200A Sport and Society
Course Description:
This course will examine the role sport plays in society and includes a student chosen research project on an aspect of sporting culture. Their understanding will also be shared via a podcast or speech.
Contact Teacher: Katrina Hudson
- Endorsement available: Choice dependent
- Internal credits: 7
- External credits: 0
- Total credits: 7
- UE Reading credits: 4
- UE Writing credits: 0
200B Māori and Pacific Voices
Course Description:
This course is about understanding the importance of Māori and Pacific voices in literature and other texts, and how they help shape or reflect the diverse identities of Oceania. Students will complete connections and a speech or podcast.
Contact Teacher: Katrina Hudson
Outcomes:
- Endorsement available: Choice dependent
- Internal credits: 7
- External credits: 0
- Total credits: 7
- UE Reading credits: 0
- UE Writing credits: 0
Possible next steps: English 300
200C Conspiracy Theories*
Course Description:
This course will look at some popular conspiracy theories and how they are shaped and popularised in our culture. Students will complete a writing portfolio and speech or podcast.
Contact Teacher: Katrina Hudson
Outcomes:
- Endorsement available: Choice dependent
- Internal credits: 9
- External credits: 0
- Total credits: 9
- UE Reading credits: 0
- UE Writing credits: 6
Possible next steps: English 300
200D What are we doing about it?
Course Description:
This course will look at social issues and social actions that have created change, think Black Lives Matter, #Metoo and Climate Change protests. Students will present research findings both in written and oral forms.
Contact Teacher: Katrina Hudson
Outcomes:
- Endorsement available: Choice dependent
- Internal credits: 7
- External credits: 0
- Total credits: 7
- UE Reading credits: 4
- UE Writing credits: 0
Possible next steps: English 300
200E Dystopia*
Course Description:
This course will focus on dystopian ideas and texts. In this course, students will explore why humans are so fascinated by a dystopian future – and what this tells us about our present reality. Students will complete the writing portfolio and connections or speech assessments.
Contact Teacher: Katrina Hudson
Outcomes:
- Endorsement available: Choice dependent
- Internal credits: 9 – 10
- External credits: 0
- Total credits: 9 – 10
- UE Reading credits: 0
- UE Writing credits: 6
Possible next steps: English 300
200F Messages in Music
Course Description:
This course will look at how song lyrics can be powerful poetry, filled with literary devices and written by master wordsmiths. Students will explore an issue or topic related to music via a research project and will share this in a podcast or speech.
Contact Teacher: Katrina Hudson
Outcomes:
- Endorsement available: Choice dependent
- Internal credits: 7
- External credits: 0
- Total credits: 7
- UE Reading credits: 4
- UE Writing credits: 0
Possible next steps: English 300
200G Modern Mythic
Course Description:
This course looks at how mythology from around the world has been adapted to modern society. Students will complete research and a speech or podcast.
Contact teacher: Katrina Hudson
Outcomes:
- Endorsement available: Choice dependent
- Internal credits: 7
- External credits: 0
- Total credits: 7
- UE Reading credits: 4
- UE Writing credits: 0
Possible next steps: English 300
200H Wāhine Toa
Course Description:
This course looks at the power of the female voice in literature. It will focus on well-known Māori, Pacific and Western women and what challenges they pose to our patriarchal society. In the first half year students will complete connections and speech.
Contact Teacher: Katrina Hudson
Outcomes:
- Endorsement available: Choice dependent
- Internal credits: 7
- External credits: 0
- Total credits: 7
- UE Reading credits: 0
- UE Writing credits: 0
Possible next steps: English 300
200I Reading, Writing and Role Play*
Course Description:
This course looks to use role play and games as a means to generate creativity. Students will have the opportunity to explore different genres, create characters, and co-construct a narrative with other students. This will be the basis of their writing portfolio. Students will also complete a connections assessment.
