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Year 12 english
These Year 11 topics build the core skills that underpin senior English courses across Australia: reading closely, writing sustained analytical responses, comparing texts and crafting persuasive arguments. They are designed as foundational practice that a learner can apply to whichever prescribed texts and course their state or territory pathway requires.
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Language
Literature
- Close readingFull lesson · 60 minRead a short passage slowly and closely, annotating diction, imagery, syntax and structure to build an interpretation supported by precise evidence.
- Comparative study foundationsTopic outlineCompare how two texts from different forms or contexts explore a shared idea, identifying similarities and differences in purpose, perspective and technique.
Literacy
- Analytical writing: integrating evidenceFull lesson · 55 minWrite sophisticated analytical paragraphs that embed quotations fluently, use precise metalanguage and connect authorial choices to ideas and purpose.
- Crafting persuasive argumentsTopic outlinePlan and write a reasoned persuasive piece that develops a sustained contention, uses evidence responsibly and addresses counterarguments.