Albany Senior High School/Coursebook/1ENG

What is this course about?
This course focuses on building upon the skills you have learnt in junior English and further develops your productive and receptive language skills to prepare you for NCEA assessment. During the year, some students may choose to sit a selection of appropriate level two internal assessments and/or sit extra external papers at level one.

What will I learn?

 * How to write confidently in a range of styles to express your ideas.
 * How to explore and articulate your ideas verbally through speeches, presentations and debates.
 * How to closely read and analyse static and moving visual texts.
 * How to use processes and structures to understand and respond to surface level and deeper ideas within texts.
 * Why and how to use accurate and appropriate language in a range of situations and for different audiences.

What sorts of things will I do?

 * Read a range of written, visual and oral texts such as novels, short stories, articles, poetry, films, and static images.
 * Write, speak, and create visual texts to express your own ideas.
 * Analyse and examine perspectives and ideas in texts and demonstrate your understanding of these through creating your own texts.

Students can reinforce their learning by...

 * Things you can do to reinforce your learning in this subject

Frequently asked questions:
What are some of the text options in this course?

Novel/Drama:


 * Unwind
 * Romeo and Juliet
 * Looking for Alibrandi

Film


 * Gattaca
 * Juno