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HSC 2009-2012 Prescription Units of Work and Support Materials

 

Standard, Advanced and ESL Courses

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Area of Study: Standard/Advanced


       Practice paper 1A                   

       Practice paper 1B              
       Marking criteria practice paper 1B

       Related resources

 

  

       Related text list     

  

School Libraries & Information Literacy has published a Resource      list for HSC English Area of Study: Belonging on its Website. The list can be downloaded whole, as a complete document, or by its parts under the headings prose fiction, drama, poetry, non-fiction, film, multimedia and media.
 

Belonging Book Rap - Live 2 February 2009

The rap materials (blogs, lesson ideas, teaching stategies) will be live for subscriptions and introductions from 2 February 2009. Rap activities will continue till 13 March 2009.  Nadia Wheatley, Jeannie Baker and Matt Ottley will be available online during the rap to answer student questions. A videoconference with Jeannie Baker will also be available for NSW government schools during the rap. What is a book Rap? Click here to find out. 

 

Units of Work

Area of study: Belonging

  

Swallow the air (prose fiction)  

Word (489 KB)

PDF (581KB) 

As you like it (Adv: Shakespeare / Stand: drama)

Word (737KB ) PDF (641KB ) 

The crucible (drama)

Word (4091KB) PDF (1285KB) 

Romulus, my father (nonfiction)

Word (700KB) 

PDF (801KB)

 

Standard electives    

Module A:  Experience through language 

Elective 2 Distinctively Visual - Maestro (prose fiction)

Word (430KB ) 

PDF (471KB)   

Digital Glossary PowerPoint

PPT (2542KB)

Module B: Close Study of Text

Judith Wright (poetry) 

Word (475KB)      PDF (454KB) 

Soundscape and reading of Judith Wright's Train journey.

MP3 (1.85 MB) 

Module C: Texts and Society

Elective 1: The Global Village - The castle(film)
Please download the PDF version which contains
the unit and the student handouts and activity sheets.

Word (402KB) PDF (1855KB) 

 

Advanced electives

Module A: Comparative study of texts and contexts 

Elective 1: Exploring Connections - Pride and prejudice and
Letters to Alice on first reading
Jane Austen
(prose fiction and nonfiction)

Word (514KB)  PDF (418KB) 

Module B: Critical Study of Text

Hamlet (Shakespearean drama)

Word (2496KB) PDF (1584KB)

A doll's house (drama)

Word (585KB) PDF (681KB ) 

Module C: Representation and Text

Elective 1: Conflicting Perspectives - Julius Caesar (Shakespearean Drama)

Word (442KB) 

PDF (539KB)

Elective 2: History and Memory -Denise Levertov (poetry)

Word (403KB)    PDF (436KB) 

 

ESL Course

Related text list
School Libraries & Information Literacy has published a Resource list for HSC English Area of Study: Belonging on its Website. The list can be downloaded whole, as a complete document, or by its parts under the headings prose fiction, drama, poetry, non-fiction, film, multimedia and media.

Area of Study

  

The China Coin (prose fiction) unit

Word (474) PDF (384) 

The China Coin (prose fiction) handouts

Word (469) PDF (590) 

Module A: Experience Through Language

Elective 2: Australian Visions - D Stewart Selected Poems (poetry)

Word (525KB)

PDF (524) 

Module B: Texts and Society

  

Elective 1: Living and Working in the Community unit

Word (389KB)PDF (354)

Elective 1: Living and Working in the Community handouts

Word (568) PDF (428) 

Elective 1: Living and Working in the Communitiy model PowerPoint presentation 

  

 

Related resources Various readings, texts and images that relate to HSC courses

  

Resource list
School Libraries & Information Literacy has published a Resource list for HSC English Area of Study: Belonging on its Website. The list can be downloaded whole, as a complete document, or by its parts under the headings prose fiction, drama, poetry, non-fiction, film, multimedia and media.

 

Programming Toolkit

Use the following tools and templates to develop your
own quality unit of work.

   

Templates

Tools

  • A one page Process which details the steps needed to develop a
    quality unit of work for HSC English Prescriptions 2009-2012
  • A  Tool to evaluate a unit of work written for the 
    HSC Prescriptions 2009-2012

 

 

         

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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