Level 2 English (Foundation)
Course Description
Teacher in Charge:
The focus of this course is to support students' engagement with a variety of texts and to nurture their curiosity about how visual and written language is used to create meaning and values. Students are encouraged to independently choose a social issue to explore and develop their information literacy skills. There is a wide reading standard where students need to independently select a range of text types and analyse how their chosen texts communicate ideas about the experience of being human. The course is predominantly internally assessed with only one external written standard included. Students will be given opportunities to be assessed for a range of skills as well as extend their skills of reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, collaborating, and presenting.
This course may give the opportunity for students to gain Reading and Writing UE Literacy credits.
Three of the four achievement standards on offer in this course are internally assessed and therefore, it is important that students regularly attend classes to have continuity in learning and experience success.
Students are placed in this course by the English department and/or Year level deans.
Course Overview
Term 1
Independent selection of texts and creating reading responses to these begins and is ongoing (2.9)
Close Viewing of a Visual Text Study (2.10)
Crafting a piece of writing for the Writing Portfolio (2.4)
Term 2
Selection of texts and written responses to these continues (2.9)
Information Literacy Standard (2.8)
Term 3
Completion of the six text responses for the Reading Log Standard (2.9)
Crafting of final piece for the Writing Portfolio (2.4)
Term 4
Revision and Written Text External Examination (2.1)
Recommended Prior Learning
Engagement with the Year 11 English programme.
Pathway
Students will develop critical and creative thinking skills about how meaning is created in a variety of texts. How language is used to influence others and how literature provokes us to consider what it is like to be human. Collaborative, empathetic and interpersonal skills are also developed through discussions and learning activities. The knowledge and relationship skills in this course are valued across the tertiary curriculum and in a variety of careers such as, Commerce, Media, Counselling, Teaching and many more.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
Total Credits Available: 18 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 4 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 14 credits.
External
NZQA Info
Further assessment opportunities will not be offered for this standard in line with NZQA guidelines
NZQA Info
Further assessment opportunities will not be offered for this standard in line with NZQA guidelines
This course offers the following optional standards, which will be agreed upon in consultation with your teacher.
NZQA Info
Further assessment opportunities will not be offered for this standard in line with NZQA guidelines
NZQA Info
Further assessment opportunities will not be offered for this standard in line with NZQA guidelines
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We aim to enable every student to have the course that they prefer, however, some courses have limited places or pre-requisits that may restrict the student's choice.