For exams in Advanced you only need to do creative writing/essay writing but in class you might do other things. But I don't know about Extension.
Technically, that's not true. In exams you could also be asked to write a response as:
- Debate transcripts
- Speech transcripts
- Feature articles
- Conversations
- Interview
Mind you, basically, you write an essay, and twist it into those text types
In English Extension 1, you are asked in the HSC to write an extended response and a creative response. The extended response CAN be in the previous forms mentioned. The creative piece can be:
- Standard short story
- Excerpt from a short story you've written and why it would fit into your studied elective
- Short story based on events before/after the time of one of your prescribed texts.
In class, for Advanced, you should probably get a composition/presentation (which is creative), a presentation (which is pretty much your essay is speech form), and then your standard essays and short story for assessments
In class, for Extension, you will have a presentation (creative for preliminary, more theory heavy in HSC year), and other assessments, depending on what school you go to, and then your standard essays + creative.
I think Oo