Sample assessment outline Dance ATAR Year 12 – Unit 3 and Unit 4 Assessment Weighting for Assessment Assessment Assessment Assessment task task combined When component type type weighting weighting mark Demonstration of technique for Unit 3 complex exercises and Task 1: – Semester 1 20% 10% extended sequences in contemporary technique, safe dance practice, Week 13 experiential anatomy Semester 1 Task 2: Group composition evidence of use of choreographic processes, – 10% 5% Week 14 design concepts and technologies and performance skills Performance/ 60% Production Demonstration of technique for Unit 4 complex exercises and Task 3: – Semester 2 20% 10% extended sequences in contemporary technique, safe dance practice, Week 12 experiential anatomy Practical Semester 2 Task 4: Original solo composition plan, create, rehearse and perform an – 10% 5% Week 13 original solo that demonstrates choreographic intent Examination Task 5: Semester 1 practical examination (solo performance, structured 10% 5% week improvisation and interview) under examination conditions Practical 40% Task 6: Semester 2 practical examination (including set solo, original solo examination Examination 30% 15% composition, structured improvisation and interview) under examination week conditions 100% 50% Task 7: In-class extended response to a viewed performance describe, – Semester 1 15% 7.5% analyse, interpret choreographic intent, and critically evaluate the Week 7 performance Task 8: extended response to an unseen question based on a case Semester 1 15% 7.5% study explored in relation to a range of contextual factors (historical, Week 10 cultural and social) Response 60% Task 9: In-class extended response to an unseen question based on a Semester 2 Written 15% 7.5% case study explored in relation to a range of contextual factors (historical, Week 10 cultural and social) Task 10: extended response to an unseen question based on a Semester 2 15% 7.5% case study explored in relation to a range of contextual factors (historical, Week 12 cultural and social) Task 11: Semester 1 written examination a representative sample of the – Written Examination 10% 40% 5% syllabus content from Semester 1 using a modified examination design – examination week brief from the syllabus 2½ hours –
Sample assessment outline Dance – ATAR Year 12 Unit 3 and Unit 4 Assessment component Assessment type Assessment type weighting Assessment task weighting Weighting for combined mark When Assessment task Practical Performance/ Production 60% 20% 10% Semester 1 Week 13 Task 1: Demonstration of technique for Unit 3 – complex exercises and extended sequences in contemporary technique, safe dance practice, experiential anatomy 10% 5% Semester 1 Week 14 Task 2: Group composition – evidence of use of choreographic processes, design concepts and technologies and performance skills 20% 10% Semester 2 Week 12 Task 3: Demonstration of technique for Unit 4 – complex exercises and extended sequences in contemporary technique, safe dance practice, experiential anatomy 10% 5% Semester 2 Week 13 Task 4: Original solo composition – plan, create, rehearse and perform an original solo that demonstrates choreographic intent Practical examination 40% 10% 5% Examination week Task 5: Semester 1 practical examination (solo performance, structured improvisation and interview) under examination conditions 30% 15% Examination week Task 6: Semester 2 practical examination (including set solo, original solo composition, structured improvisation and interview) under examination conditions 100% 50% Written Response 60% 15% 7.5% Semester 1 Week 7 Task 7: In-class extended response to a viewed performance – describe, analyse, interpret choreographic intent, and critically evaluate the performance 15% 7.5% Semester 1 Week 10 Task 8: extended response to an unseen question based on a case study explored in relation to a range of contextual factors (historical, cultural and social) 15% 7.5% Semester 2 Week 10 Task 9: In-class extended response to an unseen question based on a case study explored in relation to a range of contextual factors (historical, cultural and social) 15% 7.5% Semester 2 Week 12 Task 10: extended response to an unseen question based on a case study explored in relation to a range of contextual factors (historical, cultural and social) Written examination 40% 10% 5% Examination week Task 11: Semester 1 written examination – a representative sample of the syllabus content from Semester 1 – using a modified examination design brief from the syllabus – 2½ hours