• This course  provides students who undertake English Advanced and who have completed English Extension in Year 11 with the opportunity to extend their use of language and self-expression in critical and creative ways. Through engaging with increasingly complex concepts from a range of literary contexts, students refine their understanding and appreciation of literature as the expression and construction of culture.

• Students independently pursue areas of interest with complex texts that challenge them to think critically and creatively about the way literature shapes and reflects the world. They learn to use research methodology to undertake investigation in English and develop extended compositions. Throughout the course, students explore and evaluate the meanings of texts and compare the value of texts. They investigate a range of conceptual contexts for the reading and composition of texts and explore and adopt a range of reading practices to develop awareness of the assumptions that guide interpretation and evaluation.

Students are required to: 

• Explore, investigate, experiment with and evaluate the ways texts represent and illuminate the complexity of individual and collective lives in literary worlds.

• The course has one common module, Literary Worlds (including one elective option). Students study a range of prescribed texts and are expected to independently study related texts of their own choosing. 

NESA Syllabus information – English extension

• Foster the intellectual, creative, ethical and social development of students, in particular relating to: 

  • application of knowledge, skills, understanding, values and attitudes in the fields of study they choose 

  • capacity to manage their own learning and to become flexible, independent thinkers, problem-solvers and decision-makers 

  • capacity to work collaboratively with others 

  • respect for the cultural diversity of Australian society 

  • desire to continue learning in formal or informal settings after school 

• 1 x A4 exercise book – 96 page

• 1 x A4 exercise book – 320 page

• 1x display folder

• Highlighters

• Post It Notes

• All careers require the ability to communicate effectively. 

• Extension English also allows students access to University Courses. 

• If an HSC text is performed live, we organise an excursion to attend.

• Nil.