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English Advanced is designed for students to undertake the challenge of higher-order thinking 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.
Advanced English - Year 11
Advanced English - Year 11
For the Year 11 English Advanced course students are required to:
For the Year 11 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.
Assessments (Weightings+modes) Advanced and Standard
Assessments (Weightings+modes) Advanced and Standard
The requirements stated by NESA for the Standard and Advanced courses are the same, as follows, but the individual Assessment Tasks will vary between each course.
(Year 11) - Maximum of 3
(Year 11) - Maximum of 3
Minimum weighting 20%
Maximum weighting 40%
Only 1 may be a formal written exam - 30%
1 must be multimodal reading, writing + one other mode
HSC (Year 12) - Maximum of 4
HSC (Year 12) - Maximum of 4
Minimum weighting 10%
Maximum weighting 40%
Only 1 may be formal written exam - usually the Trial Exam
1 must focus on the ‘Craft of Writing’ (creative writing)
1 must be multimodal
An EXAM is defined as: unseen within a time frame
Should I do English Advanced?
Should I do English Advanced?
I love English and I am absolutely, definitely, aiming to go to university to study a Course that requires Advanced English
My Year 10 English teacher believes that I can cope with the demands of this course and I have an A or sound B in Y10
Shakespeare is compulsory! Yippee!
I am a skilled writer who is willing to devote time to further develop this skill
I am a confident speaker who enjoys the challenge of public speaking
I like to think critically and express my individual ideas
I am a keen reader across genres and I enjoy both the classics and contemporary literature
I am motivated and organised and understand I am going to have to complete homework and independent research regularly
I would like to do Extension 1 and perhaps Extension 2 in Y12
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