Planning, programming and assessing English 7–10
Support and advice for teachers of Stages 4 and 5 English.
English K–10 Syllabus (2022)
Resources designed for English K–10 Syllabus (2022) that can be adapted to suit the individual needs of your students.
English K–10 Syllabus (2022) © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2025.
These sample teaching and learning resources guiding the implementation of the Stage 4 and 5 sections of the English K–10 Syllabus (2022) are designed through the 'phases' approach. This information is designed to guide teachers through the Phases approach to conceptual programming and enhance their understanding of the sample materials and the ways they can be adopted and adapted.
Planning
These documents assist with the planning, implementation and evaluation of teaching and learning practice for the English K–10 Syllabus (2022).
- Sample scope and sequence template, Years 7–10 (DOCX 346 KB)
- Teaching and learning evaluation tool, Years 7–10 (DOCX 157 KB)
- Stage 4 syllabus requirements planner (DOCX 6.3 MB)
- Stage 5 syllabus requirements planner (DOCX 4.3 MB)
- Outcomes and content tracker – Stages 4 and 5 and Life Skills (XLSX 77 KB)
- Programming template – Stages 4 and 5 and Life Skills (DOCX 480 KB)
Sample scope and sequences
These sample scope and sequences provide an approach to organising syllabus outcomes and content to address syllabus requirements. Sample teaching and learning programs, resources and assessments will be aligned to these scope and sequences.
Years 7–10 sample scope and sequences
- Year 7 sample scope and sequence (DOCX 348 KB)
- Year 8 sample scope and sequence (DOCX 352 KB)
- Year 9 sample scope and sequence (DOCX 352 KB)
- Year 10 sample scope and sequence (DOCX 348 KB)
Multistage sample scope and sequence
Composite sample scope and sequences
These composite sample scope and sequences for Stage 4 and 5 are aligned to the English K–10 Syllabus (NESA 2022). They have been designed to support schools who have composite classes comprised of students from one stage.
Many schools will have their own scope and sequence templates. This sample provides a brief overview of each teaching and learning program, the questions guiding the implementation of the outcomes, the outcomes and content groups driving the design of assessment and the text requirements.
The samples are designed to be flexible and able to be adapted and refined by teachers as they plan for student learning needs. Content groups are identified at the point of introduction to the students and should be revisited and consolidated throughout the year, based on assessment data. Some content groups or points will require more emphasis and repetition than others. This document details when specific outcomes and content groups could be introduced.
Stage 4 resources
Sample resources for teaching and learning programs.
The following program, resources and supporting slide decks are for the program 7.1 – Powerful youth voices:
- Assessment – Powerful youth voices – 7.1 (DOCX 4.8 MB)
- Core formative tasks –Powerful youth voices – 7.1 (DOCX 4.2 MB)
- Program – Powerful youth voices – 7.1 (DOCX 5.3 MB)
- Resources and activities – Powerful youth voices – 7.1 (DOCX 683 KB)
- Core texts – Powerful youth voices – 7.1 (DOCX 3.1 MB)
- Phase 1 – Voice, tone and style – 7.1 (PPTX 19 MB)
- Phase 2 – Pacing and sound – 7.1 (PPTX 632 KB)
- Phase 3 – Adverbial phrases and clauses – 7.1 (PPTX 665 KB)
- Phase 4 – Powerful imagery – 7.1 (PPTX 1.5 MB)
- Phase 5 – Complex sentences – 7.1 (PPTX 3.3 MB)
- Phase 6 – Writing process – 7.1 (PPTX 1.9 MB)
- Text annotations – ‘My Mother, My Hero’ – Moradi – 7.1 (PPTX 540 KB)
- Text annotations – ‘Salt Water’ – Jafari – 7.1 (PPTX 888 KB)
- Text annotations – ‘Introduction’ – Duyal – 7.1 (PPTX 2.1 MB)
These documents accompany the teaching and learning program 'Seeing through a text'.
- Assessment task – multimodal report – Seeing through a text (DOCX 2.9 MB)
- Core texts booklet – Seeing through a text (DOCX 5.9 MB)
- Teaching and learning program – Seeing through a text (DOCX 2.9 MB)
- Resource booklet – Seeing through a text (DOCX 16.2 MB)
- Open your heart to country – Seeing through a text (PPTX 2.8 MB)
These documents accompany the teaching and learning program 'Escape into the world of the novel'.
