HSC RESULTS, 2012
In 2012 Warrawong High School had great success in HSC English:
- 58% of our Standard English students received HSC marks between 70 and 100 (the state average is 36% in Bands 4 – 6))
- All our Advanced English students received HSC marks between 80 and 100 (the state average is 53% in Bands 5 & 6)
- Our Extension1 student received HSC marks in the top band (the state average for Band 4 is 25%)
- Our Extension 2 English student achieved a mark in the top band (the state average for Band 4 is 22%)
- For 68% of our 19 students studying English as a Second Language their HSC mark was either their best or second best mark out of all the HSC subjects they studied at Warrawong High School.
The modules being studied in Year 12 Standard English in 2013 are:
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Area of Study Belonging |
Film |
Strictly Ballroom by Baz Luhrmann |
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Module A Experience through Language (Distinctive Voices) |
Novel |
The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender by Marele Day |
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Module B Close Study of Text |
Poetry |
Wilfred Owen |
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Module C Texts and Society (The Global Village) |
Drama |
The Man with Five Children by Nick Enright |
The modules being studied in Year 12 Advanced English in 2013 are:
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Area of Study Belonging |
Shakespeare |
As You Like It by William Shakespeare |
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Module A Comparative Study of Texts & Context |
Novel Film |
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Blade Runnerby Ridley Scott |
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Module B Critical Study of Text & Context |
Non-fiction |
George Orwell's essays |
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Module C Text and Representation (Conflicting Perspectives) |
Poetry |
Ted Hughes |
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The module studied in Extension I English in 2013 is Crime Writing
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