What our online Year 12 English Adv students receive
Clear, Structured Theory Lesson Videos
Q&A Boards
Exclusive Online Resources
Comprehensive Theory Book
Detailed Individual Feedback
End of Term Mock Exam
Pair theory lessons videos with the Matrix Theory Book for a structured and easy to follow learning experience with our subject matter experts.
Address any gaps in your learning by posting your questions on the Q&A Board at any time. Receive a written or video response within 1 working day!
Clear, Structured Theory Lesson Videos
Q&A Boards
Exclusive Online Resources
Comprehensive Theory Book
Detailed Individual Feedback
End of Term Mock Exam
Experienced teachers guide you through every concept and example in your Matrix theory book.
Easy-to-follow theory lessons taught by subject matter experts Gain in-depth knowledge and understanding with easy to follow theory explanations.Experienced teachers explain every aspect of the syllabus. |
Learn at your own pace, online Pause, replay or speed up and watch as many times as you need.Re-watch until you understand with video playback options. |
Know everything with worked examples Every page, every example in detail so you don't miss a thing!Leave no stone unturned! Every question will be answered and explained in each video lesson. |
Text-Based Theory Lesson Videos, Matrix Resources and Online Help at home
Step 1 | Watch clear, structured Theory Lesson Videos with your Matrix Theory Book Learn at your own pace with easy to follow explanations of key concepts. Develop and express your own ideas for insightful responses by completing essay based questions.Every Monday, students watch their weekly Theory Video Lesson |
Step 2 | Ask Questions on the Q&A Board Stuck on a question? Post your question and receive responses within 1 working day.After your Theory lesson, post your questions anytime for individual help. |
Step 3 | Attempt your weekly writing task Improve your writing each week.Attempt your Homework and flag any questions to ask on the Q&A Board |
Step 4 | Submit your writing task online. Receive personalised and detailed feedback on your written task.Every Sunday, complete your writing task to receive timely feedback. |
 Clear, structured theory lessons led by subject matter experts using the Matrix Theory Book.
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 6
Lesson 7
Lesson 8
Lesson 9
Lesson 1
Breakdown of major syllabus points for Module A
Introduction to Richard III
The War of the Roses
Shakespeare’s context
Writing Task: Module connections
Lesson 2
Introduction to Looking for Richard
The political context of the 1990s
The context of Al Pacino
Writing Task: Comparing Richards
Lesson 3
The nature of evil
Evil in Richard III
The attraction of evil
Writing Task: Body paragraphs
Lesson 4
Evil in Looking for Richard
Pacino’s Anne
Exploring values
Writing Task: Comparing appearances
Lesson 5
Appearances and reality
Richard III, fact versus fiction
Richard and the machiavel
Writing Task: Module A Essay
Lesson 6
Reality in Looking for Richard
Pacino’s directorial power
Method acting
Writing Task: Module A Essay
Lesson 7
Fate and Shakespeare
Fate in Looking for Richard
Writing Task: Thesis Statements
Lesson 8
Metatheatricality
Shakespeare and Metatheatre
Pacino and Metatheatre
Writing Task: Module A Essay
Lesson 9
What to expect in Paper 2
Writing Task: Mock Exam
Lesson 1
Breakdown of major syllabus points for Module A
Introduction to The Hours
Cinematic language
Writing Task: Module connections
Lesson 2
Introduction to Mrs Dalloway
Narrative style
Beyond a single narrator
Writing Task: Comparing Texts
Lesson 3
Mastering Module A
Modernism and Mrs Dalloway
The Hours as a homage to Woolf
Writing Task: Comparing Texts
Lesson 4
Feminist values and Mrs Dalloway
Clarissa Dalloway’s struggle
Writing Task: Exploring values
Lesson 5
Woolf as a queer woman
Representing relationships between women
Repression and self-discovery
Writing Task: Module A Essay
Lesson 6
Illness and freedom
Resonances between the texts
Woolf’s sense of illness
Trauma and illness
Writing Task: Module A Essay
Lesson 7
Memory and time
The present and the past
Clock time and duration
Writing Task: Module A Essay
Lesson 8
Preparing for Module A
Past questions
How to create effective study notes
Writing Task: Module A Essay
Lesson 9
What to expect in Paper 2
Writing Task: Mock Exam
Lesson 1
Breakdown of major syllabus points for Module A
Introduction to the texts
Shared concerns in The Tempest and Hag-Seed
Writing Task: Reflecting on language
Lesson 2
Adaptation and appropriation
Shakespeare’s context
Writing Task: Writing about context
Lesson 3
Atwood’s context
Values and perspective
Writing Task: Writing about context
Lesson 4
The character of Prospero
The character of Felix
Module A Essay structure
Writing Task: Essay Scaffold
Lesson 5
Appearance and reality
Directing the action
Metafiction
Writing Task: Module A Essay
Lesson 6
Artifice and illusion
The courtly masque
Writing Task: Body paragraphs
Lesson 7
Imprisonment
Forgiveness and Release
Writing Task: Module A Essay
Lesson 8
Caliban in The Tempest
Caliban in Hag-Seed
Writing Task: Module A Essay
Lesson 9
What to expect in Paper 2
Writing Task: Mock Exam
Lesson 1
Breakdown of major syllabus points for Module A
Introduction to Plath and Hughes
Plath’s life and poetry
‘The Arrival of the Bee Box’
Writing Task: Exploring Plath’s poetry
Lesson 2
What is a Textual Conversation?
