NCEA L1 - English with a Literacy Focus
ENG1R Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Ms J. McLeod.
Recommended Prior LearningOpen entry based on teacher recommendation.
Literacy Focus
This course focuses on supporting students to successfully develop their literacy skills which are vital for success in the workplace. Fundamentally this course will explore the eight key strands of the English Curriculum around a range of visual and written texts that are relevant and contextualised and writing based on authentic contexts. This course focuses on developing programmes based on the individual needs of the student.
Assessment will be on a when-ready basis and will be targeted to student need and engagement. This course is not credit-focused, but rather will support and develop those students who may find English challenging.
This course will also support the new Literacy Common Assessment activity which is now a requirement in terms of achieving NCEA.
Please note that there are no external examinations in this course and it is not subject endorse-able.
Course Overview
Term 1
Engaging in a range of texts and text types to develop our world view. Writing tasks will focus on core language skills.
Term 2
Contextualised writing tasks to develop critical thinking and engagement.
Term 3
Making connections - lots of the texts we engage with are developed around centralised ideas. We spend the term exploring these ideas and developing these connections.
Term 4
Finishing any outstanding work and using student voice to drive learning.
Pathway
NCEA L2 English - Communication Focus
Successful completion of this course could lead on to further pathways in English.