Year 12 ATAR English Semeste2 Examination Markers Report COLLATED

PLEASE note the feedback/marker’s report attached to this post.

It is vitally important that you ACT upon this feedback and engage with your class teacher as required.

Best wishes in your WACE examination.

Please note the image above, which deconstructs a Responding Section question using The Road as the ‘one studied text’.

My teaching and learning points:

1. Note the SCSA glossary terms (written in red) branching out from the question. These are taken from the ATAR English glossary which is at the back of the syllabus. There is an expectation that you are familiar with these terms.
2. Note the generic glossary term (written in green). This document contains important information about the meaning of trigger words in questions.
3. On the left and right are references to specific places in The Road, broken down into quotations and then language choices/language features.
4. I’ve written ‘BP1’ etc. to indicate what the structure of the extended response might look like.
5. There is a sample thesis statement at the top of each place. While this might need working on, it does show how you can use question deconstructing and planning to formulate thesis statements.

Remember there is a link to the syllabus on the cover page of SEQTA.

Death and Violence in The Road

dreams and memories

survival and perserverance

The Road – Themes (Familial Love) (1)

Year 12 Task 4 Feedback

Above is a link to a document which provides you with detailed feedback on your most recent assessment. Please read this document carefully and act upon the advice given.

This will also be uploaded to SEQTA as well.

As with all things, please see your teacher for further guidance and ensure you read the comments written on your work very carefully.

Please note the attached image, which deconstructs a Responding Section question in relation to Murderball.

While this isn’t the ONLY argument that could be promoted by the question, it was constructed using what I thought would be an EFFECTIVE argument by focussing on the character of Mark Zupan.

Please note the colour-coding here. The writing in red refers to the SCSA glossaries (the generic question one is attached to this post at the bottom). You MUST make yourself familiar with this glossary as well as the one at the back of the syllabus. A link to this document can be found on the cover page of SEQTA. The writing in green is the text-specific text deconstruction. I’ve also written in red what the HOW of the question is asking you to do.

There is NO expectation that you would be able to plan/deconstruct questions like this in your examination. It would take too long. The teaching and learning points here are pretty simple; know your SCSA glossaries, know your text well, evaluate the available evidence and use this to construct your argument.

And… practice, practice, practice…

Key Words Glossary SCSA

Formative Feedback Year 12 ATAR English Task 1 2021

Please use the attached document to prepare effectively for your first assessment in Year 12 ATAR English. This document also contains an effective/successful response which has been reproduced from the Good Answers (2019) guide produced by the ETAWA.