Year 10 English

Year 10 English

Year 10 English provides a foundation for NCEA level 1 English. It is taught in conjunction with Social Studies to allow for cross-curricular learning. Students are encouraged to read widely and develop their writing skills and confidence to express opinions and listen to those of others.

Understanding, using, and creating oral, written, and visual texts of increasing complexity is at the heart of English teaching and learning. By engaging with text-based activities, students become increasingly skilled and sophisticated speakers and listeners, writers and readers, presenters and viewers. 

English at Years 9 and 10 is very important, as this is a time of both consolidation of learning through the primary years and building on their knowledge to transition into senior English. 

We strive to make English at the junior level accessible and fun.  We have high expectations that push students to succeed. Students will be encouraged to read for pleasure and be open to new reading experiences. 

We begin the year with a series of standardised tests that form the basis of our planning for the year. Students will be tested again during the mid-year and end of year exams as well as completing assignments and class assessments to gauge their progress throughout the year.