A focused full-day English Advanced intensive for the final weeks before the 2026 HSC. Revisit the Common Module and Modules A–C, work through authentic HSC-style practice, and sharpen the decisions that turn knowledge of your texts into controlled, purposeful responses.
Date
Friday 2 October
Time
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Campus
Macquarie University — room TBC
Availability
29 places left
A real InspirationED workshop
Live teaching, guided exam practice and room to ask questions.
English Advanced · Full course intensive
English Advanced rewards more than remembered quotations. Students need to interpret unfamiliar questions, select evidence with purpose, sustain an argument and control their writing across two examination papers. This workshop revisits the transferable demands of the full Year 12 course so students can apply the day to the prescribed texts studied at their own school.
Best for
Year 12 English Advanced students who know their prescribed texts but want a clearer whole-course strategy, stronger question interpretation and more controlled writing before the 2026 HSC.
Aligned to the 2026 HSC
English Advanced Stage 6 Syllabus (2017)
The 2026 HSC English Advanced examination is based on the 2017 syllabus. The replacement 2024 syllabus has its first HSC examination in 2027.
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$250
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The Year 12 course
The day connects the Year 12 course with the examination skills students need to apply it.
Paper 1 · 30 indicative hours
Explore how texts represent individual and collective experiences, human qualities and emotions. Practise analysing how language creates these representations, responding to unseen texts and developing a sustained interpretation of a prescribed text.
Key language: individual and collective experiences · human qualities and emotions · anomalies, paradoxes and inconsistencies · unseen texts · sustained response
Paper 2 · Section I · 30 indicative hours
Examine the resonances and dissonances between paired prescribed texts. Focus on how context, values, form and language shape textual conversations, then practise building a comparative argument that treats both texts with purpose.
Key language: resonances and dissonances · textual conversations · context and values · comparative analysis · paired prescribed texts
Paper 2 · Section II · 30 indicative hours
Strengthen detailed knowledge of a substantial literary text and its distinctive qualities. Practise forming an informed personal interpretation, using close textual evidence and sustaining a critical argument about the text’s meaning and value.
Key language: textual integrity · distinctive qualities · informed personal response · close analysis · meaning and value
Paper 2 · Section III · 30 indicative hours
Refine imaginative, discursive, persuasive, informative and reflective writing. Work with stimulus material, audience and purpose while making deliberate choices about voice, structure, imagery, syntax and reflection.
Key language: craft of writing · imaginative · discursive · persuasive · informative · reflective · stimulus · audience and purpose
Across the day
01 · Understand
Reconnect the Common Module and Modules A–C through the concepts, terminology and response demands that matter in the HSC examination.
02 · Decide
Break down directive verbs, conceptual wording and stimulus material, then decide on a thesis, line of argument, evidence and response structure.
03 · Practise
Attempt unseen analysis, prescribed-text planning and selected analytical or compositional tasks using the same kinds of decisions required under examination conditions.
04 · Improve
Review approaches with the teacher, compare choices, identify where marks are commonly lost and make practical improvements to argument, evidence, expression and control.
05 · Take forward
Use the workbook, practice set and advice from the day to identify priorities and continue purposeful English Advanced preparation before the HSC.
Practice and feedback
Students work through practice questions and selected response tasks across the day. The teacher unpacks what each question is asking, models planning and evidence choices, and guides students through the features of a stronger response. Students compare approaches, ask questions and use live teacher feedback to refine their own work. The workshop provides guided feedback and improvement opportunities rather than a separate individual marking service.
Identify how form, language and structure represent human experiences, then shape concise analysis around the actual question.
Move from a defensible thesis to purposeful evidence, sustained analysis and a conclusion that answers the question rather than repeating it.
Make meaningful connections between paired texts in Module A and develop an informed personal interpretation for Module B.
Make deliberate choices about form, voice, imagery, structure and reflection when responding to Module C stimulus material.
Included with the workshop
Every student receives a subject-specific workbook containing concise course notes, module summaries, HSC-style practice questions, planning frameworks, writing advice and space to annotate modelled approaches. Students work through it during the workshop and can continue using it in their final weeks of revision.
Clear reminders of module language, examination demands and the concepts students need to use accurately.
Tasks spanning unseen analysis, prescribed-text responses, comparative thinking and the craft of writing.
Practical structures for unpacking questions, building an argument, selecting evidence and controlling a complete response.
Teacher modelling, live guided feedback, opportunities to ask questions and a focused room where students can learn from different approaches.
Expert HSC educators
Premium take-home resources
Marking insights and exemplars
Schools study different prescribed texts. The day focuses on the shared syllabus and examination skills that students can apply to their own texts, while examples and discussion are used to make those skills concrete.
Students receive live guided feedback during practice and review, can ask questions and can improve their work using teacher modelling and discussion. The workshop is not advertised as a separate individual marking service.
Yes. The September 2026 workshop uses the English Advanced Stage 6 Syllabus (2017), which remains the syllabus examined for the 2026 HSC. The replacement 2024 syllabus is first examined in the 2027 HSC.
Year 12 students preparing for their final school assessments and the 2026 HSC examinations.
Bring a laptop or tablet if you use one for study, writing materials, water and lunch. Your workshop resources are provided.
Building, room and arrival instructions are sent by email with the ticket and again before the workshop.
Yes. Add any three workshops in one order and the $75 bundle saving is applied automatically at checkout.
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