ENGLISH VCE UNITS 3 AND 4 2003

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ENGLISH VCE UNITS 3 AND 4 2003

• Course Overview

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SACs and Examinations

• 6 classroom based SAC tasks
• Analysis
• Oral
• Text Unit 3
• Folio two pieces
• Text Unit 4 Worth a total of 50 of Years
  marks
• 3 hour exam Worth a total of 50 of Years marks

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Outcomes

• Achieving outcomes is done by successfully
  completing SACs
• 3 outcomes in each Unit

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Unit 3 - Writing Folio

• 2 pieces of sustained writing each in a different
  mode.
• 1 SAC worth 17.5 (each piece worth 8.75)

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Unit 3 - Issues Analysis

• Analysis of media texts on a set subject chosen
  by your teachers
• Opinionative response (argumentative or
  persuasive)
• 1 SAC worth 40 marks 10

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Units 3 and 4 - Texts for 2003

• Four texts
• The Divine Wind Gary Disher - Novel
• The Outsider Albert Camus - Novel
• Othello William Shakespeare - Play
• Gattaca Andrew Niccol - Film
• Two SACs worth 30 marks each 7.5 each

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Unit 3 - Oral Presentation

• An extended presentation of your own choice in a
  form of your own choice
• 1 SAC worth 30 marks 7.5

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Unit 4 Text Response

• As per Unit 3
• 1 SAC worth 7.5

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End of Year Examination November 2003

• 3 hour exam worth 50 of the final mark in two
  parts
• Text Response
• Writing Task

• Text Response
• 2 different texts one question from each part
• Writing Task
• Analysis of a designated piece
• Opinionative response letter to the editor,
  essay, editorial