English and Literature

English and Literature in the senior years of schooling focuses on strengthening student capabilities in communication and comprehension. Through the various pathways on offer, students will be afforded opportunities to deconstruct and analyse texts, recognising the textual structures and language features in use. They will be encouraged to explore the contextual factors that shape the production and reception of texts which will empower them to create texts of their own.

The English and Literature courses seek to further develop the literacy capabilities of all students, ensuring they graduate with the lasting skills of analysis, comprehension and expression.

  • The Year 11 General English Course focuses on essential skills of comprehension and interpretation. Students will employ a range of strategies to deconstruct texts, allowing them to interpret and visualise ideas, develop informed personal responses as well as considering the ways texts are organised to shape meaning. Students will develop crucial skills for communication in a range of contexts which will prepare them for the workplace as well as further study.

    View the English GENERAL syllabus here.

    Course Pre-Requisites: NIL

  • The ATAR English course purposefully extends the critical literacy and communication skills of students while promoting the foundations of academic writing. Students will explore how meaning is communicated through the interplay between language, context and audience across a variety of texts. Through both responding to and creating texts, students will consider how the language and structural aspects of texts shape meaning and offer representations of ideas, attitudes or values. Students will develop skills of comprehension and complex analysis as well as creatively producing their own imaginative, interpretive and persuasive texts.

    View the English ATAR syllabus here.

    Course Pre-Requisites: 50% in Year 10 English Literature or 60% in Year 10 English. Please note, students who completed the Year 10 General English Course are not eligible to study ATAR English in Years 11 and 12

  • The ATAR Literature course draws on a range of texts from vast historical, social, personal and cultural contexts to immerse students in the process of close analysis. Students will explore works of poetry, prose and drama to strengthen their understanding of literary conventions and storytelling traditions as well as learning essential skills of comparison and will create analytical responses that are evidence based, cohesive and compelling. Students will also deepen their appreciation of language, form, structure and style through the creation of their own literary texts, drawn as inspiration from their studies and broader reading.

    The ATAR Literature course pairs well with ATAR History and ATAR Religion and Life and promotes a distinctly analytical and academic form of comprehension and analysis.

    View the Literature ATAR syllabus here.

    Course Pre-Requisites: 60% in Year 10 English Literature or 70% in Year 10 English. Please note, students studying the Year 10 General English Course are not eligible for the ATAR Literature course.