English – Activities
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| Midway through Stage 5 (end of Year 9) |
End of Stage 5 (end of Year 10) |
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Students view and write a review on a film of their own choosing for a teenage magazine. View... | 7 | 12 | |
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Students view the first 20 minutes of a film and write an analysis evaluating the effectiveness of the director's cinematography. View... | 5 | 8 | |
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Students write two letters to the editor of a newspaper giving opposing points of view on the issue of genetically modified food. View... | 10 | ||
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Students use information to write a reconstruction of events from the perspective of a character. View... | 5 | ||
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Students interpret a character from a visual portrait and prepare a 2-3 minute dramatic monologue as that character. View... | 2 | ||
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Students choose a popular movie and write a review for a teen magazine and a user comment for a movies website. View... | 2 | ||
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Students create an imaginative visual representation of the ideas or issues in a text or module they are studying, and write a critical, interpretive analysis. View... | 1 | ||
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Students deliver a short speech to persuade listeners to attend a new play production. View... | 2 | ||
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Students compose a persuasive text to raise public awareness about an important issue. View... | 3 | ||
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Students write a 600-word recommendation to the coordinator of English arguing for, or justifying the inclusion of, a prose fiction text in a Stage 5 English course. View... | |||
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Students write a letter to a friend and discuss the topic and text they have been studying in class. View... | |||
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Students create a representation of the play Much Ado About Nothing in a new medium that reflects their understanding of the female characters. View... | 4 | ||