LEVEL 2 & LEVEL 3 English

Kaiako: ARIANA RĒWETI

Welcome to the English Programme for Levels 2 and 3. This year is going to be busy for us all but enjoyable. If you put the effort into your work, you will reap the rewards! Hard work makes the dream work

CORE SKILL FOCUSES FOR EACH TERM

TERM 1

Write

TERM 2

Inquire

TERM 3

Analyse

TERM 4

Present

There are FOUR internal assessments for English for both level two and level three. All require the same study topic but have varied requirements for each level

INTERNAL 2.4 & 3.4

Writting Portfolios

LEVEL 2 PORTFOLIO

For level two portfolio, the following will be completed

A formal opinion
A written creative piece
A letter
A poem

LEVEL 3 PORTFOLIO

For level three portfolio, the following will be completed

A formal opinion
A letter
A poem

ASSESSMENT TASKS

Please familiarise yourself with the assessment task for these internals which clearly sets out the requirements for the internal as well as the tasks that need to be completed

For the portfolio internals, the two pieces marked highest will be submitted for grading

2.4 Writing Lock in Legend - Make up your mind.pdf (6cr).pdf

eng2_4B_v2_jan15.docx

3.4 Written pieces based on theme.doc

PORTFOLIO BOOKLETS

Make a copy of your own booklet below and add your name

LEVEL 2 - Booklet Produce a selection of crafted and controlled writing

LEVEL 3 - Booklet Produce a selection of fluent and coherent writing

PIECE 1: Formal Opinion

Essay Topic - A variety of topics for the opinion have been given to you all.

Speaking te reo Māori is a hassle
Te reo Māori should be a compulsory subject taught in all schools across NZ
It’s time to let Te reo Pākehā be spoken on the marae
1 million speakers of Te reo Māori by 2024 in New Zealand - both Māori and non Māori is the goal

Word Count - Approx 1500 words (no less)

Type/Style - Formal writing NO SLANG, NO PERSONAL PRONOUNS, NO CONTRACTIONS

Intended Audience - Your community, your country

Research is required and you should footnote all resources you use

See reference guide here - APA Reference Guide

Footnote; Author, Source type i.e website, Title of resource, Date accessed by yourself

PIECE 2: Letter

Topic:

You will write a letter to the Māori party and propose a new policy to support the growth of Te Reo Māori in New Zealand

Word Count: Approx 800 to 1000 words

Type/Style: Formal, writing to inform

Intended Audience: Your community

Research is necessary for this topic. You should include

PIECE 3: Creative/Informal

Topic:

AN EXCERPT OF A BIOGRAPHY ABOUT SOMEONE YOU CONSIDER A HERO (LEVEL 2)

Word Count: 800 to 1000 words

Type/Style: Creative writing/informal.

Intended Audience: Your loved ones, your whanau

An interview will be necessary to gather information about who you are writing about

PIECE 4: Poem

Instructions:

Write a poem about the history of Te Reo Māori
The poem must discuss the history of TRM, how far it has come now and your hopes for TRM in the future
An analysis of the poem must be included

Word Count: 500 - 800 words

Type/Style: Creative writing/informal.

Intended Audience: Your community, your kura

How to write newspaper articles/reports

Features of a Newspaper Report PowerPoint.pptx

ARTICLE WRITING

This year you are going to write a newspaper article about the historical event you will research as part of your History internal (we love to kill two birds with one stone). The art form of writing articles is in the detail. Less is more (you don't want to bore your readers - but you also want to be as accurate and as informative as possible). The purpose of articles, particularly newspaper articles, is to is to convey information as efficiently as possible.

WATCH THESE USEFUL YOUTUBE VIDEOS ON HOW TO WRITE ARTICLES/NEWSPAPER REPORTS.

INTERNAL 2.10 & 3.9

Close Viewing of a Visual Film

2.10 Close Viewing - Popcorn Pause (3cr).pdf

3.9 Reading the Screen (1) copy.docx.pdf

MOVIE STUDY FOR 2022

To be confirmed

FILM REVIEW

Watch this clip on how to write a film review in 9 easy steps!

How to write a film review

This resource sets out the core components of a film review - please review these notes

Review Writing - a how to guide for seniors.docx

CHECK OUT THESE VISUAL MOVIE REVIEWS

The detail in how they review each movie is useful for your writing skills

COCO

LION

LORD OF THE RINGS

AVATAR

INTERNAL 3.8 (YEAR 13 ONLY)

Information Literacy

ASSESSMENT TASKS

Please familiarise yourself with the assessment task for these internals which clearly sets out the requirements for the internal as well as the tasks that need to be completed

2.8 Dissenting Voices (4cr).docx

3.8 In Critical Condition (1).doc

INTERNAL - Report Template

Make a copy of this doc. This is the template you will use to write your information literacy report

LEVEL 3: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uRtzCPnj75h38JIoBEkBthANFzZcoqMdIsyOQV2BlMY/edit#

HOW TO QUOTE WHEN RESEARCHING

Blending quotations.pptx

CRAAP EVALUATION

INTERNAL 2.5 (YEAR 12 ONLY)

Speech Delivery

ASSESSMENT

Year 12s are going to deliver their opinion they wrote for the portfolios as a speech in Week 10 of Term 1.