Contact Teacher: Katrina Hudson
Outcomes:
- Endorsement available: Choice dependent
- Internal credits: 10
- External credits: 0
- Total credits: 10
- UE Reading credits: 0
- UE Writing credits: 6
Possible next steps: English 300
200J NZ Culture in Film
Course Description:
This course will focus on analysis of a visual text. This will occur via a Close Viewing of film internal assessment, as well as an external paper. Students will complete an auteur study – focussing on one New Zealand director
Contact Teacher: Katrina Hudson
Outcomes:
- Endorsement available: Choice dependent
- Internal credits: 3
- External credits: 4
- Total credits: 7
- UE Reading credits: 0
- UE Writing credits: 4
Possible next steps: English 300
200K It’s the Little Things
Course Description:
This course focuses on the analysis of both written and visual texts; in the study of a film and unfamiliar text(s). There are two external examinations in this course.
Contact Teacher: Katrina Hudson
Outcomes:
- Endorsement available: Choice dependent
- Internal credits: 0
- External credits: 8
- Total credits: 8
- UE Reading credits: 4
- UE Writing credits: 8
Possible next steps: English 300
200L What do they have to say?
Course Description:
This course will explore what authors have to say in a range of written texts. It will contain two external assessments. One will be the written text and the other will be unfamiliar text(s).
Contact Teacher: Katrina Hudson
Outcomes:
- Endorsement available: Choice dependent
- Internal credits: 0
- External credits: 8
- Total credits: 8
- UE Reading credits: 8
- UE Writing credits: 8
Possible next steps: English 300
200M Poetry Power
Course Description:
This course will involve a close exploration of poetry and its place within our world today. Does good poetry have to rhyme? Is a poem really just a story with lots of line breaks? Can you write poems about anything? Come find out! There are two external examinations in this course.
Contact Teacher: Katrina Hudson
Outcomes:
- Endorsement available: Choice dependent
- Internal credits: 0
- External credits: 8
- Total credits: 8
- UE Reading credits: 8
- UE Writing credits: 8
Possible next steps: English 300
200N Words on the Page*
Course Description:
This course is for students who anticipate needing extra support to complete their writing portfolio, and wish to study a written text in preparation for the external exam. Students who would like to start a writing portfolio are also welcome.
Contact Teacher: Katrina Hudson
Outcomes:
- Endorsement available: Choice dependent
- Internal credits: 6
- External credits: 4
- Total credits: 10
- UE Reading credits: 4
- UE Writing credits: 10 (inclusive of the writing portfolio credits which may have been started in semester one).
Possible next steps: English 300
200O Māori and Pacific Voices 2*
Course Description:
This can be taken as a continuation of the Māori and Pacific Voices course in the first semester, or as a stand alone course. Students will complete the writing portfolio and the visual text exam.
Contact Teacher: Katrina Hudson
Outcomes:
- Endorsement available: Choice dependent
- Internal credits: 6
- External credits: 4
- Total credits: 10
- UE Reading credits: 0
- UE Writing credits: 10
Possible next steps: English 300
200P What are we doing about it? 2
Course Description:
This can be taken as a continuation of the English – What are we doing about it? course in the first semester, or as a stand alone course. Students will analyse a visual and/or oral text. This text will be the basis of their internal and external assessments.
Contact Teacher: Katrina Hudson
Outcomes:
- Endorsement available: Choice dependent
- Internal credits: 3
- External credits: 4
- Total credits: 7
- UE Reading credits: 0
- UE Writing credits: 4
Possible next steps: English 300
200Q Sport and Society 2
Course Description:
This can be taken as a continuation of the Sport and Society course in the first semester, or as a stand alone course. Students will analyse a visual and/or oral text. This text will be the basis of their external assessment.
Contact Teacher: Katrina Hudson
Outcomes:
- Endorsement available: Choice dependent
- Internal credits: 3
- External credits: 4
- Total credits: 7
- UE Reading credits: 0
- UE Writing credits: 4
Possible next steps: English 300
200R Wāhine Toa 2
Course Description:
This can be taken as a continuation of the Wāhine Toa course in the first semester, or as a stand alone course. Students will sit both the written and unfamiliar text(s) external assessments.
Contact Teacher: Katrina Hudson
Outcomes:
- Endorsement available: Choice dependent
- Internal credits: 0
- External credits: 8
- Total credits: 8
- UE Reading credits: 8
- UE Writing credits: 8
Possible next steps: English 300
