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English Advanced is designed for students to undertake the challenge of higher-order thinking within the study of classical literature to enhance their personal, social, educational and vocational lives. These students apply critical and creative skills in their composition of and response to texts in order to develop their academic achievement through understanding the nature and function of complex texts.
English Advanced is designed for students to undertake the challenge of higher-order thinking within the study of classical literature to enhance their personal, social, educational and vocational lives. These students apply critical and creative skills in their composition of and response to texts in order to develop their academic achievement through understanding the nature and function of complex texts.
Course Content
Course Content
Year 11:
Common Module: Reading to Write (40 hours)
Module A: Narratives that Shape our World (40 hours)
Module B: Critical Study of Literature (40 hours)
Year 12:
Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences (30 hours)
Module A: Textual Conversations (30 hours)
Module B: Critical Study of Literature (30 hours)
Module C: The Craft of Writing (30 hours – may be studied concurrently with the Common Module and Modules A and B)
How is this work assessed
How is this work assessed
Internal Assessment
Internal Assessment
(Assessments, examinations and a multi-modal presentation that address areas of viewing and representing, listening, speaking, reading and writing):
Knowledge and understanding of course content 50%
Skills in responding to texts and communication of ideas appropriate to audience, purpose and context across all modes 50%
External Assessment:
External Assessment:
HSC Examination
How will this subject help me in the future
How will this subject help me in the future
Communication is the most basic requirement in modern Australian society in any field of study, employment or life. This is why English is the only subject that is compulsory to study for the HSC.
Students who study the English Advanced course will be well equipped for further study of English literature and related disciplines at university.
What texts will you experience in this course?
What texts will you experience in this course?
Across Stage 6 (Year 11 and 12) the selection of texts must give students experience of:
A range of types of texts inclusive of prose fiction, drama, poetry, nonfiction, film, media and digital texts.
Texts which are widely regarded as quality literature, including a range of literary texts written about intercultural experiences and the peoples and cultures of Asia
A range of Australian texts, including texts by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander authors and those that give insights into diverse experiences of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples
Texts with a wide range of cultural, social and gender perspective
Integrated modes of reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing and representing as appropriate
What does this course cost?
No subject fees but excursions where relevant. Books are loaned and replacement fees will be charged if they are not returned or have been damaged.
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