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Ben & Sara

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Students explore opportunities that are offered by challenging texts to investigate complex and evocative ideas, to evaluate, emulate and employ powerful, creative and sophisticated ways to use language to make meaning, and to find enjoyment in literature.

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Year 11 - English Advanced (120 hours)
Common module: Reading to Write (40h)
Module A: Narratives that Shape our World (40h)
Module B: Critical Study of Literature (40h)

Year 12 - English Advanced (120 hours)
Common module: Texts and Human Experiences (30h)
Module A: Textual Conversations (30h)
Module B: Critical Study of Literature (30h)
Module C: The Craft of Writing (30h) Optional: This module may be studied concurrently with the common module and/or Modules A and B

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Year 11
There are no prescribed texts

Year 12
Close study of FOUR PRESCRIBED TEXTS, one drawn from EACH of the following categories: – Shakespearean drama – prose fiction – poetry OR drama – nonfiction OR film OR media OR a text from one of the categories above.

At least TWO short prescribed texts must be studied for Module C: The Craft of Writing but do not contribute to the required pattern of prescribed texts for the course.

Students must also study ONE related text in the Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences

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The external HSC examination measures student achievement in a range of syllabus outcomes.
The external examination and its marking relate to the syllabus by:
- providing clear links to syllabus outcomes
- enabling students to demonstrate the levels of achievement outlined in the
performance band descriptions
- applying marking guidelines based on criteria that relate to the quality of the response
- aligning performance in the examination each year to the standards established for the
course.

HSC exam is weighted for 50% of a student's ATAR mark

Paper 1: Common Module – Texts and Human Experiences
The time allowed is 1 hour and 30 minutes plus 10 minutes reading time.
The paper will consist of two sections.
Section I (20 marks)
There will be four to five short-answer questions.
Questions may contain parts.
Questions will be based on stimulus and/or unseen texts related to the Common Module.
At least two items will be common to English Standard.
Section II (20 marks)
There will be one question.
The question will require a sustained response based on the candidate’s prescribed text.
This question may include stimulus and/or unseen texts.
This question will be common to English Studies, English Standard and English Advanced.

Paper 2: Modules
The time allowed is 2 hours plus 5 minutes reading time.
The paper will consist of three sections.
Section I: Module A (20 marks)
There will be one question.
The question will require a sustained response based on the candidate’s prescribed texts.
This question may include a stimulus.
Section II: Module B (20 marks)
There will be one question.
The question will require a sustained response based on the candidate’s prescribed text.
This question may include a stimulus.
Section III: Module C (20 marks)
There will be one question.
The question may contain up to two parts.
The question will require an imaginative, discursive, persuasive, informative or reflective
response.
The question may require students to reflect on one or more of their prescribed texts.
This question may include a stimulus and/or unseen texts.

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Year 11
50/50 content and skills
3 assessment tasks (only one of which is an exam, one must be a multi-modal presentation)

The Year 11 formal school-based assessment program is to reflect the following requirements:
- three assessment tasks
- the minimum weighting for an individual task is 20%
- the maximum weighting for an individual task is 40%
- only one task may be a formal written examination
- one task must be a multimodal presentation enabling students to demonstrate their knowledge, understanding and skills across a range of modes.

Year 12
50/50 content and skills again
4 assessment tasks (only one of which is an exam, one must be a multi-modal presentation)

The Year 12 formal school-based assessment program is to reflect the following requirements:
- a maximum of four assessment tasks
- the minimum weighting for an individual task is 10%
- the maximum weighting for an individual task is 40%
- only one task may be a formal written examination with a maximum weighting of 30%
- Module C – The Craft of Writing must be assessed with a total weighting of 25%
- one task must be a multimodal presentation enabling students to demonstrate their
knowledge, understanding and skills across a range of modes
- assessment of the Common Module must integrate student selected related material

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Year 11

Common: Texts and Human Experiences
Narratives that Shape our World
Critical Study of Literature

Year 12

Common module: Texts and Human Experiences
Textual Conversations
Critical Study of Literature
The Craft of Writing

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Bek and Aaron

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Karly

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Harry & Liz

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- develop students creative and critical faculties and broaden their capacity for cultural understanding
- students become flexible and critical thinkers, capable of appreciating the variety of cultural heritages and differences that make up Australian society
-preparation for adult life, including the world of work as well as post-school training and education (through developing literacy and investigative skills)
- Students learn to analyse, reconsider and refine meaning

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The English Studies course is designed to provide students with opportunities to become competent, confident and engaged communicators and to study and enjoy a breadth and variety of texts in English. English Studies focuses on supporting students to refine their skills and knowledge in English and consolidate their English literacy skills to enhance their personal, educational, social and vocational lives.

