{"id":285,"date":"2017-05-08T16:27:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T06:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=285"},"modified":"2026-05-31T19:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T09:54:21","slug":"stage-1-english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/stage-1-english\/","title":{"rendered":"STAGE 1 ENGLISH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SACE Credits:<\/strong>\u00a020 credits<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stage 1 English is based on responding to a range of texts. This includes reading and examining Australian texts. Students create original imaginative, interpretative and\/or persuasive texts for different purposes, contexts and audiences in written, oral and\/or multimodal forms.\u00a0 Students will analyse connections between texts to explore and evaluate similarities and differences and how texts are constructed to influence responses. This is according to the SACE Stage 1 English requirements. This subject is a prerequisite for Stage 2 English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Assessment<\/strong>: Students\u2019 performance will be determined according to the subject\u2019s Performance Standards, as outlined by the SACE Board. Grades A to E will be used for reporting purposes. Across two Semesters, students provide evidence of their learning through eight assessments, with at least two assessments from each assessment type.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Responding to Texts (30%<\/em>): At least two texts which may be written, oral and\/or multimodal (written texts maximum 800 words, orals maximum 5 minutes and multimodal texts should be of equivalent length).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Creating Texts (40%<\/em>): At least two texts for different audiences, contexts and purposes (written texts maximum 800 words, orals maximum 5 minutes and multimodal texts should be of equivalent length).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Intertextual Study (30%<\/em>): Two studies must be undertaken. One study should be in response to texts and the other creating texts to demonstrate understanding of intertextuality. Studies may be written, oral and\/or multimodal (written responses or created texts should be maximum of 1000 words; an oral maximum of 6 minutes; multimodal form should be of equivalent length).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Results for this course are subject to moderation, at the end of each semester, based on samples of students\u2019 work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leads to:<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/stage-2-english\/\">Stage 2 English<\/a> <\/strong>or<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/stage-2-essential-english\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5946\">Stage 2 Essential english<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1574\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-29-at-2.05.34\u202fpm.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7351\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SACE Credits:\u00a020 credits Stage 1 English is based on responding to a range of texts. This includes reading and examining Australian texts. Students create original imaginative, interpretative and\/or persuasive texts for different purposes, contexts and audiences in written, oral and\/or multimodal forms.\u00a0 Students will analyse connections between texts to explore and evaluate similarities and differences &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/stage-1-english\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">STAGE 1 ENGLISH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7361,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/285\/revisions\/7361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}