English 1.

10 (90854)
Form Personal responses to independently read texts, supported by evidence.
Credits: 4
Version 1

Giving My Opinion!
The Challenge
During the year, you need to read, watch and listen to at least 6 texts. For each
text you need to create a response. This response could be written, spoken, acted
out or any other way you can think create. We want you to choose texts you are
interested in, and present your responses in a way that shows your strengths. If you
play to your strengths, you are more likely to gain a Merit or Excellence grade.
The Rules

2 texts you respond to need to be extended written texts (like novels,

biographies etc).
2 more texts also have to be written texts (such as poems, short stories,
articles etc)
The other 2 texts can be oral (e.g. songs, speeches, stories on tape) or visual
(graphic novels, films, computer games).
All texts must be level 6 of the curriculum or higher appropriate for
students of 15/16 years of age.
You cant hand them in at the end of the year you must hand them in during
the year (unless you have made an arrangement with your teacher).
Try to get a good mix of genders, cultures and time periods in your texts.
The due date for this assessment is:

Helpful Hints:

Check your texts with your teacher before reading or creating your
response. That way you will know if they meet the standard requirements.
Check out the reading lists and example responses in the English folder on
Student Share drive.

Achievement Criteria
Achievement

Achievement with Merit

Achievement with Excellence

Form personal responses to

independently read texts,
supported by evidence.

Form convincing personal

responses to independently
read texts, supported by
evidence.

Form perceptive personal

responses to independently
read texts, supported by
evidence.

Student Response Checklist

Types of Text
You need to have one of each type below cross them off when you have
achieved it!
Written
Text/
Extende
d

Written
Text/
Extende
d

Written
Text/Shor
t

Written
Text/Shor
t

Visual/Ora
l /Written

Visual/Oral
/ Written

Method of responding to a text

Remember that in all these methods, there are things that have to be
included. Check the ingredients list.
Come up with other ideas and run them past your teacher first!
Written

Post an
online
response on
the English
department
blog or wiki.

Use the
traditional
reading log
format to
write a
response.

Visual

Film yourself
giving a
review of
the text

Create a
power point
presenting
your response
to the text

Oral

Use Vocaroo
(or any other
audio
software) to
record your
response to
the text.

Give a short
oral report to
the class
about your
text.

Mind Map
use
inspiration or
another
thinking map
to outline
your
response.
Create a
book cover
or poster
promoting
the text.

Record a
conversation
between you
and a friend
in which you
tell them
about the
text.

Essay
analyse how
a text
affects the
audience.

Book
Review
create a
review for
display in
the
library.

Use
xtranormal
to create a
conversation
between two
people
analysing the
text
Create a
song that
records your
response to
the text
issues and
events.
Record it.

Use comic
life to
create a
response
to the
text.

Write a
script
which
includes
some
analysis
and
response
to the
text.
Perform!

Ingredients List!
Tick the box as you complete your logs:

Ingredient
Text 1
The title,
author, text
type and date
read.
A short
summary of
the text
Explanation of
why you chose
this text
A quote and
opinion of it.
A quote and
opinion of it.
Discussion of
the ideas in
the texts
(name idea,
give example,
talk about
effect)
Discussion of a
language
feature
(Technique,
example and
effect on
reader/viewer)
Link the text
to other texts,
the world, your
life, history or
society. Explain
the links.

Text 2

Text 3

Text 4

Text 5

Text 6

Response 1

Written Text

Short

Extended

Visual Text
Title
Source

(name of
newspaper, magazine,
anthology etc)

Author / Director

Grade Indication:

Response 2

Written Text

Short

Extended

Visual Text
Title
Source

(name of
newspaper, magazine,
anthology etc)

Author / Director

Grade Indication:

Response 3

Written Text

Short

Extended

Visual Text
Title
Source

(name of
newspaper, magazine,
anthology etc)

Author / Director

Grade Indication:

Response 4

Written Text

Short

Extended

Visual Text
Title
Source

(name of
newspaper, magazine,
anthology etc)

Author / Director

Grade Indication:

Response 5

Written Text

Short

Extended

Visual Text
Indication:

Title
Source

(name of
newspaper, magazine,
anthology etc)

Author / Director

Grade

Response 6

Written Text

Short

Extended

Visual Text
Title
Source

(name of
newspaper, magazine,
anthology etc)

Author / Director

Grade Indication:

Assessment schedule: English 90854: 1.10 Giving my opinion!

Evidence/Judgements for
Achievement

Evidence/Judgements for
Achievement with Merit

Evidence/Judgements for
Achievement with
Excellence

Written and/or oral

personal responses for at
least six independently
selected and read texts
must be submitted.

At least four written

texts must be
included, two of which
must be extended
texts.
At least four
responses must
demonstrate evidence
of personal
understandings of,
engagement with,
and/or viewpoints on a
text and provide
supporting evidence
(either quotations or
specific details) that
is directly relevant to
the opinion.

Form personal responses

means demonstrating
personal understandings
of, engagement with,
and/or viewpoints on
texts. This may also
include responding to links
between:
text and self
(e.g. personal
contexts and
prior knowledge)
text and world
(e.g. connections
with knowledge,
experience, ideas
and imagination
from social,
cultural, literary,
political or
historical
contexts).

Written and/or oral

convincing personal
responses for at least six
independently selected
and read texts must be
submitted, as for
Achievement.

Written and/or oral

perceptive personal
responses for at least six
independently selected and
read texts must be
submitted, as for
Achievement.

Form convincing personal

responses means
demonstrating personal
understandings of,
engagement with, and/or
viewpoints on texts, which
are generally meaningful.
This may also include
responding to links
between:

Form perceptive personal

responses means
demonstrating personal
understandings of,
engagement with, and/or
viewpoints on texts, which
show some insight in
thought or reflection. This
may also include responding
to links between:

text and self

(e.g. personal
contexts and
prior knowledge)
text and world
(e.g. connections
with knowledge,
experience, ideas
and imagination
from social,
cultural, literary,
political or
historical
contexts).

text and self (e.g.

personal contexts and
prior knowledge)

text and world (e.g.

connections with
knowledge, experience,
ideas and imagination
from social, cultural,
literary, political or
historical contexts).

Liston College
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

Internal Assessment- ENGLISH Level 1

Wide Reading 1.10

My alma mater was books, a good libraryI could spend the rest of my life
reading, just satisfying my curiosity Malcolm X

Achievement Standard English 90854

AS 1.10
Form personal responses to independently read texts, supported by evidence
Achieved

Merit

Excellence

Form personal responses

to independently read
texts, supported by

Form convincing personal

responses to
independently read texts,

Form perceptive personal

responses to
independently read texts,

evidence

supported by evidence

supported by evidence