Level 3 English
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mrs D. Truter.
The Level 3 English course comprises a combination of internal and external (assessed by exams) Achievement Standards that will enable students to personalise their learning. The course offers (UE) university entrance literacy, and will also include the opportunity to gain the NCEA Literacy Co-requisite Unit Standards (10 credits) for those students who still need it. The English department aims to implement a personalised, self-directed, culturally responsive curriculum in which students will be given agency in exploring visual, oral and written language; the selection of texts; and methods of demonstrating their learning. Students will explore various aspects of English and gain proficiency in developing critical literacy; reading a range of texts for a variety of purposes; writing in various genres; speaking and presenting in several contexts and viewing or listening to texts to make and create meaning.
Recommended Prior Learning
It is strongly recommended that students entered for Level 3 English have passed English at Level 2 with a combination of both internally and externally assessed standards. An interest in critical literacy and the study of some classical literature will be an advantage.
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: 28 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 12 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 16 credits.
External
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Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 28
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.