NSW Board of Studies Years 7-10 Syllabus
English Years 7-10 Syllabus (including Life Skills)
The new syllabus, accompanied by a four-page introduction and draft descriptions of levels of achievement, was distributed to schools in October 2002 for implementation in Years 7 and 8 from 2004, in Year 9 from 2005 and in Year 10 from 2006. Support materials providing advice on programming, sample introductory units of work and sample assessment tasks illustrating assessment for learning were distributed in November 2002.
- Guide to the Years 7–10 Syllabus
- Descriptions of Levels of Achievement – Consultation Draft
- Advice on Programming and Assessment
- Fiction, Film and other Texts. This support document for the Years 7-10 English syllabus is available on the Board of Studies website (4 June 2003). The texts are not mandatory, only suggestions, but they do offer a good range of texts at the appropriate stage.
- English and Mathematics Years 7-10 Life Skills: Advice on Planning, Programming and Assessment
Assessment Resource Centre (ARC)
This Board of Studies site has information about assessment and student work samples from K-12.
You can access the 2006 Stage 5 Course Performance Descriptors distributed to schools at the end of November 2005.
This Board of Studies site has the English K-6 Syllabus as well as other support material for teaching and learning in English.
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