§-English Extension 2 Q&A
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English Extension 2 Q&A by dot point
A short Q&A bank for every NSW English Extension 2 syllabus dot point. Each question and answer is drawn directly from our worked dot-point page, so you can scan key concepts before opening the long-form answer.
The Major Work
Students compose a Major Work in the form of a critical response, demonstrating a sustained original argument, scholarly engagement and a substantial independent investigation into the critical form
Students compose a podcast Major Work within the prescribed running time, controlling voice, sound and structure as the medium's distinctive meaning-making resources and submitting a supporting script
Students compose a Major Work in the form of a script for film, television or drama, demonstrating control of dramatic craft, performability and a substantial independent investigation into the script form
Students compose a creative nonfiction Major Work that draws on factual material and lived or researched experience, shaped through the techniques of imaginative composition within the prescribed word limit
Students compose a Major Work in a multimedia, performance or spoken form, demonstrating control of multimodal craft, integration of media and a substantial independent investigation into the form
Students compose performance pieces such as performance poetry or speeches within the prescribed running time, controlling the resources of live or recorded delivery and submitting a supporting print text
Students compose a Major Work in the form of poetry, demonstrating control of poetic craft, coherence across a suite, and a substantial independent investigation into poetic form
Students compose a Major Work in the form of short fiction, demonstrating control of narrative craft, an original concept and a substantial independent investigation into the form
Students undertake a sustained independent investigation to develop an original concept, area of special interest and statement of intent that drives the composition of the Major Work
Students sustain and develop a coherent concept across the extended composition process, maintaining conceptual unity and momentum while allowing the idea to deepen rather than drift
Students undertake an ongoing, systematic and rigorous independent investigation into both the concept and the form of the Major Work, using research to inform and shape the composition
Students prepare a written proposal for the Major Work and present and defend it in a Viva Voce, articulating the concept, scope, emphases and chosen form and their relationship to prior Stage 6 English study
Students experiment with and control the language forms, features and structures of their chosen mode, manipulating them deliberately to shape meaning and the responses of an intended audience
Reflection and Process
Students develop, draft and refine the Major Work through cycles of composition, critical feedback and editing to produce a controlled, polished final composition
Students maintain a Major Work Journal documenting the ongoing process of independent investigation, decision-making and development across the composition of the Major Work
Students understand how the Major Work and Reflection Statement are assessed against NESA marking criteria, and use that understanding to make composition and reflection decisions that meet the standards of the highest band
Students compose a Reflection Statement that critically reflects on the concept, form and independent investigation underpinning the Major Work and its relationship to that process