Literature
Literature learning area contacts:
- Gerard Morris : +61 8 92736742 | Gerard.Morris@scsa.wa.edu.au
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ATAR
In the Literature ATAR course, students learn to create readings of literary texts and to create their own texts, including essays, poems, short stories, plays and multimodal texts. Students engage with literary theory and study literary texts in great detail. Students learn to read texts in terms of their cultural, social and historical contexts; their values and attitudes; and their generic conventions and literary techniques. They enter the discourse about readings, reading practices and the possibility of multiple readings. Students learn to create texts paying attention to contexts, values and conventions. Students learn about literary language, narrative, image and the power of representation. Students experience the aesthetic and intellectual pleasure that reading and creating literary texts can bring.
SyllabusGrading Support Materials- ATAR Syllabus Year 11 - For teaching from 2024 (375.3 KB) Last updated: 30 Jan 2024 1:05pm
- ATAR Syllabus Year 11 - For teaching from 2024 (299.1 KB) Last updated: 30 Jan 2024 1:05pm
- ATAR Syllabus Year 11 (For teaching from 2020) (777.1 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:39pm
- ATAR Syllabus Year 11 (For teaching from 2020) (290.5 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:39pm
- ATAR Syllabus Year 12 - For teaching from 2024 (597.8 KB) Last updated: 30 Jan 2024 1:05pm
- ATAR Syllabus Year 12 - For teaching from 2024 (456.9 KB) Last updated: 30 Jan 2024 1:06pm
- ATAR Syllabus Year 12 (For teaching from 2023) (595.7 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:13pm
- ATAR Syllabus Year 12 (For teaching from 2023) (456.8 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:13pm
- ATAR Year 11-12 Prescribed Text Lists – For Year 11 in 2024 and Year 12 in 2024 and 2025 (597.3 KB) Last updated: 15 Jan 2025 3:16pm
- ATAR Year 11-12 Prescribed Text Lists – For Year 11 in 2024 and Year 12 in 2024 and 2025 (363.0 KB) Last updated: 16 Jan 2025 8:15am
- ATAR Year 11-12 Prescribed Text Lists – For Year 11 from 2025 and Year 12 from 2026 (575.8 KB) Last updated: 15 Jan 2025 3:51pm
- ATAR Year 11-12 Prescribed Text Lists – For Year 11 from 2025 and Year 12 from 2026 (365.0 KB) Last updated: 16 Jan 2025 8:16am
Examination Materials- Glossary of key words used in the formulation of questions (328.7 KB) Last updated: 12 May 2025 4:11pm
- Glossary of key words used in the formulation of questions (211.7 KB) Last updated: 28 Jan 2025 7:24am
- ATAR Year 11 sample course outline (265.9 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:39pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample course outline (363.1 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:39pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment outline (246.9 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:39pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment outline (355.5 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:39pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment tasks (291.6 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:39pm
- ATAR Year 11 sample assessment tasks (366.2 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:39pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline (534.3 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:17pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample course outline (360.2 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:17pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment outline (997.3 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:17pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment outline (360.1 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:17pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment tasks (517.6 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:17pm
- ATAR Year 12 sample assessment tasks (368.4 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:17pm
- ATAR Literature Close Reading lecture 2016 (36.2 MB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:53pm
- 2016 Extracts and acknowledgements in 2016 Lecture on Close Reading (961.7 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:53pm
- ATAR Literature powerpoint slides - The close reading lecture 16 February 2016 (256.8 KB)
- Transcript of ATAR Literature close reading lecture by Jennifer Shand (184.2 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:53pm
- 2024 Summary examination report for candidates (131.3 KB) Last updated: 11 Apr 2025 12:42pm
- 2024 Examination (357.1 KB) Last updated: 12 Feb 2025 9:55am
- 2024 Marking Key (717.7 KB) Last updated: 12 Feb 2025 9:55am
- 2024 Text Booklet (212.6 KB) Last updated: 16 Apr 2025 1:28pm
- Additional Past ATAR Course Examinations
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General
The General Year 11 Literature course will not be available for teaching from 2025.
