English Advanced

Lesson 1: Reading to Write: Imaginative Writing Students learn how to analyse composers' use of language in their writing, and how to add description and language techniques into their own imaginative responses.

Lesson 2: Reading to Write: Persuasive Writing Students learn how to write persuasively for senior English, including forms of evidence to use in persuasive writing and generating sophisticated ideas for persuasive responses.

Lesson 3: Reading to Write: Discursive Writing Students learn what discursive writing involves, analyse a range of discursive texts, and compose their own discursive responses.

Lesson 4: Critical Study of Literature: Analysing Poetry Students learn how to integrate context and form into their poetry analysis, and practice writing analytical paragraphs.

Lesson 5: Critical Study of Literature: Analysing Prose Fiction Students learn how to analyse a short prose fiction text. They practice further analytical writing with a focus on detailed analysis of textual evidence.

Lesson 6: Critical Study of Literature: Analysing Film Students learn how to identify film devices in texts and learn how to analyse film scenes with a focus on genre.

Lesson 7: Narratives that Shape Our World Students learn about the key rubric terms from this module, and practice further poetry analysis with a focus on how to write strong statements.

Lesson 8: Comparing Two Texts Students learn how to write comparative analytical responses and practice comparing two poems on the same topic.

Lesson 9: Final Assessment Task Students complete their final assessment for this unit.

Lesson 10: Further practice: review of term content, refining foundational skills and working on extension content.

Lesson 1: Understand Reading to Write and effective openings.

Lesson 2: Explore genre and atmosphere through Romantic, Gothic literature.

Lesson 3: Study Modern and Postmodern literature genres and forms.

Lesson 4: Learn about voice, perspective, and narration.

Lesson 5: Use setting and symbolism in creative writing.

Lesson 6: Experiment with different narrative structures.

Lesson 7: Master discursive and persuasive writing techniques.

Lesson 8: Learn to construct discursive or persuasive voice.

Lesson 9: Complete final assessment and reflection statement.

Lesson 10: Further practice: review of term content, refining foundational skills and working on extension content.

Lesson 1: Understand rubric for "Narratives That Shape Our World." Task: Discursive writing on Othello.

Lesson 2: Learn Shakespeare's context, analyze passion and reason.

Lesson 3: Compare texts on "The Other" and context's impact.

Lesson 4: Compare texts on themes of love and insecurity.

Lesson 5: Analyze texts on themes of jealousy and revenge.

Lesson 6: Study Machiavellian villains and integrate context.

Lesson 7: Analyze related texts and create multimodal presentation.

Lesson 8: Focus on essay writing and thesis statements.

Lesson 9: Complete final assessment for the unit.

Lesson 10: Further practice: review of term content, refining foundational skills and working on extension content.

Lesson 1: Analyze poetry through Gwen Harwood's work.

Lesson 2: Learn critical readings and write analytically.

Lesson 3: Practice thesis statements and complete essays.

Lesson 4: Analyze Sylvia Plath’s poetry using context.

Lesson 5: Continue using critical readings for poetry analysis.

Lesson 6: Write essays integrating context and critical perspectives.

Lesson 7: Focus on postcolonial theory and textual analysis.

Lesson 8: Use postcolonialism for analyzing textual conversations.

Lesson 9: Complete final assessment task for module.

Lesson 10: Further practice: review of term content, refining foundational skills and working on extension content.