Year 11 and 12 English Pathways Remember… …to receive your Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) you must meet a literacy requirement. You must pass an English subject or the QCS Test to do this. For more information… Contact the Head of Department Senior English Katrina Hundt [email protected] Our Vision CULTURAL AGILITY To equip students with the knowledge and skills to confidently negotiate the rapidly changing, culturally and socially diverse communities in which Brisbane State High School students live. English English Communication English Extension English (Authority) English Communication (Authority Registered) Q: Who should choose English Communication? Q: Who should choose Authority English? A: Anyone who is going for an OP score for tertiary entrance. Q: What do students learn? Units of Study Unit 1: Representing Reality – analyzing media texts; Responding to Drama – persuasive language; Trust and Betrayal – analytical responses to Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice Unit 2: Protest and Passion – celebration and protest in Australian poetry; Stories and Histories – imaginative and analytical responses to literature. Unit 3: Mending the World – literary satire and persuasive language; Reading the World – alienation and belonging in reflective writing; Perspectives of the World – analytical responses to Shakespeare’s Othello. Unit 4: The Spirit of the Age – Poets and poetry in context; Examining the Classics – imaginative and analytical responses to classic literature. A: Anyone who is NOT going for an OP score or anyone who struggles with the literary component of English. Q: How is it different from Authority English? There is a focus on the practical use of language to perform tasks, use technology, and interact in groups, work places and the wider community. This is different to Authority English which has a more academic, literary focus. Q: What do students learn? A: Skills that are highly valued by employers or vocational training institutions, such as, literacy, technology, planning and organisation, problem solving, and working with others. Units of Study Unit 1: Marketing Australia – persuasive and visual language in advertising texts. English Extension Q: Who should choose English Extension Year 12 only? A: Anyone who is interested in a highly academic, rigorous study of literature and reading practices. Anyone who has a passion for reading and academic writing practices. Q: What is the process for applying to study English Extension? A: Towards the end of Term 3, year 11, interested students can indicate their interest by completing a form signed by their parents. After this, acceptance into the course will be subject to an interview with the Head of Department and a review of the student’s results in English. There is an expectation that the student achieves a VHA in both semesters of Year 11 English. Having studied English Literature Studies in Year 10 is desirable. Q: Why study English Extension? A:The extension syllabus offers different approaches to reading texts and explores the literary theories that underpin them. Students then apply these reading practices to a range of texts (such as novels, films, or hypermedia texts). Q: What do students learn? A: The English Extension (Literature) syllabus is built around a framework which draws on contemporary and historical approaches to reading and constitutes them as: author-centred, text-centred, reader-centred and world-context-centred. Q: How is student work assessed? Unit 2: The Effective Team – interaction skills for collaboration, giving instructions. Unit 3: Managing Conflict – aggressive, assertive and passive language. Unit 4: In Someone Else’s Shoes – reflective writing and speaking. A: Assessment in English Extension is criterion-based and is designed to help students to demonstrate achievement in the objectives of the syllabus. Assessment is both written and spoken/signed. Students complete three major tasks, one of which has two aspects. Q: What texts are needed? A: For this course, students will be provided with the necessary textbooks and novels through the English Faculty class set program, and self-selected texts can be used for assessment tasks.