What will you learn in Year 11 English?

• A two-year pathway to NCEA Level 2.

• Interpret ideas within and between texts from a range of contexts

• Identify and understand the features of language use in particular contexts.

• Communicate developed ideas by selecting and using a range of language features accurately for a variety of effects.

• Seek feedback and make changes, with guidance, to improve clarity, meaning and effect.

• Inquire into finding solutions to local problems in their community using the 'design thinking' innovative process.

• Identify, describe, and explain perspectives through their responses to various texts.

• Show a developed understanding of how writers position their intended audience through using the language conventions and techniques, point of view, structure, contexts, and intended purpose that shape a range of texts.

• Take a stance, explaining and justifying interpretations of increasingly complex texts, using examples and/or details primarily from the text but also from beyond it.

• Identify how identity influences and informs personal responses to language and language choices.

• Describe and explain the literary qualities of increasingly complex texts using examples from the text.