English standard
Support to help you plan, program and assess the English standard course.
English Standard 11–12 Syllabus (2024)
The new English Standard 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 Standard 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 Standard 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 standard Year 11–12 (DOCX 2.9 MB)
- Scope and sequence template – English standard Year 11–12 (DOCX 3.1 MB)
- Assessment schedule template – English standard 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 and programming in a specific school context.
- Sample syllabus requirements planner – English standard Year 11–12 (DOCX 3.5 MB)
- Sample scope and sequence –English standard Year 11–12 (DOCX 3.1 MB)
- Sample assessment schedule – English standard Year 11–12 (DOCX 4.2 MB)
Sample programs and resources
Sample programs and resources for the English Standard 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 standard' focus area and the Year 12 'Language, identity and culture' focus area.
English Standard Stage 6 Syllabus (2017)
The English Standard Stage 6 Syllabus (2017) is to be taught until implementation of the new English Standard 11–12 Syllabus (2024) is implemented from 2026.
This 2025 English Standard Stage 6 Quick Reference Guide (103.3 KB) provides an overview of support available to implement the English Standard Stage 6 Syllabus (2017).
Year 11 resources (2017)
You can adapt the following resources as required.
You can adapt the following units of work as required.
Reading to write – the shifting nature of identity
- Shifting nature of identity – sample lesson sequence (DOCX 71.91 KB)
- Shifting nature of identity – sample assessment (DOCX 52.37 KB)
- Resource 1 – Reading writing journal (DOCX 1.09 MB)
- Resource 2 – Putuparri and the rainmakers (DOCX 43.56 KB)
- Resource 3 – Folk tales article (DOCX 43.82 KB)
- Resource 4 – Evaluation of resources (DOCX 43.27 KB)
- Resource 6 – Small world table (DOCX 44.6 KB)
- Resource 7 – Transcript of Stan Grant speech (DOCX 54.21 KB)
- Resource 8 – Remembrance Day 1999 (DOCX 44.27 KB)
- Resource 9 – Reading and reflection log (DOCX 44.41 KB)
- Resource 11 – Chapter title cards (DOCX 42.13 KB)
- Resource 13 – micro story activity (DOCX 42.97 KB)
- Resource 14 –Big World reading guide (DOCX 42.49 KB)
- Resource 16 –Identity debate (DOCX 43.72 KB)
- Resource 17 – Damaged goods activity (DOCX 43.4 KB)
- Resource 18 – Character table (DOCX 44.13 KB)
- Resource 19 – Commission story analysis (DOCX 42.55 KB)
- Resource 20 –Commission story analysis (DOCX 54.91 KB)
Reading to write
- Reading to write – sample lesson sequence (DOCX 307.11 KB)
- Reading to write – sample assessment (DOCX 57.7 KB)
- Creating voice (PPTX 743.29 KB)
- Resource 3 – Feedback ladder (DOCX 43.39 KB)
- Resource 4 – Feedforward matrix (DOCX 45.56 KB)
- Resource 5 – Reading to writing (PPTX 710.3 KB)
- Resource 6 – Creative writing planning worksheet (DOCX 43.34 KB)
- Resource 7 – Paragraph structure generic (DOCX 43.98 KB)
- Resource 8 – Extended response alarm matrix (DOCX 44.57 KB)
- Resource 12 – Point of view (PPTX 968.29 KB)
- Resource 13 – Voice version 1 (PPTX 764.53 KB)
- Resource 14 – Voice Version 2 (PPTX 757.04 KB)
- Resource 15 – Point of view (DOCX 43.88 KB)
- Resource 16 – Author point of view (DOCX 42.17 KB)
- Resource 17 – Point of view (DOCX 625.85 KB)
- Resource 18 – Voice handout (DOCX 47.15 KB)
- Resource 19 – Creating voice handout (DOCX 44.71 KB)
- Resource 20 – Style checklist (DOCX 44.41 KB)
- Resource 21 – Excerpts for style analysis (DOCX 42.92 KB)
- Resource 22 – Writing about writing style (DOCX 247.78 KB)
Power of podcasting
- Power of podcasting – sample lesson sequence (DOCX 64KB)
- Power of podcasting – sample assessment (DOCX 22KB)
- Power of podcasting – resource 1 (PPTX 4031KB)
- Power of podcasting – resource 2a (DOCX56KB)
- Power of podcasting – resource 3 (PPTX 439KB)
- Power of podcasting – resource 4a (DOCX 49KB)
- Power of podcasting – resource 5 (PPTX 1210KB)
- Power of podcasting – resource 6a (DOCX 54KB)
- Power of podcasting – resource 7 (PPTX 760KB)
- Power of podcasting – resource 8 (PPTX 888KB)
- Power of podcasting – resource 9a (DOCX 54KB)
- Power of podcasting – resource 10a (DOCX 65KB)
- Power of podcasting – resource 11a (DOCX 52KB)
- Power of podcasting – resource 12a (DOCX 82KB)
- Power of podcasting – resource 13a (DOCX 44KB)
- Power of podcasting – resource 14a (DOCX 44KB)
- Power of podcasting – resource 15a (DOCX 45KB)
- Power of podcasting – resource 16a (DOCX 54KB)
- Power of podcasting – resource 17a (DOCX 53KB)
Is the authentic true?
