English Advanced

UNIT VALUE: 2 Unit

CATEGORY: A – Board Developed Course

YEARS AVAILABLE: 11 & 12

EXCLUSIONS: English Studies, English Standard, English EAL/D,

COMPULSORY FEES: NIL

Who should study this course?

The English Advanced course is for students who have a particular interest and ability in the subject and who desire to engage with challenging learning experiences that will enrich their personal, intellectual, academic, social and vocational lives. It is recommended that only students who are currently in 10 ENGD choose English Advanced. Please discuss your choice with your English teacher or HT Mrs Stenner.

Note: You can change to English Standard after you start but you can not move from English Standard to English Advanced after the start of the course.

Course Description

In the English Advanced Year 11 course, students explore, examine and analyse a range of texts which include prose fiction, drama, poetry, nonfiction, film, digital and media, as well as Australian texts. They explore the ways events, experiences, ideas, values and processes are represented in and through texts and analyse the ways texts reflect different attitudes and values.

In the English Advanced Year 12 course, students further strengthen their knowledge and understanding of language and literature by analysing and evaluating texts and the ways they are valued in their contexts. Students study at least four prescribed texts drawn from: Shakespearean drama; prose fiction; poetry or drama; film or media or nonfiction.

In this course, students develop their higher-order thinking skills to enhance their personal, social, educational, and vocational lives.

COURSE CONTENT

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: Transition to Senior English.

- Two additional modules: Critical Study of Literature and Narratives that Shape our World.

YEAR 12

The course has two sections:

- The HSC Common Content consists of one module Texts and Human Experiences which is common to the HSC Standard, the HSC Advanced and the HSC English Studies courses.

- Three additional modules which emphasise particular aspects of shaping meaning and representation, questions of textual integrity, ways in which texts are valued and the demonstration of the effectiveness of texts for different audiences and purposes.

Course Requirements

YEAR 11

Students are required to study:

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

- a wide range of additional related texts and textual forms.

YEAR 12

Students are required to study:

- at least four prescribed texts, one drawn from each of the following categories: Shakespearean drama; prose fiction; poetry or drama. The remaining text may be film or media or a nonfiction text or may be selected from one of the categories already used

- at least two additional prescribed texts from the list provided in Module C: The Craft of Writing

- at least one related text in the Common module: Texts and Human Experiences