§-English syllabus

English syllabus, dot point by dot point

Every dot point in the WA English syllabus, in syllabus order, with a focused answer for each. Open any dot point for the answer, exam-style questions and links to related points.

Unit 3: Responding to and Creating Texts in Contexts

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How do you compare texts that treat a shared subject across different genres, modes and contexts?

Compare how texts within and across genres, modes and contexts represent shared themes, issues and ideas

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How do you build a sustained analytical essay on a studied text?

Construct a sustained analytical response that develops an interpretation supported by textual evidence and metalanguage

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How does context shape the way a text is produced and received?

Analyse how context, purpose and audience shape the language choices, structure and meaning of a text

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How do texts carry and invite particular ideas, attitudes and values?

Analyse the ideas, attitudes and values a text conveys and how it invites a reader to accept or question them

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How does reading produce meaning, and why do readers read the same text differently?

Examine how reading is an active process shaped by the social, cultural and cognitive resources a reader brings to a text

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How do genre conventions and structure carry meaning?

Analyse how generic conventions and text structures are used, adapted or subverted to make meaning

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How do specific language and stylistic features create meaning and effect?

Analyse how language, stylistic and literary features create meaning, tone and effect in a text

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How do you reflect on and justify the choices you made in your own composition?

Reflect on and explain the deliberate choices made in composing a text and their intended effect on an audience

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How do you create a text that suits a chosen context, purpose and audience?

Create a sustained text that uses generic conventions and stylistic choices to suit a chosen context, purpose and audience

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Unit 4: Perspectives, Argument and Response

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How do you analyse unseen texts under exam conditions?

Comprehend and analyse unseen texts, identifying perspective, technique and effect under timed conditions

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How can a text be read from different critical positions, including against its own invitation?

Read texts from a range of critical positions, including accepting, negotiating and resisting the reading a text invites

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How do point of view and voice carry underlying values and ideology?

Analyse how point of view, voice and language encode the values, attitudes and ideology of a text

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How do rhetorical appeals and argument structure work to persuade a reader?

Analyse how rhetorical appeals and the structure of an argument work together to persuade an audience

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How do texts draw on, respond to and reshape other texts?

Analyse how intertextual references and connections shape the meaning and effect of a text

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How do visual and multimodal texts construct meaning through image, layout and design?

Analyse how visual and multimodal texts construct perspectives and position viewers through visual and design choices

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How do texts construct particular perspectives and representations?

Analyse how texts construct perspectives and representations of people, events and ideas through selection and emphasis

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How do texts construct identity, culture and place rather than simply describe them?

Analyse how texts construct representations of identity, culture and place and position readers toward them

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How do you compose a controlled persuasive or interpretive text?

Create persuasive and interpretive texts that develop a clear position through structure, evidence and rhetorical choice

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How do you develop, defend and test an interpretation against other readings?

Develop and test interpretations of texts through reasoned argument, evidence and consideration of alternative readings

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