12ENGA

Year 12 English Acceleration

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Mr D. Smale.

Year 12 English Acceleration

The 12ENGA course is designed to challenge and stimulate our most gifted cohort of students. This is a full acceleration course which completes a level 3 NCEA English program. It is expected that many students will also partake in the extra-mural scholarship English program with the intention of sitting the scholarship exam this year. Emphasis is placed upon developing students' passion and enthusiasm for the language and ideas of literature, further building upon the skills established in their first three years in the pathway. Wider reading and inter-textual conception is actively encouraged in order to foster lifelong learning. Texts which we study in this course include the poetry of T.S Eliot and Allen Ginsberg, the film Apocalypse Now, and Shakespeare's Hamlet.


Course Overview

Term 1
Introduction to 3.1 Written Texts external (91472)
Introduction to 3.3 Unfamiliar Texts external (91474)
Introduction to 3.4 Writing Portfolio internal (91475)

Term 2
Completion of 3.4 Writing Portfolio internal (91475)
School practice examinations
Introduction to 3.2 Visual Text external (91473)
Introduction and Completion of 3.7 Connections (91478)

Term 3
Completion of 3.2 Visual Text external (91473)
Extension study of Hamlet (Scholarship)
School practice examinations

Term 4
Revision
External exams

Semester A

Entry Criteria

This is a restricted entry course. To gain entry into the Level 2 English Acceleration students must be taking an acceleration course currently.

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

Total Credits Available: 25 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 12 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 13 credits.

Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91472 v1
NZQA Info
English 3.1 - Respond critically to specified aspect(s) of studied written text(s), supported by evidence
4
4
4
4
4
Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: Y
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 4r,4w *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91473 v1
NZQA Info
English 3.2 - Respond critically to specified aspect(s) of studied visual or oral text(s), supported by evidence
4
4
4
4
4
Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: Y
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 4w *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91474 v1
NZQA Info
English 3.3 - Respond critically to significant aspects of unfamiliar written texts through close reading, supported by evidence
4
4
4
4
4
Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: Y
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 4r,4w *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91475 v1
NZQA Info
English 3.4 - Produce a selection of fluent and coherent writing which develops, sustains, and structures ideas
6
6
6
6
6
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 6
Level 1 Literacy Credits: Y
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 6w *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91476 v1
NZQA Info
English 3.5 - Create and deliver a fluent and coherent oral text which develops, sustains, and structures ideas
3
3
3
3
3
3
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: Y
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91478 v1
NZQA Info
English 3.7 - Respond critically to significant connections across texts, supported by evidence
4
4
4
4
4
4
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: Y
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 25
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 25
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 18
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

Approved subject for University Entrance

Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 25

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.

Disclaimer

Course selection does not guarantee a course will be available or that you have approval to take a course. Final course confirmation is in January and depends on your final results and in rare cases, staff availability.