Assessment Notification 2011
Course: Year 10 English
Date of Task: Friday the 26th of August during Period 5 or 6. Topic: Thriller Genre: Film Study Set text: Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho
Task Task Number
Three
Weighting
25%
Total Marks
40
Component: Viewing, Film Analysis, Reading and Writing
Section 1 /20 Section 2 /20
Outcomes:
1. A student responds to and compose increasingly sophisticated and sustained texts for understanding, interpretation, critical analysis and pleasure 2. A student uses and critically assesses a range of processes for responding and composing 4. A student selects, uses, describes and explains how different technologies affect and shape meaning 6. A student experiments with different ways of imaginatively and interpretively transforming experience, information and ideas into texts 7. A student thinks critically and interpretively using information, ideas and increasingly complex arguments to respond to and compose texts in a range of contexts Task Description: You will do an in class Exam. Section 1 – Multiple choice and short answer questions Section 2 – Extended written response in a specified text type on the Thriller genre and your study of Psycho Marking Criteria: You will be assessed on your ability to Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the thriller genre Identify the features and film techniques used in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho Compose a sophisticated written response in a specified text type