Textile Materials
Fibres to fabrics: what a textile is made of and how that decides what it can do.
- Natural fibres: cotton, wool, silk, linen
- Regenerated and synthetic fibres
- Yarn structure and fabric construction
NSW Textiles Technology Years 7-10 (Stage 5, Year 9) - textile materials, design and construction, the textiles industry - expressed in Dux teaching language.
Dux tracks each dot point separately, so “I did Textiles and Design Year 9” becomes a list of specific things you can already do and specific things you have never been asked. Open a module for all of its dot points, written out.
Fibres to fabrics: what a textile is made of and how that decides what it can do.
From design brief to finished textile item, with the techniques that make it wearable or usable.
How textiles get made and sold, and what that means for workers and the environment.
A Textiles and Design Year 9 paper is not one question type repeated. Each command word asks for a different shape of answer, and each is worth a different number of marks.
| Command word | Question type | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| analyse | Short answer | 3–5 |
| describe | Short answer | 2–3 |
| evaluate | Extended response | 4–6 |
| explain | Short answer | 3–4 |
| identify | Multiple choice | 1 |
| select | Multiple choice | 1 |
Year 9 Assessment Task Shape — 50 marks, 75 minutes. Practice papers in Dux are assembled to this shape rather than invented, so the timing is training too.
Diagnostic first, then questions written in the shape this course uses. Written answers come back marked against the bands, not just scored.