VCE ENGLISH UNITS 3 & 4 2011 ~ 2012

1. VCE ENGLISHUNITS 3 & 42011 ~ 2012

2. SATISFACTORY COMPLETION… • The factors that affect satisfactory completion are: • Students must achieve a grade higher than 40% on each assessment task. • Students must achieve a “S” (satisfactory grade for each work requirement. • Students must have a minimum attendance of 80% of classes.

3. SATISFACTORY COMPLETION… • The award of satisfactory completion for a unit is based on a decision that the student has demonstrated achievement of the set of outcomes specified for the unit. • There are 3 outcomes in Unit 3 and 2 outcomes in Unit 4 – these will be explained in the following slides.

4. Unit 3 English Assessment: Outcomes: Work Requirements: required for authentication and to achieve an ‘S’. SACs (100 marks): Required for gradedassessment / Study Score. Outcome 1: Reading & Responding An extended written analysis of the text “Year of Wonders”. 30 marks Sighted coursework and a “folio” of practice essay tasks. Unit 3 A folio of practice writing tasks showing experimentation with various styles and forms. Outcome 2: Creating & Presenting A sustained written context piece of 900-1200 words, with S of I. 30 marks Sighted research notes, planning and drafting of speech; transcript of completed speech. An Oral Presentation presenting a persuasive point of view on a given issue. 20 marks Outcome 3: Using Language to Persuade A written analysis of the use of language to persuade in media texts. 20 marks A folio of practice annotations and language analysis pieces.

5. OUTCOME 1: Reading & Responding TEXT: “Year of Wonders” – Geraldine Brooks • Students will examine the structures, features and conventions used by the author to construct meaning. • Students will consider the ways in which texts are open to different interpretations. • Students will describe and analyse the ways in which social, historical or cultural values are embodied in a text.

6. OUTCOME 1– ASSESSMENT:Text response ESSAY SAC The assessment task for this outcome is 1 essay completed in SAC conditions during class time. • This SAC is worth 30 marks and is to be completed in 150 minutes (3 periods). • You are permitted to bring in a dictionary. • The expected word length is approx. 800-1000 words.

7. OUTCOME 2: Creating & Presenting CONTEXT: The Imaginative Landscape TEXTS: ‘One Night the Moon’ – a short film and ‘Island’- a collection of short stories • Students focus on the interconnection between reading and writing. • Students should be able to identify and describe ideas and arguments presented in selected texts and draw on those ideas and arguments to create written texts for a specified audience and purpose. • Students should explain their own decisions about form, purpose, language, audience and context in their writing.

8. OUTCOME 2– ASSESSMENT:Context Writing SAC • Complete 1 sustained piece of imaginative, expository or persuasive writing, based on the idea in the context – ‘The Imaginative landscape’, the prompt you are given on the day and the texts you have studied. • This will include a STATEMENT OF INTENTION of your writing choices in terms of form/context, language, audience, purpose and your connections to the prompt and texts. • This SAC is worth 30 marks and must be completed in 150 minutes (3 periods). • You are permitted to bring in a dictionary. • Expected word length will be approx. 900-1200 words.

9. OUTCOME 3: Using Language to Persuade • Students will analyse and compare the use of language in texts that debate a topical issue. • Students view, read and listen to texts such as, feature articles, opinion pieces, cartoons, editorials, letters to the editor, interviews on current affairs programs, websites and speeches.

10. OUTCOME 3 - Assessment:Oral and Language Analysis SACs There are TWO assessment tasks for this Outcome. These two tasks are worth 20 marks each. • an oral presentation conveying a point of view on a certain issue (5-7 minutes). • an analysis of the use of persuasive language in 3 or more articles on the issue. This will be done over 4 periods – 200 minutes.

11. Unit 4 English Assessment: Outcomes: Work Requirements: required for authentication and to achieve an ‘S’. SACs (100 marks): Required for graded assessment / Study Score. Outcome 1: Reading & Responding An extended written analysis of the text “Henry IV Part 1”. 50 marks Sighted coursework and a “folio” of practice essay tasks. Unit 4 Outcome 2: Creating & Presenting A folio of practice writing tasks showing experimentation with various styles and forms. A written context piece of 900-1200 words, with S of I. 50 marks

12. OUTCOME 1: Reading & Responding TEXT: ‘Henry IV Part 1’ by William Shakespeare • This outcome builds on Outcome 1 from Unit 3. • Students identify, discuss and analyse the structures, features and conventions of a text. • Students will analyse the ways in which authors express or imply a point of view or values. • Students develop and justify a detailed written interpretation of a selectedtext.

13. OUTCOME 1– ASSESSMENT:TEXT RESPONSE ESSAY SAC The assessment task for this outcome is 1 essay completed in SAC conditions during class time. • This SAC is worth 50 marks and is to be completed in 150 minutes (3 periods). • You are permitted to bring in a dictionary. • The expected word length is approx. 800-1000 words.

14. OUTCOME 2: Creating & Presenting CONTEXT: The Imaginative Landscape TEXTS: ‘TirraLirra by the River’ – a novel and a collection of poetry by John Kinsella. • Students focus on the interconnection between reading and writing. • Students should be able to identify and describe ideas and arguments presented in selected texts and draw on those ideas and arguments to create written texts for a specified audience and purpose. • Students should explain their own decisions about form, purpose, language, audience and context in their writing.

15. OUTCOME 2 – ASSESSMENT:Context writing SAC Complete 1 sustained piece of imaginative, expository or persuasive writing, based on the idea in the context – ‘The Imaginative landscape’, the prompt you are given on the day and the texts you have studied. • This will include a STATEMENT OF INTENTION of your writing choices in terms of form/context, language, audience, purpose and your connections to the prompt and texts. • This SAC is worth 50 marks and must be completed in 150 minutes (3 periods). • You are permitted to bring in a dictionary. • Expected word length will be approx. 900-1200 words.

16. English Exam (3hrs 15min) 3 Writing Tasks: Task Details: Allocated Marks: English Exam Outcome 1: Reading & Responding A well developed analysis essay on either Year of Wonders or Henry IV Part 1. 20 marks A context writing piece in response to a given prompt and the chosen stimulus text/s. Outcome 2: Creating & Presenting 20 marks Outcome 3: Using Language to Persuade A well developed analysis of language used to persuade in media text/s. 20 marks

17. English Assessment Overview Unit 3 SAC performance: 4 SACs / 100 marks 25% ENGLISH Unit 4 SAC performance: 2 SACs / 100 marks 25% English Study Score (out of 50) English Exam: 3 writing tasks / 60 marks 50%