HSC English Resources

HSC English Resources — guides to prescribed texts, study insights and HSC exam skills. At The Reading Fox, we value real teaching over recycled summaries. Our resources are written by experienced HSC English teachers to help students understand their prescribed texts and write stronger, more thoughtful responses.

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Study Guides

Guides for the 2027–2030 prescriptions

Browse Standard, Advanced and EAL/D texts by module as guides are published.

 Blog

Study craft and writing advice

Practical pieces on reading, argument and revision for senior English.

 Exam Tips

Paper 1 and Paper 2 exam craft

Timing, question types and habits that transfer from term work to the exam.

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Study Guides

Prescribed texts for Standard, Advanced and EAL/D — 2027–2030 prescriptions

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Texts and Human Experiences

Cold Enough for Snow

Jessica Au

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Texts and Human Experiences

An Imaginary Life

David Malouf

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Texts and Human Experiences

The Penguin Henry Lawson Short Stories

Henry Lawson

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Texts and Human Experiences

Selected poems of Rosemary Dobson

Rosemary Dobson

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Texts and Human Experiences

Selected Poems

Gwen Harwood

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Texts and Human Experiences

Love Poems and Death Threats

Samuel Wagan Watson

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Texts and Human Experiences

Question 7

Richard Flanagan

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Texts and Human Experiences

Away

Michael Gow

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Texts and Human Experiences

One Night the Moon

Rachel Perkins

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Language, Identity and Culture

The Namesake

Jhumpa Lahiri

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Language, Identity and Culture

Swallow the Air

Tara June Winch

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Language, Identity and Culture

The Perseverance

Raymond Antrobus

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Language, Identity and Culture

Contemporary Asian Australian Poets

Various

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Language, Identity and Culture

The Quiet Girl

Colm Bairéad

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Language, Identity and Culture

Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah

Alana Valentine

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Close Study of Literature

Feed

MT Anderson

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Close Study of Literature

Limberlost

Robbie Arnott

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Close Study of Literature

Collected Poems

Carol Ann Duffy

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Close Study of Literature

My People

Oodgeroo Noonuccal

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Close Study of Literature

Much Ado About Nothing

William Shakespeare

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Close Study of Literature

Arrival

Denis Villeneuve

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Textual Conversations

Bush Studies + Inside My Mother

Baynton & Cobby Eckermann

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Textual Conversations

Blake + Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Blake & Tokarczuk

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Textual Conversations

Keats + Bright Star

Keats & Campion

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Textual Conversations

Hamlet + Dickinson

Shakespeare & Dickinson

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Textual Conversations

Julius Caesar + The Prince

Shakespeare & Machiavelli

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Textual Conversations

Mrs Dalloway + The Hours

Woolf & Daldry

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Critical Study of Literature

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

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Critical Study of Literature

Warlight

Michael Ondaatje

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Critical Study of Literature

Poems

Louise Glück

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Critical Study of Literature

WB Yeats: Poems selected by Seamus Heaney

WB Yeats

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Critical Study of Literature

Othello

William Shakespeare

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Critical Study of Literature

King Henry IV, Part 1

William Shakespeare

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EAL/D: Texts and Human Experiences

Past the Shallows

Favel Parrett

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EAL/D: Texts and Human Experiences

Flock: First Nations Stories Then and Now

Ellen van Neerven (ed.)

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EAL/D: Texts and Human Experiences

Coast Road: Selected Poems

Robert Gray

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EAL/D: Texts and Human Experiences

My People

Oodgeroo Noonuccal

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EAL/D: Texts and Human Experiences

Stories of Me

Ian Darling

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EAL/D: Texts and Human Experiences

The Boy Behind the Curtain

Tim Winton

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EAL/D: Language, Identity and Culture

The Namesake

Jhumpa Lahiri

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EAL/D: Language, Identity and Culture

Swallow the Air

Tara June Winch

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EAL/D: Language, Identity and Culture

The Perseverance

Raymond Antrobus

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EAL/D: Language, Identity and Culture

The Collected Poems

Langston Hughes

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EAL/D: Language, Identity and Culture

Miss Peony

Michelle Law

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EAL/D: Language, Identity and Culture

Unpolished Gem

Alice Pung

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EAL/D: Close Study of Text

Small Things Like These

Claire Keegan

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EAL/D: Close Study of Text

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

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EAL/D: Close Study of Text

The Collected Poems

Robert Frost

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EAL/D: Close Study of Text

Judith Wright: Collected Poems

Judith Wright

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EAL/D: Close Study of Text

Rainbow’s End

Jane Harrison

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EAL/D: Close Study of Text

Arrival

Denis Villeneuve

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Blog

Study craft, reading habits and writing advice

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Study craft

How to Think Beyond Memorised Essays

Why capable students improve when they learn to interpret, not recite.

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Reading

Annotating a Prescribed Text with Purpose

What to mark, what to ignore, and how notes become essay-ready ideas.

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Writing

Building an Argument That Answers the Question

A practical approach to thesis, evidence and control under pressure.

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Parents

What Thoughtful HSC English Support Looks Like

How to tell the difference between coverage and genuine teaching.

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Assessment

Using Feedback Without Losing Your Voice

How to revise essays carefully without sounding like someone else.

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Habits

A Sensible Revision Rhythm for Senior English

Steady practice that builds clarity rather than last-minute panic.

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Exam Tips

Paper 1 and Paper 2 exam craft

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Paper 1

Reading the Unseen Text Without Panic

How to notice form and idea quickly before you begin writing.

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Paper 2

Planning a Module Essay Under Time

A calm method for shaping a focused response in the exam room.

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Practice

What Useful Practice Actually Looks Like

Why completing more papers is not the same as improving.

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Markers

What HSC Markers Reward in Strong Writing

Clarity, control and a genuine answer to the question.

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Timing

A Sensible Timing Plan for Each Paper

How to leave room for thinking, writing and a final check.

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Revision

Turning Feedback into Better Exam Habits

The link between term work and exam confidence.

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