Our tutors will teach Year 9 students following the Australian curriculum, ensuring they develop critical skills in reading, writing, and communication. By the end of Year 9, students interact with others and create spoken and multimodal texts, using language features and structures to shape meaning and support their ideas. They analyse a range of texts to understand how people, places, and concepts are represented and how texts respond to their contexts. Students experiment with language and structure in their writing to express ideas and perspectives, and they develop their ability to substantiate arguments with evidence.
Language:
Year 9 students learn how language shapes relationships and identities, and they explore how authors use language creatively to engage audiences. They study how text structures can be adapted for different purposes and audiences, using cohesive devices and complex sentence structures to refine their writing. They also expand their vocabulary, understanding the nuances of figurative language and technical terms to improve their expression in both written and spoken forms.
Literature:
Students engage with literature by analysing characters, settings, and themes in texts from diverse cultural, historical, and social contexts, including those by First Nations Australian authors. They explore how literary devices like symbolism, metaphor, and allegory contribute to deeper meanings in texts. Students also experiment with creating their own literary pieces, drawing on techniques from the literature they study to develop stories, poems, and plays.
Literacy:
Students practise listening and speaking in discussions, analysing how language features position audiences in spoken texts and using these skills to present their own viewpoints effectively. They evaluate how text structures and language choices shape meaning in written, visual, and digital texts. Writing tasks include crafting analytical, persuasive, and imaginative texts, focusing on organising ideas logically and using evidence to support their points. They also enhance their editing skills, ensuring accuracy in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.