Year 9 Decoding Texts
SSCDTX9 Course DescriptionThe Big Question: Students will co-construct their big question with the teacher.
Integrated Studies combines English and Social Studies from the New Zealand Curriculum to learn about range of topics. This course is designed for students who would benefit from improving their core literacy skills. Akonga will continue to develop reading and writing fluency as they learn about how societies work and how people can participate as informed, and responsible citizens. Students will explore learning contexts which include events, people, and places in the world and Aotearoa’s past, present, and future
This course is designed for students who would benefit from improving their core literacy skills. You will select this course and ENGDTX9
Learning Areas:
Assessment Information
MANA REO (COMMUNICATING)
Students will be assessed on their ability to communicate their knowledge, understanding and skills.
• Pre-structural - I need support to describe ideas and/or information.
• Uni-structural - I can describe an idea and/or information.
• Multi-structural - I can describe ideas and information.
• Relational - I link ideas and information together and explain my understanding.
• Extended Abstract - I apply my understanding to discuss my ideas in new ways.
WHAKAARO (THINKING)
Students will be assessed on their ability to develop their levels of thinking in a variety of learning experiences.
• Pre-structural - I need to support to think of an idea.
• Uni-structural - I can think of an idea.
• Multi-structural - I can think of several ideas.
• Relational - I link ideas together to organise my thinking.
• Extended Abstract - I apply my thinking in creative ways.