Year 9 Elective - Literature
Course Description
Potential assignments:
Students will have the opportunity to:
Complete Close Readings of unique texts
Developing their own creative pieces through imaginative writing
Examine poems of their choosing and explore the devices of poetic language.
This elective aligns with VCE Literature and is recommended for students who are interested in
fields such as writing, creative arts, film and television production.
Cinema Excursion
Theatre Performances
State Library
ACMI
Melbourne Museum
Guest Speakers
Potential Incursion/Excursion Opportunities
$25 (approximately, for excursions)
Subject Cost
VCE Literature
Link to VCE/VET Subjects
Mr Travis Bhandari
Contact Person
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Combining the best of teenage-focused
coming-of-age fiction, this facet of literature
has provided some of the most well-known
characters, themes, and tropes in fictional
writing. Stories, poetry, films, and novels,
(from authors including John Steinbeck,
William Golding and William Shakespeare)
will introduce students to the tropes, ideas,
emotions and interesting adventures that are
inherent in Literature based on teenage
experiences and drama, as well as coming-
of-age stories.