CRW 5&6
The courses will encourage students to:
- Develop a deeper, more nuanced understanding of texts
- Develop a stronger understanding of written techniques and to implement more sophisticated devices
- Develop the use of questioning skills
- Extend personal knowledge
- Examine structure and organization of text/stimulus material
- Develop expression, style and mechanics in reading and writing
- Explore thought, concepts and content in greater detail
- Access adaptations of the world’s greatest literary works
- Learn about cultural and historical contexts to develop a broader understanding of the world
- Prepare for Scholarship/Selective school test
Activities will include:
- Advanced reading skills- understanding conventions of structure.
- Comprehension/vocabulary extension
- Analysis and interpretation of content
- Critical thinking
- Close exercises
- Sequencing
- Story Mapping
- Basic writing skills
- Concepts of purposes, audience and style
- Writing in a variety of text-types
CRW 8
The courses will encourage students to:
- Develop a deeper, more nuanced understanding of texts
- Develop a stronger understanding of written techniques, able to implement more sophisticated devices
- Develop the use of questioning skills
- Extend personal knowledge
- Examine structure and organization of text/stimulus material
- Develop expression, style and mechanics in reading and writing
- Explore thought and content in greater detail
- Accessible adaptations of the world’s greatest literary works
- Cultural and historical contexts for broader understanding of the world
- Prepare for Scholarship/Selective school test
Activities will include:
- Advanced reading skills- understanding conventions of structure.
- Comprehension/vocabulary extension
- Analysis and interpretation of content
- Critical thinking
- Close exercises
- Sequencing
- Story Mapping
- Basic writing skills
- Concepts of purposes, audience and style
- Writing in a variety of text-types