Ted Hughes and Birthday Letters
‘Fulbright Scholars’
‘The Bee God’
Writing Task: Comparing Plath and Hughes
Lesson 3
Exploring Plath’s context
‘Lady Lazarus’
‘The Bell Jar’
Writing Task: Drawing connections between the poets
Lesson 4
The tragedy of Ted Hughes
‘The Shot’
Module A Body Paragraphs
Writing Task: Comparing ‘Lady Lazarus’ and ‘The Shot’
Lesson 5
Plath’s influences
Plath and her family
‘Daddy’
Writing Task: Module A Essay
Lesson 6
Hughes’ influences
‘A Picture of Otto’
Thesis Statements
Writing Task: Module A Essay
Lesson 7
Plath and motherhood
‘Nick and the Candlestick’
‘Red’
Ariel at fifty
Writing Task: Module A Essay
Lesson 8
Exploring illness
‘Fever 103’
‘Fever’
Writing Task: Module A Essay
Lesson 9
What to expect in Paper 2
Writing Task: Mock Exam
Lesson 1
• Introduction to the major syllabus points for Module B
• Introduction to Eliot ‘Preludes’
• The literary movements of the nineteenth century
• Writing Task: Reflecting upon meaning in ‘Preludes’
Lesson 2
• Eliot’s personal context
• Introduction to ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’
• Eliot and modernism
• Writing Task: Comparing ‘Prufrock’ with ‘Preludes’
Lesson 3
• Consideration of textual integrity
• Close reading of ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’
• Modernism and ‘Prufrock’
• Literary allusion and ‘Prufrock’
• Writing Task: Analysis of literary allusion and ‘Prufrock’
Lesson 4
• Consideration of Module B essay structure
• Close reading of ‘Rhapsody on a Windy Night’
• Writing Task: Drafting a Module B introduction
Lesson 5
• Developing understanding of body paragraph structure
• Introduction to ‘The Hollow Men’
• Considering symbolism in ‘The Hollow Men’
• Writing Task: Analysis of symbolism and motif in Eliot
Lesson 6
• How to refine the structure of body paragraphs
• Close reading of ‘The Hollow Men’
• Writing Task: Evaluation of the role of isolation in Eliot
Lesson 7
• How to integrate evidence into your argument
• Introduction to ‘Journey of the Magi’
• Writing Task: Module B essay composition
Lesson 8
• Close reading of ‘Journey of the Magi’
• Biblical allusion in Eliot
• Writing Task: Module B essay composition
Lesson 9
• Review of the syllabus requirements
• Mock Exam
Lesson 1
• Introduction to the major syllabus points for Module B
• Introduction to Henry IV, Part I
• The major characters
• Writing Task: Reflecting on characters
Lesson 2
• The play and English history
• History as social commentary
• Thinking about historical accuracy
• Writing Task: Henry IV in context
Lesson 3
• England and English identity
• Time in the early modern period
• Time in Henry IV, Part I
• Writing Task: Time and language
Lesson 4
• Textual form and integrity
• Prose and prosody
• Form and innovation
• Writing Task: Critical engagement with form
Lesson 5
• The foundations of power
• The divine right of the king
• A consideration of pragmatism
• Writing Task: Thematic analysis
Lesson 6
• Introduction to chivalry
• Critiques of chivalric honour
• Chivalry and masculinity
• Writing Task: On chivalry
Lesson 7
• The structure and shape of an essay
• Planning a Module B essay
• Writing Task: drafting your essay
• Peer review and interpreting feedback
Lesson 8
• Lying and the human condition
• Representation, reality, and metatheatre
• On death
• Writing Task: The legacy of the play
Lesson 9
• Review of the syllabus requirements
• Mock Exam
Patrick has been teaching English at Matrix Education since 2012 and has guided hundreds of students through HSC English to achieve their academic goals while fostering an appreciation for the art of writing. When he is not teaching, he is the editor of the Matrix Blog, which reaches over 2 million readers annually.
