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==This wiki site provides us as a class with the opportunity to contribute our ideas in a different format. These pages (the links to which can be found down the right hand side of this page) offer opportunities for you to post your ideas and contribute in the following ways:==
 * Fairy Tales page - you can add any good links, realted texts, articles, videos, etc. about fairy tales, that you may find interesting and wish to share with your class mates.
 * Wide Reading page - allows you to post about interesting texts that you are reading/viewing outside of what we study in the classroom.

__**Preliminary English Extension 1**__
The //Board of Studies Syllabus// stipulates that we in studying the preliminary course we should complete the following:

//**Module: Texts, Culture and Value**// //Students explore the ways in which aspects of texts from the past have been appropriated into popular culture. The module develops students’ understanding of how and why cultural values are maintained and changed.//

//Students examine a key text from the past and its manifestations in one or more popular cultures. Through close study they://
 * //consider the relationships between the text and its culture//
 * //explore the language of the texts and examine the ways in which language shapes and reflects values//
 * //consider the effects of different ways of responding to texts//
 * //consider the ways and reasons the original and later manifestations of the text are valued.//

//Students also explore, analyse and critically evaluate different examples of such appropriations in a range of contexts and media, including some appropriations of their own choosing.//

//Students develop a range of imaginative, interpretive and analytical compositions, including some which explore the relationships between key texts from the past and texts in popular culture. These compositions may be realised in various forms and media. Students investigate topics and ideas, engage in independent learning activities and develop skills in sustained composition.// //- NSW English Syllabus 2010, p.80//