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 * **__YEAR 12 STANDARD ENGLISH__**

 9.8 HSC English (Standard) Course Requirements  In the HSC English (Standard) course, students reflect on and demonstrate the effectiveness of texts for different audiences and purposes.

 __Course Requirements__  Text Requirements

 The close study of at least FOUR TYPES OF PRESCRIBED TEXT, one drawn from EACH of the following categories:  –prose fiction  –drama  –poetry  –nonfiction or film or media or multimedia texts

 PLUS a wide range of additional related texts and textual forms

 The course has **__two__** sections and the requirements listed above apply to both sections.

 **__Section 1__** Content common to the Standard and Advanced courses where students analyse and explore texts and apply skills in synthesis. The HSC common content consists of one Area of Study common to the HSC Standard and Advanced courses.

 **__Section 2__** Modules which emphasise particular aspects of shaping meaning and demonstration of the effectiveness of texts for different audiences and purposes. Students are required to choose one elective from each of Modules A, B and C.  Study in the HSC course requires close study of particular texts, supported by students’ own wide reading.

 English Stage 6 Syllabus – Standard

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> 9.9 HSC English (Standard) Course Content <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Common Content – Area of Study

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> An Area of Study is the exploration of a concept that affects our perceptions of ourselves and our world. Students explore, analyse, question and articulate the ways in which perceptions of this concept are shaped in and through a variety of texts. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> In the Area of Study, students explore and examine relationships between language and text, and interrelationships among texts. They examine closely the individual qualities of texts while considering the texts’ relationships to the wider context of the Area of Study. They synthesise ideas to clarify meaning and develop new meanings. They take into account whether aspects such as context, purpose and register, text structure, stylistic features, grammatical features and vocabulary are appropriate to the particular text. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> The Area of Study integrates the range and variety of practices students undertake in their study and use of English. It provides students with opportunities to explore, assess, analyse and experiment with: <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> •meaning conveyed, shaped, interpreted and reflected in and through texts <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> •ways texts are responded to and composed <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> •ways perspective may affect meaning and interpretation <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> •connections between and among texts <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> •how texts are influenced by other texts and contexts.

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Students’ responses to texts are supported by their own composition of, and experimentation with, imaginative and other texts. They explore ways of representing events, experiences, ideas, values and processes, and consider the ways in which changes of form and language affect meaning.

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> The Area of Study and the prescribed texts will be subject to periodic evaluation and review. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Prescribed texts are: <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> • A range of prescribed texts for the Area of Study from which at least one must be selected. This text list will be published in an English Stage 6 support document. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> In addition, students will explore texts of their own choosing relevant to the Area of Study. Students draw their chosen texts from a variety of sources, in a range of genres and media.

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> English Stage 6 Syllabus – Standard <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> MODULES and ELECTIVES

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> In the HSC course, students must choose one of the prescribed electives from EACH of the HSC Modules A, B and C. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> The electives and text list will be prescribed in an English Stage 6 support document. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Electives and texts will be subject to periodic evaluation and review. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Each module shows how content and/or texts function within it. Modules are:

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> **__Module A__** – Experience Through Language **__Module B__** – Close Study of Text **__Module C__** – Texts and Society <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Electives <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Each elective requires: <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> •the integration of the modes of reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing and representing as appropriate <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> •responding to and composing texts <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> •the integrated study of language and text <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> •examination of a variety of textual forms.

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> **Module A: Experience Through Language - Fiction - 'The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender'** <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">**Term 1 (7 Weeks)** <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> This module requires students to explore the uses of a particular aspect of language. It develops students’ awareness of language and helps them to understand how our perceptions of and relationships with others and the world are shaped in written, spoken and visual language. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Each elective in this module requires study of a prescribed text through a key aspect of language. This provides the basis for the study and use of this aspect of language in other texts, including texts drawn from students’ own experience. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Students examine particular language structures and features used in the prescribed text and in a range of situations that they encounter in their daily lives. They explore, examine and analyse how the conventions of textual forms, language modes and media shape meaning. Composition focuses on experimentation with variations of purpose, audience and form to achieve different effects. These compositions may be realised in a variety of forms and media.

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> **Module B: Close Study of Text - Poetry - Judith Wright** <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">**Term 2-3 (7 weeks)** <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> This module requires students to engage in detailed analysis of a text. It develops students’ understanding of how the ideas, forms and language of a text interact within the text and may affect those responding to it.

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> English Stage 6 Syllabus – Standard <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Each elective in this module involves close study of a single text from a list of prescribed texts. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Students engage with the text to respond imaginatively, affectively and critically. They explore and analyse particular characteristics of the text, considering how these shape meaning. They also consider the ways in which these characteristics establish the text’s distinctive qualities. Composition focuses on meaning shaped in and through the text. These compositions may be realised in a variety of forms and media.

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> **Module C: Texts and Society - Drama - Educating Rita** <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">**Term 2 (7 weeks)** <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> This module requires students to explore and analyse texts used in a specific situation. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> It assists students’ understanding of the ways that texts communicate information, ideas, <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> bodies of knowledge, attitudes and belief systems in ways particular to specific areas of <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> society. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Electives in this module are designed around a specific social context and the texts that are <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> characteristic of and valued within it. Prescribed texts will be drawn from a variety of <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> professional and social contexts. Students are also required to supplement this study with <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> texts of their own choosing related to the module. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Students explore the role of textual features in the shaping of meaning in specific contexts. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> They develop the communication skills necessary for a wide variety of personal, social, <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> historical, cultural and workplace contexts. Composition focuses on analysing and <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> experimenting with textual forms characteristic of the specific contexts. These compositions <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> may be realised in a variety of forms and media. ||