YEAR
12 English 2016
Possible assessment tasks
Analysis of language
SEMESTER 1 ASSESSMENT GUIDE
Assessment period
Topics and/or Concepts
Headstart – Week 9
VCE
(Assessment Cycle
1)
Paris Case Study – What
have we learnt about
conflict? Students keep
a portfolio of annotated
media responses, and
use this as the basis for
evidence in responding
to a Context prompt.
Creating and Presenting –
Conflict response in
chosen form (creative,
expository, persuasive,
combination etc)
Introduction to ‘Every
Man’. Use the prologue
and first chapters as
supporting material for
Conflict response.
Responding to text essay
Writer’s notebook
Oral presentation of point
of view
The achievement grade includes assessment from the following tasks:
Classwork portfolio including annotated media responses from Paris Case
Study/Chris Gayle language analysis/writer’s notebook responses to Mabo etc
Creating and Presenting essay response (Conflict)
View ‘The Secret River’
(supporting evidence
for prompt)
Spelling and vocabulary
work
Introduction to holiday
reading texts (Mabo,
The Lieutenant, This
Boy’s Life)
Mabo text study,
writer’s notebook
responses and SAC
Week 10 – Week
16
(Assessment Cycle
2)
Class discussion/written
responses around
context ‘Encountering
Conflict’
SAC 1 – Reading and Responding (Mabo)
Classwork portfolio including chapter questions on ‘Every Man in this Village is
a Liar’, personal reflections around the context, practice language analysis
tasks, character studies on ‘The Lieutenant’.
Background research
surrounding ‘Every Man
in this Village is a Liar’
Features of oral
presentations
SAC 3 – Analysis of language (Part B: Presenting an oral point of view on an
issue)
Case studies of current
conflict
Analysis of media
language in preparation
for SAC (practice SACS)
SAC 3 - Analysis of language (Part A: Written analysis)
Explicit teaching in how
to effectively construct
a written analysis of
language
Week 17 - 19 (Unit
3) – Week 3 (Unit
4)
(Assessment Cycle
3)
Exploration of different
forms of writing in
response to conflict
prompt
Mind mapping of key
concepts in texts, quote
lists etc
Explicit instruction in
structuring ‘Reading and
Responding’ essays
Classwork portfolio including notebook examples of different forms of writing,
class responses to ‘The Lieutenant’, character profiles from ‘This Boy’s Life’, set
of chapter questions based on ‘Every Man in this Village is a Liar’.
SAC 2 – Creating and Presenting. Response to ‘Encountering Conflict’ prompt
using ‘The Lieutenant’ as primary text
Reading and Responding essay based on ‘This Boy’s Life’
For Student Progress Report teachers will make an “on-balance’ judgement about each students’s achievement in this subject. They will draw on VEL’s
assessment standards, classroom observation, student’s contribution to work in class, as well as from a range of assessment taks outlined in this
assessment guide.