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Yishun Secondary School

Literature

Discover how Literature shapes students into empathetic thinkers, critical readers, and creative communicators through rich texts and meaningful learning experiences.

Last updated on 1 September 2026
Text reading "The YSS Literature Unit" with each word in red, yellow, green, and blue colors.
EL & Literature teachers pose together in a library, five seated on stools and three standing between bookshelves.

English Language & Literature Teachers

Desired Outcomes of Literature

We aim to develop students to be:

  • Empathetic and Global Thinkers

  • Critical Readers

  • Creative Meaning Makers

  • Convincing Communicators

Empathetic and Global Thinkers

Students will learn to:

  • empathise with other people’s experiences

  • be open to appreciate multiple perspectives

  • develop global awareness through the study of texts from different parts of the world

  • reflect on their own values, perspectives and identities as they consider the impact of their beliefs and actions on society

Critical Readers

Students will learn to:

  • appreciate the aesthetic value and enjoy the nuances of language, with perceptive and questioning minds

  • read widely and independently, from a variety of genres for the appreciation of genre conventions

  • appreciate the contexts in which literary texts are written, read and understood

Creative Meaning Makers

Students will learn to:

  • embrace ambiguity and uncertainty as necessary in the meaning making process

  • actively and creatively construct their understanding and interpretation of texts

Convincing Communicators

Students will learn to:

  • demonstrate critical thinking when discussing and writing about texts

  • convince others of their interpretations, based on sound reasoning with evidence

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Table showing Literature Programme 2025 curriculum for Secondary 1 through 4, listing texts and areas of emphasis.

Photos

Students in blue and white uniforms stand in a classroom, one wearing a purple party hat, during an activity.

Drama in Secondary 1 Literature

A group of ten smiling kids posing together outdoors at what appears to be a school literature festival.

National Schools’ Literature Festival – Book Trailer Third Place Winners

A group of about 20 young people posing together indoors, several making peace signs, smiling at the camera.

Meeting with Haresh Sharma, author of Off-Centre, during the Secondary Three Literature Learning Journey

Several students in blue and white uniforms sit in a circle outdoors, writing on papers placed on a low stone table.

Sec 2 Literature Learning Journey – Writing of original haikus and counting the syllables

A student photographs a group of uniformed schoolboys seated and standing near trees with city buildings behind them.

Photo Finish on the Literature Leaning Journey