Year 13 8ENV – English Visual & Creative (NCEA L3)
Course Option Description
Head of Learning Area (HOLA): Mr C. Jack.
Why this course:
Do you like English but find writing essays boring and soul destroying? Do you have an interest in films, film-making, TV shows, the media and concepts that relate to these areas? 8ENV is a challenging course that focuses on the creative aspects of English (writing and presenting) and developing a critical appreciation for visual and oral texts. This course is appropriate for students who enjoy English but do not necessarily need to develop academic writing skills in preparation for university or tertiary study.
Course information:
This course is designed to explore the creative side of English. All areas of the NZ Curriculum are taught. Students will learn to analyse and evaluate complex and sophisticated texts, discovering that there are diverse ideas in this world that may challenge their current ways of thinking.
Students will work independently on viewing tasks associated with the internally assessed standards—this is an exciting section of the course as students are able to draw on their own personal interests using a range of extended visual texts (films) and short visual texts to use alongside their study of the class-set texts studied.
Students will also have multiple opportunities to write in a range of styles to publication standard. Throughout the year students will create and maintain their own blog plus write in a range of other forms for a reading audience. This course is designed for students who are interested in, and capable of, working creatively in both written and visual forms. The majority of credits in this course are internally assessed but students will prepare for one external standard.
Prerequisites
14 credits in English at Level 2, which must include an Achieved in AS 91101 Writing Portfolio. Students should have UE Literacy and reading, as this course does not offer credits towards this. Conditional entry is at the discretion of the HoLA.
Assessment Information
This course is assessed using Achievement and/or Unit Standards. Please note exact standards are subject to change and individual assessment programmes may be provided in consultation with student and teacher.Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
External
NZQA Info
English 3.2 - Respond critically to specified aspect(s) of studied visual or oral text(s), supported by evidence
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English 3.4 - Produce a selection of fluent and coherent writing which develops, sustains, and structures ideas
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English 3.6 - Create a fluent and coherent visual text which develops, sustains, and structures ideas using verbal and visual language
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English 3.7 - Respond critically to significant connections across texts, supported by evidence
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English 3.9 - Respond critically to significant aspects of visual and/or oral text(s) through close reading, supported by evidence
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 20
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.