Sample assessment outline English as an Additional Language or Dialect – General Year 11 Unit 1 – Cross cultural perspectives and Unit 2 – Life experiences Assessment Assessment type task Week due Description of assessment task (from syllabus) weighting Task 5: Write a report on an issue related to food such as obesity, junk food, vegetarian diets, anorexia or Semester 1 10% Week 13 bulimia. Investigation 20% Semester 2 10% Task 11: Write a report on the art/music/dance traditions of a particular culture. Week 10 Semester 1 5% Task 1: Listening comprehension: write responses to a range of aural texts. Week 2 Semester 1 Task 4: Reading and viewing comprehension: write short and extended responses to previously unseen visual and 7.5 % Week 10 print texts. Response 25% Semester 2 5% Write a response to a multimodal text that has some artistic or aesthetic quality. Task 8: Week 2 Semester 2 7.5% Task 12: Reading and viewing comprehension: write responses to texts. Week 13 Semester 1 7.5% Task 3: Create a brochure or webpage promoting the eating of a healthy diet. Week 7 Semester 1 Task 7: Write an essay on attitudes to food preparation and eating as represented in a feature film that you have 7.5% Production Week 18 viewed. (written) Semester 2 30% 7.5% Convert song lyrics or a narrative poem to prose narrative or a play script. Task 10: Week 7 Semester 2 Task 13: Write an essay on one of a range of unseen general topics linked to the role of the arts in telling stories within 7.5% Week 16 a culture. Semester 1 5% Task 2: Conduct an interview with a classmate, if possible from another culture, about diet and cooking practices. Week 4 Production Semester 1 Task 6: Give an oral presentation on the cuisine of a particular culture. (oral) 7.5% Week 16 25% Semester 2 12.5% Present a tutorial (in pairs) on a particular song or piece of music, artwork or dance. Task 9: Week 5 Total 100%
Sample assessment outline English as an Additional Language or Dialect – General Year 11 Unit 1 – Cross cultural perspectives and Unit 2 – Life experiences Assessment type (from syllabus) Assessment task weighting Week due Description of assessment task Investigation 20% 10% Semester 1 Week 13 Task 5: Write a report on an issue related to food such as obesity, junk food, vegetarian diets, anorexia or bulimia. 10% Semester 2 Week 10 Task 11: Write a report on the art/music/dance traditions of a particular culture. Response 25% 5% Semester 1 Week 2 Task 1: Listening comprehension: write responses to a range of aural texts. 7.5 % Semester 1 Week 10 Task 4: Reading and viewing comprehension: write short and extended responses to previously unseen visual and print texts. 5% Semester 2 Week 2 Task 8: Write a response to a multimodal text that has some artistic or aesthetic quality. 7.5% Semester 2 Week 13 Task 12: Reading and viewing comprehension: write responses to texts. Production (written) 30% 7.5% Semester 1 Week 7 Task 3: Create a brochure or webpage promoting the eating of a healthy diet. 7.5% Semester 1 Week 18 Task 7: Write an essay on attitudes to food preparation and eating as represented in a feature film that you have viewed. 7.5% Semester 2 Week 7 Task 10: Convert song lyrics or a narrative poem to prose narrative or a play script. 7.5% Semester 2 Week 16 Task 13: Write an essay on one of a range of unseen general topics linked to the role of the arts in telling stories within a culture. Production (oral) 25% 5% Semester 1 Week 4 Task 2: Conduct an interview with a classmate, if possible from another culture, about diet and cooking practices. 7.5% Semester 1 Week 16 Task 6: Give an oral presentation on the cuisine of a particular culture. 12.5% Semester 2 Week 5 Task 9: Present a tutorial (in pairs) on a particular song or piece of music, artwork or dance. Total 100%
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