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Talent 100 Seminar: “Breaking down the Year 12 HSC Syllabus” Series - Advanced English

About the Presenter

Dr. Jenny WellsHead of English - Talent Mentor & Course Developer

Ph.D, BA (Hons), USYDFormerly Head of English - Ascham, PLC Croydon35+ years teaching experience

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Agenda

• What the Year 12 Adv. English Course is about• How the course is examined• General Strategy - Building a study program

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What is the Year 12 Adv. English Course about?

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Shift from Junior to Senior English: More text specific, with module specific skills

General Reading and Writing Skills

Texts and Human Experiences

(Reading and Writing Skills)

Module A: Comparative Study

Module B: Critical Study

Module C: The Craft of Writing

Paper 1 Paper 2YEAR 12YEAR 10 YEAR 11

Module B: Narratives that

Shape our World

Course

Module A: Reading to Write

Module C: Critical Study

Many schools do not do Module A- C in order - Talent runs text or school specific classes based on requirements - let us know if you want to build a class

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NESA Requirements - Advanced English

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Changes to Advanced English in 2019

Change Impact on Course Program

Restructured Modules, Changed Texts

● Reduction in set texts from 5 to 4● Focus on more challenging literary texts, with mandatory poetry/drama, prose

fiction and Shakespearean drama

Areas of Study replaced by Texts and Human Experience Module

● Common Module for all students ● One prescribed text, and one related text in assessments● Prescribed text only in Trial and HSC Examination

Harder to pre-prepare essay questions

● Challenges students to engage more deeply with texts rather than memorising essays

● Questions will focus on complex ideas and how meaning is specifically shaped in texts

Less exams - more assessments ● Max of 4 assessments in Year 12, with only one exam (capped at 30%)● Multi-modal presentation worth 15% of assessment

New Module C ● New Module entitled The Craft of Writing● Students will read at least two short prescribed texts and synthesise an

imaginative, persuasive, discursive and/or reflective piece

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How is HSC English examined?

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Assessment & Exam Structures:

Common Module: Stimulus Based Essay Question (45

min)

Mod A: (40 min - 20 marks) - Compare textual

conversations (Prescribed texts)

Paper I (40 Marks)

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Paper II (60 Marks)

Schools set their own

assessment tasks each

term

Common Module: Prescribed Text Based Essay about Human Experience (45

min)

Trials and HSC ExamsSchool Assessments

Mod B: (40 min - 20 marks) - Critique Literature (Prescribed text)

Mod C: (40 min - 20 marks) - Craft of Writing

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2019 HSC Exam - Paper 1 Common Module: Text & Human Experiences

Marked on: ability to frame a focused response of an appropriate word length which provides close

analysis of relevant examples as supporting evidence.

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“Loneliness” 1984

“Aging” Rosemary

Dobson

“Struggle” Kenneth Slessor

“Deception” Merchant of

Venice

“Love” The Crucible

“Commitment” Billy Elliot

“To what extent does the exploration of human experience in [insert selected text] invite you to reconsider your understanding of [selected experience]”

2019 HSC Exam - Paper 1 Common Module: Text & Human Experiences

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2019 HSC Exam - Paper 2: Modules A, B & C

Marked on:● Ability to address the question

within the terms of the Syllabus rubric

● Ability to sustain an argument● Ability to support points with

analysis of relevant examples

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2019 HSC Exam - Paper 2: Modules A, B & C

Marked on:● Ability to address the question● Ability to sustain an argument● Ability to provide analysis of

relevant examples

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2019 HSC Exam - Paper 2: Modules A, B & C

Marked on:● Ability to address the question● Ability to showcase impressive

writing skills in the form specified by the question

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NESA Requirements - Band Descriptions

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What is the best preparation for HSC English?

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● Many schools are failing to specifically address the requirements of Paper 1, Question 1

(Reading Task), revealing insufficient focus on the skills of close analysis

● Students finding that insufficient time is being devoted to Module C skills, content, and definition

of key terms, resulting in generalised anxiety and uncertainty about how to approach study and

practice

● The ambiguity of the requirements regarding the Related Text in the Common Module has led

to wide and diverse interpretations of how to implement the assessment, and has resulted in

diverse interpretations of definitions of the multi-modal assessment itself

Student and Teacher feedback (English)

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English Adv. - Talent’s Module Course Philosophy

Analytical Tools Scaffold an essay response Textual tables, quotes

Writing skills

Context - your prescribed text

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English Adv. - Talent’s Weekly Course Philosophy - 3 Repetitions

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English Adv. - School or Text Specific Classes Available (subject to demand)

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English Adv. - Which texts do we cover? Common Module (Term 4)

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English Adv. - Which texts do we cover? Module A Textual Conversations

Text 1 Comparative Text 2

Shakespeare, William, The Tempest Atwood, Margaret, Hag-Seed

Shakespeare, William, King Richard III Pacino, Al, Looking for Richard

Woolf, Virginia, Mrs Dalloway Daldry, Stephen, The Hours

Keats, John, The Complete Poems Campion, Jane, Bright Star

Camus, Albert, The Stranger Daoud, Kamel, The Meursault Investigation

Plath, Sylvia, Ariel Hughes, Ted, Birthday Letters

Camus, The Stranger Daoud, The Meursault Investigation

Individual resource booklets will be provided for each of the module texts.

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English Adv. - Which texts do we cover? Module B Critical Study of Literature

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English Adv. - Module C Craft of Writing

● How this is taught in schools

● The ideal approach

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Rep 1: Weekly Classes Small Groups (

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