NSW English Extension 1 Stage 6 syllabus structure, expressed in Dux teaching language.
Dux tracks each dot point separately, so “I did English Extension 1” becomes a list of specific things you can already do and specific things you have never been asked. Open a module for all of its dot points, written out.
How texts construct worlds, the relationship between the world of the text and the world of the reader, and the theory that frames both.
How texts reflect, form and contest cultural values, including the politics of the canon and of literary judgement.
Sustained critical reading: language and style, competing interpretations, and the relationship between a text and its contexts.
One elective studied in depth, where the elective's concern becomes the lens for reading a range of texts.
A English Extension 1 paper is not one question type repeated. Each command word asks for a different shape of answer, and each is worth a different number of marks.
| Command word | Question type | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| analyse | Short answer | 4–6 |
| compare | Short answer | 4–6 |
| evaluate | Extended response | 8–10 |
| evaluate | Short answer | 4–6 |
| explain | Short answer | 3–5 |
| identify | Multiple choice | 1 |
HSC English Extension 1 - Trial Paper Shape — 50 marks, 120 minutes. Practice papers in Dux are assembled to this shape rather than invented, so the timing is training too.
Diagnostic first, then questions written in the shape this course uses. Written answers come back marked against the bands, not just scored.