Ambarvale High School
ENGLISH
FACULTY
Assessment Schedule
STANDARD COURSE – HSC, New Prescriptions 2015 – 2020
Course Content
Language Mode
40
20
20
20
15
15
25
30
Viewing and
Representing
Writing
Reading
Speaking
Listening
Module C
Module B
Module A
AOS
Scope & Sequence
%
Outcomes
%
15
Term 4
Module C
Texts & Society – Elective 1:
Exploring Interactions
Feed – MT Anderson (prose)
Assessment 1: Speech - 20%
Term 4, Week 9
Term 1
AOS
Discovery
Away – Michael Gow (drama)
20
Half Yearly Exam/AOS 2:
Paper 1 & Paper 2
Term 1, Week 10
AOS – 15%
Term 2
Module A
Experience Through Language –
Elective 2: Distinctively Visual
Run Lola Run – Tom Twyker (film)
15
Trial HSC Exam 3:
Paper 1 & Paper 2
Term 2, Week 9/10
Mod A – 15%
Term 3
Module B
Close Study of Text
Owen (poetry)
15
Assessment 4:
S/A & Imaginative - 25% Mod A - 5%
Term 3, Week 1
Assessment 5:
Module B - 20%
Term 3, Week 5
TOTALS
Examinations 30%
30
20
5
20
10
5
15
15
5
10
15
5
10
5
15
25
20
100
15
20
40
20
20
15
20
15
15
5
15
25
30
30
20
15
100
Assessment 1:
Mod A 20%
15 Speaking
5 Writing
Task
1. Analysis of related material 5%
2. Write a speech 5 minutes 15%
Assessment 2:
AOS 15%
Paper 1 – SA, Imaginative, AOS
Paper 2 – SA, Imaginative, Mod A
Assessment 3:
Mod C15%
Half Yearly Exam
Paper 1 – SA, Imaginative, AOS
Paper 2 – SA, Mod A, Mod C
Assessment 4:
SA & Imaginative - 25%
Mod C – 5%
10 Reading
5 Writing
15 Viewing & Representing
Task:
Part 1: Submit SA section 15% and Imaginative writing 10%
Part 2: Students select ONE scene to analyse in detail, creating a written & visual component conveying the mood of the film 5%
Assessment 5:
Module B – 20%
15 Listening
5 Writing
Task:
Using the flipped classroom, two poems are read aloud and a series of questions asked, the students must provide written
answers on the day in response to the questions.
Ambarvale High School
ENGLISH
FACULTY
Assessment Schedule
ADVANCED COURSE – HSC, New Prescriptions 2015 – 2020
Course Content
Language Mode
40
Term 4
Module C
Representation & Text – Elective 1:
Representing People & Politics
King Henry IV Part I – Shakespeare
(drama/Shakespeare)
Assessment 1: Speech - 20%
Term 4, Week 9
Term 1
AOS Discovery
The Motorcycle Diaries – Che
Guevara (non fiction)
Half Yearly Exam/AOS 2:
Paper 1 & Paper 2- AOS – 15%
Term 1, Week 10
Term 2
Module A
Comparative Study of Texts &
Contexts – Elective 2: Intertextual
Perspectives (prose & film)
1984 – Orwell & Metropolis - Lang
Trial HSC Exam 3:
Paper 1 & Paper 2
Term 2, Week 9/10
Mod A – 15%
Term 3
Module B
Close Study of Text
TS Eliot (poetry)
Assessment 4:
S/A & Imaginative - 25% Mod A - 5%
Term 3, Week 1
Assessment 5:
Module B - 20%
Term 3, Week 5
TOTALS
Examinations 30%
20
20
20
15
15
Viewing and
Representing
Writing
30
15
20
10
5
15
15
5
10
15
5
10
5
20
40
25
15
15
25
Reading
Speaking
Listening
15
5
20
100
20
20
15
30
Module C
Module B
Module A
AOS
Scope & Sequence
%
Outcomes
%
20
20
15
20
15
15
5
15
25
30
30
20
15
100