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Focus area: Textual conversations (2024 syllabus)

2 dot points across 2 inquiry questions, in syllabus order. Each dot point has a focused answer, with exam-style questions and worked answers where available.

What does the new Textual conversations focus area ask of English Advanced students, and how does Paper 2 Section I assess it?

Students study two related texts together to understand how they speak to each other across time and context, and how their composers' choices carry meaning, values and ideas

New 2024 syllabus (first HSC 2027): what English Advanced students are asked to do in Textual conversations, the six prescribed pairings for 2027 to 2030, how Paper 2 Section I is structured, and how to prepare a comparative study.

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How do you write a high-scoring comparative response for Textual conversations in Paper 2 Section I?

Students compose sustained comparative responses that integrate analysis of two texts, their forms, contexts and values, into a coherent argument about their conversation

New 2024 syllabus (first HSC 2027): how to compose a strong integrated comparison of your two Textual conversations texts for English Advanced Paper 2 Section I, with a paragraph model, a planning template and original practice questions.

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