- Assessment task, portfolio of classwork – Escape into the world of the novel (DOCX 4.37 MB)
- Teaching and learning program, part 1 – Escape into the world of the novel (DOCX 4.5 MB)
- Teaching and learning program, part 2 – Escape into the world of the novel (DOCX 4.59 MB)
- Resource booklet, part 1 – Escape into the world of the novel (DOCX 6.14 MB)
- Resource booklet, part 2 – Escape into the world of the novel (DOCX 5.68 MB)
- Plot diagram, student resource, option A – Escape into the world of the novel (PDF 264 KB)
- Plot diagram, student resource, option B – Escape into the world of the novel (PDF 200 KB)
- Plot diagram, teacher resource – Escape into the world of the novel (PPTX 837 KB)
These documents accompany the teaching and learning program 'Speak the speech'.
- Core formative tasks – Speak the speech (DOCX 400 KB)
- Sample assessment task notification –Speak the speech (DOCX 419 KB)
- Sample learning program part 1 – Engage and orient (DOCX 824 KB)
- Resource booklet part 1 – Engage and orient (DOCX 525 KB)
- Sample learning program part 2 – Speeches (DOCX 603 KB)
- Resource booklet part 2 – Speeches (DOCX 507 KB)
- Annotated sample speech and listening activity (PPTX 16.21 MB)
- Sample speech listening activity video (10:09)
- Sample learning program part 3 – Drama (DOCX 531 KB)
- Resource booklet part 3 – Drama (DOCX 561 KB)
Access the remediated ‘Year 8, Term 1 – Knowing the rules to break the rules’ program, resources and supporting slide deck resources.
- Assessment – 8.1 (DOCX 4.3 MB)
- Core formative tasks – 8.1 (DOCX 3.7 MB)
- Core texts – abbreviated version – 8.1 (DOCX 3.1 MB)
- Program – 8.1 (DOCX 4 MB)
- Resources and activities – abbreviated version – 8.1 (DOCX 5.5 MB)
- Phase 1 – imaginative – 8.1 (PPTX 2.5 MB)
- Phases 4 and 5 – analytical – 8.1 (PPTX 1.4 MB)
- Text annotations – Barrett Browning – 8.1 (PPTX 2.9 MB)
- Text annotations – Blake – 8.1 (PPTX 3 MB)
Two versions of the resource booklet have been provided. One version contains the full text of all resources and activities, including annotations of Kae Tempest's poetry. The other contains resources and activities, but only abbreviated descriptions and excerpts of the poetry. The full text version of the resource booklet and the Core texts booklet (containing all licensed poems) are only available to staff from the NSW Department of Education.
Staff only resources
Access the staff only resources for 'Knowing the rules to break the rules'.
- Core texts – 8.1 (staff only) (DOCX 3.7 MB)
- Resources and activities – 8.1 (staff only) (DOCX 5.5 MB)
- Text annotations – Tempest – Niece – 8.1 (staff only) (PPTX 2.9 MB)
- Text annotations – Tempest – Pond – 8.1 (staff only) (PPTX 4.3 MB)
- Text annotations – Tempest – Thirteen – 8.1 (staff only) (PPTX 3 MB)
These documents accompany the teaching and learning program Transport me to the ‘real’.
- Assessment notification – podcast transcript – Transport me to the ‘real’ (DOCX 417 KB)
- Core formative tasks – Transport me to the ‘real’ (DOCX 390 KB)
- Core texts booklet – Transport me to the ‘real’ (DOCX 339 KB)
- Teaching and learning program – Transport me to the ‘real’ (DOCX 617 KB)
- Resource booklet – Transport me to the ‘real’ (DOCX 2832 KB)
- Phase 1, activity 1 – What does real mean presentation (PPTX 1.54 MB)
- Phase 1, Core text 1 – Short and Curly podcast, BITE, Family Sacrifices transcript presentation (PPTX 2.2 MB)
- Phase 3, activity 8 – Examining point of view in Parvana presentation (PPTX 966 KB)
- Phase 4, Core formative task 4 – Jennifer Wong podcast presentation (PPTX 2.07 MB)
- Phase 6, activity 1 – Structure and features of a podcast presentation (PPTX 2.1 MB)
These documents accompany the teaching and learning program 'From page to stage'.
- Assessment – From page to stage – 8.3 (DOCX 4.9 MB)
- Core formative tasks – From page to stage – 8.3 (DOCX 4.8 MB)
- Core texts – From page to stage – 8.3 (staff only) (DOCX 3.7 MB)
- Program – From page to stage – 8.3 (DOCX 4.5 MB)
- Resources and activities – From page to stage – 8.3 (DOCX 19.1 MB)
- Phase 1– Persuasive writing forms and features – 8.3 (PPTX 2.2 MB)
- Phase 2 – Exploring intertextuality – 8.3 (PPTX 2 MB)
- Phase 3– Creating a sense of place – 8.3 (PPTX 1.2 MB)
- Phase 3 – Investigating the interview – 8.3 (PPTX 3.3 MB)
- Phase 4 – Narrative structure of a scene – 8.3 (PPTX 2 MB)
- Podcast – In Conversation With Writers – 'Hitler’s Daughter: The Play'
These documents accompany the teaching and learning program 'The camera never lies'.