- Is the authentic true? – sample lesson sequence (DOCX 81KB)
- Is the authentic true? – sample assessment (DOCX 22KB)
- Is the authentic true? – resource 1 (DOCX 43KB)
- Is the authentic true? – resource 3 (DOCX 45KB)
- Is the authentic true? – resource 5 (DOCX 48KB)
- Is the authentic true? – resource 6 (DOCX 55KB)
- Is the authentic true? – resource 7 (DOCX 45KB)
- Is the authentic true? – resource 8 (DOCX 72KB)
- Is the authentic true? – resource 9 (DOCX 45KB)
- Is the authentic true? – resource 10 (DOCX 46KB)
- Is the authentic true? – resource 11 (DOCX 45KB)
- Is the authentic true? – resource 12 (DOCX 72KB)
- Is the authentic true? – resource 13 (DOCX 50KB)
- Is the authentic true? – resource 14 (DOCX 45KB)
- Is the authentic true? – resource 16 (PDF 4427KB)
- Is the authentic true? – resource 17 (DOCX 44KB)
- Is the authentic true? – resource 18 (DOCX 54KB)
- Is the authentic true? – resource 19 (DOCX 52KB)
- Is the authentic true? – resource 20 (DOCX 54KB)
- Is the authentic true? – resource 21 (DOCX 51KB)
- Is the authentic true? – resource 22 (PPTX 1542KB)
Run Lola Run and Universe Within
- Run Lola Run – sample lesson sequence (DOCX 82KB)
- Run Lola Run – sample assessment (DOCX 82KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 1 (PPTX 6909KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 2 (DOCX 36KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 3 (DOCX 365KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 4 (DOCX 43KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 5 (DOCX 38KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 6 (DOCX 90KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 6a (DOCX 38KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 7 (DOCX 36KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 8 (DOCX 37KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 9 (DOCX 36KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 10 (DOCX 36KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 11 (DOCX 400KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 12 (DOCX 36KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 13 (DOCX 37KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 14 (DOCX 37KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 15 (DOCX 36KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 16 (DOCX 36KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 17 (DOCX 35KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 18 (PPTX 774KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 19 (DOCX 38KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 20 (DOCX 36KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 21 (DOCX 671KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 22 (DOCX 36KB)
- Run Lola Run – resource 23 (DOCX 37KB)
- Run Lola Run – teacher resource – Film education (DOCX 80KB)
Jasper Jones
Sample lesson sequences, sample assessment and resources for 'Jasper Jones'.
- Jasper Jones – sample lesson sequence (DOCX 74.89 KB)
- Jasper Jones – multimodal assessment (DOCX 51.79 KB)
- Jasper Jones – assessment as learning (DOCX 121.21 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 1 Rubric sheet (DOCX 53.87 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 2 (PPTX 822.08 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 3 (DOCX 44.13 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 4 (DOCX 43.67 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 5 (DOCX 42.22 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 6 (DOCX 43.65 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 7 (DOCX 43.4 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 8 (DOCX 43.24 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 9 (DOCX 46.01 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 10 (DOCX 79.53 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 11 (PPTX 894.12 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 12 (DOCX 48.27 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 13 (DOCX 51.82 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 14 (PPTX 1.04 MB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 15 (DOCX 46.22 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 16 (PPTX 490.39 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 17 (DOCX 58.61 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 18 (DOCX 52.66 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 19 (DOCX 57.18 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 20 (DOCX 197.22 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 21 (DOCX 43.28 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 22 (DOCX 63.11 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 23 (DOCX 46.67 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 24 (DOCX 53.83 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 25 (PPTX 1.1 MB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 26 (DOCX 53.15 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 27 (DOCX 51.25 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 28 (DOCX 48.56 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 29 (DOCX 52.22 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 30 (DOCX 43.79 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 31 (PPTX 386.88 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 32 (DOCX 54.7 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 35 (DOCX 44.0 KB)
- Jasper Jones – resource 36 (DOCX 116.91 KB)
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.
