Section outline

  • Kia Ora Water Whanau

    Welcome to English! Mrs Ismail is your English teacher and you will learn lots of interesting contexts this year.  Our Year 8 Term 1 Context is~

    Turangawaewae - My place to stand here in Auckland

    Our English Strand from the NZ Curriculum is Listening, Reading, and Viewing-Students learn to show an increasing understanding of how texts are shaped for different purposes and audiences.

    INDICATORS:

    • –  constructs texts that show a growing awareness of purpose and audience through careful choice of content, language, and text form;

    • –  conveys and sustains personal voice where appropriate

    Show an increasing understanding of ideas within, across, and beyond texts.

    Indicator
    -makes meaning of increasingly complex texts by identifying and understanding main and subsidiary ideas and the links between them

    Shows an increasing understanding of how language features are used for effect within and across texts.

    Indicator
    -identifies oral, written, and visual features used and recognises and describes their effects

    He waka eke noa -

    We’re all in this together