HSC English Studies Year 12 Notes

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1. Texts and Human Experiences: What the Common Module Asks You to UnderstandCommon Module · Section I — Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences (unseen texts)

   Texts and Human Experiences — the core ideas

2. Reading Unseen Texts: Poems, Prose Fiction, Nonfiction, Articles, Blogs and PodcastsCommon Module · Section I — Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences (unseen texts)

   Unseen text types and their features

3. The Technique Toolkit: Naming a Technique and Explaining Its EffectCommon Module · Section I — Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences (unseen texts)

   Language techniques and their effects

4. Images, Infographics and Layout: Reading Visual and Multimodal TextsCommon Module · Section I — Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences (unseen texts)

   Visual and multimodal texts

5. Section I Short Answers: 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-Mark Responses That Explain, Not RecountCommon Module · Section I — Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences (unseen texts)

   Short-answer technique and marking criteria

6. Section II: Planning and Writing a 20-Mark Response on Your Prescribed TextPrescribed text · Section II — Common Module: the prescribed text (sustained response)

   The Section II question and the sustained response

7. Prose Fiction I: Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See and Lohrey's VertigoPrescribed text · Section II — Prescribed texts: prose fiction

   All the Light We Cannot See and Vertigo

8. Prose Fiction II: Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Parrett's Past the ShallowsPrescribed text · Section II — Prescribed texts: prose fiction

   Nineteen Eighty-Four and Past the Shallows

9. Poetry: Rosemary Dobson and Kenneth Slessor's Prescribed PoemsPrescribed text · Section II — Prescribed texts: poetry and drama

   Dobson and Slessor

10. Drama: Rainbow's End, The Crucible and The Merchant of VenicePrescribed text · Section II — Prescribed texts: poetry and drama

    Rainbow's End, The Crucible and The Merchant of Venice

11. Nonfiction: Winton's The Boy Behind the Curtain and Yousafzai and Lamb's I am MalalaPrescribed text · Section II — Prescribed texts: nonfiction, film and media

    The Boy Behind the Curtain and I am Malala

12. Film and Media: Billy Elliot, Go Back to Where You Came From and Waste LandPrescribed text · Section II — Prescribed texts: nonfiction, film and media

    Billy Elliot, Go Back to Where You Came From and Waste Land

13. Writing About Human Experience: Qualities, Motivations, Paradoxes and Personal InsightPrescribed text · Section II — Common Module: the prescribed text (sustained response)

    Human qualities, emotions, paradox and personal insight

14. Section III: Answering the Elective Question in a Letter, Speech, Survey Response or EssayElectives · Section III — Elective modules: the sustained response

    The Section III question, set forms and module knowledge

15. Elective Modules A–E: Australians, the Media, Travel, Digital Worlds and SportElectives · Section III — Elective modules A–E

    Modules A–E

16. Elective Modules F–J: Song, Local Heroes, Family, Science and BusinessElectives · Section III — Elective modules F–J

    Modules F–J

17. Elective Modules K–N: Film, the Self, the Creative Arts and the PastElectives · Section III — Elective modules K–N

    Modules K–N

18. Section IV Imaginative Writing: Turning a Stimulus Into a Focused StoryWriting skills · Section IV — Writing skills

    Imaginative writing

19. Section IV Persuasive and Informative Writing: Proposals, Speeches, Letters and ArticlesWriting skills · Section IV — Writing skills

    Persuasive and informative writing

20. Section IV Reflective Writing and Editing for Control of LanguageWriting skills · Section IV — Writing skills

    Reflective writing and language control