Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College The Entrance Campus HSC COURSE English Faculty COURSE NAME: Advanced English MODULE / UNIT: Critical Study of Texts TIMING: 40 minutes TERM: 1 WEEKS: Friday 20th March, 2015 (During Half-Yearly Exam Period) TASK NUMBER: 2 WEIGHTING: 15% OUTCOMES: A student will: H2A: A student recognises ways in which particular texts are valued. H6: A student engages with the details of text in order to respond critically and personally. H12: A student reflects on own processes of responding and composing. TASK: Students are to answer the following question in the Half Yearly Exam on Module B: Speeches. Speeches highlight the need for change in society. To what extent does this view support your understanding of the speeches set for study? In your response make detailed reference to THREE of the speeches set for study. * expected length of a response is approximately 900 words. The prescribed speeches are: * Anwar Sadat * Paul Keating * Margaret Atwood * Noel Pearson * William Deane * Doris Lessing * Geraldine Brooks - Speech to the Israeli Knesset, 1977 Redfern Speech, 1992 Spotty-Handed Villainesses, 1994 ‘An Australian History for Us All’, 1996 ‘It is Still Winter at Home’, 1999 ‘On not winning the Nobel Prize’, Nobel Lecture, 2007 ‘A Home in Fiction’, Boyer Lecture 4, 2011 CRITERIA: In your response you will be assessed on how well you:  demonstrate an informed personal understanding of the ideas expressed in the text  evaluate the text’s language, content and construction  organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form ADDITIONAL NOTES: * The Campus Assessment Policy and procedures MUST be followed * Tasks must be completed on the date of the exam * Tasks that are handed in late may receive ZERO (0) marks and an N Warning letter issued * Students should refer to the Policy sections on submission of work, plagiarism, illness and/or misadventure appeals, and the assessment task appeals process * Writing booklets will be provided for this section. No notes are to be brought into the exam room Section II – Module B: Critical Study of Texts Marking Guidelines               Criteria Explores skilfully whether or not the statement supports their understanding of the speeches Demonstrates a perceptive understanding of context, language, form and ideas with detailed textual references Composes a sustained argument using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form Explores effectively whether or not the statement supports their understanding of the speeches Demonstrates an informed understanding of context, language, form and ideas with detailed textual references Composes an effective argument using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form Explores whether or not the statement supports their understanding of the speeches Demonstrates an understanding of context, language, form and ideas with appropriate textual references Composes a sound argument using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form Describes aspects of their own response to the speeches Makes limited reference to the speeches Composes a limited response Attempts to explore aspects of the speeches using elementary knowledge of the text Attempts to compose a response to the question Marks A 17 -20 B 13 - 16 C 9 - 12 D 5-8 E 1-4