- Assessment – The camera never lies – 8.4 (DOCX 343 KB)
- Core formative tasks – The camera never lies – 8.4 (DOCX 417 KB)
- Core texts – The camera never lies – 8.4 (DOCX 3.9 MB)
- Program – The camera never lies – 8.4 (DOCX 676 KB)
- Resources and activities – The camera never lies – 8.4 (DOCX 6.4 MB)
- Phase 1 – Key visual features – 8.4 (PPTX 17 MB)
- Phase 3 – Filmic devices – 8.4 (PPTX 6.4 MB)
- Phase 3 – Theme – 8.4 (PPTX 3.4 MB)
- Phase 4 – Picture books features – 8.4 (PPTX 2.6 MB)
Staff only resources
This document contains an overview of the texts used in the Sample Stage 4 teaching and learning materials.
Stage 4 – Quality texts in English (staff only) (DOCX 38.9 MB)
Stage 5 resources
Sample resources for teaching and learning programs.
Access the remediated 9.1 – ‘Representation of life experiences’ – Year 9, Term 1 program, resources and supporting slide decks.
- Assessment – Representation of life experiences – 9.1 (DOCX 5.2 MB)
- Core formative tasks – Representation of life experiences – 9.1 (DOCX 4.2 MB)
- Core texts – Representation of life experiences – 9.1 (DOCX 3.1 MB)
- Program – Representation of life experiences – 9.1 (DOCX 3.9 MB)
- Resources and activities – Representation of life experiences – 9.1 (DOCX 4.9 MB)
- Phase 2 – Exploring textual concepts – 9.1 (PPTX 5.3 MB)
- Phase 3 – Fables and fairy tales – 9.1 (PPTX 2.1 MB)
- Phase 3 – Text annotations – Fries – 9.1 (PPTX 3 MB)
- Phase 4 – Text annotations – Smith – 9.1 (PPTX 2 MB)
- Phase 4 – Text annotations – Tahsin – 9.1 (PPTX 3.7 MB)
- Phase 5 – Text annotations – Swan – 9.1 (PPTX 3 MB)
These documents accompany the teaching and learning program 'Shining a new (stage) light'.
- Sample assessment notification – Shining a new (stage) light (DOCX 224.4 KB)
- Core texts booklet – Shining a new (stage) light (DOCX 136.8 KB)
- Teaching and learning program – Shining a new (stage) light (DOCX 805.5 KB)
- Resource booklet – Shining a new (stage) light (DOCX 1.01 MB)
- Examination – Shining a new (stage) light (DOCX 238 KB)
Poetic purpose resources is a suite of materials that include teacher support, video resources and a learning program to accompany the delivery of the program 'Poetic purpose'.
These documents accompany the teaching and learning program 'Exploring the speculative'.
- Core formative tasks – Exploring the speculative (DOCX 4.8 MB)
- Sample assessment notification – Exploring the speculative (DOCX 5.3 MB)
- Sample learning program part 1 – Engage, orient, apply and evaluate (DOCX 569 KB)
- Resource booklet part 1 – Engage, orient, apply and evaluate (DOCX 13.5 MB)
- Sample learning program part 2 – television series 'Crazy Fun Park' (DOCX 541.9 KB)
- Resource booklet part 2 – television series 'Crazy Fun Park' (DOCX 14.9 MB)
- Sample learning program part 3 – novel 'The Giver' (DOCX 507 KB)
- Resource booklet part 3 – novel 'The Giver' (DOCX 4.1 MB)
- Timeline of significant contextual influences on Western literature (PDF 512 KB)
- The evolution of speculative fiction (PDF 490 KB)
The specific episodes from the Australian Children’s Television Foundation’s television show 'Crazy Fun Park' that have been referred to in 'Sample learning program part 2 – Crazy Fun Park' can be accessed on Exploring the speculative – Crazy Fun Park (staff only).
Access the remediated 10.1 – ‘Novel voices’ – Year 10, Term 1 program, resources and supporting slide decks.
