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WESTERN AUSTRALIA N CURRICULUM 2025
An integrated grammar and literacy skills program for the Western Australian Curriculum
Oxford MyEnglish 7–10 Western Australian Curriculum is an integrated print and digital resource aligned to the Western Australian Curriculum and designed to support the teaching and learning of English skills for students of all abilities, in every classroom.
The comprehensive and highly adaptable series offers students flexibility in the way they learn, and helps teachers easily integrate crucial English skills, including grammar, spelling, vocabulary, comprehension and text cohesion, into any English course.
Personalise the learning experience for each student in your classroom with the ability to access and assign work at any year level, including additional digital-only content levelled at years 5/6.
For information about how Oxford can support your teaching visit: oup.com.au/myenglish-wa.
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Students apply skills in the context of a range of topical text extracts.
Students engage with a variety of classic and contemporary text types, including First Nations texts.
Each text extract is accompanied by questions to help improve reading comprehension.
A ‘Test Yourself’ feature allows students to assess what they have learnt at regular intervals throughout the book.
Introduction boxes at the start of each unit present theory in a clear, easy-to-understand manner.
Learning intentions in every unit to direct student understanding.
Segmented into three parts and delivered in 20 highly structured units of work, students progressively develop control over English skills at a word group, sentence and wholetext level.
Comprehensive write-in workbooks are supported by an interactive digital version, allowing students to complete activities and save their answers online.
in CONTEXT 14 OXFORD MYENGLISH 8 UNIt 3 tYpES OF vERbS 15 OXFORD UNIvERSItY pRESS OXFORD UNIvERSItY pRESS 5 Why is talking to ghosts ‘no big deal’ for Catching? Context 6 Highlight all of the verbs in the extract. Share with the class how many you found. 7 Identify the type of verb in bold (action, helping, linking) in each of these clauses taken from the extract. a It was dumb to be mad at her b She rolled her eyes c as if talking to ghosts was no big deal d there was a real mystery to solve e I didn’t think twice f As long as she was inventing things 8 How would you describe the tone of the extract? What type of voice does the narrator have? Give three adjectives to describe the narrator. 9 What evidence is there that the narrator is not an ordinary human? What do you think she is? 10 Write a short paragraph to follow on from the end of the extract. Include two action verbs, two helping verbs and two linking verbs. You could describe Catching in more detail, or write about the narrator’s reaction to being seen. UNIT 3 TYPES OF VERBS Your turn 3.4 Comprehension 1 Where does the conversation in this extract take place? 2 Apart from Catching, who else can see the narrator? 3 Why does the narrator go to visit Catching? 4 List one reason why the narrator is mad at Catching. Catching Teller Crow Ambelin Kwaymullina and Ezekiel Kwaymullina Catching shouldn’t have lied to us. It was dumb to be mad at her. But I was. was mad that she’d fooled me with her story. And was mad that she hadn’t given Dad hope that there was more to this case. As long as she was inventing things, she could’ve invented something about the fire that would’ve made him think there was a real mystery to solve. That was illogical, and I knew it, but didn’t care. I stalked back into the hospital, so angry that I didn’t think twice about charging through walls and doors to get to Catching. I stormed up to the end of her bed and opened my mouth to yell at her. She looked right at me. ‘Took you long enough.’ choked on my words, producing meaningless spluttering sounds, until I finally managed to put together a sentence. ‘You can see me?’ She rolled her eyes. ‘How can you see me? No one else can except Dad!’ Catching yawned, as if talking to ghosts was no big deal. ‘My mum could see people who’d passed over.’ Which meant Catching could too. Because all the strengths of the Catching women flow down the family line and into her. (Allen & Unwin, 2018, pp. 89–90) novel Unit quiz Unit 3 /1 /1 /1 /1 /2 /1 /6 /4 /3 /6 /26 TOTAL 01_MYENG_WA_8_SW_42395_TXT_1PP.indd 14-15 23/05/24 PM
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DIGITAL RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS
f Detailed course planners and lesson plans for every unit, differentiation guidance, teaching advice and links to the curriculum.
f Inter-year links allow teachers to access and assign all resources and content from all year levels, including additional digital-only content from a Support workbook, levelled at years 5/6.
f Assessment and curriculum reports allow teachers to track and report on the progress of every student.
f Pre- and post- tests quickly gauge a student’s ability and help teachers assign appropriately levelled resources.
f NAPLAN-style language convention tests with answers to help students prepare for the national assessment.
f Answers to all workbook questions and assessment tasks.
With Teacher obook pro, teachers can also set up classes, assign work, monitor student progress and graph results. Focus on teaching – administration is taken care of!
DIGITAL RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS
f A complete digital version of the Student Workbook with search, note-taking, highlighting and bookmarking functionality.
f Interactive, auto-marked quizzes at the end of each unit help consolidate learning.
f Video tutorials provide a guide to each unit, allowing students to learn and revise content at their own pace.
f Innovative content including real-time online quizzes with live leaderboards and fun study activities.
f Integrated Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary look-up feature.
Oxford MyEnglish 7–10 Western Australian Curriculum print resources are supported by Oxford’s obook pro digital format for teachers and students. obook pro features market-leading interactive resources, enhanced assessment, and tracking and reporting functionality, all hosted on the Oxford Digital platform. We’re excited to announce a unique partnership with ClickView!
Oxford MyEnglish Western Australian Curriculum 7–10 features a range of short, engaging videos to support the teaching of English grammar and literacy skills.
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