Year 12 resources (2017)
You can adapt the following resources as required.
All the Light We Cannot See
- All the Light We Cannot See – sample lesson sequence (DOCX 87.92 KB)
- All the Light We Cannot See – sample assessment (DOCX 46.98 KB)
- All the Light We Cannot See – sample assessment photographic essay (DOCX 54.27 KB)
- All the Light We Cannot See – resource 1a (DOCX 100.42 KB)
- All the Light We Cannot See – resource 1b (DOCX 36.82 KB)
- All the Light We Cannot See – resource 1c (DOCX 263.01 KB)
- All the Light We Cannot See – resource 2 (DOCX 533.72 KB)
- All the Light We Cannot See – resource 3 (DOCX 53.65 KB)
- All the Light We Cannot See – resource 3b (DOCX 36.29 KB)
- All the Light We Cannot See – resource 4 (DOCX 41.36 KB)
- All the Light We Cannot See – resource 4a (DOCX 38.28 KB)
- All the Light We Cannot See – resource 4b (DOCX 36.48 KB)
- All the Light We Cannot See – resource 4c (DOCX 35.72 KB)
- All the Light We Cannot See – resource 4d (DOCX 41.34 KB)
- All the Light We Cannot See – resource 4e (DOCX 39.19 KB)
- All the Light We Cannot See – resource 5a (DOCX 36.83 KB)
- All the Light We Cannot See – resource 5b (DOCX 75.85 KB)
- All the Light We Cannot See – resource 5c (DOCX 46.28 KB)
- All the Light We Cannot See – resource 6a (DOCX 60.39 KB)
- All the Light We Cannot See – resource 6b (DOCX 53.51 KB)
- All the Light We Cannot See – resource 6c (DOCX 70.0 KB)
- All the Light We Cannot See – resource 6d (DOCX 53.17 KB)
Billy Elliot
- Billy Elliot – sample lesson sequence (DOCX 77KB)
- Billy Elliot – sample assessment (DOCX 45KB)
- Billy Elliot – resource 1 (DOCX 37.44 KB)
- Billy Elliot – resource 2 (DOCX 37.02 KB)
- Billy Elliot – resource 3 (DOCX 46.74 KB)
- Billy Elliot – resource 4 (DOCX 36.9 KB)
- Billy Elliot – resource 5 (DOCX 37.13 KB)
- Billy Elliot – resource 6 (DOCX 51.98 KB)
- Billy Elliot – resource 7 (DOCX 35.92 KB)
The Boy Behind the Curtain
- The Boy Behind the Curtain – sample lesson sequence (DOCX 82KB)
- The Boy Behind the Curtain – sample assessment (DOCX 54KB)
- Resource 1 – extracts (DOCX 46KB)
- Resource 2 – chapter summaries (DOCX 47KB)
- Resource 3 – links to the rubric (DOCX 49KB)
- Resource 4 – Facebook (DOCX 148KB)
- Resource 5 – Road Safety NSW (DOCX 44KB)
- Resource 6 – connecting chapter table (DOCX 44KB)
- Resource 7 – connecting related texts table (DOCX 44KB)
- Resource 8 – student evaluation (DOCX 44KB)
- Resource 9 – unit evaluation (DOCX 44KB)
The Crucible
- The Crucible – sample lesson sequence (DOCX 118KB)
- The Crucible – sample assessment (DOCX 50 KB)
- The Crucible – resource 1 (DOCX 36KB)
- The Crucible – resource 2 (DOCX 124KB)
- The Crucible – resource 3 (DOCX 221KB)
- The Crucible – resource 4 (DOCX 36KB)
- The Crucible – resource 5 (DOCX 39KB)
- The Crucible – resource 6(DOCX 38KB)
- The Crucible – resource 7 (DOCX 38KB)
The poetry of Kenneth Slessor and other related texts
- Slessor – sample lesson sequence (DOCX 68KB)
- Slessor – sample assessment (DOCX 48KB)
- Slessor – resources 1 (DOCX 739KB)
- Slessor – resources 2 (DOCX 44KB)
- Slessor – resources 3 (DOCX 44KB)
- Slessor – resources 4 (DOCX 82KB)
- Slessor – resources 5 (DOCX 44KB)
- Slessor – resources 6 (DOCX 44KB)
- Slessor – resources 7 (DOCX 205KB)
- Slessor – resources 8 (DOCX 44KB)
- Slessor – resources 9 (DOCX 45KB)
- Slessor – resources 10 (DOCX 44KB)
- Slessor – resources 11 (DOCX 48KB)
- Slessor – resources 12 (DOCX 45KB)
- Slessor – resources 13 (DOCX 44KB)
- Slessor – resources 14 (DOCX 47KB)
- Slessor – resources 15 (DOCX 48KB)
- Slessor – resources 15a (DOCX 46KB)
- Slessor – resources 16 (DOCX 44KB)
- Slessor – resources 17 (DOCX 44KB)
- Slessor – resources 18 (DOCX 43KB)
- Slessor – resources 19 (DOCX 45KB)
Waste Land
- Waste Land – sample lesson sequence (DOCX 65KB)
- Waste Land – sample assessment (DOCX 49KB)
- Waste Land – resource 1 (PPTX 1.8MB)
- Waste Land – resource 2 (DOCX 707KB)
- Waste Land – resource 3 (DOCX 41KB)
- Waste Land – resource 4 (DOCX 41KB)
- Waste Land – resource 5 (DOCX 49KB)
- Waste Land – resource 6 (DOCX 43KB)
- Waste Land – resource 7 (DOCX 42KB)
- Waste Land – resource 8 (DOCX 40KB)
- Waste Land – resource 9 (DOCX 40KB)
- Waste Land – resource 10 (DOCX 319KB)
- Waste Land – resource 11 (DOCX 44KB)
- Waste Land – resource 12 (DOCX 42KB)
The Castle
- The Castle – sample lesson sequence (54KB)
- The Castle – sample assessment (40KB)
- The Castle – resource 1 (DOCX 36KB)
- The Castle – resource 2 (DOCX 36KB)
- The Castle – resource 3 (DOCX 339KB)
- The Castle – resource 4 (DOCX 35B)
- The Castle – resource 5 (DOCX 67KB)
