English
English in the Herald
The Herald is a rich resource for developing reading, writing, talking and listening skills across Key Learning Areas, Kindergarten to Year 12. Regular reading of the Herald will support the development of skills, knowledge and understanding for students to acquire, process, question, challenge, reformulate and evaluate information in texts from a wide variety of sources. (NSW Board of Studies, 2003, English Years 7 - 10 Syllabus)Learn more.
Speeches
Read the apology to the Forgotten Australians by the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Tuesday 17 November, 2009.Forgotten Australians speech - Kevin Rudd
Studying English with Dr. Karl
MythConceptions - Close study of non-fiction texts
MythConceptions - Integrated assessment task
Stage 3 Activities
1. English Skills and Strategies – Sentence Structure
2. English Skills and Strategies – Punctuation
3. English Skills and Strategies – Punctuation
4. English Context and Text – Photographs
5. English Skills and Strategies – Note taking
6. English Skills and Strategies – Headlines
7. English Skills and Strategies – Reading & reviewing texts
8. English Skills and Strategies – Fact & Opinion
Stage 4 Activities
English - Skills & Strategies - Script WritingEnglish - Knowledge & Understandings - Vocabulary
English - Poster Series
With The Herald front page poster pack, students can assess how major events since 1945 have been reported by the media. The ten A2 posters provide students with a unique resource to support the analysis of language forms and features, and structures of texts according to different purposes, audiences and contexts.Exploring print and visual texts in the Herald
