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Ko te reo te tuakiri (Language is my identity)

Ko te reo tōku ahurei (Language is my uniqueness)

Ko te reo te ora (Language is life)

English

Head of Department

Jenny Seward, jsd@otagogirls.school.nz

Year 9

In English you will become increasingly skilled and sophisticated speakers and listeners, writers and readers, presenters and viewers, through experiencing many of the areas listed below:

Writing with Pen

View

Posters, advertisements, films, graphic novels

Write

Stories letters, poems, plays, reports, blogs

Film Slate Marker

Listen

Poetry, prose, poems, plays and podcasts

Present

Poetry, films, posters, plays, Shakespeare, radio programmes, power points, research and web pages

Outdoor Reading

Read

Novels, plays, short stories, poems, non-fiction, hyper text and blogs

Speak

Debates, speeches, seminars, communication skills, group work and radio programmes

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