Faculty Information
ENGLISH
| Course Information | Assessment | Events/Trips |
| Course Information - English Year 9: |
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| Units (3/4 weeks): | Modules(6/7 weeks): |
| Autobiography/Diagnostic tests | The Novel |
| Speaking & Listening | Short Stories & Poetry |
| Research & ICT | Play - modern/Shakespeare |
| Radio- Media | Visual Text - Film study |
| SSR (Reading in Library) each week & for homework at all times. Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling, Drafting emphasis throughout course. | |
| Year 10: | |
| Units(3/4 weeks): | Modules(6/7 weeks): |
| Writing using the senses/Diagn. tests | The Novel |
| Speaking & Listening | Short Stories & Poetry |
| Research & ICT | Play - modern/Shakespeare |
| Newspapers- Media | Visual Text - Film study |
| Year 11: | |
| EXTERNAL (NCEA EXAM): | |
| Study of Extended Text (Novel or Play) | |
| Study of Short Texts (Poetry or Short Stories) | |
| Study of Visual Text (Film) | |
| Formal Writing | |
| Close Reading of unfamiliar (unseen) texts. | |
| INTERNAL | |
| Creative Writing | |
| Static Image - Visual response to a Literary text with written commentary. | |
| Deliver a Speech | |
| Research a social issue | |
| Year 12 | |
| EXTERNAL(NCEA EXAM): | INTERNAL: |
| Study of extended Text (Novel or Play) | Creative Writing |
| Study of Short Texts (Poetry) | Research of a literary theme |
| Study of Visual Text(Film) | Formal writing based on Shakespeare |
| Close Reading of Unfamiliar(unseen) Texts. | Oral Presentation - Film seminar. |
| Year 13: | |
| Course Topics: | |
| EXTERNAL(NCEA EXAM) | INTERNAL |
| Respond critically to Shakespearian Drama | Oral Presentation |
| Respond critically to unfamiliar Prose/Poetry Texts | Creative writing - socially based |
| Respond critically to written texts (Literature) Research on a Literature topic |
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Assessment Information: English
Year 9:
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