Year 11 English

English

In Year 11, all students must select either 11ENC or 11ENG. You must talk with your Year 10 teacher before requesting one of these classes. Your teacher, together with the HOD English, will direct you towards the best course of study for your Year 11 year. Your placement will be affirmed and communicated to you once Year 10 results have been reviewed by the dept.

If you have not Achieved many assessments at Year 10, you may be directed towards 11ENC.

Within 11ENG, there are two bands. Your teacher will place you in the band that is the most appropriate to ensure your success.

Year 11 English courses cover the skills of reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing and presenting. The studies of written and visual texts are important parts of these courses. 

At every level, our study of English is through a Christian worldview, and a redemptive narrative is central to each course.  Year 11 literature may deal with more mature themes than those discussed at Year 10, and students should be prepared to engage with content that sometimes presents a worldview different from their own; there is much we can learn from other perspectives and much to be gained from reaffirming our own values and opinions as we critique. Texts studied will be by male and female authors from a range of different historical periods and ethnicities. The NZ Curriculum requires us to engage with the Treaty of Waitangi in our classrooms, and the English department studies the works of Māori and Pākehā writers and directors, alongside those of other cultures and the Western Canon. We enjoy everything from the canonical classics, such as the drama of Shakespeare and the poetry of Rosetti, through to modern short film and oratory.

(NB. Passing the Literacy co-requisite examinations is not sufficient to enter the 12ENG course. Literacy credits have no direct connection to English courses. There will be a required level of attainment at Year 11 to proceed into 12ENG classes. Students should be aware of the need to achieve well as they head into their Year 11 studies.)