Australia · ACARA Content Descriptions
Year 11 English
An advanced exploration of how language shapes identity and influence in contemporary and historical contexts. Students critically analyze diverse texts to deconstruct the relationship between authorial intent, audience reception, and cultural values.
The Art of Persuasion
Students examine how rhetoric and logic are used to influence public opinion and drive social change.
Analyzing how ethos, pathos, and logos are adapted for contemporary audiences in political and social addresses.
Investigating how layout, color, and framing manipulate viewer perception in news and advertising.
Students practice the stylistic conventions of opinion writing to advocate for a specific cause.
Literary Landscapes
Exploring how setting and environment function as active participants in narrative meaning and character development.
Examining how authors use setting to mirror the psychological states of their characters.
Critically analyzing the representation of the Australian landscape in colonial and contemporary literature.
Analyzing the city as a site of fragmentation and isolation in early 20th century texts.
The Power of the Stage
Investigating the unique affordances of drama and how performance adds layers of meaning to the written script.
Deconstructing the elements of classical and modern tragedy through the study of a major play.
Analyzing how lighting, sound, and blocking communicate subtext without the use of dialogue.
Exploring how playwrights use humor and exaggeration to challenge societal norms and institutions.
The Language of Identity
Analyzing how language use varies across different social groups and how it shapes our sense of self.
Investigating how specialized language creates in-groups and excludes outsiders.
Examining the relationship between regional accents, dialects, and perceived social authority.
Analyzing how gender roles are constructed and challenged through linguistic choices.
The Digital Frontier
Critically engaging with the transformation of storytelling and communication in the age of digital media.
Exploring how digital platforms allow for interactive and branching storytelling experiences.
Analyzing the impact of algorithms and social media profiles on personal and collective identity.
Examining how a single narrative world is built across multiple platforms like film, comics, and podcasts.
Voices of Dissent
Investigating how literature and poetry have been used as tools for political resistance and social commentary.
Analyzing the rhythm, imagery, and performance of poetry that challenges the status quo.
Examining how speculative fiction serves as a critique of contemporary political and social trends.
Analyzing how writers from marginalized backgrounds reclaim and subvert Western literary canons.