Year 9 2026 Electives Handbook

Electives available for Year 9 students in 2026

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.

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