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Standards fulfilling the literacy requirement
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.
English standards fulfilling the literacy requirement for university entrance from 2004
| Standards | Credits | Reading | Writing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scholarship if achieved in 2004 | Y |
Y |
||
| Achievement standards | ||||
| 90720 | Produce an extended piece of writing in a selected style | 4 |
Y |
|
| 90721 | Respond critically to written text(s) studied | 3 |
Y |
Y |
| 90722 | Respond critically to Shakespearean drama studied | 3 |
Y |
Y |
| 90723 | Respond critically to oral or visual text studied | 3 |
Y |
Y |
| 90724 | Read and respond critically to unfamiliar prose and poetry texts | 3 |
Y |
|
| 90726 | Complete independent research on a language or literature topic and present conclusions in writing | 4 |
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 |
|
| 12421 | Read transactional oral text closely | 3 |
Y |
|
| 12422 | Read poetic 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 or 2.2 (i) and 3.2 can count for the Reading requirement.
3. Y = The standard is recognised for the reading and/or writing credits.
Te Reo Māori and Te Reo Rangatira standards fulfilling the literacy requirement for university entrance from 2004
| Standards | Credits | Reading |
Writing |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scholarship if achieved in 2004 | Y | Y | ||
| 90441 | Panui i te reo o tona ao mohio | 6 | Y | |
| 90752 | Panui i te reo tawhito | 3 | Y | |
| 90753 | Panui i te reo hou | 3 | Y | |
| 7266 | Panui rarangi tuhinga mo nga take o te wa | 5 | Y | |
| 90781 | Pānui kia whai māramatanga i te reo o te ao whānui | 3 | Y | |
| 90784 | Pānui kia wetewete i te reo o te ao whānui | 3 | Y | |
| 90786 | Panui i te tuhinga roa | 3 | Y | |
| 90789 | Panui i nga tuhinga popoto | 3 | Y | |
| 7267 | Tatari haere i nga kupu tauhou o tetahi tuhinga | 7 | Y | |
| 7268 | Panui i nga tuhituhi ahakoa te kaupapa | 9 | Y | |
| 90754 | Whakaputa i te tuhinga | 4 | Y | |
| 90755 | Titotito i te korero whakangahau | 3 | Y | |
| 90770 | Tuhituhi i te reo o tona ao mohio | 4 | Y | |
| 90757 | Hanga Tuhinga i te reo o tona ao mohio | 4 | Y | |
| 7258 | Tito korero poto mo nga take mai i nga korero | 5 | Y | |
| 90782 | Whakaoti tuhituhi ōkawa i te reo o te ao whānui | 4 | Y | |
| 90783 | Hanga tuhinga auaha i te reo o te ao whānui | 4 | Y | |
| 90787 | Whakaputa i te tuhinga roa | 3 | Y | |
| 90790 | Tuhituhi whakaaro e hangai ana ki te kaupapa | 3 | Y | |
| 7259 | Tuhi korero kia hangai ki tetahi kaupapa | 7 | Y | |
| 7260 | Tuhi i nga momo korero whai kiko | 9 | Y | |
Note: the following standards, now expired, will continue to be recognised as meeting the literacy requirements for learners who have them in their Record of Achievement:
| Level 2 | Level 3 |
|---|---|
| 90444 | 90544 |
| 90445 | 90538 |
| 90448 | 90545 |
| 90539 |
Last updated: 05 March 2008