Year 13
302 English: Sharp Tongues and Sharper Minds
Assessment This course contributes towards NCEA Level 3 and University Entrance, with 20 credits. The following Achievement Standards will be assessed: • AS 91472 (4 credits – external) – reading & writing credits Respond critically to specified aspect(s) of studied written text(s). • AS 91473 (4 credits – external) – writing credits Respond critically to specified aspect(s) of studied visual or oral text(s). • AS91475 (6 credits – internal) – writing credits Produce a selection of fluent and coherent writing which develops, sustains, and structures ideas • AS 91476 (3 credits – internal) Create and deliver a fluent and coherent oral text. • AS 91480 (3 credits – internal) Respond critically to visual and/or oral text(s) through close reading.
Prerequisites Level 2 English or Media Studies.
Exclusions Students can only take one Level 3 English course. Description Satire underpins much of what makes our culture great. This course takes a close look at the underlying language mechanisms behind great satire and, in doing so, brings some excellent, shall we say: colourful, contemporary film and literature to the students’ attention. This course is unashamedly brash. It encourages a robust engagement with books, film and other writing that allows the students’ own point of view to shine through. Success in the programme delivers all the literacy UE credits and subject credits students need to traverse the bridge to tertiary education.
Students will analyse films, read books, present seminars and develop a portfolio of satirical writing that will leave their readers with a smile on their face.
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