The General Year 12 Literature course will not be available for teaching from 2026.
In the Literature General course, students learn to create readings of literary texts and to create their own texts, including essays, poems, short stories, plays and multimodal texts. Students learn to read texts in terms of their cultural, social and historical contexts; their values and attitudes; and their generic conventions and literary techniques. Students learn to create texts paying attention to contexts, values and conventions. Students learn about literary language, narrative, image and the power of representation. Students experience the aesthetic and intellectual pleasure that reading and creating literary texts can bring.SyllabusGrading Support Materials- General Syllabus Year 11 - For teaching from 2024 (523.3 KB) Last updated: 30 Jan 2024 1:12pm
- General Syllabus Year 11 - For teaching from 2024 (199.3 KB) Last updated: 30 Jan 2024 1:12pm
- General Syllabus Year 11 (316.5 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:39pm
- General Syllabus Year 11 (182.7 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:39pm
- General Syllabus Year 12 - For teaching from 2024 (527.6 KB) Last updated: 30 Jan 2024 1:12pm
- General Syllabus Year 12 - For teaching from 2024 (203.8 KB) Last updated: 30 Jan 2024 1:15pm
- General Syllabus Year 12 (331.7 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:39pm
- General Syllabus Year 12 (183.2 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:39pm
Externally Set Task Materials 2025- Glossary of key words used in the formulation of questions (328.7 KB) Last updated: 12 May 2025 4:11pm
- Glossary of key words used in the formulation of questions (211.7 KB) Last updated: 28 Jan 2025 7:24am
- General Year 11 sample 1 course outline (519.0 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:05pm
- General Year 11 sample 1 course outline (359.7 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:05pm
- General Year 11 sample 1 assessment outline (493.0 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:05pm
- General Year 11 sample 1 assessment outline (356.5 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:05pm
- General Year 11 sample 1 assessment tasks (506.4 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:05pm
- General Year 11 sample 1 assessment tasks (362.5 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:05pm
- General Year 11 sample 2 course outline (501.5 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:40pm
- General Year 11 sample 2 course outline (358.5 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:40pm
- General Year 11 sample 2 assessment outline (494.5 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:39pm
- General Year 11 sample 2 assessment outline (358.3 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:39pm
- General Year 11 sample 2 assessment tasks (433.0 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:39pm
- General Year 11 sample 2 assessment tasks (352.7 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:39pm
- General Year 12 sample course outline (503.8 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:53pm
- General Year 12 sample course outline (357.3 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:53pm
- General Year 12 sample assessment outline (454.2 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:53pm
- General Year 12 sample assessment outline (354.7 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:53pm
- General Year 12 sample assessment tasks (484.5 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:53pm
- General Year 12 sample assessment tasks (365.8 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:53pm
Externally Set Task Materials 2024- 2025 General EST Unit 3 content (158.1 KB) Last updated: 18 Sep 2024 9:58am
Externally Set Task Materials 2023- 2024 General EST Unit 3 content (289.7 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:37pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2022- 2023 General EST Unit 3 Content (195.9 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 1:10pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2021- 2022 General EST Unit 3 Content (285.7 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:33pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2020- 2021 LIT General EST Unit 3 Content (285.7 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:22pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2019- 2020 General EST Unit 3 Content (290.0 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:10pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2018- 2019 General EST Unit 3 content (157.3 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:50pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2017- 2018 General EST Unit 3 content (137.4 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 2:33pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
Externally Set Task Materials 2016-
No strong student sample responses available for 2017 EST
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.
- General sample EST (393.5 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:39pm
- General sample EST (347.0 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:39pm
- General sample EST marking key (314.3 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:40pm
- General sample EST marking key (173.3 KB) Last updated: 16 Dec 2023 3:40pm
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Externally set tasks with their associated marking key and work samples are teacher resources and are housed within the Teacher Support Material Extranet. Teachers can login or register for an account at https://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/extranet/login.