English (Standard) and English (Advanced)

English: As consultation in 2 unit HSC English courses has not been completed, there will be no examination or assessment changes to 2 unit English (Standard), English (Advanced) or English (ESL) for 2010.

Syllabus

2009 HSC
Syllabus (PDF, 146 pages 670 KB): Word version (146 pages, 869 KB); updated February 2008
Syllabus Introduction (PDF, 4 pages, 98 KB)
Consultation Report (PDF, 143 pages, 1.3 MB)

2010 HSC and beyond
English Syllabus (content unchanged): Published 02 October 2009; Also available in Word format; Published 02 October 2009

English - A Guide to Internal Assessment (PDF)
Standard and Advanced Specimen Paper (PDF, 42 pages, 1 MB): Updated 30 March 2001
Standard and Advanced Examination Rubrics: PDF (1 page, 64 KB); Published 18 May 2009
Standard Paper 2 Examination Rubrics: PDF (1 page, 76 KB); Published 18 May 2009
Advanced Paper 2 Examination Rubrics: PDF (1 page, 76 KB); Published 18 May 2009

2010 HSC and beyond
Assessment and reporting in English Standard: Published 09 October 2009
Assessment and reporting in English Advanced: Published 09 October 2009
English Standard - sample assessment schedule: Published 19 October 2009
English Advanced - sample assessment schedule: Published 20 October 2009
Information regarding the 2010 HSC examination in English (Standard): Published 17 November 2009
Information regarding the 2010 HSC examination in English (Advanced): Published 17 November 2009

Past English (Standard) and English (Advanced) HSC Examination Papers and Notes from the Marking Centres
English (Standard) and English (Advanced) Peformance band descriptions

HSC English Prescriptions 2009–2012 — Poems and Speeches: Poems - Standard Module A; Advanced Modules A and C; ESL Module A; Speeches - Standard Module A; Advanced Module B
English Advanced Module B: Critical Study of Texts - Support Document (PDF, 10 pages, 195 KB): Word version (10 pages, 65 KB); Published 4 September 2007

English Stage 6 Workplace and Community Texts - Support Document 2009-2012: English (Standard) Module C: Texts and Society; English (ESL) Module B: Texts and Society (PDF, 56 pages, 1.9 MB); Published 1 November 2007

2009-2012 HSC English Prescriptions: Area of Study, Electives and Texts (PDF, 43 pages, 3.9 MB): Word version (43 pages, 540 KB); Published 19 March 2009

2009-2012 HSC Prescribed Area of Study, Electives and Texts (PDF, 1 A2 page, 95 KB): Poster for the English Standard, English Advanced, English ESL, and English Extension 1 Courses; Published 23 June 2008
Updated 11 March 2009

Annotations of texts prescribed for the first time — HSC 2009–2012: (Common content, Standard, Advanced, ESL and Extension); PDF (39 pages, 500 KB); Word (39 pages, 320 KB); Published 25 July 2007