- Assessment – 10.1 (DOCX 4.9 MB)
- Core formative tasks – 10.1 (DOCX 4.8 MB)
- Core texts (abbreviated) – 10.1 (DOCX 3.8 MB)
- Program – 10.1 (DOCX 4.7 MB)
- Resources and activities (abbreviated) – 10.1 (DOCX 4.8 MB)
- Phase 1 – language of opinion – 10.1 (PPTX 676 KB)
- Phase 2 – narrative point of view – 10.1 (PPTX 3.5 MB)
- Phase 2 – role of a thesis – 10.1 (PPTX 675 KB)
- Phase 3 – focalisation – 10.1 (PPTX 1.8 MB)
- Phase 4 – nominalisation – 10.1 (PPTX 3.2 MB)
- Phase 5 – dreams – narrative devices – 10.1 (PPTX 5 MB)
- Phase 5 – crafting a personal thesis – 10.1 (PPTX 960 KB)
- Phase 5 – developing voice – 10.1 (PPTX 876 KB)
Two versions of the resources and activities booklet have been provided. One version contains the full text of all resources and activities, including annotations of extracts from Benjamin Alire Sáenz’s novel Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. The other contains resources and activities, but only abbreviated descriptions of the novel’s extracts. The full text version of the resources and activities booklet and the Core text booklet (containing all licensed extracts) are only available to staff from the NSW Department of Education.
Staff only resources
Access the staff only documents for 10.1 – 'Novel voices':
These documents accompany the teaching and learning program 'Reshaping the world'.
- Assessment notification – examination – Reshaping the world (DOCX 376 KB)
- Core formative tasks – Reshaping the world (DOCX 411 KB)
- Core texts booklet – Reshaping the world (DOCX 338 KB)
- Teaching and learning program – Reshaping the world (DOCX 632 KB)
- Resource booklet – Reshaping the world (DOCX 1.7 MB)
- Phase 1, resource 1 – Ideas and values of Romanticism (PPTX 4.98 MB)
- Phase 2, resource 3 – Applying punctuation for effect in poetry (PPTX 2.64 MB)
- Phase 3, resource 2 – Form, rhyme structure and meter (PPTX 1.05 MB)
- Phase 3, resource 6 – Using active and passive voice in analytical writing (PPTX 918 KB)
- Phase 4, resource 1a – Using noun groups to develop academic writing (PPTX 2.94 MB)
- Phase 4, resource 1b – Supplementary slides for using noun groups to develop academic writing (PPTX 2.69 MB)
- Phase 4, resource 1c – Summarising politics, freedom and revolution in the Romantic period (PPTX 2.84 MB)
- Phase 4, resource 3 – Allusion in William Blake’s ‘London’ (PPTX 890 KB)
An examination and practice examination have been provided for this program. These are only available to staff from the NSW Department of Education.
Access the staff only documents for ‘Reshaping the world'
Access the remediated 10.3 – ‘Shakespeare retold’ – Year 10, Term 3 program, resources and supporting slide decks.
- Assessment – Shakespeare retold – 10.3 (DOCX 4.9 MB)
- Core formative tasks – Shakespeare retold – 10.3 (DOCX 4.8 MB)
- Core texts – Shakespeare retold – 10.3 (DOCX 3.7 MB)
- Program – Shakespeare retold – 10.3 (DOCX 4 MB)
- Resources and activities – Shakespeare retold – 10.3 (DOCX 5.1 MB)
- Phase1 – discussion questions – 10.3 (PPTX 5.5 MB)
- Phase 2 – Shakespeare’s genres – 10.3 (PPTX 5.5 MB)
- Phase 3 – Romeo and Juliet prologue – 10.3 (PPTX 5.5 MB)
- Phase 6 – features of discursive writing – 10.3 (PPTX 7.6 MB)
- Phase 6 – effective delivery – 10.3 (PPTX 5.5 MB)
These documents accompany the teaching and learning program ‘Digital stories’.
- Assessment notification – Digital stories (DOCX 6.6 MB)
- Assessment task stimulus text booklet – Digital stories (DOCX 3.7 MB)
- Core formative tasks – Digital stories (DOCX 4.2 MB)
- Teaching and learning program, part 1 – Digital stories (DOCX 4 MB)
- Resource booklet, part 1 – Digital stories (DOCX 16.7 MB)
- Teaching and learning program, part 2 – Digital stories (DOCX 4 MB)
- Resource booklet, part 2 – Digital stories (DOCX 3.8 MB)
- Phase 2 – Simple and complex ideas (PPTX 4.9 MB)
- Phase 3 – Types of narrative structures (PPTX 654 KB)
- Phase 4 – Exploring authority in the core text (PPTX 4.8 MB)
- Phase 5 – How to use Canva for Education (PPTX 2.7 MB)
- Phase 5 – Reflective writing (PPTX 762 KB)
This document contains an overview of the texts used in the Sample Stage 5 teaching and learning materials.
Stage 5 – Quality texts in English (staff only) (DOCX 11.4 MB)
Microlearning
Teaching of the English K–10 Syllabus (2022) in NSW primary schools has been required since the start of 2024.
Engaging with English microlearning courses will help you develop the required knowledge, understanding and skills for effective syllabus implementation and programming.
- Learn about English 7–10 microlearning
- Access the English 7–10 microlearning (staff only) through MyPL
- Access the Conceptual programming in English 7–10 (staff only) through MyPL