ASSESSMENT TASK THREE

WEIGHTING:

25%

ASSESSMENT MODES:

Viewing, Representing and Speaking

DUE DATES:
Poster Due for upload Friday 29th August
Speech Transcript and Bibliography due Tuesday 2nd September
Note: Speeches will commence on Tuesday 2nd September

YEAR 7 ENGLISH

2014

Task Focus:
Is recycling worth the cost and effort?

Task Context:

TOPIC
AREA

CARETAKERS
OF THE EARTH

The local landfill at Kingfisher Road, Port Macquarie is closed

due to lack of space. Waste is now transferred to Cairncross by
road adding to road congestion and pollution. We drastically
need to reduce the amount of waste being dumped into landfill
in Port Macquarie to avoid another mountain of garbage.
To help circulate this important message the Port Macquarie
Hastings Council has created a poster competition which
requires students to compose a poster, targeting local residents,
which presents recycling initiatives to combat the waste issue
and which persuades people to recognise the importance of
recycling.
You are to imagine that your poster has been selected as one of
the top five posters entered.

Outcomes Assessed
EN4-1A, EN43B, EN4-6C, EN4-7D

The top five entrants are required to present a speech to

representatives of the Council, which outlines the recycling
initiatives that you believe provide solutions to the waste
management problem and which persuasively explains why your
poster is effective.

Task:
If you know that you will be absent during any part of this assessment process, please notify your teacher
as soon as possible.
This task requires you to compose two texts, a POSTER and a SPEECH, and to submit a detailed and accurately
structured BIBLIOGRAPHY.

1.

Poster

Purpose: To present recycling initiatives that provide solutions to the waste management problem and to encourage
people to support recycling.
Audience: Residents or rate payers in the Hastings Council
Language: A combination of written and visual features which are appropriate to a wide audience and which
combine to communicate your ideas
Structure: (Your poster must be A4 sized. A range of posters have been displayed during lessons to provide you with
some ideas on how you might structure this type of text.)
File Type: Your poster needs to be saved as an A4 PDF file. It must be saved as username_7eng_poster.
Submitting: Your teachers will help you submit this file to Moodle on Friday 29 th August.

2.

Speech

Purpose: To communicate recycling initiatives that provide solutions to the waste management problem and to
persuasively explain the effectiveness of your poster; how written and visual features have been used to convey
recycling initiatives and to encourage people to support recycling.
Audience: Representatives of the Hastings Council
Language: This response requires formal language which is appropriate to the audience. It also requires the
language of explanation showing cause and effect when explaining the effectiveness of your features and
persuasive language needs to be used to convince the Council representatives that your poster is effective.
Structure: This text needs to be persuasive overall. Therefore your text needs to use an exposition text structure.
Speech Timing: Students are asked to speak for 2-3 minutes. Those still speaking at 3.30 will be asked to sit down.
Please Note: Palm cards and a pointer are the only aides you may use.

3.

Bibliography

You MUST submit a typed bibliography which references every resource you have used in your research.
(Please Note) Your bibliography must follow the guidelines of How to Write a Bibliography which can be located
on the blue back pages 9a 11a of your student school diary. You may also use an online tool such as Neils
Toolbox or others provided in the Referencing section on the St Pauls High School Library LibGuide to create your
bibliography. Marks will be deducted for not submitting a bibliography or Marks will be deducted for not submitting
a bibliography or for an incorrectly structured bibliography.

Task Support:
The Year 7 English Moodle site includes a range of information and support documents to support you with this
task including;
A podcast which explains the task and what is required.
A timeline and checklist to help you manage your time during this assessment process and which
notifies you about class activities designed to develop the skills necessary to complete this task well.
Research focus questions and hyperlinks to sites worthy of investigating
Other materials that you may find useful.
Please Note: The schools policy regarding absence, plagiarism and other forms of malpractice apply. Refer to the relevant
pages of diary for details.

YEAR 7 SPEAKING, VIEWING AND REPRESENTING

MARKING GUIDELINES
Criterion 1: Assesses a students ability to compose texts for different purposes and audiences
o Displays an excellent ability to compose & adapt text to address different purposes & audiences
o Displays a developed ability to compose & adapt text to address different purposes & audiences
o Displays an adequate ability to compose & adapt text to address different purposes & audiences
o Displays a developing ability to compose &/or adapt text to address purpose or audience
o Displays an elementary ability to compose or adapt text to the appropriate audience
Criterion 2: Assesses a students ability to use language, especially persuasive language, which is
appropriate to purpose and audience
o Displays an excellent ability to use persuasive techniques within the text which clearly relate to purpose &
audience
o Displays a developed ability to use persuasive techniques within the text which relate to purpose & audience
o Displays an adequate ability to use persuasive techniques within the text which relate to purpose & audience
o Displays a developing ability to use persuasive techniques within the text which relate to purpose &/or
audience
o Displays an elementary ability to use persuasive techniques in the text. No understanding of purpose or
audience
Criterion 3: Assesses a students understanding of the issue of recycling
o Displays an excellent understanding of the issue of recycling
o Displays a developed understanding of the issue of recycling
o Displays an adequate understanding of the issue of recycling
o Displays a developing understanding of the issue of recycling
o Displays an elementary understanding of the issue of recycling
Criterion 4: Assesses a students ability to compose a poster for a given purpose and audience
o Displays an excellent ability to compose an appropriate poster and analyse the effectiveness of its features
o Displays a developed ability to compose an appropriate poster and analyse the effectiveness of its features
o Displays an adequate ability to compose an appropriate poster and explain the effectiveness of its features
o Displays a developing ability to compose an appropriate poster and describe the effectiveness of its features
o Displays an elementary ability to compose an appropriate poster and describe the effectiveness of its features
Criterion 5: Assesses a students oral communication skills and use of time.
o Displays a high level of skill in using a variety of communication skills including a highly effective balance
between the speech & poster, eye contact, voice, pause, gestures etc. Time: 3.00 3.30 mins. well-used.
o Displays a developed ability to use a variety of communication skills including; an effective balance between
the speech & poster, eye contact, voice, pause, gestures etc. Time: 2.30 - 3.30 mins. used
o Displays an adequate ability to engage the audience by consistently attempting to make eye contact, use voice.
Satisfactory balance. Time: 2.00 - 3.00 mins or asked to sit down.
o Displays a developing ability to engage the audience. Mostly reads speech, has not considered balance between
speech & poster. Time: 1.30 - 2.00 mins or is asked to sit down.
o Displays an elementary ability to engage the audience. Reads the speech and/or there is no expression used.
Only considers the speech or the poster. Time: below 1.30 mins.
Criterion 6: Assesses whether a student has made a serious attempt at the task.
o Non attempt
o Non-serious attempt
o Sufficient evidence of plagiarism
No bibliography
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E (4 1)

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