Planning, programming and assessing English 7–10
Support and advice for teachers of Stages 4 and 5 English.
The English K–10 syllabus (2022) is to be taught in Years 3 to 10 from 2024.
Detailed implementation information including key features and resources is available on the English syllabus development page (NESA).
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.
Sample scope and sequences
The 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.
Stage 4 resources
Sample resources for teaching and learning programs.
These documents accompany the teaching and learning program 'Powerful youth voices'.
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 4.18 MB)
- Teaching and learning program – escape into the world of the novel – part 1 (DOCX 5.38 MB)
- Teaching and learning program – escape into the world of the novel – part 2 (DOCX 438 KB)
- Resource booklet – escape into the world of the novel – part 1 (DOCX 2.29 MB)
- Resource booklet – escape into the world of the novel – part 2 (DOCX 485 KB)
- Plot diagram – student resource – option A (PDF 547 KB)
- Plot diagram – student resource – option B (PDF 441 KB)
- Plot diagram – teacher resource (PPTX 1.1 MB)
These documents accompany the teaching and learning program 'Speak the speech'.
- Speak the speech – core formative tasks (DOCX 400 KB)
- Speak the speech – sample assessment task notification (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)
Stage 5 resources
Sample resources for teaching and learning programs.
These documents accompany the teaching and learning program 'Representation of life experiences'.
- Sample assessment notification – representation of life experiences (DOCX 263.4 KB)
- Core texts booklet – representation of life experiences (DOCX 149.1 KB)
- Teaching and learning program – representation of life experiences (DOCX 820.4 KB)
- Resource booklet – representation of life experiences (DOCX 1.7 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':
- Exploring the speculative – core formative tasks (DOCX 4.8 MB)
- Exploring the speculative – sample assessment notification (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 18.3 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)
English K–10 Syllabus (2012)
Units designed for English K–10 Syllabus (2012) that can be adapted to suit the individual needs of your students.
Character study within poetry (3+ hours)
Character poem – Timothy Winters (DOCX 78KB) – character in poetry.
Code and convention
Code and convention (DOCX 100KB) – develop students' thinking imaginatively, creatively, interpretively and critically about information, ideas and arguments to respond to and compose texts.
Crafting character (3-4 hours)
Crafting character – short story (DOCX 99KB) – students refine their understanding of the conventions of the short story form, the process of characterisation, and the features of narrative.
Creative writing (3 to 4 hours)
Creative writing (DOCX 88KB) – utilise within a larger unit in order to develop capacity with language and creative writing skills.
Film study: Finding Nemo (3 to 4 hours)
Film – Finding Nemo (DOCX 941KB) – a student-guided inquiry into characterisation using the film text Finding Nemo.
Representation in advertising (5 to 8 hours)
Representation in advertising (DOC 94KB) – develop student understanding of representation and how it is constructed by the composer.
Are you talking to me?
- Are you talking to me? – unit (DOCX 477KB) – Year 7 – students explore difference and diversity through imaginative thinking and writing.
- Are you talking to me? – resources and activities (DOCX 3.2MB)
i Space
- iSpace - unit (DOCX 530KB) – early Year 7 – autobiographical representations of lived experiences, facilitating student reflection on their cultural background, past experiences, identity and how they fit into the high school environment.
- iSpace - resources and activities (DOCX 2.8MB)
From page to page – multimodal narratives
- From page to game – multimodal narratives – unit (DOCX 783KB) – visual literacy and comprehending sequential art narratives – an exploration of graphic novels leads to a detailed study of Nathan Jurevicius' Scarygirl and its computer game appropriation.
- From page to game: – multimodal narratives – resources and activities (DOCX 4.9MB)
ALARM template for novel study (5 to 8 hours)
ALARM template – novel study (DOCX 70 KB) – students complete a scaffold that guides them to demonstrate their understanding of how context, characterisation and theme are relevant to their understanding or appreciation of a text.
Exploring the Gothic conventions in short animated film (4 to 6 hours)
Gothic animation (DOCX 85 KB) – students learn about gothic conventions as part of a wider unit on genre, or short film, or creating mood, setting or description in fiction and film specifically looking at gothic animation.
Concepts – Perspective in war poetry
Concepts – Perspective in war poetry (DOCX 75 KB) – this lesson to analyse concepts of perspective, context or representation.
Character and context in Macbeth
Character and context in Macbeth (DOCX 64.6 KB) – an activity showing how Shakespeare describes the character Macbeth.
Documenting our world
Documenting our world engages students in contemporary issues through the study of documentary films. Students view two documentaries before undertaking the task of composing their own documentary in a small group.
- Documenting our world – unit of work (DOCX 740 KB)
- Documenting our world – resources and activities (DOC 2.6 MB)
In their position
In their position explores the representations of refugees and asylum seekers in global, national and personal contexts. Students engage with multiple perspectives and critically analyse the power of language to persuade and position audiences.
The English textual concepts and learning processes support the explicit teaching of the knowledge and skill in the English syllabuses. Through the use of English textual concepts, teachers can chart the development of student understanding through each stage of learning.