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VCE curriculum links forSenior English Skills: VCE Units 1 & 2Rex Sadler and Viv Winter

Area of study 1: Reading and responding

Units Skills and concepts Pages

1 Communicating with texts

Purpose/form/audienceContext (personal, historical, cultural, social)ValuesTransformations

1-56-13

14-1818-20

3 Poetic techniques

Imagery/Figures of speechAnalysing a poem: ‘Anthem for doomed youth’Responding to poems

40-848-51

51-5

5 Film techniques

Visual features of filmsCamera shots/Camera angles/Camera movementVisual effects, editing and soundAnalysing film techniques

81-383-9

90

91-2

6 Making language choices

StyleThe language of reviewsSatire/Irony/Euphemisms

93-101101-5

105-11

8 Elements of the novel

ContextNarrative point of view ValuesSettingCharactersConflictAnalysing a class novel

131-3133-6137-8

139-40140-2143-5145-9

11 Drama techniques

Structure of a playStage directionsSettingDialogue and characterisationCharacter viewpointsConflictThemesAnalysing a class play

188189-91192-3194-5

196-7197-202

202-5205-8

Area of study 3: Using language to persuade

Units Skills and concepts Pages

1 Communicating with texts

Purpose/form/audienceContext (personal, historical, cultural, social)ValuesTransformations

1-56-13

14-1818-20

2 Media texts Elements of compositionNews photographyAdvertising campaignsMagazinesTelevision current affairs

21-526-3030-535-738-9

3 Poetic techniques

ImageryFigures of speech

40-242-8

4 Persuasion Elements of persuasion (purpose, audience, point of view, context, tone, positioning the audience)Appeals in advertisingPersuasive language techniques (inclusive language, emotive language, connotation, comparisons, repetition, rhetorical questions, hyperbole)Evidence (types of evidence, generalisations, stereotypes, assumptions)

56-62

62-666-76

76-80

6 Making language choices

StyleThe language of reviewsSatire/Irony/EuphemismsPuns and clichés

93-101101-5

105-11112

7 Analysing issues

Issue 1: Language and genderIssue 2: Crime doesn’t always payIssue 3: What price fashion?Issue 4: Protecting wildlifeIssue 5: Digital technologyAnalysing an issue – Road rage

113-14115-16117-19120-3124-6

126-30

8 Speeches and presentations

Techniques used in speeches (emotive language, rhetorical questions, repetition, figures of speech, additional devices)Speeches that changed the world (Abraham Lincoln, Severn Suzuki, Nelson Mandela)Making speeches

150-5

156-62

162-7

Areas of study 1, 2 and 3

Units Skills and concepts Pages

12 Language basics

(A revision unit)SentencesParts of speechIncreasing your word skillsPunctuation rules

209-14215-25226-7

228-31

Area of study 2: Creating and presenting

Many units listed in Areas of study 1 and 3 include key skills and texts that are suitable for Area of study 2.

These units are listed in the first table below, followed by useful texts for each Context.

Units

1 Communicating with texts 5 Film techniques 9 Speeches and presentations

2 Media texts 6 Making language choices 10 Themes and ideas

3 Poetic techniques 8 Elements of the novel 11 Drama techniques

Exploring and presenting themes or ideas—useful texts

Units Texts Pages

10 Themes and ideas (An introduction to three popular themes/ideas)Theme 1: Personal identity‘Destiny’ from Growing up Asian in Australia‘I’m nobody. Who are you’ (Emily Dickinson)‘Fred Hollows’ dream lives on…’ (feature article)Theme 2: The individual and societyInto the Wild (John Krakauer)Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)‘Protecting endangered species’ (60 Minutes interview)Theme 3: JusticeDear America (ed Richard Edelman)‘In the negative’ (Bruce Dawe)‘One punch laws…’ (news article)

169-74

175-82

183-7

All units Most units contain texts that are relevant to other themes and ideas.

Exploring technology and communication—useful texts

Units Texts Pages

1 Communicating with texts Blog as a travel diaryCartoon about teens and technology

11-1213

2 Media texts Use of technology in advertising campaigns (‘Make it possible’ and ‘Free-range bread’)The Big Issue magazine cover (uses inter-textuality to promote technology article)60 Minutes website analysis

30-3535-738-9

6 Making language choices Online film review of The SapphiresOnline satire of MasterChef

102-3105-7

7 Analysing issues Article on advances in medical technology to identify harm done by ‘killer heels’Current affairs interview and website about using war technology to protect wildlifeOnline opinion piece on effects of digital devices

117-19 120-3124-6

10 Themes and ideas Brave New World – technology and the future 177-9

Exploring workplace communication — useful texts

Units Texts Pages

1 Communicating with texts Workplace safety posterBlog about car dealership in Delhi – cultural perspectiveAdvertisement for workplace involvement in charity (Vodaphone)

2-311-1216-17

3 Poetic techniques ‘Drifters’ (Bruce Dawe) 53-4

4 Persuasion Article on politics in hospital workplace 57-8

8 Elements of the novel Grapes of Wrath: historical perspective on workers versus landowners 137-8

10 Themes and ideas Article on the work of Fred Hollows 173-4