Length: Full Year

Recommended background: Highly successful completion of Year 10 English (ideally an A or B final grade)

Content:

Stage 1 English Literary Studies is a course that provides options for students to prepare for Literary Studies at Stage 2 level. The course requires students to engage with a range of challenging texts for analysis and response.

The course is divided into two semesters which are individually assessed for SACE purposes and the requirement for SACE completion is for students to achieve a C grade or better in each semester. The classes will be presented with both shared and independent text options and they will complete an intertextual study as part of their course. Teachers will guide them through a range of textual experiences including prose, poetry, drama, media, and film offerings to provide a contemporary curriculum that will appeal to a broad range of student interests and skills.

 Students will be encouraged to read widely and to experiment with stylistic writing, to expand their vocabulary and to write for a range of audiences and for various purposes. This is a rigorous and challenging course, designed to prepare students for academic writing at Stage 2.

There is an exam (weighted 20%) to prepare students for the critical reading exam at Stage 2.

Leads to: Stage 2 English literary Studies.

Assessment:

Students’ performance will be determined according to the subject’s Performance Standards, as outlined by the SACE Board. Grades A to E will be used for reporting purposes.

• Responding to Texts (30%) – At least two texts which may be written, oral and/or multimodal (written texts maximum 800 words, orals maximum 5 minutes and multimodal texts should be of equivalent length)
• Creating Texts (40%) – At least two texts for different audiences, contexts and purposes (written texts maximum 800 words, orals maximum 5 minutes and multimodal texts should be of equivalent length), one under exam conditions
• Intertextual Study (30%) – A study intertextuality; studies may be written, oral and/or multimodal (written responses or created texts should be maximum of 1000 words; an oral maximum of 6 minutes; multimodal form should be of equivalent length)

Results for this course are subject to moderation, at the end of each semester, based on samples of students’ work.