English Advanced

Main Topics Covered

Preliminary Course

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. Students explore texts and consolidate skills required for senior study.

• Two additional modules: Critical Study of Literature, and Narratives that Shape our World in which students explore, examine and analyse the ways in which texts and contexts shape and are shaped by different attitudes and values.

HSC Course

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 where students analyse and explore texts and apply skills in synthesis.

• 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.

Particular Course Requirements:

Preliminary English (Advanced) course students are required to:

• Complete 120 indicative hours

• Complete the common module as the first unit of work

• Complete modules A and B.

• There are no prescribed texts for Year 11.

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

• The Year 11 course requires students to support their study of texts with their own wide reading.

HSC English (Advanced) course students are required to:

• Complete the Year 11 course as a prerequisite

• Complete 120 indicative hours

• Complete the common module as the first unit of work

• Complete modules A, B and C over the course.

• Students are required to closely study four prescribed texts, one drawn from each of the following categories: Shakespearean drama, prose fiction, poetry OR drama

• The remaining text may be film, media or nonfiction text or may be selected from one of the categories above.

• The selection of texts for Module C: The Craft of Writing may be drawn from any types of texts and do not contribute to the pattern of prescribed texts for the course requirements.

• Students must study ONE related text in the common module: Texts and Human Experiences.

Across Stage 6 the selection of texts must give students experience of the following:

• 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 perspectives

• Integrated modes of reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing and representing as appropriate

The components and weightings for Year 11 are mandatory.

• 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%

The components and weightings for Year 12 are mandatory.

• 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%