• English (Standard) 2 Units in each of Years 11 and 12
• English (Advanced) 2 Units in each of Years 11 and 12
• English (Extension Course 1) 1 Unit  in Years 11 and 12

For detailed information on Preliminary and HSC English courses students are advised to visit the NSW Board of Studies website.

Program For Year 11 Advanced

Area of Study: Alienation and Belonging

The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender (novel)  

Shakespeare – Macbeth  (drama)

Poetry – Robert Gray or John Foulcher

Comparative study of Drama and Film – ‘A matter of conscience’

The Crucible (play)  and Snow Falling on Cedars (film)

 Area of Study:  ‘Discovery’

 Pleasantville  (film)

Novel study

Sparring with Shadows (novel)

Images of Australia–

A study of Judith Wright’s poetry 

‘Personal Relationships’

The Heartbreak Kid (drama)

Area of Study:  Imaginative Journey   (The Tempest)

or

Physical Journey: (Peter Skrzynecki’s poetry)

Module A:  ‘In the Wild’ Blade Runner(film)  and Brave NewWorld(novel)

Module B: Either King Lear OR Poetry of Gwen Harwood

Module C: The Frontline Scripts

Module A:  Experience through Language – Dialogue: The Club  (drama)

Module B: Witness  (Film)

Module C: Into the World:  The Simple Gift (poetry)

Module A: GENRE  -- Elective 2: Crime Fiction

• The Big Sleep (film)
• The Skull beneath the Skin (novel)
• The Real Inspector Hound (drama)