English Standard

In the English Standard Year 11 course, students learn about language and literature by exploring and experimenting with the way events, experiences and ideas are represented in and through texts. Students study a range of texts which include prose fiction, drama, poetry, nonfiction, film, digital and media, as well as Australian texts.

In the English Standard Year 12 course, students further strengthen their knowledge and understanding of language and literature by reflecting on and demonstrating the effectiveness of texts, including their own, for different audiences and purposes. Students study at least three types of prescribed texts drawn from: prose fiction; poetry or drama; film or media or nonfiction texts.

In this course, students will consolidate their English literacy skills in order to enhance their personal, social, educational and vocational lives.

Year 11

The course has two sections:

·         Content common to the English Standard and English Advanced courses is undertaken through a unit of work called Reading to Write. Students explore texts and consolidate skills required for senior study.

·         Two additional modules: Close Study of Literature, and Contemporary Possibilities in which students explore and examine texts and analyse aspects of meaning. 

Year 12

The course has two sections:

·         The Common module Texts and Human Experiences which is common all HSC course where students analyse and explore texts that portray universal experiences.

·         Three additional modules which emphasise writing reflectively, the shaping meaning and demonstration of the effectiveness of texts for different audiences and purposes.