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Language is the primary means by which we relate to others, and is central to the intellectual, social and emotional development of students.
Proficiency in English enables students to take their place as confident communicators, critical and imaginative thinkers, lifelong learners and informed, active participants in Australian society.

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Designed to extend students' use of language and self-expression in creative and critical ways. It is intended for students with an interest in literature and a desire to pursue specialised study of English.

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Through an independent major work, students are able to experiment with unique forms and styles in order to refine their personal voice and relate it to universal human experiences and perspectives . This course builds upon knowledge and skills explored in prior courses (Extension English 1).

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Yr 11
120 hrs: 40 hrs each for: common module, module A (contemporary possibilities), module B (close study of literature)

Yr 12
120 hrs: 30hrs each for: common module (texts and human experiences), module A (language, identity and culture), module B (close study of literature), Module C (craft of writing)

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- Mandatory common module: Texts and Human Experiences | 30 hours

- An additional 2–4 modules to be studied | 20–45 hours each

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Module A:Language and text in context
Module B: Close study of text
module C: Texts and society
Optional Teachers-developed module

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Complete 60 indicative hours
- 50 hours - Literary Wolds, with one elective option
with a study of 3 texts selected from the prescribed text list. Study two extended print texts.

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Ext 2 is structured around the composition of a Major Work. Students choose a medium from a broad selection of forms and embark on the creation of an extended piece of work.

The assessment structure is designed to assist in this process, requiring students to defend their proposal, review literature relevant to their subject matter, and critically reflect on the creative process of their composition.

There is no written exam, rather, students submit the Major Work and a reflection statement for the course’s external component.

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Yr 11 - no prescribed texts
Module A: one complex multimodial text.
Module B: one substantial literary prose text

Yr 12
Close study of THREE TYPES OF PRESCRIBED TEXTS, one drawn from EACH of the following categories:

–        prose fiction

–        poetry OR drama

–        film OR media OR nonfiction.

At least TWO short prescribed texts must be studied for Module C: The Craft of Writing but do not contribute to the required pattern of prescribed texts for the course.

Students must also study ONE related text in the Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences.

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study ONE text from the prescribed text list and one related text for the Common Module – Texts and Human Experiences.

read, view, listen to and compose a wide range of texts including print and multimodal texts

study at least one substantial print text (for example a novel, biography or drama)

study at least one substantial multimodal text (for example film or a television series).

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-Students are required to study one substantial literary text, for example film, prose fiction, drama or a poetry text, which may constitute a selection of poems from the work of one poet.
-Students must study a range of types of texts drawn from prose fiction, drama, poetry, nonfiction, film, media and digital texts.

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1 Common Module: Literary Worlds
- Teachers choose 1 Elective from 5 choices.
- Students must study 3 prescribed texts (two of which must be extended prose texts) + two related texts of their own choosing.

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There are no prescriptions for Ext 2, rather, students are expected to conduct their own research into the content and form of their Major Work

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Paper 1: Common Module – Texts and Human Experiences

The time allowed is 1 hour and 30 minutes plus 10 minutes reading time.

The paper will consist of two sections.

Section I (20 marks)

There will be five to six short-answer questions.

Questions may contain parts.

Questions will be based on stimulus and/or unseen texts related to the Common Module.

At least three items will be common to English Advanced and at least two items will be common to English Studies.

Section II (20 marks)

There will be one question.

The question will require a sustained response based on the candidate’s prescribed text.

This question may include stimulus and/or unseen texts.

This question will be common to English Studies, English Standard and English Advanced.

Paper 2: Modules

The time allowed is 2 hours plus 5 minutes reading time.

The paper will consist of three sections.

Section I: Module A (20 marks)

There will be one question.

The question will require a sustained response based on the candidate’s prescribed texts.

This question may include a stimulus.

Section II: Module B (20 marks)

There will be one question.

The question will require a sustained response based on the candidate’s prescribed text.

This question may include a stimulus.

Section III: Module C (20 marks)

There will be one question.

The question may contain up to two parts.

The question will require an imaginative, discursive, persuasive, informative or reflective response.

The question may require students to reflect on one or more of their prescribed texts.

