Work sample
Religion and Life
Stage 2
Work sample: Christian justice and identity B
Grades are allocated at the end of a unit or
semester based on the rank order of
students. Grades should not be allocated
to individual assessments.
Assessment type: Response
Performance associated with Grade B, representing high achievement.
Work sample summary
This was an in-class task completed under test conditions.
Stage 2
Grade descriptions
Knowledge and understanding
Demonstrates and uses the ideas and concepts
that are important for understanding the influence
and/or role religion plays in society and/or in the
lives of individuals.
Use of evidence
Gathers suitable information that is organised and
used to support ideas and/or arguments that
relate to the role religion plays in society and/or in
the lives of people.
Explanation and argument
Provides explanations that tend to focus on
important ideas and are supported by an
appropriate use of facts and/or details.
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Grade evidence in work sample
Uses a range of understandings about Catholic belief, the
life of a person and the circumstances in which they lived to
explore religious identity and purpose.
Provides some suitable examples of ideas, issues and
events.
Explanation remains focused on important issues and ideas
relevant to the task, but at times overgeneralises some
ideas or neglects to incorporate clarifying or extending
detail.
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Work sample
Religion and Life
Stage 2
Grades are allocated at the end of a unit or
semester based on the rank order of
students. Grades should not be allocated
to individual assessments.
Begins with a general
outline of the issue and
then narrows this to the
focus of the essay.
States a thesis.
Provides some initial
background biographical
details.
Attributes a universal
quality to Catholic belief,
i.e. ‘each person shows a
basic desire…towards
achieving Christian justice’.
Outlines the idea that
people are concerned
about justice and uses this
to lead into a description of
specific details about how
Father Thuan
demonstrated and acted on
this concern.
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Work sample
Religion and Life
Stage 2
Grades are allocated at the end of a unit or
semester based on the rank order of
students. Grades should not be allocated
to individual assessments.
Outlines important
information about how Fr.
Thuan’s religious beliefs
were formed.
States an important
Catholic belief but
overgeneralises.
Explains a number of
related and relevant
Catholic beliefs.
Identifies a relevant event
in Fr. Thuan’s life but
assumes the reader
understands the context.
Outlines an example of
how Fr. Thuan showed a
concern for justice despite
personal difficulties.
Although not stated, such
examples seem to imply
there was a commitment
to justice.
Presents a range of
religious beliefs but some
are misrepresented or
applied inappropriately.
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Work sample
Religion and Life
Stage 2
Grades are allocated at the end of a unit or
semester based on the rank order of
students. Grades should not be allocated
to individual assessments.
Uses a range of key
religious words.
Makes a connection
between the Christian
understanding of Jesus, a
concern for justice and Fr.
Thuan.
Identifies Fr. Thuan as a
person who modelled
Jesus, a Christian concern
for justice and also is a role
model for others.
Outlines how Fr. Thuan
came to recognise his
purpose.
Concludes by stating that a
concern for justice led to
the discovery and
expression of a religious
identity and purpose.
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