English Standard

Preliminary Course

Reading to Write - Transition to Senior English

Students explore a wide variety of texts and develop skills in analysis and written expression. This module is common to both the English Standard and Advanced courses. 

Contemporary Possibilities and Close Study of Literature 

These are two mandatory modules in which students explore, examine and analyse texts. They consider the ways in which texts and contexts shape and are shaped by different attitudes and values. 

HSC Course

Common Module - Texts and Human Experiences 

This module is common to English Advanced, Standard and Studies courses where students analyse and explore texts and apply skills in synthesis.

Module A - Texts Language and Culture

Module B - Close Study of Literature

Module C - The Craft of Writing

Each of the modules explore particular aspects of shaping meaning students engage and respond to and compose texts for different audiences, purposes and contexts.

The Year 11 school-based assessment program will consist of a maximum of three assessment tasks requiring students to respond in written and multi-modal formats.

Tasks will consist of analytical, creative and reflective responses and may include stimulus material and/or unseen texts. A Preliminary Examination will occur in Term 3 of the Preliminary Course. 

The Year 12 formal school-based assessment program will consist of a maximum of four assessment tasks and will require students to respond in written and multi-modal formats. Tasks will consist of analytical, creative and reflective responses and may include stimulus material and/or unseen texts.

A Trial Higher School Certificate Examination will be conducted in Term 3 of the HSC course. 

Topics, task weightings and specific requirements for each course are distributed to students via their Assessment Handbook.

The HSC examination will consist of two written examination papers worth 100 marks.

The Preliminary English (Standard) course requires:

• Students to study one complex multi-modal or digital text in Module A.

• Study one substantial literary print text in Module B, for example prose fiction, drama or a poetry text.

• Study a range of types of texts drawn from prose fiction, drama, poetry, nonfiction, film, media and digital texts.

The HSC English (Standard) course requires:

• The close study of three types of prescribed texts, one drawn from each of the following categories; prose fiction, poetry or drama, film or media or nonfiction.

• Study one related text in the Common module: Texts and Human Experiences.