ENGLISH CRITICAL THINKING 21F - Full Year

This course is designed to encourage students to critically think about how texts reflect what happens in our world. This is an academic course that allows students to contemplate the world around them and form opinions about the texts they are studying.  
This course offers University Entrance standards - but please be very conscious that is does not provide all of your literacy requirements, you will need to pick your other subjects carefully to make sure you have access to this. 

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. 

Assessment.
All assessments are NCEA Achievement Standards and are internally or externally assessed. Students have the opportunity to gain up to 16 credits from the standards listed below. 

AS 2.1 - This is the external assessment for this course and will be a written exam that communicates their understanding of a studied written text. They will discuss the hidden meanings behind quotes and the writer's purpose of the text. 

AS 2.3 - This is an external assessment for this course and will be a written exam answering questions about texts they have not studied before. Students will be discussing the use of rhetorical devices in texts and how they create an overall tone for the reader. 

AS 2.8 - This is an internal assessment for this course. Students will be doing a research project in which they will be evaluating the usefulness of sources they use to support their opinions. This assessment could be produced as an essay or through an oral presentation. 

AS 2.7  - This internal standard requires you to find commonalities between four different texts and communicate what you have learnt from analysing these connections. Your four texts can be a variety of written, verbal, visual or oral texts and require you to select them yourself - meaning that you have a lot of control in picking what interests you. The final product can be completed in a variety of forms from a written report, to an oral presentation to a visual essay. We encourage students to work in ways that suit them. 

Future Possibilities
Students may continue their study of English in Level 3 in any of the English courses, including Media Studies.

This course will develop skills needed in tertiary study in any area but be of particular value in the Humanities areas.