Internal Assessment Resource Achievement standard: 91105 Standard title: Use information literacy skills to form developed conclusion(s) Credits: 4 Resource title: it all about? What’s Resource reference: English 2.8C Student instructions Introduction This assessment activity requires you to carry out an independent inquiry into the ideas behind an article about a current sporting issue. You will gather information and ideas from a range of sources in order to draw and present developed conclusions. You are going to be assessed on how you use information literacy skills to form perceptive conclusions about the topic of your selected article. Your conclusion/s need to be based on the information you have gathered and must be clearly connected to the purpose of the inquiry. You can express your conclusion/s as opinions, judgements or possible decisions. The following instructions provide you with a way to structure your work to demonstrate what you have learnt and allow you to achieve success in this standard. Teacher note: It is expected that the teacher will read the student instructions and modify them if necessary to suit their students. Task Part 1: Choose a topic Read through a range of articles, editorials, columns and/or feature articles about sporting issues. Choose one article as the starting point for your inquiry. For example, some students read articles about the continuing commercialisation of sport. Part 2: Frame your inquiry Identify and record the facts and opinions expressed in the example you have selected. Draw on your own knowledge as well as the knowledge of others to build your background knowledge on the issue. Formulate effective key questions to help you explore and draw conclusions about the focus of your inquiry. Part 3: Select and use appropriate strategies to locate and process information Skim and scan a range of other texts/sources for relevant material about your key questions. Make notes of key information and evaluate the information you have gathered (i.e. how useful and/or accurate it is). Make sure you reference your sources.
Internal Assessment Resource Achievement standard: 91105 Standard title: Use information literacy skills to form developed conclusion(s) Credits: 4 Resource title: What’s it all about? Resource reference: English 2.8C Student instructions Introduction This assessment activity requires you to carry out an independent inquiry into the ideas behind an article about a current sporting issue. You will gather information and ideas from a range of sources in order to draw and present developed conclusions. You are going to be assessed on how you use information literacy skills to form perceptive conclusions about the topic of your selected article. Your conclusion/s need to be based on the information you have gathered and must be clearly connected to the purpose of the inquiry. You can express your conclusion/s as opinions, judgements or possible decisions. The following instructions provide you with a way to structure your work to demonstrate what you have learnt and allow you to achieve success in this standard. Teacher note: It is expected that the teacher will read the student instructions and modify them if necessary to suit their students. Task Part 1: Choose a topic Read through a range of articles, editorials, columns and/or feature articles about sporting issues. Choose one article as the starting point for your inquiry. For example, some students read articles about the continuing commercialisation of sport. Part 2: Frame your inquiry Identify and record the facts and opinions expressed in the example you have selected. Draw on your own knowledge as well as the knowledge of others to build your background knowledge on the issue. Formulate effective key questions to help you explore and draw conclusions about the focus of your inquiry. Part 3: Select and use appropriate strategies to locate and process information Skim and scan a range of other texts/sources for relevant material about your key questions. Make notes of key information and evaluate the information you have gathered (i.e. how useful and/or accurate it is). Make sure you reference your sources.
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