English / Year 9 / Literature / Examining literature

Curriculum content descriptions

Analyse texts from familiar and unfamiliar contexts, and discuss and evaluate their content and the appeal of an individual author’s literary style (ACELT1636)

Elaborations
  • comparing texts created by the same author to determine literary style, assessing its appeal and presenting this comparison to others
  • examining how different authors make use of devices like myth, icons and imagery and evaluating the effect of these choices on audiences
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
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Literary styles,  Reviewing (Texts)

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Many hip hop artists have expressed concerns about the world through their music. The Northern Territory's Kylie Sambo is no exception. Listen to her protest against the construction of a nuclear waste dump on her people's lands in Muckaty, near Tennant Creek. Could you write or record a story about yourself and/or your ...