NCEA Scholarship English
Course Description
Head of Faculty - Kaihautuu: Mrs S. Saxena.
This course offers students the opportunity to work within Curriculum Level 8 to achieve Level 3 English and prepare for the Scholarship English examination. They will show a mature appreciation of more demanding texts and prompts by applying highly developed knowledge, skills, and understanding of purpose, audience, ideas, language features, and structure. Students will synthesise and integrate their ideas with perception and communicate with logical development, precision, and clarity of ideas.
Course Overview
Term 1
AS91479 Critical Texts assessment.
Term 2
AS91078 Connections assessment.
Term 3
AS91475 Writing Portfolio assessment.
Recommended Prior Learning
It is recommended that students that select this course have achieved with Merit or Excellence in AS91101 Writing Portfolio, AS91098 Studied Written Text (external), and/or AS91100 Unfamiliar Text (external).
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
NZQA Info
English 3.1 - Respond critically to specified aspect(s) of studied written text(s), supported by evidence
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English 3.3 - Respond critically to significant aspects of unfamiliar written texts through close reading, 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 3.7 - Respond critically to significant connections across texts, supported by evidence
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English 3.8 - Develop an informed understanding of literature and/or language using critical texts
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 22
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.