English advanced

Support to help you plan, program and assess the English advanced course.

English Advanced 11–12 Syllabus (2024)

The new English Advanced 11–12 Syllabus (2024)External link is to be implemented from 2026, with planning beginning in 2025. The syllabus will be taught to Year 11 from Term 1, 2026. Schools are to begin teaching year 12 in Term 4, 2026. The first HSC examination for English Advanced 11–12 Syllabus (2024) is in 2027.

These resources have been developed to support teachers in planning and programming.

Planning templates and sample documents

These documents identify key requirements for planning and enacting the English Advanced 11–12 Syllabus (2024) and text requirements.

Planning templates

These templates can be used to support teachers in their planning, programming and assessment practices.

Sample documents

These sample documents demonstrate how to use the planning templates. They can be adapted for planning, programming and assessing in a specific school context.

Sample programs and resources

Sample programs and resources for the English Advanced 11–12 Syllabus (2024) are currently in development. These samples will include teaching and learning programs, resources, sample assessments and annotated student work samples for the Year 11 ‘Reading to write: Transition to English Advanced’ focus area and the Year 12 ‘The craft of writing’ focus area.

English Advanced Stage 6 Syllabus (2017)

The English Advanced Stage 6 Syllabus (2017)External link is to be taught until implementation of the new English Advanced 11–12 Syllabus (2024)External link is implemented from 2026.

This 2025 English Advanced Stage 6 Quick Reference Guide (105.1 KB) provides an overview of support available to implement the English Advanced Stage 6 Syllabus (2017).

Teacher advice – The Stage 6 phases project has been developed to support you in the structuring of teaching and learning activities for Stage 6 units. In the typical eight-week timeframe of a unit, you 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.

You can adapt the following units of work as required.

Year 11 resources (2017)

Stories of speculation

Texts – The Handmaid's Tale (prose fiction); V for Vendetta (film)

Year 12 resources (2017)

The craft of writing

Note: There is no resource 13, 18, 19, 20 or 28.

In this lesson sequence students will construct a narrative in response to a stimulus.

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.

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