Grade 10 English
4 Seasons
Grade 10 English covers a wide range of important topics, which are as follows: letters; advertisements; argumentative essay writing; debating; unprepared speeches; prepared speeches; narrative essay writing; listening comprehension; and descriptive essay writing. Term 1 works on building your skills in a number of areas in order to ensure that you know how to read, write and analyse effectively.
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09:19Episode 1
Application Letter
Episode 1
The letter of application is like a personal sales letter for when you are applying for a job. Knowing how to use your writing skills can help in selling your personality and qualifications to your future employee.
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10:59Episode 3
Reading Comprehension
Episode 3
We break down the skills needed to successfully analyse and answer comprehension questions. We will also look at possible question types and some extra skill tips that could potentially help you further.
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10:26Episode 4
Paragraph Writing
Episode 4
Paragraphs provide a framework for organising your ideas in logical order. In this lesson we learn about how to set this clear structure to help guide your reader through your written work.
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11:05Episode 5
Character Sketch
Episode 5
A character sketch is a quick rendering of a character, in order to write a character sketch you need to ask yourself questions about your character in novels or plays.
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10:31Episode 6
Identifying a theme in a text
Episode 6
We look at ways to identify themes in literary work to draw meaning from a story.
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11:09Episode 7
Introduction to studying a drama
Episode 7
A drama is a type of literature that can be adapted to a play which can be performed in front of an audience. In this lesson we learn how to study and interpret a drama.
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09:27Episode 10
Literature summary
Episode 10
Literature is a written or spoken material which includes poetry, drama, novels and plays meant to be read. In this lesson we use the PEEL method to analyse literature.