Westlake Girls’ High School
Level 3 English Writing
13ENGW
Course Description
Teacher in Charge:
Ms M. Milburn.
Recommended Prior Learning
An additional Literacy Support course may be offered for extra scaffolding in this subject.
Subject | Level | Recommendations |
9 English | Year 9 |
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10 English | Year 10 | Year 9 English/ 9 English STEAM
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Level 1 English Literature | 1 | Year 10 English/ 10 English STEAM/ 10 English Enrichment course. |
Level 1 English Literacy | 1 | Year 10 English/ 10 English STEAM/ 10 English Enrichment course. |
Level 2 English Literature | 2 | Level 1 English Literature/ Visual/ Writing. |
Level 2 English Visual | 2 | Level 1 English Literature/ Visual/ Writing. |
Level 2 English Writing | 2 | Entry at HoD discretion. Completion of Level 1 English Literature/ Visual/ Writing.
Students who take this course will have proven levels of written accuracy. |
Level 3 English | 3 | 12 credits minimum at Level 2 English Literature/Visual/Writing |
Level 3 English Writing | 3 | 12 credits minimum at Level 2 English Literature/Visual/Writing
Students who take this course will have proven levels of written accuracy. |
Level 3 English Literacy | 3 | For students who have yet to gain UE Literacy.
This is a unit standard course and works through the language skills of reading, writing, and speaking. |
This English option is for independent learners who enjoy the Writing and Reading strands of the English curriculum. It will cover a range of texts from both traditional and new canons of work and students can tailor their internal assessments to suit texts that interest them.
In this course, students craft their writing skills through weekly writing sessions, with the goal of building an extensive portfolio. Prompts, based on a range of the written and visual texts studied in class, will be provided.
This course supports the critical thinking and content required for the English Scholarship examination.
Students who take this course will have proven levels of written accuracy.
Departments:
Language Acquisition and Literature (English)