Friday, June 26, 2009

Assessment Notification

St Patrick’s Marist College
English
Year 12 (Standard)
2009
Module A: Experience Through Language – Distinctive Voices – The Lives and Crimes of Harry Lavender Student Number


Assessment Task No: 4
Mode: Listening Date Due: Tuesday, July 7th 2009
Weighting: 15%

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
• Student will sit a pre-listening task on Wednesday, July 1st
• Students are NOT to bring any paper into the task on July 7th
OUTCOMES BEING ASSESSED
H4. A student identifies and describes language forms and the features, and structures of particular texts which shape meaning and influence responses.
H6. A student engages with the details of text in order to respond critically and personally.
H7. A student selects appropriate language forms and features, and structures of texts to explore and express ideas and values.

CROSS CURRICULUM LINKS
Key Competencies:
• KC1 collecting, analysing and organising information
• KC2 communicating ideas and information
Literacy:
• Listening to an excerpt on CD
• Writing analytical responses

CONTEXT FOR THE TASK
During your study of Module A “Experience Through Language” you have explored the Elective One “Distinctive Voices”. In this unit you have examined how characters speak differently and what this says about their personalities, background and motivations. You have also closely examined how composers create these Distinctive Voices through use of language techniques and features.
TASK DESCRIPTION
Wednesday July 1st
• Students will sit the pre-listening component of this task.
• This will involve hearing the assessment excerpt twice and being able to take notes on paper that will be provided for you.
• The paper will contain a series of questions to guide you in your note taking.
• These will not be the questions for the task.
• You may keep this paper but are not allowed to bring it into the assessment task on July 7th.

Tuesday July 7th
• Students are not to bring in their own paper.
• All answers are to be written on the paper provided.
• Students will hear the excerpt twice
• Students may begin writing at any time after the task has started
• The duration of the task (including the playing of the excerpts) will be 40 minutes

In order to undertake this task you will need to:
• Review all notes on language techniques/devices and The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender
• Take accurate notes during the pre-listening task on how voices are created and their effects

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