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Topics This year we will be covering many topics. These are also written out on the year plan, but we will be looking at: **__Year 9__**   **__3 Short Stories__**  **__4 Poems__**  **__Creative writing__ - focusing on characters and setting. __Speaking__ - formal speeches on a current news topic. __1 Film__ - 10 Things I Hate About You, (1999) Gil Junger. __1 Play__ - Romeo & Juliet, William Shakespeare. __Formal Writing__ - a letter to the editor, focusing on grammar, punctuation, spelling and debating. -We will also look at essay structure, as we will need to write some in the end of year exam. __Year 10__ __2 Novels__** **__2 Short Stories__**  **__2 Poems__**  **__Creative Writing__ - focusing on time and place. __Speaking__ - formal speeches on a current, controversial new topic. __1 Film__ - Whale Rider, (2002) Niki Caro [based on the novel by Witi Ihimaera]. __1 Play__ - The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde. __Formal Writing__ - a letter to the editor, focusing on grammar, punctuation, spelling and debating.**
 * __2 Novels__**
 * **- Letters From The Inside, John Marsden.**
 *  **- See Ya Simon, David Hill.**
 * **- It Used To Be Green Once, Patricia Grace.**
 *  **- Yellow Brick Road, Witi Ihimaera.**
 *  **- Cow Pats, Frank Sargeson.**
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**- "Being A Poet", Jenny Bornholdt.**
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> **- "God Defend New Zealand", Thomas Bracken.**
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> **- "God Save The Queen", Unkown.**
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> **- "Kevin the Kiwi", Darryn John Murphy.**
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**- The Whole of the Moon, Duncan Stuart.**
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> **- Alex, Tessa Duder.**
 * <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">**- Return From Oz, Witi Ihimaera.**
 * <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> **- Big Brother, Little Sister, Witi Ihimaera.**
 * <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">**- "No Ordiinary Sun", Hone Tuwhare.**
 * <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> **- "Hotere", Hone Tuwhare.**
 * -We will also look at essay structure, as we will need to write some in the end of year exam.**