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English Is... English for the Australian Curriculum year 9 with eBookPLUSThe English is… series uses a creative approach to learning to inspire students to embrace the English language in all its variations and develop key skills in reading, understanding and creating. It includes structured inquiry into the big ideas or concepts that support English, underpinned by the skills needed for literate citizenship.
KEY FEATURES • Full coverage of the Australian Curriculum: English content descriptions allows students to achieve year level standards • The text is always at the centre of the learning • Differentiated activities provide all students with an entry point to the texts through a Getting started, Working through and Going further grading • Sub-unit structure allows for a dip-in, dip-out approach • Wordsmiths or mini-workshops drill down to teach key skills in a Tell me, Show me, Let me do it process • Ready to Read prepares less able readers to engage with the texts • Asian and Indigenous texts are featured along with classic, world, Australian and contemporary texts • 'Need to know' explains key terms at point of need so that students learn English's metalanguage • Language, Literature and Literacy links connect to the Australian Curriculum content descriptions • Wide variety of assessment options at the end of every unit with rubrics to guide students. English is ... English for the Australian Curriculum Year 9 and eBookPLUS is a hard-copy of the student text accompanied by eBookPLUS.
> eBookPLUS resources include:
• Access from any digital device PC/MAC/iPad/Android Tablet. • Worksheets - Word documents designed for easy customisation and editing. • Interactivities and games to reinforce and enhance student learning. • eLessons - engaging video clips and supporting material. • Weblinks to relevant support material on the internet. • ProjectsPLUS - unique ICT-based projects that provide opportunities for students to demonstrate creativity, thinking skills and teamwork.
About eBookPLUS ix
How to use this book x
Acknowledgements xii
Unit 1 Wordplay 1
Why and how is language powerful? 1
Powerful and playful words 3
Tuning in 3
1.1 Changing words 4
Where did English come from? 4
What do early forms of English look like? 4
Wordsmith . . . Loan words in English 7
How does our language re ect what we value? 8
1.2 Powerful words 13
How can words be used to persuade and promote? 13
Wordsmith . . . Creating portmanteau words 18
The language of propaganda 19
1.3 Playful words 22
How does language create humour? 22
The language of popular satire 22
The language of literary satire 26
Wordsmith . . . Writing humorously: Malapropisms and spoonerisms 29
Fighting back with words 30
Compose and create 32
Unit 2 intertextuality 35
how does intertextuality create richer reading and viewing experiences? 35
What is intertextuality? 37
Tuning in 37
2.1 sharing the content of texts 38
How do writers draw on previous ideas to create new works? 38
Intertextual links through _ lm and painting 41
Intertextuality in an artwork 43
Wordsmith . . . Ways in which texts can connect: Content 44
2.2 intertextuality and context 46
How does society and culture a_ ect intertextuality? 46
Reinventing Wonderland 46
Wordsmith . . . Ways in which texts can connect: Contexts 49
2.3 intertextuality and creators 51
How does intertextuality allow creators to bring their
perspectives together? 51
Intertextuality through parody and allusions 53
Wordsmith . . . Ways in which texts can connect: Creators 56
Compose and create 58
Unit 3 identity 61
how is identity constructed? 61
Who am I? 63
Tuning in 63
3.1 Celebrity identity 64
How does the media construct identity? 64
Images of celebrity 64
Wordsmith . . . Reading visual texts 65
Celebrity identities in photographs and articles 66
3.2 identities under threat 70
How might political and social factors a ect personal or group identity? 70
Stolen children 73
Wordsmith . . . Text features of conversations 77
3.3 Culture and identity 78
How has our collective Australian identity changed over time? 78
Multimodal stories of Australians from other lands 79
Wordsmith . . . ‘Punctuation’ in spoken language 82
The great Australian dream 83
Compose and create 88
Unit 4 imagery 91
how and why does imagery appeal? 91
What is imagery? 93
Tuning in 93
4.1 sensory images 94
How do writers use imagery to appeal to our physical senses? 94
‘Sense’ appeal 95
Wordsmith . . . Recognising sensory imagery 99
4.2 imagery and emotion 101
How do writers use imagery to evoke emotional responses? 101
Wordsmith . . . Making annotations when analysing texts 105
4.3 imagery that inspires action 107
How can imagery inspire people to take action? 107
Other views, other images 108
Imagery to make a protest 111
Wordsmith . . . Answering ‘how’ questions 114
Compose and create 116
Unit 5 interpretation 119
How do we interpret texts, and what gives texts value? 119
What does it mean to ‘interpret’? 121
Tuning in 121
5.1 open to interpretation 122
What do we mean by perspectives, interests and values? 122
Insiders and outsiders in literary classics 122
Interpreting visual texts 127
Wordsmith . . . The sentence 130
5.2 Creative interpretations 132
How can we interpret texts imaginatively? 132
Wordsmith . . . How to write cohesively 134
Damsel in distress: The Lady of Shalott 136
Interpretation through adaptation 140
5.3 Analytical interpretation 142
How do we interpret texts analytically? 142
Wordsmith . . . Writing a paragraph 145
The analytical essay 146
Compose and create 150
Unit 6 relationships in narratives 153
How and why do writers of narratives create relationships between characters? 153
A recipe for creating character 155
Tuning in 155
6.1 Characters in context 156
How do writers create a context for their characters? 156
Wordsmith . . . Showing versus telling in narrative 162
6.2 Character relationships and the plot 163
How do writers use characters to drive the story to its climax? 163
Wordsmith . . . Using character relationships to drive a plot 169
6.3 using language to create relationships 170
How does a writer bring characters to life? 170
Wordsmith . . . Writing naturalistic dialogue 174
Compose and create 176
Unit 7 Representing Ideas 179
How does language shape, reflect and represent ideas? 179
What’s the big idea? 181
Tuning in 181
7.1 Truth and reality 182
Is your truth different to my truth? 182
Representations of identity 188
Wordsmith . . . Writing a running sheet for a multimodal presentation 192
7.2 The representation of ideas that inspire 193
Whose reality is it? 193
Anzacs in film 194
Another perspective on representing Gallipoli in film 195
Wordsmith . . . Vocabulary choices: Specificity versus abstraction 200
7.3 Representing ideas and values 202
How are ideas and values represented in imaginative texts? 202
The idea of romantic love in earlier times 202
Wordsmith . . . Writing a comparative essay 204
Romantic love in contemporary times 206
Love, real and imagined 208
Compose and create 210
Projects PLUS 213
Classic character profile 214
Representing popular culture 216
Glossary 218
Subject index 220
Author/Title index 222