English EAL/D
Support to help you plan, program and assess the English EAL/D course.
The department is supporting teachers to engage with and plan for the enactment of the new senior English syllabuses developed by NESA as part of the NSW Curriculum Reform. This page includes support resources for teachers and leaders:
- enacting the English EAL/D Stage 6 Syllabus (2017)
- planning for engagement and 2026 enactment of the new English EAL/D 11–12 Syllabus (2024)
- further resources are currently in development and will be released progressively throughout 2025 and 2026.
English EAL/D 11–12 Syllabus (2024)
The new English EAL/D 11–12 Syllabus (2024) 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 EAL/D 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 EAL/D 11–12 Syllabus (2024) and text requirements.
Planning templates
These templates can be used to support teachers in their planning, programming and assessment practices.
- Syllabus requirements planner template – English EAL/D Year 11–12 (DOCX 3.2 MB)
- Scope and sequence template – English EAL/D Year 11–12 (DOCX 3.1 MB)
- Assessment schedule template – English EAL/D Year 11–12 (DOCX 3.1 MB)
- English teaching and learning unit evaluation tool – Stage 6 (DOCX 4.2 MB)
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 syllabus requirements planner – English EAL/D Year 11–12 (DOCX 3.8 MB)
- Sample scope and sequence – English EAL/D Year 11–12 (DOCX 3.1 MB)
- Sample assessment schedule – English EAL/D Year 11–12 (DOCX 3.1 MB)
Sample programs and resources
These sample programs and resources are designed to support enacting the English EAL/D 11–12 Syllabus (2024). These samples include a teaching and learning program, resources, sample assessment and annotated student work samples for the Year 11 'Reading to write: Transition to English EAL/D' focus area.
Resources for the Year 12 'Language, identity and culture' focus area are in development.
The following program, resources and supporting slide decks are for the program ‘Reading to write: Transition to English EAL/D’ – 11.1.
- Assessment – 11.1 (DOCX 4.9 MB)
- Student assessment samples – 11.1 (DOCX 4.2 MB)
- Core formative tasks – 11.1 (DOCX 4.2 MB)
- Core texts – 11.1 (DOCX 4.2 MB)
- Program – 11.1 (DOCX 4.2 MB)
- Resources and activities – 11.1 (DOCX 6 MB)
- Phase 2 – Reflective writing – 11.1 (PPTX 1.7 MB)
- Phase 2 – In conversation – Dalton – 11.1 (PPTX 10.6 MB)
- Phase 3a – Text annotations – Dalton – 11.1 (PPTX 4.6 MB)
- Phase 3b – Text annotations – O’Neill – 11.1 (PPTX 28.7 MB)
- Phase 3b – O’Neill – exploring writing – 11.1 (PPTX 2.8 MB)
- Phase 3b – In conversation – O’Neill – 11.1 (PPTX 4.4 MB)
- Podcasts – In conversation with Trent Dalton
- Podcasts – In conversation with Lillian O'Neill
- Outcomes tracker – 11.1 (XLSX 41 KB)
English EAL/D Stage 6 Syllabus (2017)
The English EAL/D Stage 6 Syllabus (2017) is to be taught until implementation of the new English EAL/D 11–12 Syllabus (2024) is implemented from 2026.
This 2025 English EAL/D Stage 6 Quick Reference Guide (108.6 KB) provides an overview of support available to implement the English EAL/D Stage 6 Syllabus (2017).
Units and resources designed for English EAL/D Stage 6 Syllabus (2017) that can be adapted to suit the individual needs of your students.
Scope and sequence and syllabus requirements planner
- Year 11 and 12 English EAL/D scope and sequence (DOCX 45 KB)
- Stage 6 English EAL/D syllabus requirements planning template (DOCX 4.34 MB)
Teachers can adapt the following units of work as required.