This question may include a stimulus and/or unseen texts.

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There is no compulsory HSC external examination in English Studies. Students may choose to sit for an optional HSC examination.

Should a student seek an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR), the examination mark for English Studies will be used by the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) to calculate the ATAR. Students who do not sit for the English Studies HSC examination are not eligible for the calculation of an ATAR.

Section I: Common Module – Texts and Human Experiences (20 marks)

There will be five to six questions.

Questions may contain short-answer and objective-response parts.

Questions will be based on stimulus and/or unseen texts related to the Common Module.

Section II: Common Module – Texts and Human Experiences (20 marks)

There will be one question.

The question will require a sustained response based on the candidate’s prescribed text.

Section III: Elective modules (15 marks)

There will be one question.

The question will require a sustained response based on one of the candidate’s chosen electives using the texts studied.

Section IV: Writing Skills (15 marks)

There will be one question.

The question will require an imaginative, persuasive, informative or reflective response to stimulus and/or unseen text.

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a maximum of four assessment tasks

the minimum weighting for an individual task is 10%

the maximum weighting for an individual task is 40%

only one task may be a formal written examination with a maximum weighting of 30%

one task must be a multimodal presentation enabling students to demonstrate their knowledge, understanding and skills across a range of modes, one of which must be listening

one task must focus on the concurrent module, Module D – Focus on Writing with a minimum weighting of 25%.

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1 Written Paper worth 50 marks
(2hrs writing time + 10mins reading time)

Section I : Common Module (25 Marks)
- There will be one question in response to stimulus and/or unseen material. The question may require a critical or creative response, or both. It may be a single, sustained response, or it may be in two parts.

Section II : Elective (25 Marks)
- There will be one question, which may include stimulus. The question will require a sustained critical response based on the candidate’s prescribed texts and related texts.

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External:
Major Work, Reflection Statement

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Yr 11
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 Year 11 formal school-based assessment program is to reflect the following requirements:

three assessment tasks

the minimum weighting for an individual task is 20%

the maximum weighting for an individual task is 40%

only one task may be a formal written examination

one task must be a multimodal presentation enabling students to demonstrate their knowledge, understanding and skills across a range of modes.

Yr 12

The Year 12 formal school-based assessment program is to reflect the following requirements:

a maximum of four assessment tasks

the minimum weighting for an individual task is 10%

the maximum weighting for an individual task is 40%

only one task may be a formal written examination with a maximum weighting of 30%

Module C – The Craft of Writing must be assessed with a total weighting of 25%

one task must be a multimodal presentation enabling students to demonstrate their knowledge, understanding and skills across a range of modes

assessment of the Common Module must integrate student selected related material.

Formal examination can mirror the conditions of the HSC exam.

Module C – The Craft of Writing

Assessment of this module must provide students with the opportunity to:

demonstrate their knowledge, understanding and skills in creative writing for a range of purposes, audiences and contexts

write in forms other than an analytical or critical response to literature.

The submitted task may be assessed in a variety of ways such as on more than one short piece of writing and through a range of modes. A portfolio of work is not a requirement for this task.

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a maximum of four assessment tasks

the minimum weighting for an individual task is 10%

the maximum weighting for an individual task is 40%

one task must be a collection of classwork demonstrating student learning across the modules studied with a minimum weighting of 30%

assessment of the Common Module must integrate teacher or student selected related material

only one task may be a formal written examination with a maximum weighting of 20%.

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-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%

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YEAR 11
3 assessment tasks - the minimum - maximum weighting for individual tasks are: 20-40%.
Only one text formal written examination
Only one task multimodal presentation about the Independent Related Project - maximum weighting of 40%

Independent Related Project
- Develop independent research skills
- Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and skills of the module: Texts, Culture, and Value in a multimodal presentation
- Express understanding and skills across all modes
- Includes one mode other than reading and writing. e.g., listening, speaking, viewing and representing

YEAR 12
3 assessment tasks
One task a formal written examination
One task a creative response
One task integrates student selected related material

Creative Response
- May be realised in various forms, modes and media

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Internal:
Viva Voce, Literature Review, Critique of the Creative Process

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- Year 11: Achieving through English
- Year 12: Common Module: Texts and Human Experience

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YEAR 11

Texts, Culture and Value
Related Project

YEAR 12
Literary Worlds (Common Module)
- literary homelands
- Worlds of Upheaval
- Reimagined Worlds
- Literary Mindscapes
- Intersecting Worlds

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