ENGLISH CRAFTING SKILLS 21F - Full Year

This course is designed to encourage students to think about how texts are crafted; both in what they create themselves and how directors, authors, orators etc. craft their own work. This is an academic course and allows student to enhance their creativity and reflect on how others have engaged in the process. 

This course leads on from Year 11 English students will develop English skills while examining mainly visual texts, analysing text composition and creator's purpose to enable them to effectively access the curriculum. Students should have their L1 literacy if they want to take this course. If you don't, English with Communication may be a better option for you.

Some assessments in this course offer University Entrance Literacy credits, but not the full requirement. If you want to have this qualification, make sure you double check what your other courses offer too. 

Assessment
In this course students will be offered the following assessment opportunities:
AS 2.2 - This is the external assessment for this course and will be a written exam that communicated their understanding of a studied visual text. They will learn to analyse film techniques and consider director's purpose as they communicate their ideas in an essay.

AS 2.4 - This in an internal written standard that is a portfolio assessment. Students will be supported to craft at least two pieces of writing throughout the year and present these together for marking. They are required to focus on their idea development, their ability to structure their ideas, use language features effectively and a mastery of their writing conventions.

AS 2.5 - This is the oral presentation internal standard - please do not be scared of the concept of presenting a speech as this is not the only way this standard needs to be presented. There are options to pre-record your presentation, to present it as a podcast or to have the opportunity to teach your peers about an idea in a seminar style presentation. Through the course you will craft your oral presentation skills and develop skills that are incredibly important in leadership, work and study life and in your interpersonal relationships. This standard is often completed in conjunction with AS 2.6.

AS 2.6 - This is an internal standard where you will create a visual and verbal text that communicates an idea to your audience. This might be in the form of a visual essay, short film or screencastify for example. It's a creative task that requires well crafted skills that develop from your communication and critical thinking capabilities.

AS 2.10 - This internal standard requires students to closely view and analyse the use of film techniques in a visual text. This forces students to think critically about the craft of the director and how they communicate ideas deliberately in their creations. Again, students have the opportunity to present this information in a variety of ways. 

Assessment
All assessments are NCEA achievement standards and students will be offered up to 19 credits.
This course only offers some UE literacy credits.