Year 10 English – Term 3 (WA Curriculum): Media Literacy and Digital Communication

What this unit covers

In Term 3, Year 10 English in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Media Literacy and Digital Communication”.

Students develop critical literacy skills by analyzing text representations, experimenting with spelling for effect, and creating digital texts for diverse audiences.

Lesson sequence (30 lessons)

The unit breaks down into the following lesson-by-lesson sequence — each title below is a teachable lesson, in order:

1. Exploring Conventional Spelling Rules and Patterns
2. Identifying Stereotypes in Australian Media Representations
3. Introduction to Digital Text Creation Tools
4. Analyzing Deliberate Spelling Variations in Advertising
5. Examining How Context Shapes Media Representations
6. Creating Audio Content for Different Audiences
7. Understanding 'Sensational Spelling' in Popular Culture
8. Deconstructing Representations of Australian Identity
9. Designing Digital Playlists with Purpose
10. Manipulating Spelling for Creative and Commercial Effects
11. Analyzing Bias in News Media Representations
12. Adapting Digital Features for Target Audiences
13. Exploring Non-Standard Spelling in Social Media
14. Comparing International vs Local Media Representations
15. Creating Podcast Interviews for Teenage Audiences
16. Using Wordplay and Alternative Spelling in Creative Writing
17. Investigating Representations of Gender in Popular Media
18. Experimenting with Digital Audio Editing Techniques
19. Analyzing Brand Names and Unconventional Spelling Choices
20. Examining How Historical Context Influences Text Representation
21. Creating Podcast Interviews for Adult Audiences
22. Developing Spelling Strategies for Academic Writing
23. Evaluating Representations of Social Issues in Film and TV
24. Writing Rationales for Digital Text Design Choices
25. Creating Text-Based Spelling Games and Puzzles
26. Analyzing Representation of Place in Tourism Media
27. Producing Multi-Modal Digital Presentations
28. Reviewing Spelling Conventions Across Text Types
29. Comparing Representations Across Different Media Formats
30. Final Project: Creating and Justifying a Digital Media Campaign

Curriculum codes in this unit

Content codes:

Reading the codes: WA codes (the ones starting with WA) pack the year level, learning area, strand and content number into one string, while the national Australian Curriculum v9 uses a different anatomy that starts with AC9 — same content family, different labels. Our complete WA Curriculum guide decodes both, character by character.

Planning notes for Term 3

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 3 runs from Monday 20 July to Friday 25 September — 10 weeks for WA public schools. With 30 lessons in this unit, that leaves breathing room for assessment, moderation and the weeks that disappear to carnivals, camps and public holidays — plan the assessable work to land two to three weeks before the end of term rather than in the final week.