English 7-10
The focus areas for each stage support students’ growing knowledge and understanding in the areas of:
● Reading, viewing and listening to texts
● Understanding and responding to texts
● Expressing ideas and composing texts
English 7–10 builds on the foundational skills developed in the earlier years to support the growing knowledge, understanding and skills in the areas of Reading, viewing and listening to texts, Understanding and responding to texts and Expressing ideas and composing text.
Engaging with texts is central to the study of English. In Years 7–10, texts should be understood to mean any written, spoken/signed, nonverbal, visual, auditory or multimodal communication.
Students undertake essential content, and work towards course outcomes, by engaging meaningfully with a range of texts, and students study features within and between texts that can enhance their knowledge, understanding and experience of how texts represent the world.
For more information see NESA Syllabus 7-10: https://curriculum.nsw.edu.au/learning-areas/english/english-k-10-2022/overview
Renaissance Reading
In English 7-10, students follow the Renaissance Reading Program. The Renaissance Reading program, also known as Accelerated Reader (AR), is a reading management and assessment program. It is designed to encourage and monitor students' independent reading practice. Students take a computerised assessment to determine their reading level and comprehension ability. This helps to identify books that are appropriate for their individual reading levels. Students choose books from a vast library of Accelerated Reader titles, which are categorized by reading level and content. After reading a book, students take a comprehension quiz on the computer to assess their understanding of the book's content. Teachers can track students' reading progress and performance through the program's reporting and monitoring tools.
For more information on Renaissance Reading:
https://global-zone60.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/1457535
