ST STEPHEN’S SCHOOL YEAR 12 ATAR LITERATURE 2016-2017 TASK 8 to an unseen drama text Written response Task 8: to an unseen extract from An Ideal Husband. (Reading, Writing) Written response Present a reading of the drama text, taking into account its language and generic conventions, the contextual information provided and your own context as a reader. Student’s name:________________________________________ Type Essay: in class; unseen text and unseen question. Time: 60 minutes (+ 10 mins planning/reading time) Outcome Assessed Reading, Writing Time Allocation Weighting 60 minutes 5.5% PROCESS OBJECTIVES To: Read and analyse the text as an example of literary Engage with primary texts that style are to be central to the course; Further your understandings of - Engage directly with the topic; how meaning results from - Use appropriate discourse; relationships between writer, - Structure the essay in an organised, logical and reader, text and context; informative manner. - and edit for cohesion, clarity and Immerse you in the dominant cogency. discourses of the text’s production context; Consider: Analyse the generic features that - the production context of the text and your shape the text; reception context; Plan and write a cohesive and - the dominant discourse/s of the text’s production context; cogent essay in response to the - how reading practices and reader assumptions question, displaying the key make meaning from texts; structures of the essay form. - the range of readings which can be constructed from the text and the ideas and values that might be supported by it. Close Reading Response Marks Reading of text /7 presents a sophisticated reading using appropriate reading strategies, making a detailed 6-7 analysis of language and/or generic conventions and/or context presents a perceptive reading, making a detailed analysis of language and/or generic 5 conventions and/or context presents a sustained reading, making relevant reference to language and/or generic 4 conventions and/or context
ST STEPHEN’S SCHOOL YEAR 12 ATAR LITERATURE 2016-2017 TASK 8 Written response to an unseen drama text Task 8: Written response to an unseen extract from An Ideal Husband. (Reading, Writing) Present a reading of the drama text, taking into account its language and generic conventions, the contextual information provided and your own context as a reader. Student’s name:________________________________________ Type Essay: in class; unseen text and unseen question. Time: 60 minutes (+ 10 mins planning/reading time) Outcome Assessed Reading, Writing Time Allocation 60 minutes Weighting 5.5% PROCESS OBJECTIVES Read and analyse the text as an example of literary style - Engage directly with the topic; - Use appropriate discourse; - Structure the essay in an organised, logical and informative manner. - and edit for cohesion, clarity and cogency. Consider: - the production context of the text and your reception context; - the dominant discourse/s of the text’s production context; - how reading practices and reader assumptions make meaning from texts; - the range of readings which can be constructed from the text and the ideas and values that might be supported by it. To: Engage with primary texts that are to be central to the course; Further your understandings of how meaning results from relationships between writer, reader, text and context; Immerse you in the dominant discourses of the text’s production context; Analyse the generic features that shape the text; Plan and write a cohesive and cogent essay in response to the question, displaying the key structures of the essay form. Close Reading Response Marks Reading of text /7 presents a sophisticated reading using appropriate reading strategies, making a detailed analysis of language and/or generic conventions and/or context 6-7 presents a perceptive reading, making a detailed analysis of language and/or generic conventions and/or context 5 presents a sustained reading, making relevant reference to language and/or generic conventions and/or context 4
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