St George Christian School

Year 9 English, 2011

Assessment Task 5

TASK: Essay WEIGHTING: (20%) DUE DATE:

Thursday 15 September, 2011 (Week 9)

Period 4

LENGTH: 1000 words

Outcomes: 1: A student responds to and composes texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure. 4. A student selects and uses language forms and features, and structures of texts according to different purposes, audiences and contexts, and describes and explains their effects on meaning. 7: A student thinks critically and interpretively about information, ideas and arguments to respond to and compose texts.

QUESTION:
How is prejudice explored in the text you have studied?
(To Kill a Mockingbird OR Holes)

You will be assessed on:

Your knowledge of the text/s

Your use of quotes and evidence from the novel

Your understanding of the issue of prejudice in the novel Your ability to use language to express your ideas

Your ability to write in the appropriate form for an essay

Plagiarism: if you use any work from someone else (even if it is only a line) you must acknowledge the person who came up with the idea. (Use quotes and state

the name of the person.) Failing to acknowledge sources is cheating. If you pretend that any work is your own that actually comes from another person (a tutor, a professional writer, another student, an internet site) you will receive zero, and be asked to resubmit the task. Year 9 Assessment Task: Prejudice Essay Marking Criteria
sophisticated understanding of the story and use of detail and quotes as evidence sophisticated understanding and explanation of the link between the issue of prejudice and the inferential as well as literal elements of the text sophisticated expression structure, punctuation, vocabulary, spelling, grammar, tense, etc. sophisticated use of the essay structure and fluency and logic in argument/discussion appropriate length well developed understanding of the story and use of detail and quotes as evidence well developed understanding & explanation of the link between the issue of prejudice and the text well developed expression paragraphing, sentence structure, punctuation, vocabulary, spelling, grammar, tense, etc. well developed fluency and logic in argument/discussion well developed use of the essay structure appropriate length good understanding of the of the story and use of detail and quotes as evidence good understanding and explanation of the link between the issue of prejudice and the text good expression paragraphing, sentence structure, punctuation, vocabulary, spelling, grammar, tense, etc. good fluency and logic in argument/discussion good use of the essay structure appropriate length satisfactory understanding of the story and use of detail and quotes as evidence satisfactory understanding & explanation of the link between the issue of prejudice and the text satisfactory expression paragraphing, sentence structure, punctuation, vocabulary, spelling, grammar, tense, etc. satisfactory fluency and logic in argument/discussion satisfactory use of the essay structure over or under word limit by more than 10% (ie. < 900 words or > 1650) basic understanding of the story and use of detail and quotes as evidence basic understanding and explanation of the link between the issue of prejudice and the text basic expression paragraphing, sentence structure, punctuation, vocabulary, spelling, grammar, tense, etc. basic fluency and logic in argument/discussion basic use of the essay structure over or under word limit by more than 20% (ie. < 800 words or > 1800)

Marks

36-40

30-35

22-29

15-21

8-14

limited understanding of the story and use of detail and quotes as evidence limited understanding and explanation of the link between the issue of prejudice and the text limited expression paragraphing, sentence structure, punctuation, vocabulary, spelling, grammar, tense, etc. limited fluency and logic in argument/discussion limited use of the essay structure limited length (less than 700 words) insufficient evidence

1-7

Name: ______________________________________ Mark:

/40