English Standard

UNIT VALUE: 2 Unit

CATEGORY: A – Board Developed Course

YEARS AVAILABLE: 11 & 12

EXCLUSIONS: English Studies, English Advanced, English EAL/D, English Extension

COMPULSORY FEES: NIL

Who should choose this course?

If you considering university as an option, even if it is a remote idea then you should choose English Standard, unless you are choosing English Advanced. Talk with your English teacher or HT Mrs Stenner for advice on what course would suit you.

Course Description

In the English Standard Year 11 course, 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.

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: 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 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 demonstration of the effectiveness of texts for different audiences and purposes.

Course Requirements

Year 11

Students are required to study:

- one complex multimodal or digital text in Module A (this may include the study of film)

- one substantial literary print text in Module B, for example prose fiction, drama or a poetry text, which may constitute a selection of poems from the work of one poet

- 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 three types of prescribed text, one drawn from each of the following categories: prose fiction; poetry or drama; film or media or nonfiction texts

- 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.