Faculty Information

ENGLISH

Course Information - English Year 9:

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

Assessment Information: English

Year 9:

Asstle & Diagnostic tests.
Two hour exams: Mid-year & end of year.
Test or Assignment for each Unit
(8 summative assessments)
St.1 – Exam – Close Reading of Unseen Text
St.2 – Exam – Formal Writing
St.3 – Exam – Response to Literature
St.4 – Exam – Response to Literature
St.5 – Internal – Creative Writing
St.6 – Internal – Research
St.7 – Internal – Response to Literature
St.8 – Internal- Oral Presentation

Year 10:

Asstle & Diagnostic tests.
Two hour exams - Mid-year & end of year.
Test or Assignment for each Unit
(9 summative assessments) St.1 – Exam – Close Reading of Unseen Texts
St.2 – Exam – Formal Writing
St.3 – Exam – Response to Literature
St.4 – Exam – Response to Literature
St.5 – Internal – Creative Writing
St.6 – Internal – Research
St.7 – Internal – Response to Literature
St.8 –Internal- Oral Presentation
St. 9- Internal- NCEA 90059 Media or Dramatic presentation

Year 11:

Four Internal summative assessments.
Five External Formative assessments in assignments through the year & in two School exams in Terms 2 & 3.
NCEA 5 Achievement Standards Term 4

Internal Standards
1.1 Produce creative writing	3credits
1.7 Deliver a speech in a formal situation	3credits
1.8 Produce a media or dramatic presentation	3credits
1.9 Research and present	3credits
External Standards
1.2 Produce formal writing	3credits
1.3 Read, study and understand an extended written text	2credits
1.4 Read, study and understand short written Texts	2credits
1.5 View/Listen to, study and understand a visual or oral text	2credits
1.6 Read and understand unfamiliar texts	3credits
Total:	24 credits

Year 12:

Four Internal summative assessments.
Four External Formative assessments in assignments through the year & in two School exams in Terms 2 & 3.
NCEA 4 Achievement Standards Term 4

Internal Standards
2.1 Creative writing	3credits
2.2 Formal Writing	3credits
2.7 Oral presentation –film seminar	3credits
2.8 Research of an author	3credits
External Standards
2.3 Extended text ( novel, play)	3credits
2.4 Short texts -poetry, short stories	3credits
2.5 Visual texts – film	3credits
2.6 Read and understand unfamiliar texts	3credits
Total:	24 credits

Year 13:

Three Internal summative assessments.
Four External Formative assessments in assignments through the year & in two School exams in Terms 2 & 3.
NCEA 4 Achievement Standards Term 4.

Internal Assessment
3.1 Writing	4 credits
3.6 Oral presentation	4 credits
3.7 Independent research	4 credits
External Assessment
3.2 Respond critically to written texts	3 credits
3.3 Respond critically to a Shakespearean text	3 credits
3.4 Respond critically to a visual text	3 credits
3.5 Respond critically to unfamiliar texts	3 credits
Total:	24 credits

SCHOLARSHIP EXAM
Separate external qualification. (3 essays)

Section A: will require an essay comparing two unfamiliar texts, one prose and one poetry.
Section B: will require an in-depth response to literature and/or language of one or more texts.
Section C: will require the exploration of issues in language and/or literature.

Events/Trips: English

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