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

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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.
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There are 3 outcomes in Unit 3 and 2 outcomes in Unit 4 – these will be explained in the following slides.

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

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

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

CONTEXT: The Imaginative Landscape
TEXTS: ‘ One Night the Moon’ – a short film and
‘Island’- a collection of short stories
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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.

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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.
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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.
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This SAC is worth 30 marks and must be completed in 150 minutes (3 periods).
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You are permitted to bring in a dictionary.
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Expected word length will be approx. 900-1200 words.

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Students will analyse and compare the use of language in texts that debate a topical issue.
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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.

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.

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Outcome 1:
Reading &
Responding
Outcome 2:
Creating &
Presenting
Work Requirements: required for authentication and to achieve an ‘S’.
Sighted coursework and a “folio” of practice essay tasks.
SACs (100 ma rks):
Required for graded assessment / Study
Score.
An extended written analysis of the text
“Henry IV Part 1”.
50 marks
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

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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 selected text.

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

CONTEXT: The Imaginative Landscape
TEXTS: ‘Tirra Lirra by the River’ – a novel and a collection of poetry by John Kinsella.
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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.

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.
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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.
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This SAC is worth 50 marks and must be completed in 150 minutes (3 periods).
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You are permitted to bring in a dictionary.
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Expected word length will be approx. 900-1200 words.

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

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