Fibres to fabrics: what a textile is made of and how that decides what it can do.
These are the statements the Textiles and Design Year 9 syllabus makes about Textile Materials. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.
Natural fibres: cotton, wool, silk, linen - Textile Materials, Year 9.
Regenerated and synthetic fibres - Textile Materials, Year 9.
Yarn structure and fabric construction - Textile Materials, Year 9.
Woven, knitted and non-woven fabrics - Textile Materials, Year 9.
Fabric properties and performance - Textile Materials, Year 9.
Dyeing and printing - Textile Materials, Year 9.
Care, laundering and durability - Textile Materials, Year 9.
Sustainability and microfibres - Textile Materials, Year 9.
Year 9 Assessment Task Shape is 50 marks in 75 minutes. Questions on Textile Materials are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones Textiles and Design Year 9 uses.
Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.
Textile Materials opens the Textiles and Design Year 9 course. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.
Dux diagnoses Textiles and Design Year 9 dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.