Sample assessment outline English – ATAR Year 12 Unit 3 and Unit 4 Semester Assessment Content covered type Week set Assessment task – type task weighting week due weighting Semester 1 Comparing and Task 2: (Set Week 4, due Week 5) In class Set: Week 4 contrasting distinctive You will be provided with three texts one prose fiction, one prose non-fiction – Due: Week 5 features of genres; and one multimodal from a range of genres. Respond in 150–200 words to – comparing texts from each of three questions based on the content for Weeks 3–5. 5% similar or different genres; analysing how techniques are used in different genres. Semester 1 Comparing texts with Task 3: (Set Week 6, due Week 8) In class and at home Set: Week 6 regard to language, Maintain a reflective journal for each text covered in which you: Due: Week 8 conventions, style, identify any language features and/or generic conventions that impacted on ideas, issues and you as a reader/viewer and briefly explain why themes; the role of the evaluate the ways in which textual and language features have shaped your audience in 5% responses to ideas/issues/themes for each genre you have studied Responding 35% consider the extent to which responses to your chosen texts may differ over time in different cultural contexts. (Your journal must include one entry for each of five or six text types, such as a feature film, a poem, a short play, a documentary, an episode from a sitcom, a cartoon or comic strip.) Semester 1 Task 4: (Set Week 6, due Week 9) In-class essay Set: Week 6 You will be required to write one of the following: Due: Week 9 Select two texts from different genres and critically appraise how the conventions of each have been used to influence audience response 5% Discuss how and why different audiences/readers may make different meanings of one text you have studied Examine how similar themes/issues/ideas are treated in two texts you have studied. Your response should give some consideration to language features and generic conventions.
Sample assessment outline English – ATAR Year 12 Unit 3 and Unit 4 Assessment type type weighting task weighting Semester Week set – week due Content covered Assessment task Responding 35% 5% Semester 1 Set: Week 4 Due: Week 5 Comparing and contrasting distinctive features of genres; comparing texts from similar or different genres; analysing how techniques are used in different genres. Task 2: (Set Week 4, due Week 5) In class You will be provided with three texts – one prose fiction, one prose non-fiction and one multimodal – from a range of genres. Respond in 150–200 words to each of three questions based on the content for Weeks 3–5. 5% Semester 1 Set: Week 6 Due: Week 8 Comparing texts with regard to language, conventions, style, ideas, issues and themes; the role of the audience in Task 3: (Set Week 6, due Week 8) In class and at home Maintain a reflective journal for each text covered in which you: identify any language features and/or generic conventions that impacted on you as a reader/viewer and briefly explain why evaluate the ways in which textual and language features have shaped your responses to ideas/issues/themes for each genre you have studied consider the extent to which responses to your chosen texts may differ over time in different cultural contexts. (Your journal must include one entry for each of five or six text types, such as a feature film, a poem, a short play, a documentary, an episode from a sitcom, a cartoon or comic strip.) 5% Semester 1 Set: Week 6 Due: Week 9 Task 4: (Set Week 6, due Week 9) In-class essay You will be required to write one of the following: Select two texts from different genres and critically appraise how the conventions of each have been used to influence audience response Discuss how and why different audiences/readers may make different meanings of one text you have studied Examine how similar themes/issues/ideas are treated in two texts you have studied. Your response should give some consideration to language features and generic conventions.
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