English |
Stage 6 Information 2009 |
[2 units of English are compulsory for all students in Years 11 and 12]
PRELIMINARY COURSE : The first three terms of Year 11 are called the Preliminary Course. The HSC Course commences at the beginning of 4th Term.
Within the Preliminary Course three English Courses offered:
Preliminary Standard English (2 units)
Preliminary Advanced English (2 units)
Preliminary Extension English (1 unit)
THE STANDARD ENGLISH COURSE is the normal course intended for the majority of students. At present about two-thirds of the students in NSW take this course. Although it follows the same structure as the Advanced course, it is less intensive, it provides more opportunity to improve skills in written expression, and it includes more modern literature.
THE ADVANCED ENGLISH COURSE is intended for the minority of students who have highly developed skills in comprehension and written expression and who have a demonstrated record of success in coping with the study of difficult works of literature. To be eligible for this course it is highly desirable that students have achieved an A or B Award for English in the School Certificate.
THE EXTENSION ENGLISH COURSE provides an optional extra one unit of English for gifted Advanced students who would like to undertake an additional specialised study in English – Student at Redfield College examine the module on "Romantisism"
Both the Standard and Advanced courses have a common section called the Area of Study.
This is the study of a major theme or issue in human experience which is studied through a variety of texts. In 2009 the Area of Study will be Journey.
Students in BOTH courses will study the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – M. Twain, alongside a variety of related texts associated with the theme of Physical Journeys.
Students will also study the Language Text Language Context and Meaning – L Hough as well as excerpts from Physical Journeys – The Learning Curve.
The other texts for study in each of the courses are as follows:
PHSC STANDARD ENGLISH:
Film: Ordinary People
Drama: Death of a Salesman
Poetry: selected poems of the Australian poet Kenneth Slessor.
PHSC ADVANCED ENGLISH:
Film: The Terminal - Spielberg
Drama: William Shakespeare: Henry IV (Part 1)
Poetry: Selected poems of Robert Browning and/or selected poems by poets of the Romantic Era.
HSC STANDARD ENGLISH:
Area of Study ‘Belonging’
Drama: AOS, The Crucible – A Miller
Module A Experience through Language Elective 2 Distinctively Visual.
§ Prose Fiction: Henry Lawson selected stories: ‘The Drover’s Wife,’ ‘In a Dry Season,’ ‘The Loaded Dog,’ ‘Joe Wilson’s Courtship.’
Module B Close Study of Text
§ Film: Witness – Peter Weir
Module C Texts and Society Elective 2 into the World.
§ Poetry: selected poems by William Blake, Songs of Innocence and experience: From songs of Innocence: ‘The Ecchoing Green’, ‘The Lamb’, ‘The Chimney Sweeper’,
From songs of Experience: ‘The Chimney Sweeper’, The Sick Rose’, ‘The Tyger’, ‘London.’
HSC ADVANCED ENGLISH:
Area of Study ‘Belonging’
Non- Fiction:: Romulus My Father – Raymond Gaita
Module A Comparative Study of Text and Context – Elective 2 Texts in Time:
Prose Fiction & Film: Film: Blade Runner Ridley Scott & Prose Fiction –; Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
Module B Critical Study of Text
Poetry: Gwen Harwood, ‘Father and Child (Parts I &II); The Violets’, At Mornington,’ ‘ A valediction,’ ‘ Triste, Triste,’ ‘ The Sharpness of Death,’ ‘Mother Who Gave me Life,’
Module C Representation and Text Elective 1: Conflicting Perspectives
Drama: William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar
Proposed Text Selection 2010
HSC Advanced English
Area of Study Belonging – As You Like It - William Shakespeare
Module A: Comparative Study of Texts and Context/ Elective 2: Texts in time: Mary Shelley – Frankenstein (Prose Fiction); & Ridley Scott – ‘Blade Runner’ (Film)
Module B: Critical Study of Texts: Gwen Harwood – (Poetry);
Module C: Representation and Text/Elective 2: History and Memory: Mark Baker, The Fiftieth Gate,
HSC Standard English
Area of Study Belonging: Peter Skrzynecki, Immigrant Chronicle
Module A: Experience Through Language/Elective 2: Distinctively Visual: Henry Lawson (Prose Fiction)
Module B: Close Study of Text: Peter Weir – ‘Witness’
Module C: Texts and Society/Elective 2: Into the World: Willy Russell – Educating Rita