These print, video,
online and electronic resources are to support Texts, Traditions
and Cultures commencing in 2007.
Now to be called Literature
Note: all resources for this Course of Study
are recommendations only. Each school should decide on specific titles
for their students in consultation with their school community and
sector guidelines.
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- Early Adolescence
- Late Adolescence
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New resources will be added as they
are identified.
To locate all evaluated Texts, Traditions and Cultures resources,
click on the links below:
Teacher Resources / Student Textbooks
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The texts that form the vehicles for the content
of the English learning area include: |
- everyday texts
- informational texts
- mass media texts
- literature
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Literature includes a wide variety of
creative and imaginative writing, oral performance
and texts that contribute to an appreciation of
students' own cultural heritages and the heritages
of other cultures.
To locate suitable novels, short stories, nonfiction
narratives and other resources in the Resource Bank
there are a number of searches you may use: |
- Which Book?
This page on the CMIS website links to reviews
and bibliographic details of books taken from
the CMIS publication Fiction Focus: New Titles
For Teenagers.
These reviews are written by English teachers,
teacher librarians or other professionals in
the field of children's literature.
- For an more extensive search:
- Fiction [Choose Late Adolescence and/or Early
Adolescence]
These searches will find an extensive collection
of novels, picture books, audio books, videos
and supporting websites.
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NOTE: Titles found by all of the above
searches are generally not more than ten years old.
NOTE: for more help with searches go to:
CMIS
Resource Bank Help Pages.
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This project was made possible by
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