English Assessment
Course ENGLISH – Year 12 Standard and Advanced 2013
Date Week 2 Tuesday 5th of February Time: By appointment Place: Sutherland Rooms
Task No. 1 Weighting - 10% (5% speaking/5% reading)
Topics to be assessed: Belonging
Nature of Task: Reading/Speaking
Students are to select a related text on the topic of ‘Belonging’. This text is not allowed to be a text issued in class by any one of the Standard or Advanced English teachers or a text previously studied or presented at school. Advanced students must not use another play and Standard must not use another film.
In a speech of 2.5 -3 minutes students must analyse their chosen text with regards to:
• What the text says about belonging
• How the composer’s language techniques shape a sense of belonging or not belonging
• How this piece links to their core text (As You Like It, Strictly Ballroom)
• The ways in which their material has broadened and deepened their understanding of themselves and the world
Students will also need to submit a reflection statement of 200 words in hard copy on the day. Their reflection should answer the following:
• ‘How has your understanding of Belonging been enhanced by your study of your related text.’
A written copy of the speech and reflection statement must be submitted before the beginning of your oral. Students without a written copy will have 10% of available marks deducted for each day late.
NB.
• All students are expected to be present on this day
• All students MUST present in front of an audience
• A medical certificate will be required for any absence during this period and the task will be presented the day the student returns to school. It is up to the student to see the teacher to organise this
Outcomes to be assessed – 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Criteria
• Ability to demonstrate an appropriate understanding of ‘Belonging’
• Ability to demonstrate detailed knowledge of the form, language and their
Date Week 2 Tuesday 5th of February Time: By appointment Place: Sutherland Rooms
Task No. 1 Weighting - 10% (5% speaking/5% reading)
Topics to be assessed: Belonging
Nature of Task: Reading/Speaking
Students are to select a related text on the topic of ‘Belonging’. This text is not allowed to be a text issued in class by any one of the Standard or Advanced English teachers or a text previously studied or presented at school. Advanced students must not use another play and Standard must not use another film.
In a speech of 2.5 -3 minutes students must analyse their chosen text with regards to:
• What the text says about belonging
• How the composer’s language techniques shape a sense of belonging or not belonging
• How this piece links to their core text (As You Like It, Strictly Ballroom)
• The ways in which their material has broadened and deepened their understanding of themselves and the world
Students will also need to submit a reflection statement of 200 words in hard copy on the day. Their reflection should answer the following:
• ‘How has your understanding of Belonging been enhanced by your study of your related text.’
A written copy of the speech and reflection statement must be submitted before the beginning of your oral. Students without a written copy will have 10% of available marks deducted for each day late.
NB.
• All students are expected to be present on this day
• All students MUST present in front of an audience
• A medical certificate will be required for any absence during this period and the task will be presented the day the student returns to school. It is up to the student to see the teacher to organise this
Outcomes to be assessed – 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Criteria
• Ability to demonstrate an appropriate understanding of ‘Belonging’
• Ability to demonstrate detailed knowledge of the form, language and their