English for CCEA KS3 Year 10 has been written to support teachers as they work to deliver the requirements of the Revised Curriculum for Northern Ireland, devised by CCEA. The aims and objectives of the Revised Curriculum have been adopted and endorsed. - A range of texts, tasks and activities is provided in both the Student and Teacher resources which can challenge and extend the knowledge, understandings and skills of language learners. - Texts have been selected to include spoken, illustrated, moving image and multi-media materials, as well as the conventional printed text. - Opportunities have been created to investigate how new technologies can act as a powerful medium for communication and a useful tool for creating new texts, presenting ideas and for carrying out research.
Introduction Learning Intentions for English Features of the book Unit
1: Voices from the past - pre-twentieth century fiction Step back in
time Changing attitudes Changing language Descriptions
Unit review Unit 2: 'The multiple meanings of here' - modern and local
poetry Imagery - metaphor, simile and personification Home
Places People Unit review Unit 3: The battle of the sexes - a
study of Shakespeare's comedy, The Taming of the Shrew The battle of
the sexes Focus on comedy The Taming of the Shrew Unit
review Unit 4: Dig that word! The history of words Finding
meanings of words How new words develop The rules of language
Modern English Languages that have been created Unit review
Unit 5: The art of travel The ingredients of travel writing Form,
purpose and audience Realism or escapism? Unit review Unit 6:
Advertisements - to buy or not to buy Print advertisements
Television advertisements Internet advertisements Unit review
Unit 7: Making a drama out of everything! Motives for writing
Plays and playwrights in Ireland Unit review Unit 8: I hear it in the
deep heart's core... Introduction Mood and tone Comparing
and contrasting poems Themes in poems And finally... Unit
review
Kate O'Hanlon, series editor, (English Adviser for SELB), Maura Johnston (Advisory Teacher SELB), Jennifer Magowan (Advisory Teacher SELB), Noreen Doran, Vanessa Goucher
