Stage 1 English Subjects
English
As part of the SACE, students must complete 10-credits of compulsory English to a C grade or higher at Stage 1.
Goolwa Secondary College will be offering two English subjects at Stage 1. These are English and Essential English. If students are interested in studying Literary Studies off-site, they will need to speak to their Connect classroom teacher at subject counselling to determine if this is the appropriate choice for them.
For those students wanting to pursue higher education, study interstate or have consistently achieved satisfactory grades in English throughout middle school, we recommend students select English. For those students who do not intend to study English in Year 12 and are hoping to move into Vocational Education, we recommend Essential English.
Year 11 English
Subject Overview
In English students analyse the interrelationship of author, text, and audience with an emphasis on how language and stylistic features shape ideas and perspectives in a range of contexts.
Students explore how the purpose of a text is achieved through application of text conventions and stylistic choices to position the audience to respond to ideas and perspectives. An understanding of purpose, audience, and context is applied in students’ own creation of imaginative, interpretive, analytical, and persuasive texts that may be written, oral, and/or multimodal.
Students have opportunities to reflect on their personal values and those of other people by responding to aesthetic and cultural aspects of texts from the contemporary world, from the past, and from Australian and other cultures.
Topics that may be included in Stage 1 English include:
- Review
- Film response
- Advocacy task
- Intertextual study– adaptation or parody
- Intertextual study- text comparison
- Narrative creation
- Poetry creation
Assessment
There are three assessment types at Stage 1 for English. These are:
- Responding to Texts
- Creating Texts
- Intertextual Study
Additional Information
English is a compulsory subject within the SACE. The subject will run for the full year where students will need to achieve a C grade or higher in both semesters.
Year 11 Essential English
Subject Overview
Essential English in Year 11 is all about helping students get better at using English in everyday life. Essential English aims to teach students skills that are required to enter the workforce and complete their SACE.
In this subject, students will read, write, speak, and listen in a range of different situations that they are likely to come across outside of school. They will learn how to understand and create different types of texts, like reviews, articles, and job applications. Students will also work on how to share their ideas and opinions clearly, and how to have productive discussions with others.
Topics may include
- Review writing
- Procedural Texts
- Persuasive Writing / Presentation
- Intertextual Studies (adaptations or parody)
Assessment
At Stage 1, students will undertake a variety of assessments including:
- Responding to texts
- Creating texts and articles
- Intertextual studies
Additional Information
English is a compulsory subject within the SACE. The subject will run for the full year where students will need to achieve a C grade or higher in both semesters.