- The Castle – resource 6 (DOCX 39KB)
- The Castle – resource 7 (DOCX 36KB)
- The Castle – resource 8 (DOCX 37KB)
- The Castle – resource 9 (PPTX 1.2MB)
Henry Lawson
- Henry Lawson – sample lesson sequence (DOCX 64KB)
- Henry Lawson – sample assessment imaginative (DOCX 43KB)
- Henry Lawson – sample assessment multimodal (DOCX 41KB)
- Henry Lawson – resource 1 (DOCX 41KB)
- Henry Lawson – resource 2 (DOCX 57KB)
- Henry Lawson – resource 3a (DOCX 41KB)
- Henry Lawson – resource 3b (DOCX 33KB)
- Henry Lawson – resource 4 (DOCX 43KB)
- Henry Lawson – resource 4a (DOCX 39KB)
- Henry Lawson – resource 4b (DOCX 36KB)
- Henry Lawson – resource 5 (DOCX 46KB)
- Henry Lawson – resource 5a (DOCX 44KB)
- Henry Lawson – resource 5b (DOCX 43KB)
- Henry Lawson – resource 6 (DOCX 39KB)
- Henry Lawson – resource 7 (DOCX 41KB)
- Henry Lawson – resource 7b (DOCX 50KB)
- Henry Lawson – resource 8 (DOCX 37KB)
- Henry Lawson – resource 9a (DOCX 48KB)
- Henry Lawson – resource 9b (DOCX 44KB)
- Henry Lawson – resource 9c (DOCX 40KB)
- Henry Lawson – resource 10 (DOCX 49KB)
- Henry Lawson – resource 11 (DOCX 14KB)
- Henry Lawson – Stan Grant extra resource (DOCX 50KB)
Pygmalion
- Pygmalion – sample lesson sequence (97KB)
- Pygmalion – sample assessment (48KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 1 (DOCX 43KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 2 (DOCX 44KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 3 (DOCX 45KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 4 (DOCX 42KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 5 (DOCX 142KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 6 (DOCX 56KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 7 (DOCX 89KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 8 (DOCX 494KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 9 (DOCX 158KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 10 (DOCX 46KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 11 (DOCX 47KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 12 (DOCX 45KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 13 (DOCX 3MB)
- Pygmalion – resource 14 (DOCX 30KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 15 (DOCX 44KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 15a (DOCX 46KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 16 (DOCX 282KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 17 (DOCX 45KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 18 (DOCX 455KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 19 (DOCX 140KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 20 (DOCX 119KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 21 (DOCX 64KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 22 (DOCX 53KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 23 (DOCX 48KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 24 (DOCX 45KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 25 (DOCX 48KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 26 (DOCX 57KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 27 (DOCX 47KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 28 (DOCX 46KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 28a (DOCX 81KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 29 (DOCX 44KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 30 (DOCX 44KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 31 (DOCX 45KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 32 (DOCX 43KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 33 (DOCX 45KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 34 (DOCX 44KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 35 (DOCX 47KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 36 (DOCX 48KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 37 (DOCX 44KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 38 (DOCX 43KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 39 (DOCX 43KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 40 (DOCX 44KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 41 (DOCX 44KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 42 (DOCX 45KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 43 (DOCX 218KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 45 (DOCX 44KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 46 (DOCX 43KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 47 (DOCX 44KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 48 (DOCX 45KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 49 (DOCX 44KB)
- Pygmalion – resource 50 (DOCX 44KB)
Note: There is no resource 44.
