Extension 1: Literary Worlds Course Overview
Facilitator: Anthony Bosco (Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Teaching, Master of Educational Leadership)
Duration: 3 hours
NESA Career Stage Level: Proficient Teacher (NSW)
Australian Professional Standards: 2 and 3
Fee: $400 (GST inclusive)
Next Live Online Course: TBC
Course Description
This course provides teachers with strategies for programming and teaching Year 12 Extension 1: Literary Worlds. Teachers will learn how to best approach teaching the focus area in the time available and how to leverage aspects of the Year 11 Extension 1 English and Year 12 Advanced English courses. From here, teachers will learn about the value of students developing a portfolio of writing as a means of demonstrating a strong conceptual understanding of Literary Worlds, before moving on to consider ways of modelling and scaffolding responses to examination questions. The course concludes with a focus on crafting effective feedback.
Lesson 1: Approaching Literary Worlds
This session offers a clear and structured approach to teaching the Literary Worlds focus area. Emphasis is placed on building strong conceptual understanding, making purposeful use of teaching time, and preparing students to respond confidently to the demands of the HSC examination.
In this session, you will:
Explore effective ways to introduce and sustain key concepts central to Literary Worlds.
Learn how to strategically allocate and use the indicative hours available for teaching this focus area.
Examine past HSC examination questions and consider practical strategies for developing students’ skills in close reading, unseen text analysis, and sustained written responses.
Lesson 2: Leveraging Vertical and Horizontal Alignment across Extension 1 and Advanced English
This session demonstrates how key components of the Year 11 Extension 1 and Year 12 Advanced courses can be strategically leveraged to strengthen students’ conceptual understanding, research practices, and writing.
In this session, you will:
Explore how the Year 11 Extension 1 English Related Research Project can be used as a foundation for developing independent inquiry skills and theoretical thinking in preparation for Literary Worlds.
Examine how Year 12 Advanced: The Craft of Writing can be repurposed to support the development of sophisticated, voice-driven writing in Extension 1.
Learn how to align skills, concepts, and expectations across courses to create a coherent and manageable Extension 1 teaching program.
Lesson 3: Improving Students’ Critical and Creative Writing
This session focuses on the explicit teaching of critical and creative writing within the Literary Worlds focus area. Emphasis is placed on building students’ conceptual control, strengthening written responses, and supporting sustained engagement with unseen texts.
In this session, you will:
Explore the value of developing a portfolio of critical and creative writing as evidence of students’ conceptual understanding of Literary Worlds.
Examine practical ways to model and scaffold responses to HSC-style examination questions.
Consider strategies for providing targeted, effective feedback that foregrounds close textual engagement, conceptual clarity, control of language and form, and precise written expression.
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