Year 12 English

The Year 12 course delivers the refreshed Aotearoa New Zealand Curriculum to develop the skills of analysing and creating a range of text types. Ākonga | Students will enjoy a rich literature study of at least one extended written text and learn to write an analytical essay. They will also script and deliver an oral presentation in response to the studied text and/or its context(s). Further building skills of analysis through the study of film, ākonga will write a close-viewing report explaining how and why visual language features are used to create effects and develop ideas. Through close-reading and viewing, ākonga will continue to build appreciation of how authors use language for specific effects in relation to purpose and audience and create their own texts, producing a 6-credit Writing Portolio. Throughout the year, ākonga will also read and analyse short texts – poetry, prose and non-fiction – in preparation for analysing specified aspects of unfamiliar texts in the external examination. This course is designed to enhance ākonga enjoyment and confidence in making meaning, through reading, listening and viewing; and creating meaning, through writing, speaking and presenting.