HSC English Standard Revision

Module A – Contemporary Possibilities.................................................................................................2

Rubric Terminology (Terms and Definitions).....................................................................................2
Common Implications of the Modern World.....................................................................................2
Implication #1 -..................................................................................................................................3
Key Ideas........................................................................................................................................3
Contextual Links............................................................................................................................3
Form Notes....................................................................................................................................3
Key Devices/Techniques................................................................................................................3
Implication #2 -..................................................................................................................................3
Key Ideas........................................................................................................................................3
Contextual Links............................................................................................................................4
Form Notes....................................................................................................................................4
Key Devices/Techniques................................................................................................................4
Implication #3 -..................................................................................................................................4
Key Ideas........................................................................................................................................4
Contextual Links............................................................................................................................4
Form Notes....................................................................................................................................4
Key Devices/Techniques................................................................................................................5
Implication #4 -..................................................................................................................................5
Key Ideas........................................................................................................................................5
Contextual Links............................................................................................................................5
Form Notes....................................................................................................................................5
Key Devices/Techniques................................................................................................................5
Implication #5 -..................................................................................................................................5
Key Ideas........................................................................................................................................5
Contextual Links............................................................................................................................6
Form Notes....................................................................................................................................6
Key Devices/Techniques................................................................................................................6
Module A – Contemporary Possibilities

Rubric Terminology (Terms and Definitions)

Rapidly evolving technologies in

the ways, we communicate and
represent ideas and experiences.
The power of communication
technologies.
Broad range of audiences for a
range of purposes.
The ways composers use and
manipulate a variety of aural,
language and visual devices to
shape our understanding of what
we listen to, read or view and
may explore notions of hybridity
and intertextuality
Understanding and appreciation
of the ways that different
communication technologies
shape the ways that we read,
 navigate, understand and
respond to digital, multimedia,
multimodal and nonlinear texts.

Common Implications of the Modern World

Implication #1 -

Key Ideas
- Rapidly evolving technologies

Contextual Links
- Develop an understanding of the creative possibilities made available through these rapidly
evolving technologies in the ways we communicate and represent ideas and experiences.

Form Notes
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Key Devices/Techniques
Device Example from Effect on Connection to key ideas
text Audience

Implication #2 -

Key Ideas
- The power of communication technologies

Contextual Links
- The power of communication technologies to reach a broad audience for a range of
purposes.
Form Notes
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Key Devices/Techniques
Device Example from Effect on Connection to key ideas
text Audience

Implication #3 -

Key Ideas
- Different communication technologies shape the ways that we read, navigate, understand
and respond to digital, multimedia, multimodal and nonlinear texts.

Contextual Links
- Extend knowledge and appreciation of the ways that different communication technologies
shape the ways that we read, navigate, understand, and respond to digital, multimedia,
multimodal and nonlinear texts.
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Form Notes
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Key Devices/Techniques
Device Example from Effect on Connection to key ideas
text Audience

Implication #4 -
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Contextual Links
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Form Notes
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Key Devices/Techniques
Device Example from Effect on Connection to key ideas
text Audience

Implication #5 -

Key Ideas
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Contextual Links
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Form Notes
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Key Devices/Techniques
Device Example from Effect on Connection to key ideas
text Audience