English – advanced
The Preliminary and HSC English – advanced courses are described in English Stage 6 Syllabus.
The Preliminary and HSC English (Advanced) courses are designed for students to become critical and sophisticated users of English in order to enhance their personal, social and vocational lives. These courses provide students who have a particular interest and ability in the subject with challenging learning experiences and opportunities to enjoy the breadth and variety of English texts, through the integration of the modes of reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing and representing.
(English Stage 6 Syllabus, 2009, p 36)
Units of work
Teachers can adapt the following resources as required (staff only).
Module A: Comparative study of texts and context
Intertextual connections
- Prose fiction and film – Mrs Dalloway and The Hours
Intertextual perspectives
- Prose fiction and film – Metropolis and Nineteen Eighty-Four
- Shakespearean drama and nonfiction – Julius Caesar and The Prince
Module B: Critical study of texts
Module C: Representation and text
Representing people and politics
- Prose Fiction – Brave New World
- Poetry – W H Auden
- Drama or film – The Crucible
- Drama or film – Wag the Dog
Representing people and landscapes
- Prose Fiction – Clay