Year 11 resources (2017)
Displacement
- Displacement: Sample lesson sequence (DOCX 85 KB)
- Displacement: Sample assessment (DOCX 49 KB)
- Resource 1 – Wide reading journal scaffold (DOCX 70 KB)
- Resource 2 – Displacement definition (DOCX 52 KB)
- Resource 3 – What does it mean to be a refugee (DOCX 54 KB)
- Resource 4 – Reading visual texts (DOCX 3.5 MB)
Year 12 resources (2017)
Past the Shallows
- Past the shallows: Sample unit rationale and assessment outline (DOCX 52 KB)
- Past the shallows: Sample lesson sequence (DOCX 52 KB)
- Past the shallows: Sample assessment (DOCX 47 KB)
- Resource 1 – Human experiences in texts (DOCX 45 MB)
- Resource 2 – Section summaries (DOCX 49 MB)
- Resource 3 – Focus on writing (DOCX 44 MB)
- Resource 4 – Creative writing (DOCX 43 MB)
- Resource 5 – Casting notice (DOCX 45 MB)
- Resource 6 – Discover southeast Tasmania (DOCX 43 MB)
- Resource 7 – Setting (DOCX 49 MB)
- Resource 8 – Plot dualities (DOCX 54 MB)
- Resource 9 – Inquest task (DOCX 46 MB)
- Resource 10 – Importance of sea (DOCX 61 MB)
- Resource 11 – Family counselling session (DOCX 44 MB)
Starter unit and resources
Contemporary Asian Australian poets
- Sample lesson sequence (DOCX 52KB)
- Sample scope and sequence (DOCX 45 KB)
- Resource 1 – I am (DOCX 62 KB)
- Resource 2 – Module b overview (DOCX 44 KB)
- Resource 3 – Defining key terms (DOCX 45 KB)
- Resource 4 – Suggested related materials (DOCX 45 KB)
- Resource 5 – Supporting materials (DOCX 47 KB)
- Resource 6 – The double man (DOCX 46 KB)
- Resource 7 – Translucent jade (DOCX 44 KB)
- Resource 8 – Translucent jade activities (DOCX 47 KB)
- Resource 9 – My hakka grandmother (DOCX 45 KB)
- Resource 10 – This is where it begins (DOCX 44 KB)
- Resource 11 – This is where it begins activity (DOCX 46 KB)
- Resource 12 – Circular breathing (DOCX 45 KB)
- Resource 13 – Some new perspectives (DOCX 44 KB)
- Resource 14 – Assessment task (DOCX 47 KB)
- Resource 15 – Possible assessment ideas (DOCX 43 KB)
Resources
- Glossary of key terms (DOCX 44 KB)
- Hyperlinks (DOCX 36 KB)
- Language identity and culture approaches (DOCX 62 KB)
- Overview and definitions (DOCX 41 KB)
- Petal scaffold on Benang (DOCX 42 KB)
- Taste like Australia vernacular worksheet (DOCX 37 KB)
- TedX talk Tui (DOCX 40 KB)
- What is culture mindmap (DOCX 35 KB)
- Starter unit (DOCX 65 KB)
- Resource 1 – The Truman Show - character map (DOCX 35 KB)
- Resource 2 – The Truman Show - film techniques worksheet (DOCX 38 KB)
- Resource 3 – Emma Jones feature article (DOCX 41 KB)
- Resource 4 – Emma Jones interview (DOCX 38 KB)
- Resource 5 – Emma Jones Poetry (DOCX 35 KB)
- Resource 6 – Fahrenheit 451 - book review (DOCX 42 KB)
- Resource 7 – Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury listening grid (DOCX 46 KB)
- Resource 8 – Module c hyperlinks (DOCX 37 KB)
- Resource 8 – Poetic devices (DOCX 38 KB)
- Sample department assessment schedule (DOCX 37 KB)
- Sample department listening paper (DOCX 41 KB)
- Sample department marking criteria listening paper (DOCX 40KB)
- Sample department paper 1 (DOCX 42KB)
- Sample department paper 1 marking criteria with answers (DOCX 45KB)
- Sample department paper 1 stimulus booklet (DOCX 42KB)
- Sample department paper 2 (DOCX 43KB)
- Sample department paper 2 marking criteria with answers (DOCX 39KB)
- Sample department scope and sequence (DOCX 43KB)