Toi Ingarihi | Senior English/Digital Art

Course aims / learning outcomes

• This is an English course that will have an art focus (we'll look at cool artistic graphic novels, visually rich stories and inevitably a film with an obvious art direction), but could be used by students as an English-heavy course, or a combination English-Art course. For the students that hope to engage in the Art assessments, I'd recommend also joining the Kohinga Toi hapori to provide you with sufficient extra time to work on your folio. Though there will be scope for students to use a text as the context for their art folios, students will have the opportunity to create digital design folios using branding/other contexts with looser links to the English texts studied. Please speak to Beth if this is something you are hoping to achieve, as we will need to put a plan in place at the beginning of the year! 

Course content

• Students will engage in a long-term text study at the beginning of the year, which will provide context for a few different NCEA English assessments at Level 2. Students often choose to work on one of these options:
• English 2.6 - Create a visual text (3 credits)
• English 2.4 - Writing folio (6 credits)
• Visual Arts 2.3 - Approach to design briefs (4 credits)

Assessment statement

•  NCEA opportunities in this course will be available in English and Visual Arts. The course content will provide opportunities for assessments in both learning areas, while working in the same year-long context. 

Typically, students should aim to complete one internal assessment per term. There will be ample class time and opportunity for this, with regard to the texts that we are studying in the different terms. 

Students are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the Level 2 English standards. Students will be able to negotiate with Beth, which assessments they wish to complete.

Authenticity

A range of procedures to ensure authenticity of student work, these may include: 

• all plans, notes, drafts, and work-in-progress are shared with and monitored by the Learning Advisor while work is being developed
• milestone points (checks) throughout the task
• completing work in class
• oral questioning to confirm a student’s understanding
• signed student authentication on completion of a task – i.e. candidates work is sighted, dated and signed in progress by the classroom teacher.

Appeal Procedures

• Students have the right to appeal the mark they have been awarded. If a student wishes to appeal a grade, they should initially talk to the subject learning advisor about the marking process immediately after the marked assessment task is shown to them. If still dissatisfied the student should make an appointment and discuss grades with the Principal’s Nominee who will check that the correct procedures have been followed as outlined in the school and subject policies taking into account any special circumstances..

Table of Assessments

Table of Assessments