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The English Standard Stage 6 Syllabus outlines the purpose of the Year 11 and 12 HSC English standard course.

Support materials

Support materials were developed by NSW public school teachers as part of the Stage 6 mEsh project where 62 teachers led writing teams (over 150 teachers) across NSW.

Teachers can adapt the following units of work as required.

Year 11 - Common module - Reading to Write

Reading to write - the shifting nature of identity

Reading to write

Year 11 - Module A - Contemporary possibilities

Contemporary possibilities - The power of podcasting

Contemporary possibilities - Is the authentic true?

Contemporary possibilities - Run Lola Run and Universe Within

Year 11 - Close study of literature

Close study of literature - Jasper Jones

Year 11 key phases of learning

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.

Module B - Critical phase

Close study of literature - Owen

Year 12 - Common module - Texts and the human experience

Texts and human experiences - All the Light We Cannot See

Texts and human experiences - Billy Elliot

Texts and human experiences - The Boy Behind the Curtain

Texts and human experiences - The Crucible

Texts and human experiences - I Am Malala

Texts and human experiences - Waste Land

Year 12 - Module A - Language, identity and culture

Language, identity and culture - The Castle

Language, identity and culture - Henry Lawson

Language, identity and culture - Inside my Mother - Eckermann

Language, identity and culture - Pygmalion

Year 12 - Module B - Close Study of text

Close study of text - Oodgeroo Noonuccal

Year 12 – Module B – Engagement with module ideas and concepts phases

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.

Unpacking the module requirements

Introduction to the prescribed text

Engaging critically with texts

Year 12 Module C – Connecting phase - Luka Lesson

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 - Module C - Craft of Writing

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