Benjamin has been teaching English to high school students and adolescents since 2006. He has also lectured at Cambridge University. Outside of his teaching schedule, Benjamin is also a screenwriter and a published writer and poet.
Trish is a current PhD candidate in English at UNSW. She has completed professional teaching development at UNSW and went onto lecturing and facilitating workshops at UNSW. She has been teaching English at Matrix since 2016.
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"The online lesson was very straightforward and easy to follow, it felt like an actual face-to-face lesson! I really liked the annotations and diagrams that my teacher made alongside the content. Through this online platform, it was actually easier for me to understand the teacher. The structure in which the lesson was presented helped me engage with the question and directly answer it, while also allowing me to learn at my own pace."
Justin Kim, Knox Grammar School
"I'm confident that any students dedicated to learning via the video will be successful. The videos are clear, structured like a regular classroom lesson and comprehensive. The videos are a good alternative to being in class on campus!"
Amanda Shi, James Ruse Agricultural High School
"It feel like a continuous stream of learning rather than a one-off video made to fill in a gap. I really enjoy how the teachers do not just read what the Theory Book says, they add additional information that may help the student piece together concepts. I felt that I gained a much higher level of understanding of the lesson material. Without the video, it would be difficult for me to understand the content as well."
Eric Papadopoulos, Sylvania High School
"I enjoyed being able to re-play parts of the video that I misunderstood, or needed to hear for a second time. I also liked being able to skip over some sections which I was comfortable with or had already finished. Being able to do this allowed me to learn in a way that matched my abilities, and kept me engaged during the lesson. This really helped in solidifying my understanding of the new content, as well as maintaining my engagement."
Nia Worthington, St Ursula's College Kingsgrove
"The online theory lessons complete the entire lesson from that week from beginning to end. There are no questions skipped which provides a better sense of completion and finality to each lesson. Being able to pause the video and rewind is very useful as sometimes I know that I require extra time to run over certain concepts which may be new to me or are more challenging."
Emily Dinh, James Ruse Agricultural High School
"The videos are easy to follow with the Theory Book and concepts are clearly explained. The teacher spoke clearly and at a good pace. I liked that the video had a quick recap of the previous week's content. I think the videos improved my learning experience as I can re-watch them if I don't understand a concept and I can also learn the content at my own pace. The Matrix resources have always been helpful in getting me ahead of school so Matrix videos will help in the same way."
Muskan Gupta, Baulkham Hills High School
Year 12 English Adv Online Course includes:
Online lessons taught by Experienced Teachers
8 Engaging Theory Lesson Videos over 8 weeks
Detailed Theory Book delivered to your home
Access to Matrix LMS featuring additional resources
Weekly Live Q&A Sessions
Individual help through the online Q&A Board
Personalised and detailed feedback on your writing
Access Theory Lesson Videos and Q&A Discussion Board until the end of the academic year.
Our Matrix classroom Teachers (who are subject matter experts) will be conducting the Online Theory Lesson Videos. They are experienced educators who are knowledgeable and know how to explain things clearly.
The next Matrix+ courses run from 19 April 2021 until 27 June 2021. After the term, students will still be able to access Theory Lesson Videos, Q&A Discussion Boards and online resources until the end of 31 December 2021.
Any students who enrol before Monday 29 March 2021 at 8am will automatically receive early access to the Theory Lesson Videos from Monday 6 April 2021 to allow them to learn ahead in the holidays.
Students who enrol before Monday 29 March 2021, will have their resources posted that day, which has a delivery approximation of 1 -4 working days.
Each term, we’ll check in with you about your Matrix+ enrolment for the following term – you can add, change or remove topics or courses. We’ll then print your new resources and deliver them before the new term begins so you can continue your learning.
Students will have exclusive access to a Q&A discussion board where they can ask questions related to the subject and have them answered by a Subject Matter Expert within 1 working day.
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