English · Years 7–8 · NZ Curriculum
Reading
What English intermediate students in Aotearoa New Zealand learn under reading, and where it shows up across Kōkiri Learn's inquiry worlds.
English · 12 inquiry worlds cover this strand
New Zealand Curriculum, Phase 3
The teaching sequence
Year 7 sequence
- A novel, poetry and non-fiction each year
- Language features: repetition, hyperbole, rhetorical questions
- Visual features in media texts
- NZ texts reflecting our culture and history
Year 8 sequence
- Inferences across texts with explicit and implicit evidence
- Comparing and synthesising themes across texts
- Texts that blend forms and purposes
- How context shapes a text
Where this shows up
Kōkiri Learn inquiry worlds that cover this strand
The whole class works on one world at a time — these are where this strand's focus actually comes up.
4 weeksVoices That Move UsYear 7 sequence · Identifying language features (repetition, rhetorical questions, hyperbole, listing, contrast, cliché, puns) and explaining how they influence the audience; how purpose and audience shape a text
5 weeksStories That Shape UsYear 7 sequence · A novel each year, including NZ texts by Māori, Pākehā and Pasifika authors and seminal and global texts; describing how authors use characterisation, setting and plot to shape meaning; making inferences about settings, characters and themes and justifying them with explicit and implicit evidence
5 weeksWord Weavers: Poetry and PerformanceYear 7 sequence · Reading a selection of poetry and explaining how language features such as repetition, hyperbole and imagery shape meaning
5 weeksSpeak Up: Speeches, Podcasts and PepehaYear 7 sequence · Identifying language features in exemplar speeches (repetition, rhetorical questions, contrast, listing) and explaining their effect on an audience
5 weeksFact or Fake? Media and Digital LiteracyYear 7 sequence · Visual features in media texts and how media present people, ideas and events from particular perspectives
5 weeksExplain It: Non-fiction and Feature WritingYear 7 sequence · Reading non-fiction and using visual features (diagrams, maps, charts, graphs) that carry main ideas
5 weeksCrafting the ArgumentYear 8 sequence · Comparing how different texts present the same issue; interrogating the validity of digital and media texts by examining authorship, evidence and bias
- 5 weeksWord Weavers: Poetry and Performance
Year 8 sequence · Comparing and synthesising themes across poems, including poetry that aims to persuade
- 5 weeksFact or Fake? Media and Digital Literacy
Year 8 sequence · How digital and media texts combine structural, visual and interactive features (angles, shots, framing, hyperlinks) to shape meaning and engage audiences
5 weeksWorlds Beyond: Science Fiction and the FutureYear 8 sequence · Making inferences and comparing themes across texts, including how context and purpose shape speculative fiction
4 weeksTō Mātou Rohe: Stories of Our PlaceYear 7 sequence · NZ texts that reflect our culture and history, read alongside primary sources
5 weeksData Detectives: Data, Spreadsheets and AIYear 8 sequence · Evaluating the reliability of digital texts; identifying mis-, dis- and malinformation and cross-checking sources
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