Faculty Information

ENGLISH

Course Information - English The Junior English Programme is theme based with a literary focus for each term. Year 9:

Growing Up Term 1		Text genre:
Teacher selection of themes for Terms 2-4		Short Stories & Poetry
		The Novel
Skills include:		Play - modern/Shakespeare
Writing and language		Visual Text - film
Speaking & Listening
Research & ICT
SSR (Reading in Library) each week & for homework at all times. Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling, Drafting emphasis throughout course.

Year 10:

Identity theme Term 1
Teacher selection of themes for Terms 2, 3, 4		Text genre:
Skills to include:
Writing using the senses/Diagnostic tests		The Novel
Speaking & Listening		Short Stories & Poetry
Research & ICT		Play - modern/Shakespeare
Media		Visual Text - Film study
Wide Reading

Year 11:

EXTERNAL (NCEA EXAM):
Text studies (Teacher selection of 2 genre: Novel, Short Stories, Play, Non fiction)
Study of Visual Text (Film)
Close Reading of Unfamiliar (Unseen) Texts


INTERNAL
Creative Writing
Visual presentation (Static image and monologue)
Deliver a Speech
Formal Writing

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
Close Reading of Unfamiliar (Unseen) Texts

Year 13:

EXTERNAL (NCEA EXAM)		INTERNAL
Respond critically to to written texts (Literature)		Creative Writing - socially based
Respond critically to Shakespeare Drama		Oral Presentation
Respond critically to unfamiliar Prose/Poetry Texts		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

St.1 – Exam – Close Reading of Unseen Text
St.2 – Exam – Response to Literature
St.3 – Internal – Creative Writing
St.4 – Internal – Poetry Test (Terms and Close Reading)
St.5 – Internal – Oral Presentation
St.6 – Internal – Research
St.7 – Internal – Formal Writing
St.8 – EOY Exam - Close Reading of Unseen Text
St.9 - EOY Exam - Response to Literature
St.10 - EOY Exam - Response to Visual Text

Year 10:

Asstle & Diagnostic tests
Two hour exams - Mid-year & end of year
Test or Assessment for each Unit

St.1 – Exam – Close Reading of Unseen Texts
St.2 – Exam – Response to Literature
St.3 – Internal – Creative Writing
St.4 – Internal - Formal Writing
St.5 – Internal - Oral Presentation
St.6 – Internal – Research
St.7 – EOY Exam - Close Reading of Unseen Text
St.8 - EOY Exam – Response to Literature
St.9 - EOY Exam - Response to Visual Text
St.10 - Internal - Media
St. 11 - Internal - Level 1 Wide Reading 1.10

Year 11:

Four internal summative assessments.
Three external formative assessments in assignments through the year & in two School exams in Terms 2 & 3.
NCEA three Achievement Standards Term 4.

Internal Standards
90052 Produce creative writing	3 credits
90857 Construct and deliver an oral text	3 credits
90855 Create a visual text	3 credits
90053 Produce formal writing	3 credits
External Standards
90849 Show understanding of specified aspect(s) of studied written text(s), using supporting evidence	4 credits
90850 Show understanding of specified aspect(s) of studied visual or oral text(s), using supporting evidence	4 credits
90851 Show understanding of significant aspects of unfamiliar written text(s) through close reading, using supporting evidence	4 credits
Total:	24 credits

Year 12:

Three internal summative assessments.
Four external formative assessments in assignments through the year & in two school examinations in Terms 2 & 3.
NCEA four Achievement Standards in Term 4.

Internal Standards
2.1 Creative writing	3 credits
2.2 Formal writing	3 credits
2.8 Research of an author	3 credits
External Standards
2.3 Extended text (novel, play)	3 credits
2.4 Short texts -poetry, short stories	3 credits
2.5 Visual texts – film	3 credits
2.6 Read and understand unfamiliar texts	3 credits
Total:	21 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 four 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 a visual unfamiliar text	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

Author visits
Ugly Shakespeare
Teacher driven events