English Advanced – Year 12 – Module A – Textual conversations
Support materials were developed by NSW public school teachers as part of the Stage 6 mEsh project where 62 teachers led writing teams (over 150 teachers) across NSW.
Teacher advice
The Stage 6 phases project has been developed to support teachers in the structuring of teaching and learning activities for Stage 6 units. In the typical eight-week timeframe of a unit, a teacher may employ a range of these phases in order to meet outcomes, cover content and prepare for assessment.
The term ‘phase’ helps to focus planning by identifying the specific purpose of each section within a teaching program. The phases are closely aligned to the English textual concept ‘learning processes’ of understanding, engaging personally, connecting, engaging critically, experimenting, and reflecting. As such each phase focuses teacher and student attention onto the learning intentions of each sequence of lessons.
Each phase lesson sequence is structured as a case study utilising a module and a prescribed text. However, the teaching and learning activities within the case study could be easily adapted to any Stage 6 unit.
Teachers can adapt the following units of work as required.
- Hag-Seed and The Tempest: Sample lesson sequence (DOCX 81 KB)
- Hag-Seed and The Tempest: Sample assessment (DOCX 46 KB)
- Hag-Seed and The Tempest: Annotation of Hag-Seed (DOCX 44 KB)
- Resource 1 – Notes from the syllabus (DOCX 44 KB)
- Resource 2 – Glossary (DOCX 48 KB)
- Resource 3 – Textual conversations rubric (DOCX 46 KB)
- Resource 4 – Model of communication (DOCX 332 KB)
- Resource 5 – Scope and sequence (DOCX 46 KB)
- Resource 6 – The prologue (PPTX 353 KB)
- Resource 7 – Group analysis task (DOCX 45 KB)
- Resource 8a – Characterisation template (DOCX 43 KB)
- Resource 8b – Characterisation Miranda (DOCX 46 KB)
- Resource 9 – Critical book review (DOCX 43 KB)
- Resource 10a – The Tempest questions (DOCX 775 KB)
- Resource 10b – The Tempest questions (DOCX 838 KB)
- Resource 11 – Context activity (DOCX 45 KB)
- Resource 12 – Gonzalos golden age (DOCX 44 KB)
- Resource 13 – Personal context (DOCX 47 KB)
- Resource 14 – The Tempest summary (DOCX 110 KB)
- Resource 15 – Making connectioins (PPTX 94 KB)
- Resource 16 – Connecting motifs (DOCX 44 KB)
- Resource 17 – The death of the author (PPTX 52 KB)
- Resource 18 – The Tempest and Hag-Seed (DOCX 43 KB)
- Resource 19 – Venn diagram (DOCX 164 KB)
- Resource 20 – Postmodern playfulness (PPTX 56 KB)
- Plath and Hughes: Sample lesson sequence (DOCX 72 KB)
- Plath and Hughes: Sample assessment (DOCX 32 KB)
- Resource 1 (DOCX 37 KB)
- Resource 2 – How to annotate a poem (DOCX 35 KB)
- Resource 3 (DOCX 47 KB)
- Resource 4 – Big ideas (DOCX 39 KB)
- Resource 5 – Intro to Plath and Hughes (PPTX 269 KB)
- Resource 6 (DOCX 37 KB)
- Resource 7 (DOCX 36 KB)
- Resource 8 – Plath as a confessional poet (DOCX 39 KB)
- Resource 9 – The relationship of Plath and Hughes (PPTX 4.2 MB)
- Resource 10 – Readings from various perspectives (DOCX 38 KB)
- Resource 11 – Ariel vs birthday letters (PPTX 61 KB)
- Resource 12 – Poem guide – Nick and the Candlestick(DOCX 43 KB)
- Resource 13 – A birthday present (DOCX 36 KB)
- Resource 14 – How to write a discursive article (DOCX 36 KB)
- Resource 15 – Advice for teachers (DOCX 36 KB)
- Resource 16 (DOCX 34 KB)