HSC Seminar subjects and topics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HSC English Exam Paper 1(45 Marks)

Advanced and Standard English students complete the same Paper 1 exam in the HSC Trial Exams and the Final HSC Exams. At FergHSC we offer seminars for Reading Task, Creative Writing and most of the Belonging prescribed texts. Please view the seminar schedule for dates and times.

1)Reading Task(15 marks)

2)Creative Writing(15 Marks)

3)Area of Study:'Belonging'(15 Marks)

It is worth noting that the Reading Task and Creative Writing questions have the same weighting as the "Area of Study: Belonging" essay although they rarely receive the same amount of class time. Our seminars on these topics focus specifically on exam strategy and how to get better marks than most.

 

 

The Advanced English seminars at FergHSC cover most of the prescribed texts as set by the NSW Board of Studies. Paper 2 in the HSC Trial Exams and the Final HSC Exams has three questions each worth 20 marks.


4) Module A(20 Marks): Comparative Study of Texts and Context

Elective 1: Exploring Connections
  • King Richard 3rd / Looking for Richard
  • Pride & Prejudice / Letters to Alice on First Reading  Jane Austen
  • John Donne Selected Poetry / Wit, Margaret Edson
Elective 2: Texts in Time
  • Frankenstein / Blade Runner
  • The Great Gatsby / Aurora Leigh and Other Poems
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf / A Room of One's Own


5) Module B(20 Marks): Close Study of Text

  • A Doll's House
  • Gwen Harwood
  • Hamlet
  • Speeches(Adv.)
  • WB Yeats

6) Module C(20 Marks): Representation and Text

Elective 1: Conflicting Perspectives

  • Birthday Letters
  • Julius Caesar
  • Snow Falling on Cedars
  • The Justice Game
  • Wag the Dog

Elective 2: History and Memory

  • Denise Levertov
  • The Fiftieth Gate
  • The Queen

 

 

 Our seminars for the Standard English course are grouped under the NSW Board of Studies Course outline electives.

Module A: Experience Through Language
  • Elective 1: Distinctive Voices
  • Elective 2: Distinctively Visual

Module B: Close Study of Text

Module C: Texts and Societies
  • Elective 1: The Global Village
  • Elective 2: Into the World

 

 

 We run seminars cover the HSC Extension English courses for the following electives:
  • Science Fiction
  • Crime Fiction
  • Navigating the Global
  • After the bomb

 

 

At FergHSC we run seminars for General Maths and 2 Unit Maths. Each seminar we will focus on a particular topic where students will attempt exam style questions followed by a detailed working of the question.

We choose seminar topics based on what we feel the topics that students are having the most difficulties with.

Please refer to the seminar schedule to see which topics are being covered.

 

 

 Our seminars for Modern History will cover the topics of:

1. The Core Source Study on World War 1

2. 20th Century Studies:
  • 20th Century Germany
  • 20th Century Russia
  • 20th Century India
  • 20th Century Anglo Irish Relations
3. International Relations:
  • The Cold War
  • Indo China Conflict

 

 

 Our seminars for Economics will cover the four core modules of the course as outlined by the NSW Board of Studies.
  • Economic policies and management
  • Economic Issues
  • Australia's place in the global economy.
  • The Global Economy

 

 

 Our seminars for Business Studies will cover the five core modules of the course as outlined by the NSW Board of Studies.
  • Management and change(Topic 1)
  • Financial Management(Topic 2)
  • Marketing(Topic 3)
  • Employment Relations (Topic 4)
  • Global markets (Topic 5)
  • Report question and Extended response question