English extension
Support to help you plan, program and assess the English extension course.
English Extension 11–12 Syllabus (2024)
The new English Extension 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 Extension 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 Extension 1 Syllabus and text requirements. Resources for the English Extension 2 Syllabus and text requirements are in development.
Planning templates
These templates can be used to support teachers in their planning, programming and assessment practices.
- Syllabus requirements planner template – English extension Year 11–12 (DOCX 3.2 MB)
- Scope and sequence template – English extension Year 11–12 (DOCX 3.1 MB)
- Assessment schedule template – English extension Year 11–12 (DOCX.3.7 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 extension Year 11–12 (DOCX 3.8 MB)
- Sample scope and sequence – English extension Year 11–12 (DOCX 3.7 MB)
- Sample assessment schedule – English extension Year 11–12 (DOCX 3.7 MB)
Sample programs and resources
Sample programs and resources for the English Extension 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 ‘Texts, culture and value’ focus area, the Year 12 Extension 1 ‘Literary worlds’ focus area and the Year 12 Extension 2 ‘Author and authority’ focus area.
English Extension Stage 6 Syllabus (2017)
The English Extension Stage 6 Syllabus (2017)External link is to be taught until implementation of the new English Extension 11–12 Syllabus (2024)External link is implemented from 2026.
This 2025 English Extension Stage 6 Quick Reference Guide (109.1 KB) provides an overview of support available to implement the English Extension Stage 6 syllabus (2017).
This guide helps deepen students understanding of the exam structure and helps them understand what resources are available to support.
Year 11 resources (2017)
You can adapt the following units as required.
Created in 2021 to support the development of research skills in English extension.
Module – Texts, culture and value
- Texts cultures and values – developing research skills lesson sequence – teacher resource (DOCX 105KB) – This document supports teachers to develop the student research skills required for English extension.
- Texts cultures and values – developing research skills lesson sequence – student resource (DOCX 108KB) – This document supports the lesson sequence for developing student research skills in English extension.
- Power and morality the ambiguity of evil unit (DOCX 71.57 KB)
- Sample assessment 1 creative writing (DOCX 834.11 KB)
- Sample assessment 2 multimodal presentation (DOCX 51.93 KB)
- Sample assessment 3 yearly examination (DOCX 51.27 KB)
- Browning resource 1 (DOCX 43.05 KB)
- Browning resource 2 (DOCX 45.23 KB)
- Browning resource 3 (DOCX 44.31 KB)
- Browning resource 4 (DOCX 44.75 KB)
- Browning resource 5 (DOCX 46.92 KB)
- General resource 1 (PPTX 592.16 KB)
- General resource 2 (DOCX 56.05 KB)
- General resource 3 (DOCX 43.01 KB)
- General resource 4 (DOCX 46.14 KB)
- General resource 5 (DOCX 44.48 KB)
- House of cards resource 1 (DOCX 44.69 KB)
- House of cards resource 2 (DOCX 44.43 KB)
- The prince question resource 1 (DOCX 45.83 KB)
Year 12 resources (2017)
You can adapt the following units as required.