NCEA Level 2 English (Literary) 201
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mrs B. Sheridan.
English (Literary) 201
This course will help you to make strong connections between texts and contexts. You will develop stronger reading skills, compile a portfolio of your own writing over the course of the year, have an encounter with Shakespeare's plays, and sharpen your close viewing skills with a film study. Other text studies in this course will include a focus on poems and/or short stories, as well as a novel.
Course Overview
Term 1
Study of short literary texts, as well as a film study. The term will conclude with an internally assessed close viewing analysis, based on the film study in class.
Term 2
This term will involve a Shakespeare study, while also making time for writing, as well as the development of close reading skills. The Shakespeare study will culminate in an internally assessed written essay.
Term 3
In Term 3, students will complete and submit a portfolio of writing for internal assessment. The term will also include a novel study in order to build students' complex reading skills, and to prepare them for the November exam.
Term 4
Revision for the NCEA exam in November.
Recommended Prior Learning
12 or more credits in Level 1 English achievement standards, or at the discretion of the Head of the English Department.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
There are no scheduled trips, but opportunities to attend theatrical productions or other events may present themselves from time to time, incurring a small cost. You will need a folder and refill, or exercise book, for using alongside your device.
Pathway
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.
Total Credits Available: 21 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 8 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 13 credits.
External
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