Course Overview

English (Advanced) is a 2 unit course designed for students to undertake the challenge of higher-order thinking to enhance their personal, social 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

Year 11

Students are required to:

study Australian and other texts;
explore a range of types of text drawn from prose fiction, drama, poetry, nonfiction, film, media and/or multimedia texts;
undertake wide reading programs involving texts and textual forms composed in and for a wide variety of contexts;
integrate the modes of reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing and representing as appropriate; and
engage in the integrated study of language and text.

Year 12

Students are required to:

analyse and evaluate texts, and the ways they are valued in their contexts.
respond to and compose a range of texts. Text Requirements include:
the close study of at least FOUR TYPES OF PRESCRIBED TEXT, one drawn from EACH of the following: Shakespearean drama; prose
fiction, drama or poetry; nonfiction or media or multimedia texts; and
a wide range of additional texts and textual forms.

Assessment

Tasks include:

Multimodal Presentation
Reading
Writing
Tests
Examinations

HSC Examination

Paper 1 - 1 hour 30 minutes (Common Module)
Paper 2 - 2 hours (Modules A, B and C)

Prerequisite Knowledge and Skills

Completion of Year 10 or its equivalent. It is expected that students achieving an A or B in Year 10 (or equivalent) would be suitable candidates for the Advanced course.

PLEASE NOTE

English is a required subject for completion of the HSC. English (Standard) satisfies this aspect of the HSC. Students completing this course will be eligible for an ATAR.