Year 11 English in NSW

Students undertake the intensive and close reading of quality texts from a range of modes and mediums. In doing so, they develop the knowledge to appreciate, interpret, analyse and evaluate the ways texts convey complex ideas, relationships, endeavours and scenarios. Students develop the capacity to respond perceptively to texts through their own thoughtful writing and judicious reflection on their knowledge and skills as writers. Students read texts that are aesthetically, stylistically and conceptually engaging and that inspire or provoke them to respond critically and creatively. Through the study of texts, students can develop insights into the world around them, deepen their understanding of themselves and the lives of others, and enhance their enjoyment of reading.

Students explore a range of narratives from across historical and contemporary contexts, connected through ideas, values and attitudes. By exploring print, multimodal and digital narratives, they deepen their understanding of the ways narratives influence meaning across various modes, mediums and forms. They analyse the ways narratives and oral histories shape individual and communal perceptions and representations, as well as how narratives are shaped by the perspectives and values of both authors and readers. They evaluate the impact of storytelling on societies past and present, and explore the ways narratives connect people across cultures, communities and historical periods. Students explore the potential for narratives to incite change, foster stability, and challenge or reinforce cultural norms, and investigate how narratives can be adapted, reimagined or reconceptualised for new audiences.

Students develop analytical and critical knowledge of a substantial literary text. Through increasingly informed personal responses to the text in its entirety, students develop their understanding and appreciation of the text’s distinctive qualities, meaning and value. Students explore how the author’s ideas are expressed in the text by analysing its construction, content and language. This allows them to develop their own interpretations of the text, basing their judgements on evidence drawn from their research and reading, enabling the development of a deeper and richer understanding of the text. Students consider the context of the text’s composition and reception, investigate the perspectives of others, and explore the ideas in the text, further strengthening their personal perspectives.

Students undertake the close reading of quality texts from a variety of modes and mediums. In doing so, they develop the knowledge to appreciate, understand, analyse and evaluate the ways texts convey complex ideas, relationships, endeavours and scenarios. Central to this focus area is developing student capacity to respond perceptively to texts through their own thoughtful writing and judicious reflection on their knowledge and skills as writers. Students read texts that are aesthetically, stylistically or conceptually engaging to inspire or provoke them to respond critically and creatively. Through wide reading and the close study of texts, students develop insights into the world around them, deepen their understanding of themselves and the lives of others, and enhance their enjoyment of reading.

Students develop an understanding of the creative possibilities of storytelling in evolving technologies and new modes of communication. Students engage in a detailed study of ONE complex multimodal text and a range of other texts. Students develop an understanding of the power of storytelling to represent ideas, people and events in innovative ways. They explore how these representations are shaped by aspects of culture, context and experience. Students analyse a range of language forms and features related to textual hybridity, reading pathways, interactivity and intertextuality. They appreciate the complex nature of communicating in a contemporary world and the limitations and possibilities of storytelling in a range of modes and mediums.

Students develop their knowledge and appreciation of a substantial literary print text. Through their close study of and personal responses to the text in its entirety, students develop an understanding of the ways that language features, text structures and stylistic choices can be used in literary texts.

Students study ONE substantial literary print text, such as prose fiction, drama or poetry. They identify, analyse and respond to the ideas in the text and the ways in which meaning is shaped. Students examine the conventions that are particular to the chosen literary form, and the ways that authors use, manipulate or challenge those conventions.

Students read, view and listen to quality short texts from a variety of modes and mediums. In doing so, they experiment with reading strategies to examine language and gradually increase their vocabulary in English through their engagement with imaginative, discursive and persuasive texts. They read texts that are engaging aesthetically, stylistically and conceptually to inspire them to respond critically and creatively. Students develop their understanding and use of form and structure when composing and responding to texts. To build their language proficiency and fluency students develop their understanding of metalanguage to use in their own compositions. Explicit, targeted English language study centres on using descriptive, rhetorical and persuasive language appropriate for purpose and audience. Students also develop their understanding and use of correct syntax, the effect of phrasal verbs and collocations, and clause and sentence structure in their own spoken and written texts across a range of modes and mediums.

Students compare and contrast texts to develop their own written expression and offer inspiration for their own writing. They also develop the vocabulary to appreciate, understand and analyse texts, and plan, draft and refine their own written and spoken texts. Through wide reading of texts, students develop insights into the world around them, deepen their understanding of themselves and others, and enhance their enjoyment of reading to strengthen their personal voice as writers.

Students explore, analyse, respond to and compose a selection of texts that are commonly encountered in community, vocational and academic settings. They investigate how these texts communicate information, ideas, attitudes and belief systems.

Students compare and contrast the types of texts that are used in community interactions, workplace communication and formal learning situations across different disciplines. They read and listen for specific content in texts to identify and explain the purposes, to distinguish between facts and opinions and to examine the similarities and differences in textual forms and language features. They consider what the texts indicate and imply about prevailing customs, norms, behaviours and organisational cultures in the social and vocational contexts in which they are used, and the construction of knowledge in particular fields of study and academic disciplines.

Explicit, targeted English language study centres on aspects of language usage, including recognising irony and humour, technical terminology, appropriacy and jargon, and understanding and using conventions of textual forms and language to shape meaning and influence responders (the reader, listener, viewer, an audience) in specific contexts.

Students develop understanding, knowledge and appreciation of a substantial literary text, its information and ideas, and consider the ways in which the content, form and language of the text shape meaning.

In their study of one substantial literary text students experiment with interpretive approaches to examine the text’s meaning and significance and develop and expand their vocabulary of interpretation and response. Explicit, targeted English language study centres on identifying, analysing and responding to the ways in which language shapes meaning, including implied meaning, in their text. Students also examine the language and conventions that are particular to their literary form, and the ways that authors make inferences, and use, manipulate and challenge those conventions.