English Career Resources
Key Stage 4: Produce a media careers page for magazine/webpage
(Career Education Guidance Objectives 8, 9, 11 and 13)In this unit learners will address the following work related aims: they will:
- Identify, select and use a wide range of careers information and distinguish between objectivity and bias (8).
- Understand qualifications available post-16, and the similarities and differences between sixth form, further education (FE) and work-based training (9).
- Understand the progression routes open to them and compare critically these options and explain and justify the range of opportunities they are considering (11).
- Compare different options and select suitable ones using their own criteria and the outcomes of information, advice and guidance (13).
In addition they will have opportunities to meet learning objectives of the Framework for Secondary English at KS4 with particular emphasis on Speaking and Listening.
Speaking and Listening: pupils will explore, develop and respond to a range of skills and strategies in a variety of context, adapting language according to task, audience and purpose.
| Strands | Substrands |
|---|---|
| 1. Listening and responding | 1.1 Developing active listening skills and strategies |
| 1.2 Understanding and responding to what speakers say in formal and informal contexts | |
| 2.Speaking and Presenting | 2.1 Developing and adapting speaking skills and strategies in formal and informal contexts |
| 2.2 Using and adapting the conventions and form of spoken texts | |
| 3. Group discussion and interaction | 3.1 Developing and adapting discussion skills and strategies in formal and informal contexts |
| 3.2 Taking roles in group discussion |
They will also have opportunities to meet objectives in reading, writing and language.
Reading: pupils will engage with and respond to, a rich variety of print, electronic and multi-modal texts, developing analysis and awareness of the forms and purposes of writing, and the contexts and cultures within which they were written.
| Strands | Substrands |
|---|---|
| 5. Reading for meaning, understanding and responding to print, electronic and multi-modal texts | 5.1 Developing and adapting active reading skills and strategies |
| 5.2 Understanding and responding to ideas, viewpoints, themes and purposes in texts | |
| 5.3 Reading and engaging with a wide variety of texts |
Writing: pupils will write a wide range of texts on paper and on screen for different purposes and audiences, adapting features and techniques to create a range of effects and impact.
Language: Pupils will explore the significance of English and the variations in its use and development, and comment on how language is used across a variety of contexts and situations.