Years 8/9 - Tue 7:30

Course Description

Course content: Approximately 60% essay writing, 20% creative writing, and 20% assessment support. Target level/skills: This writing class is customised for students who are already familiar with the structural requirements necessary for secondary level academic writing. Students in this class will be coached on how to incorporate more consistent and formal writing styles with an emphasis on devising clear and goal-oriented topic sentences. Further, students will be coached on how to develop and sustain logical analysis of prescribed texts. Students will be assigned weekly homework to consolidate their understanding of the content covered in class. Please note: While the writing skills do target the necessary skills set out by the NSW English curriculum, the specific themes/topics/texts covered in this course may not directly reflect or overlap with individual school content. Outcome: Students should have a more consolidated understanding of how to maintain a formal tone in their writing as well as how to compose more goal-oriented, specific topic sentences. A review test will be conducted to monitor the termly progress of the students.