Stage 2 English

English is a 20 credit subject at Stage 2.

In English students analyse the interrelationship of author, text, and audience, with an emphasis on how language and stylistic features shape ideas and perspectives in a range of contexts. They consider social, cultural, economic, historical, and / or political perspectives in texts and their representation of human experience and the world.

Students explore how the purpose of a text is achieved through application of text conventions and stylistic choices to position the audience to respond to ideas and perspectives. They have opportunities to reflect on their personal values and those of other people by responding to aesthetic and cultural aspects of texts from the contemporary world, from the past, and from Australian and other cultures.

Content

The focus capabilities for this subject are:

• Literacy

• Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capability

• Critical and creative thinking

• Personal and social capability

• Ethical understanding

• Intercultural understanding.

Assessment

The following assessment types enable students to demonstrate their learning in Stage 2 English:

School-based Assessment                                     (70%) 

Assessment Type 1:  Responding to Texts       (30%)

Assessment Type 2: Creating Texts                 (40%)

Students complete:

• Three responses to texts

• Four created texts (one of which is a writer’s statement)

• One comparative analysis.

 External Assessment                                              (30%)

Assessment Type 3: Comparative Analysis  (30%)

Students complete a written comparative analysis of two texts and evaluate how the language features, stylistic features and conventions in these texts are used to represent ideas, perspectives and / or aspects of culture to influence audiences. These texts can be selected from one or more of the following categories:

• Extended texts

• Poetry

• Drama texts

• Film texts

• Media texts