Oodgeroo Noonuccal
- Oodgeroo Noonuccal: Sample lesson sequence (69 KB)
- Oodgeroo Noonuccal: Sample assessment (DOCX 48 KB)
- Resource 1 – Investigating our past (DOCX 36 KB)
- Resource 2 – Example reading extract (DOCX 45 KB)
- Resource 3 – China Woman PETAL (DOCX 35 KB)
- Resource 4 – The past research Aboriginal identity (DOCX 35 KB)
- Resource 5 – Contextual research China Woman (DOCX 38 KB)
- Resource 6 – Lotus digram China Woman (DOCX 37 KB)
- Resource 6a – Lotus diagram template (DOCX 34 KB)
- Resource 7 – Bingo grids (DOCX 36 KB)
- Resource 8a – Venn diagram (DOCX 44 KB)
- Resource 9 – Entombed warriors – Cornell notes (DOCX 35 KB)
- Resource 10 – Entombed warriors poetry surgery (DOCX 35 KB)
- Resource 11 – Coding activity (DOCX 45 KB)
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.
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Haddon – Teacher resource (DOCX 80KB) – Student resource (DOCX 349KB)
Unpacking the module requirements
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Haddon – Teacher resource (DOCX 174KB) – Student resource (DOCX 178KB)
Introduction to the prescribed text
- A Midsummer Night's Dream – Shakespeare – Teacher resource (DOCX 177KB) – Student resource (DOCX 164KB)
Engaging critically with texts
- The poems of Oodgeroo Noonuccal – Noonuccal – Teacher resource (DOCX 180KB) – Student resource (DOCX 171KB)
Teacher advice
The Stage 6 phases project was 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.
Connecting phase – Luka Lesson
In this unit, students will develop their understanding of the The craft of writing.
- The craft of writing – sample lesson sequence (DOCX 73 KB)
- The craft of writing – sample assessment (DOCX 42KB)
- Resource 1 – Journal checklist (DOCX 38 KB)
- Resource 2 – Editing stages checklist (DOCX 36 KB)
- Resource 3 – The craft of writing(DOCX 38 KB)
- Resource 4 – Glossary (DOCX 44 KB)
- Resource 5 – Statement of intent exemplar (DOCX 36 KB)
- Resource 6 – Statement of intent (DOCX 64 KB)
- Resource 7 – Writing activities (DOCX 38 KB)
- Resource 8 – Rhetoric (PPTX 57 KB)
- Resource 9 – Analysing Rowlings persuasion (DOCX 40 KB)
- Resource 10 – Language forms and features (DOCX 38 KB)
- Resource 11 – Bradburys thematic concerns (DOCX 36 KB)
- Resource 12 – Luka Lesson (DOCX 36 KB)
- Resource 13 – Performance poetry (DOCX 39 KB)
- Resource 14 – Luka Lesson analysis (DOCX 37 KB)
- Resource 15 – Form and structure of a comparison (DOCX 39 KB)
- Resource 16 – Significant language features in a comparison (DOCX 43 KB)
- Resource 17 – Checking your understanding of a comparison(DOCX 39 KB)
- Resource 18 – Responding to the inquiry question (DOCX 89 KB)
In this lesson sequence, students will construct a narrative in response to a stimulus.