ear 10 C L • • - •- - - - - - -- -• -- - - .-..- --•---- -- • • •• • • .... • ...·-. • • ..•• • • • •• ...•.. • •• . • • • Year 10 Curriculum Handbook 2022 Contents Overview ............................................................................................................................................. 3 ENGLISH ........................................................................................................................................... 5 MATHEMATICS .................................................................................................................................. 7 MATHEMATICS - Extension ............................................................................................................... 9 SCIENCE .......................................................................................................................................... 11 Humanities ........................................................................................................................................ 13 Dance ................................................................................................................................................ 16 Music ................................................................................................................................................. 20 HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION ................................................................................................ 25 HEALTH AND NUTRITION ............................................................................................................... 27 SPORT AND RECREATION ............................................................................................................. 29 Economics and Business .................................................................................................................. 31 Digital Technologies .......................................................................................................................... 33 FRENCH ........................................................................................................................................... 35 JAPANESE ....................................................................................................................................... 36 Visual Art ........................................................................................................................................... 38 Practical Art ....................................................................................................................................... 41 Media Art ........................................................................................................................................... 44 Industrial Technology Studies – ITN Year 10 .................................................................................... 46 Industrial Technology Studies – ITM Year 10 ................................................................................... 48 Science Maths Academy – SMA - Science ....................................................................................... 51 AFL Academy (Program of Excellence) ............................................................................................ 55 Netball Academy (Program of Excellence) ........................................................................................ 57 Dance Excellence ............................................................................................................................. 59 Drama Excellence ............................................................................................................................. 61 MUSIC ACADEMY ............................................................................................................................ 63 Year 10 Curriculum Handbook 2022 Overview Mainstream Timetable SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 English Maths Science Humanities Social Science 3 Elective Subjects Drama Dance Digital Technologies Home Economics Media Visual Art Food Studies HPE Health & Nutrition Economics and Business Sport & Prac Art Rec Japanese French Industrial Technology Industrial Technology Studies Music Graphics Manufacturing Science Math Academy SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 English Maths - SMM Science - SMS Humanities Social Science 3 Elective Subjects AFL Academy SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 English Maths Science Humanities Social Science 2 Elective Subjects AFL Year 10 Curriculum Handbook 2022 Netball Academy SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 English Maths Science Humanities Social Science 2 Elective Subjects Netball Music Academy SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 English Maths Science Humanities Social Science 2 Elective Subjects Music Dance Excellence SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 English Maths Science Humanities Social Science 2 Elective Subjects Dance Drama Excellence SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 English Maths Science Humanities Social Science 2 Elective Subjects Drama Year 10 Curriculum Handbook 2022 ENGLISH Year 10 English at Narangba Valley State High School is a carefully designed course which prepares students for either General English (ATAR) or Essential English (Applied). Throughout the year, students will read and respond to a variety of texts including a novel, poetry, plays and non-fiction texts. During the year, students will work on improving their English skills as well as practising writing in the generic structures required for years 10 to 12 English. They will develop their skills in writing, speaking, listening, reading and viewing in order to fulfil purposes that are creative, persuasive or analytical. There is still an emphasis on the explicit teaching of English skills such as grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary building; homework tasks centre on practising these to mastery level. All students are required to the homework book - “English Rules 3”. Teachers will teach the grammar, punctuation and spelling rules from these books and the students complete exercises for homework. Each week they will be tested on their spelling, the ‘English Rules 3’ worksheet is marked, and a writing-based activity related to their unit work checked. Students will need to read the set text for the unit of work being studied that term. Literacy lessons continue to occur for the first 25 minutes of the English period. These lessons address the specific abilities of each student and focus on improving comprehension, reading and writing skills. The Year 10 English Work Programme continues to be based around the integrating device of “VOICE” – the same focus for all English Programmes from Years 7 – 10 Unit Outline Assessment Summary Unit One: This unit explores the value of literature and Technique: persuasive and My Cogent Voice feature articles; their structures and entertaining language features. It investigates how Type of text: feature article authors employ aesthetic and stylistic features for effects. As well as Mode: written and visual experimenting with persuasive devices, Conditions: assignment construction of feature articles and effective literacy skills. Unit Two: This unit explores poetry and short stories, Technique: creative My Poetic Voice their structures and language features. It Type of text: short story also investigates how poets employ figurative language to create effects and Mode: written how inspiration can be taken from these Conditions: in-class exam, effects to construct imaginative writing. seen Unit Three: This unit explores a complete an in-depth Technique: analytical My Perceptive Voice study of a Shakespearean play and its key Type of text: analytical themes, characters and topics. It will also exposition investigate the features of an analytical essay; as well as, how to write responses to Mode: written essay questions about a literary text. Conditions: in-class exam, unseen This unit explores films that convey Technique: persuasive Unit Four: prominent social issues. It will also Type of text: multimodal My Ethical Voice investigate how to deconstruct the films’ presentation portrayals of social issues through text Mode: spoken structures, language features, images and vocabulary in order to create persuasive Conditions: assignment multimodal presentations that prove a film’s worth. Year 10 Curriculum Handbook 2022 English Junior School Senior School General English Essential English Post School University / Vocational Year 10 Curriculum Handbook 2022 MATHEMATICS Brief Course and Assessment outline: Year 10 Mathematics students will study units based on the Australian Curriculum. This covers the core topics of Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and Statistics and Probability as well as Finance. The course will use the proficiency strands of Fluency, Understanding, Problem Solving and Reasoning to help students engage and learn the mathematics they need. Students will access the program through a variety of learning activities involving textbooks, ICTs and faculty provided resources. Students will complete both Examinations and Problem Solving and Modelling Tasks (assignments) during this program which will allow them to show their knowledge of the Australian curriculum. Unit Outline Assessment Summary Term 1 Students will compare data sets by referring to the shapes Unit 1 of the various data displays and describe bivariate data where