English K-12 Guide

English resources in the Curriculum Resources Collection support a variety of teaching areas within the Syllabus documents from Stages 1-6 of the NSW curriculum.

Copies of the Syllabuses for every stage can be found in the Curriculum Resources Collection. One copy is kept on Curriculum Reserve, one in Reference and other copies in the loan collection.

Primary English

Kindergarten to Year 6	Writing	Communication
Literacy	Reading	Text types
Grammar	Literature	Saxby Collection
Creative Writing

Kindergarten to Year 6 (Stages 1-3)

Copies of the syllabus can be found at 420.70944 9.

Copies of Work Samples and Modules will be found at the same number.

Students should be developing knowledge, skills and understandings about English language and literature. Resources to support the teaching of these skills are held in the Curriculum Resources Collection

Important skills that should be developed include:

Talking and listening

Reading

Writing

Important Information

The K-6 syllabus documents consist of the actual syllabus, student work samples and modules. It is the policy of this library to support each syllabus document to the financial limit, which often comes faster than we want.

In K-6, children learn about listening and talking, communicating with each other verbally and in writing. They should be entering into the joys of written text in all kinds of ways. Methods of applying the syllabus will be different from school to school, but all will use a number of resources which can be found in the Curriculum Resources Collection.

The Curriculum Corporation hosts information on the literacy benchmarks which contains valuable information.

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Writing:

Material on teaching writing will be found at 428.2 and 372.6. Not only are there the departmental documents, but also a number of documents related to the teaching of NSW foundation style handwriting.

Communication:

420.70944 7 is the call number for the Interim support document : communication : English key learning area. Have a browse around that area. Another area of interest will be 302.2 which will yield some other communication documents.

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Literacy:

At 420.70944 8 you can find the English K-6 literacy : interim support document for students experiencing learning difficulties.

Literacy is given major emphasis by both the NSW Government and the Federal Government. For that reason there are a number of important documents it is worthwhile to get to know. These include the Literacy 97 strategy found at 379.2409944 4. There are a number of accompanying documents related to both primary and secondary teaching. A worthwhile document is the Focus on literacy : a position paper on the teaching of literacy found at 428.00712 5 .

Literacy: Check out the NSW Dept of Education and Training's Professional Support and Curriculum Home Page for Literacy policies, support documents and teaching ideas.

State Literacy Plan 2006-2008

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Reading:

At 428.4 and 372.4 you will locate resources for teaching reading. Phonics and whole word approach will have an influence on the construction of the text. Blackline masters giving exercises on spelling, comprehension and work attack skills may also be found at these numbers. While they are the cheat's way out in some senses, they will assist with ideas for planning programmes, helping with layouts of handouts and lesson plans, and give many a casual teacher somewhere to start.

There are some useful web sites which will be worth a visit:

The Curriculum Corporation hosts a guide entitled Reading enriches learning

Text types:

This library caters to the needs of teachers from kindergarten to Year 12. There are numerous opportunities to find material which will exist in the teaching of text types. The most relevant call numbers are 428.007 and 808.042.

Grammar:

Grammar is an important component of teaching English K - 12, especially for those people assisting first phase ESL learners. The new K-6 English Syllabus features teaching of grammar which can be supported from our collection. Look in the number areas from 401, 415, 418.007, 425 and 428.

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Click here to check out a great basic guide to grammar

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Literature:

Introducing children to literature of all types is one of the best parts of being a primary teacher. The Curriculum Resources Collection has a wonderful collection of poetry, fiction, drama, and non-fiction texts demonstrating a variety of text types and literacy experiences. To locate texts teaching about literature try the number areas 807, 807.12and 807.6.

The Saxby Collection:

Some of the most wonderful texts to be found in this library are here as the result of a generous donation of books from Mr Maurice Saxby, a leading commentator on children's literature in Australia. These books have been catalogued as part of the general collection and are available for borrowing.

Creative Writing

Encourage Creative Writing in the classroom with texts such as Creating writers a creative writing manual for schools

Secondary English

Years 7-10	Years 11-12	Related Syllabuses
Important Information	Web Links	Support Documents

Years 7-10 (Stages 4-5)

Copies of the syllabus can be found at 420.712944 7 B
Drama 7 - 10 at 792.0712944 5

Teachers should provide all students with purposeful learning activities in talking,
listening, reading and writing in contexts that are of significance to them.

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Talking and listening

Reading

Writing

Literature

Mass Media

Support Documents

Guide to the Year 7-10 Syllabus

Advice on programming and assessment of Year 7-10 Syllabus

Film, Fiction and Other Texts (Years 7-10)

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Years 11-12 (Stage 6)

Students should be able to develop proficiency in, understand and value English as a means of creative and analytical thinking, interacting, expressing feelings, articulating and challenging ideas and attitudes, and acquiring and communicating social and cultural knowledge.

Copies of the current syllabus can be found at 420.712944 20.

Literary texts

Factual texts

Film and video texts

Support documents include Ideas and Strategies for HSC Extension 2 English.

An important reference site for all HSC matters is the Charles Sturt University HSC Online . The subject point for English is well worth a visit.

Resources for Postmodernism

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Related Syllabuses

Writing K-12 at 428.2 130
Drama Stage 6 at 792.0712944 10

Support Documents, and related publications can be found at similar call numbers. It is important to acquaint yourselves with the Board of Studies web site as there are no longer copies of all support documents published in hard copy.

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