English Hot Spot

 

English Resource Materials 2002
Enhancing literacy in secondary English (ElisE)
NSW teachers of secndary English worked in project teams to develop the resource material that is featured in ElisE. The projects focus on how teachers identified the literacy requirements of the Stage 6 English syllabus, and worked to design programming and teaching and learning strategies to meet these requirements.

English LIG 2002 -
Participant learning journal
Workshop materials: Part 1
Workshop materials: Part 2
Workshop materials: Part 3
Workshop materials: Part 4

English Resource Materials 2001
Ideas and Strategies for HSC Extension 2 English

Please note the following amendments
• Radio drama section. The last dot point in the first section at the top of page 21 should read: "The student presenting the Major Work should be the sole writer and sole director/producer." (April 2001)
• The Official Notice BOS 43/01 in Vol 10 No 2 Board Bulletin: regarding Major Work specifications (April 2001)
• Major Work Options: Print Medium on page 16: the following sentence has been deleted: "Word counts do not include footnotes." (6 July 2001)

Appendix F: Screenplay formats - drama and documentary (July 2001)

A suggested programming sequence
Sample unit - HSC Standard Course
Module C: Texts and Society
HSC English Resource Checklist
English LIG 2001 - Participant Learning Journal
 

English LIG 2001 - Workshop Materials:
- Case Study 1
- Case Study 2
- Case Study 3
- Case Study 4

English LIG 2 Part A Materials 1999
 
Assessment Bulletin 1
A Standards-Referenced Approach
Assessment Bulletin 2
Internal Assessment in the New Higher School Certificate
Assessment Bulletin 3
Establishing sound assessment practices - developing marking guidelines for assessment tasks
Assessment Bulletin 4
Establishing Sound Assessment Practices - Providing Meaningful Feedback
Assessment Bulletin 5
Focus on Industry Curriculum Framework Courses in the New Higher School Certificate
Curriculum Support Newsletters
No. 1 2002

Curriculum Support Newsletter NewHSC supplements

No. 4 2001: "Support for Stage 6 English syllabus implementation", "Reviews for Stage 6", "Quality Teaching Program", "Sink your teeth into it".
No. 3 2001: "Quality Teaching Program: Enhancing literacy in Stage 6 through Fundamentals of English"; "HSC workshops"
No. 2 2001: "HSC English Extension 2 at Hornsby GHS 2001"; "Talking about Stage 6 reporting"; "Stage 6 Syllabus implementation"
No. 1 2001: "Studying film in the Stage 6 syllabus"; "Stage 6 English resources online"
No. 4 2000: "Devoloping marking guidelines for an assessment task, using a standards-referenced approach", "The preliminary English (Extension) course", "Progress report" (on Sateg 6 English syllabus)
No. 3 2000: "Devoloping marking guidelines for an assessment task, using a standards-referenced approach"; "The preliminary English (Extension) course"
No. 2 2000: "Designing an assessment program for the Stage 6 English Preliminary courses"; "Teaching combined ESL-non-ESL classes"; "Progress report" (on Stage 6 English syllabus)

No. 1 2000: "Teaching ESL students in the new Stage 6 English courses"; "Swimming not drowning in technology"
No. 4 1999: "Visual texts in newspapers"; "Implementing film, television and multimedia in English "
No. 3 1999: "The Theory bases of Stage 6 English"; "Responding to film"; "The Area of Study"; "Taking a look at assessment and reporting in 2000"
 
Quality Teacher Program and click the Literacy (yellow) band to gain access to QTP Project 1.1: Enhancing Literacy in Stage 6 Through English
Board of Studies
Syllabus and support documents for current and new courses, examination papers and reports, official notices and publications.
Board of Studies hot links to syllabuses, support documents, specimen papers, marking guidelines, issues documents, mapping grids and assessment support.
Direct access to assessment support including a glossary of terms.

NSW HSC Online English node
New site launched April 2001
Units of work for all courses
Discussion questions
Study guides
Links to resources

Association of Independent Schools HSC Web Resource
Department of Education and Training Curriculum Support Stage 6 English resource.
OTEN-DE Preliminary and HSC English units

English Teachers' Association NSW
Membership mETAphor Publications Lesson ideas

Visit the Catholic Education Office: Parramatta Diocese Stage 6 English Resources
This page contains resources for HSC and Preliminary course material and sample half yearly papers. English content is contained in all three areas.
Infocus links students studying the HSC with information from the State Library of NSW.

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Discussion

Join the English discussion forum in the QTP Discussion Area to share your ideas, challenges and strategies in
programming the modules and electives. Go to the Literacy focus area and select Project 1.1: Enhancing Literacy in Stage 6 through English, then select Discussion.

 

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