Year 12 7ENF – English Foundation (NCEA L2)
Course Option Description
Head of Learning Area (HOLA): Mr C. Jack.
Why this course:
This course is for students who enjoy exploring texts such as films, novels and short texts but require more 1:1 help to achieve the standards. A focus of the course is to help students develop skills in critical literacy as they watch and read texts. This is an essential skill for the future, as more and more texts move to digital spaces, and we require new skills to understand and assess the quality of the writing we are exposed to. English is not compulsory at Level 2, however it is still an essential subject for all students as it helps develop effective communication skills and enables us to understand the meaning and intentions of written, visual and spoken texts.
This is a flexible course made up of both Achievement and Unit standards. Students will develop a learning pathway in consultation with their teacher to complement their areas of strength and future goals beyond school. The expectation is that most students in this course will complete internal assessments and some may enter one external standard. This course does offer a UE Literacy pathway for those demonstrating the ability to achieve it. For students on a two-year pathway to UE Literacy, this course potentially provides some reading and writing credits.
Course information:
This course covers all areas of the NZ Curriculum for English, although not all areas will be assessed. A number of ‘core’ internally assessed standards are offered and all students who elect to take this course are expected to attempt these. Students will have opportunities each term to discuss and then decide on which ‘extension’ standards they would like to attempt in addition to the ‘core’ standards.
Students will be expected to read extended written texts which could be novels, biography and autobiography, travel, historical or any other type that meets the requirements for Level 7 of the Curriculum. We study films plus a range of short fiction, poetry and non-fiction. Most of these texts are used as a stimulus for writing tasks, and activities are designed so that students are able to gain credits for two standards. This is a varied course which offers varied pathways where students are able to spend more time on each assessment to achieve their best possible grades.
Prerequisites
10 credits in Level 1 English. Students need to have attempted all internally assessed ‘core’ standards in Level 1 English Foundation to meet the entry requirements.
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.
External
NZQA Info
English 2.3 - Analyse significant aspects of unfamiliar written text(s) through close reading, supported by evidence
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English 2.4 - Produce a selection of crafted and controlled writing
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English 2.5 - Construct and deliver a crafted and controlled oral text
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English 2.6 - Create a crafted and controlled visual and verbal text
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English 2.9 - Form developed personal responses to independently read texts, supported by evidence
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English 2.10 - Analyse aspects of visual and/or oral text(s) through close viewing and/or listening, supported by evidence