English

• What is text?  English study at High School
• Introduction to Poetry: Close study of The Sonnet
  • Australian Poetry Library
• Introduction to Literature: The elements of Narrative – Call of the Wild
  • Call of the Wild 
• Introduction to Drama: Understanding of dramatic conventions

• The Representation of gender in literary and non-literary texts
• Shakespearean Drama
  • The History play: HenryV 
• Seriously Funny: making comment through Satire, Parody & Comedy
  • Related texts for satire, parody & comedy
• Formalist Study of The Short Story

• How to construct an argument: The art of debating
  • Researching Issues
• Adding to our understanding of Narrative: The Lord of the Flies
• Film study: Star Wars and the Journey of the Hero
• Information Text: The Australian Identity

• Reading to Write
  • The story of Tom Brennan
• Narratives That Shape Our World
  • The Great Gatsby
  • Australia
• Contemporary Possibilities
  • Run Lola Run
• Critical Study of Literature
  • Othello
• Close Study of Literature
  • Poems by Wilfred Owen
• Text cultures and values

• The Revolutionary Voice: Poetry of Protest
• An Introduction to Shakespearean Drama 
  • Men of Honour
• Developing a personal response to narrative
  • Of Mice and Men
• Genre Study: A close investigation of Crime Fiction

• Standard English
• Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences
  • Billy Elliot
    
  • Related material
• Module A: Language, Identity and Culture – Contemporary Asian Australian Poet
• Module B: Close Study of Literature – Feed
• Module C: Craft of Writing
• Advanced English
  • Advanced Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences
    • Nineteen Eighty-Four
    • Related material
  • Advanced Module A: Textual Conversations
    • Hag-Seed
  • Advanced Module A: Textural Conversations –The Tempest
  • Advanced Module B: Critical Study of Literature – T.S Eliot
  • Advanced Module C: Craft of Writing

YEAR 12  2019 PRESCRIBED TEXTS