See a teacher if you need assistance
Your first stop should always be your classroom teacher
All teachers at Kambrya work in teams and you may seek assistance from any teacher
That teacher will then inform your classroom teacher about any assistance they have given
Seek help as soon as possible if you are having difficulty understanding something

22. What you need to do
Make sure you are thoroughly organised for learning
Bring all necessary equipment: folder, book/paper, dictionary, textbook and text, resource book
Diary/calendar for due dates
Create folders for each area of Study
Take class notes in every class and for every discussion
Make sure you do all of the required class work, weekly homework and holiday homework.
Annotate your texts and highlight key quotes and passages
READ YOUR TEXTS OVER THE HOLIDAYS!!
Equipment – folder, book/paper, dictionary, textbook and text, resource book
Diary/calendar for due dates

23. What you need to do Make sure you have a quiet place to study at home
READ WIDELY – this is crucial to your success in English
Record all sources where you find and use information – there are very strict rules about using work that is not your own - plagiarism

24. What we expect from you Maximum commitment to your studies
Organisation
Exemplary behaviour in class
Attendance
Contributions to discussions
Proactive communication

25. Help from the school
Extra classes will be offered at lunchtimes on demand (once a week)
At exam times extra assistance is offered to students to help with revision
You will be given a clear timeline with the dates of class activities, SACs and exams
It is your responsibility to keep this and refer to it
If there are changes to SAC times you will be notified at least a week in advance

26. What else? You need to work hard to reach your goals
Use all of the resources available to you
What else do you think you can do?