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
ScOT terms

Literary styles,  Reviewing (Texts)

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The Whole business with Kiffo and the Pitbull

This web page provides chapter by chapter synopses and commentary to support a study of the YA novel 'The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull'. The resource provides various activities on test analysis, essay writing, incorporating textual evidence into an analysis, report writing, key vocabulary, quizzes, and key ...