This course is for Year 12 and 13 students (NZC Levels 7–8) who have not yet achieved the NCEA Literacy Writing co-requisite.
The course focuses on developing the core writing skills needed to communicate ideas clearly, rather than on creative writing or extended essays. Students work on a small set of high-impact skills that directly affect success in the co-requisite, including sentence clarity, paragraph organisation, staying on topic, and checking work for meaning.
Writing is taught explicitly and practised in short, manageable tasks, with regular feedback and opportunities to revise and improve. The course is designed for students who have good ideas but find it difficult to express them clearly in writing, or who have found previous assessment attempts challenging.
The aim is to help students achieve the literacy writing requirement while building writing skills that support other subjects and future pathways.
The course runs for two classes per week during Homebase time, rather than replacing a regular subject.
The aim is to help students achieve the literacy writing requirement while building writing skills that support other subjects and future pathways.