About this Subject
- Length of Study: Full Year
- Number of SACE Credits: 20
- Pre-Requisite Information: By recommendation of Student Diversity or the Stage 1 English/Essential English teacher
Subject Overview
In Stage 2 Essential English students respond to and create texts in and for a range of personal, social, cultural, community and/or workplace contexts. Students understand and interpret information, ideas and perspectives in texts and consider ways in which language choices are used to create meaning.
Students undertake study in Stage 2 Essential English through the following topics:
- First Nations Voices Study
- Film Study
- Creative Travel Writing
- Advocacy Texts
- Ceremonial Speeches
- Language Study
Assessment
Stage 2 assessment is comprised of 70% school-based assessment which is externally moderated by the SACE Board and 30% external assessment which is externally marked by the SACE Board. Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:
70% School Based Assessment:
Assessment Type 1: Responding to Texts (30%)
- Response to Australian Music (Written, Oral or Multimodal)
- Response to a Film (Written, Oral or Multimodal)
- Assessment Type 2: Creating Texts (40%)
- Advocacy Text (Written)
- Speech for a Specified Purpose (Oral)
- Travel Promotion (Written, Oral or Multimodal)
30% External Assessment:
- The externally assessed component is a Language Study.
