# Forty planning slots — QCAA senior General pathway

This is a **planning scaffold**, not a Queensland Year 12 calendar or a prediction of assessment dates. The school may start Unit 3 before a calendar Year 12 begins, compress/omit slots, and place summative assessment according to current QCAA/school processes. **Only Slots 1–2 are authored as daily lessons. Every Slot 3–40 is plan only.** QCAA English General 2025 v1.3 has Unit 3 *Textual connections* (issues/concepts) and Unit 4 *Close study of literary texts* (creative/critical responses); QCAA General Mathematics 2025 v1.3 has Unit 3 bivariate/time series/sequences/Earth geometry and Unit 4 investing/networking. [Source details](source-and-qa.md). This scaffold does not substitute the syllabus subject matter or prescribed text/assessment rules.

| Slot | English General path | General Mathematics path | Cross-subject opportunity | Status |
| ---: | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Unit 3 Topic 1: issue in paired original practice texts | Unit 3 Topic 1: categorical bivariate table | Source and evidence studio | [Authored English](english/term-1/weeks-01-02/LESSONS.md), [maths](mathematics/term-1/weeks-01-02/LESSONS.md), [studio](term-1/integrated/week-01.md) |
| 2 | Unit 3 Topic 1: textual conversation and public audience | Unit 3 Topic 1: numerical scatterplot and correlation introduction | Data-dialogue studio | [Authored English](english/term-1/weeks-01-02/LESSONS.md), [maths](mathematics/term-1/weeks-01-02/LESSONS.md), [studio](term-1/integrated/week-02.md) |
| 3 | Unit 3: extend authentic media pair chosen by school | Unit 3 Topic 1: categorical association in depth | Source sampling critique | Plan only |
| 4 | Unit 3: spoken persuasive genre and purpose | Unit 3 Topic 1: numerical association, r and R² with technology | Audience and uncertainty | Plan only |
| 5 | Unit 3: rhetorical choices in public texts | Unit 3 Topic 2: least-squares model | Avoid causal overclaim | Plan only |
| 6 | Unit 3: evidence, values and counterargument | Unit 3 Topic 2: residuals and model fit | Report limitations | Plan only |
| 7 | Unit 3: spoken rehearsal and feedback | Unit 3 Topic 2: interpolation/extrapolation | Claim boundary | Plan only |
| 8 | Unit 3: teacher-scheduled IA1 preparation | Unit 3 Topic 2: association versus causation | Peer critique | Plan only |
| 9 | Unit 3: school-approved IA1 window, if scheduled | Unit 3: topic synthesis and modelling practice | Separate subject evidence | Plan only |
| 10 | Unit 3 Topic 2: concepts in connected texts | Unit 3 Topic 3: time-series trend | Verify sources | Plan only |
| 11 | Unit 3: school-selected prescribed text pairing | Unit 3 Topic 3: seasonality and irregularity | Chart/text reading | Plan only |
| 12 | Unit 3: representations across genre | Unit 3 Topic 3: moving average | Explain method | Plan only |
| 13 | Unit 3: close comparison and synthesis | Unit 3 Topic 3: seasonal indices | Interpret limits | Plan only |
| 14 | Unit 3: written public response planning | Unit 3 Topic 4: arithmetic sequences | Rhetorical precision | Plan only |
| 15 | Unit 3: written response drafting/editing | Unit 3 Topic 4: geometric sequences | Explain discrete models | Plan only |
| 16 | Unit 3: teacher-scheduled IA2 preparation | Unit 3 Topic 5: Earth locations | Context/source audit | Plan only |
| 17 | Unit 3: school-approved IA2 window, if scheduled | Unit 3 Topic 5: angular distance | Unit labels | Plan only |
| 18 | Unit 3/4 transition from evidence | Unit 3 Topic 5: time zones | Avoid invented local facts | Plan only |
| 19 | Unit 4 Topic 1: creative response to school text | Unit 3: review for local IA2 sequence | Separate subject feedback | Plan only |
| 20 | Unit 4 Topic 1: author style and form | Unit 4 Topic 1: compound interest | Financial-model assumptions | Plan only |
| 21 | Unit 4 Topic 1: imaginative perspective | Unit 4 Topic 1: effective interest | Distinguish model and advice | Plan only |
| 22 | Unit 4 Topic 1: craft and revision | Unit 4 Topic 1: present value annuities | Communicate conditions | Plan only |
| 23 | Unit 4: school-approved IA3 preparation | Unit 4 Topic 2: future annuities | Check calculations | Plan only |
| 24 | Unit 4: school-approved IA3 window, if scheduled | Unit 4 Topic 2: perpetuities | Explain limits | Plan only |
| 25 | Unit 4 Topic 2: close critical reading | Unit 4 Topic 3: graphs/networks | Visual/text equivalents | Plan only |
| 26 | Unit 4 Topic 2: literary interpretations | Unit 4 Topic 3: paths and cycles | Different questions | Plan only |
| 27 | Unit 4 Topic 2: analytical thesis/evidence | Unit 4 Topic 4: trees/minimum connectors | Justify a decision | Plan only |
| 28 | Unit 4 Topic 2: essay cohesion and precision | Unit 4 Topic 4: project scheduling | Read constraints | Plan only |
| 29 | Unit 4 Topic 2: unseen prompt practice | Unit 4 Topic 5: flow networks | Ethical source use | Plan only |
| 30 | Unit 4: revision from teacher feedback | Unit 4 Topic 5: assignment problems | Explain algorithm choices | Plan only |
| 31 | Unit 4: prescribed-text recall and analysis | Unit 3/4 review from formative evidence | Separate subject goals | Plan only |
| 32 | Unit 4: alternative interpretations | Unit 3/4 technology and formula audit | Access route checks | Plan only |
| 33 | Unit 4: timed planning practice where appropriate | Unit 3/4 mixed problem selection | Metacognition | Plan only |
| 34 | Unit 4: analytical response refinement | Unit 3/4 uncertainty and reasonableness | Concise explanation | Plan only |
| 35 | School-scheduled external-assessment preparation | School-scheduled external-assessment preparation | Privacy and wellbeing | Plan only |
| 36 | School-scheduled assessment or course closure | School-scheduled assessment or course closure | No invented dates | Plan only |
| 37 | Optional transition/revisit if calendar permits | Optional transition/revisit if calendar permits | Local only | Plan only |
| 38 | Optional transition/revisit if calendar permits | Optional transition/revisit if calendar permits | Local only | Plan only |
| 39 | Optional transition/revisit if calendar permits | Optional transition/revisit if calendar permits | Local only | Plan only |
| 40 | Optional transition/revisit if calendar permits | Optional transition/revisit if calendar permits | Local only | Plan only |

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