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Certificate / Entrance Requirements Appendix 1

English standards fulfilling the literacy requirement for University Entrance

In brief:

  • 4 credits at level 2 or higher are required in Reading and 4 credits in Writing at level 2 or higher from the standards listed below
  • The literacy requirement can be fulfilled in either English or Te Reo Māori, but not a combination of both.

STANDARDS

Credits

Reading

Writing

Achievement standards

90720

Produce an extended piece of writing in a selected style

4

 

Y

90721

Respond critically to written text(s) studied

4

Y

Y

90722

Respond critically to Shakespearean drama studied

4

Y

Y

90723

Respond critically to oral or visual text studied

4

Y

Y

90724

Respond critically to unfamiliar prose and poetry texts

2

Y

  

90726

Complete independent research on a language or literature topic and present findings in written form

3

Y

Y

90375

Produce crafted and developed creative writing

3

 

Y

90376

Produce crafted and developed formal transactional writing

3

 

Y

90377

Analyse extended written text(s)

3

Y

Y

90378

Analyse short written texts

3

Y

Y

90379

Analyse a visual or oral text

3

Y

Y

90380

Read unfamiliar texts and analyse the ideas and language features

3

Y

 

90381

Investigate a language or literature topic and present information in written form

3

Y

Y

Unit standards

8834

Investigate a theme across a range of selected texts and evaluate the outcomes of the investigation

6

Y

 

8823

Investigate a theme across an inclusive range of selected texts

4

Y

 

8841

Produce results of literary research in an extended essay to publication standard

6

 

Y

8842

Produce sustained poetic writing in a range of complex forms to publication standard

6

 

Y

8835

Produce sustained transactional writing in a range of complex forms

6

 

Y

8825

Produce transactional written text in complex forms

5

 

Y

12427

Read closely and evaluate the effectiveness of poetic written texts

4

Y

 

12428

Read closely and evaluate the effectiveness of transactional written texts

4

Y

 

12430

Read closely and evaluate the effectiveness of poetic oral texts

3

Y

 

12429

Read closely and evaluate the effectiveness of transactional oral texts

3

Y

 

12905

Read an inclusive variety of written texts and record the reading experience

4

Y

 

12419

Read poetic written text closely

4

Y

 

12420

Read transactional written text closely

4

Y

 

12422

Read poetic oral text closely

3

Y

 

12421

Read transactional oral text closely

3

Y

 


Note:
  1. Where standards count for either Reading or Writing, an individual student may not count credits for both Reading and Writing unless it is the Scholarship standard.
  2. The following will be recognised for the Waikato Certificate of Studies, English:
    Certificate of Studies (CS) 2.1 and 3.1 can count for the university entrance Writing requirement. Certificate of Studies (CS) 2.2 and 3.2 can count for the Reading requirement.
  3. Y = The standard is recognised for the reading and/or writing credits.