Section outline

  • Kia ora welcome to 2020 English year 10's. Please bare with me over the first week or so as I get to know your names. We'll begin this term focussing on building the skillset necessary to conduct a close-reading of a visual text (film study). To build these skills we'll look at some spoken word poetry to begin.

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Use Prior Knowledge to infer meaning and predict what will happen next within a text.
    • Examine the connotation of a text.
    • Identified comprehension strategies to work on in 2020.

    Activities:

    1. See google classroom - "Responding to Unfamiliar Texts


    Introduction to High School level English:

    Studying English is different from studying many other subjects. You do need to learn some facts, such as the names of characters in your text, the structure of a play and the meaning of some terms, but your success will depend largely on: 

    • your understanding and interpretation of the material and the author’s/director’s purpose 

    • your ability to reflect that understanding and present your own perspective and viewpoint in your writing 

    • your ability to support and develop your ideas with specific examples. 


    In addition, here are some general hints you may find useful: 

    • If you do not understand some material first solution is: reread it. 

    • Go back and read the material before the troublesome section, as this may help to set the scene. If you still do not understand, email me and set a meeting or bring it up in class discussion time. Please do not leave problems until the end of the year to solve – solve them as they occur!