English 2.5 (3cr).doc

G and G - Set 1 - Parts of Speech 1 - COMPLETE SET.pptx

Term 1, Week 1

CLASS 1 - Thursday 4th February 2021

Please see notes from class on Thursday

In today's class we reviewed language features and covered nouns, adjectives, verbs

adverbs, comparatives, superlatives,

prepositions, conjunctions and articles.

Every week we will cover a different set of language features

Film Study - Mise-en-Scene FOR PRINTING.pdf

Film Study - Shot Sizes.pdf

Film Study - Camera Angles.pdf

Term 1, Week 4

CLASS 2 - Tuesday 16 February 2021

Please see notes from class on Tuesday

In today's class we reviewed language features and covered film techniques including mise-en-scene, shot sizes, shot angles and we also covered another set of language features - demonstrative adjective, pronouns, quantifiers, pronouns/personal pronouns. We also broke down pronouns into indefinite, reflexive and possessive.

G and G - Set 2 - Parts of Speech 2 - COMPLETE SET.pptx

G and G - Set 3 - Language Devices - COMPLETE SET.pptx

Term 1, Week 4

CLASS 3 - Thursday 18 February 2021

Please see notes from class on Thursday

In today's class we reviewed language features colloquial language, eye dialect, jargon, cliche, portmanteau, neologism - see the glitter set 3 slides.

We also started to break down Thesis Statements which we will continue to analyse next Tuesday

Thesis statement with practice prompts.pdf

TONE AND MOOD

We started to analyse what tone and mood is. Another key skill when analysing texts. Watch the above video to review what tone and mood is

G and G - Set 4 - Reading Strategies - COMPLETE SET.pptx

Term 1, Week 5

CLASS 4 - Tuesday 23 February 2021

Please see notes from class on Thursday

In today's class we discussed reading skills - Reading on the lines, reading between the lines and reading behind/beyond the lines. This makes for great practice for analysing unfamiliar texts

THESIS STATEMENTS

We continued practicing Thesis statements/essay introductions. Thesis statement exercise template is attached here. Remember - a thesis statement is a quality introduction. A thesis statement is made up of

Statement of the topic - attention capturing fact/statement about your topic
Statement of your claim or position - you state whether you agree or disagree / do not sit on the fence!

Then once you've stated your claim, you will set out your three main points which are the three main reasons to your CLAIM.

We also discussed the structure of an essay, which is like a hamburger

TOP BUN: Introduction (Thesis statement)
MIDDLE INGREDIENTS: Paragraphs of your 3 main points
BOTTOM BUN: Conclusion

G and G - Set 5 - Sentences - COMPLETE SET.pptx

Term 1, Week 6

CLASS 4 - Tuesday 2 March 2021

Please see notes from class on Tuesday

In today's class we discussed sentences, how to structure paragraphs using the SEXY method and we also covered some aspects of writing formal opinions.

We also introduced our first written piece for our portfolio - a formal opinion.
The topic for your portfolio formal opinion piece is - 'RACISM IS A THING OF THE PAST'
Please scroll further up top to find the instructions for the formal opinion piece which includes due dates, word count etc.

Common Satirical Devices - Matching Activity - Google Docs.pdf

NZ Maori History/Treaty Timeline

Term 1, Week 6

CLASS 4 - Thursday 4th March 2021

Please see notes from class on Tuesday

ENGLISH:

In today's class we started to discuss what SATIRE is. (Introduction to Satire)

HISTORY:

We started to go over the NZ Maori History Timeline covering from Early 1800 to 1880 (Pre Treaty, DOI, TOW, legislation that came in to play over the years which lead to land confiscations, the demographic of NZ during that time etc)
We also watched a video with the story about the Tainui/Waikato land wars

Term 1, Week 7

CLASS 4 - Thursday 11th March 2021

ENGLISH:

In today's class we discussed language features and started to work through the UNFAMILIAR TEXTS Learning Workbook. Please ensure you have a copy of the Unfamiliar Texts learning workbook. We will do certain activities from this workbook in the upcoming weeks.

Term 1, Week 8

CLASS 4 - Tuesday 16th March 2021

ENGLISH:

In today's class students were given most of class time to work on completing their formal opinions (as draft of the opinion is due today).

Term 1, Week 8

CLASS - Thursday 18th March 2021

ENGLISH:

In today's class I introduced the next internal assessment - Information Literacy. We discussed what the requirements for this internal were and started to think about developing hypothesis. Refer to the video on the left hand side on tips of how to formulate a hypothesis. We will continue to practice how to write hypothesis statements in the next few weeks

apa-quick-guide.pdf

Term 1, Week 10

CLASS - Thursday 8th April 2021

ENGLISH:

In today's class we continued to work on developing hypothesises for our Information Literacy internal. Most of you have decided on the subject area you want to explore further. Homework for next Tuesday is to work on finalising hypothesis so that we can then move on to developing your key inquiry questions.
We learnt how to reference using APA style referencing.
We learnt about Insurance and what insurance is

1. INSURANCE

CRAAP is an acronym for Currency.pdf

CRAAP EVALUATION METHOD

Term 2, Week 3

CLASS - Tuesday 18 May

ENGLISH:

In today's class we discussed the CRAAP test to evaluating resources
Y12s were given independent study time to work on information literacy internal
Y13s were given independent study time to work on history internal

Term 2, Week 6

CLASS - Thursday 17 June

ENGLISH:

In today's class we reviewed key conflicts and relationships from the movie Dark Horse. See above in Film Internal section all notes and documents/links relating to our film study

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