When you have completed CBA 2: My Collection of Texts (see page 67), you will then do the Assessment Task (AT). The AT is a formal written task completed during class time which is submitted to the State Examinations Commission for marking along with the Final Assessment for English.
It will be in two parts.
Part 1 You will be expected to engage with, discuss and refl ect on a piece of stimulus material (for example a poster or a radio/TV/fi lm clip)
Part 2 You will be expected to respond in writing to the questions asked in the assessment task booklet using your experiences as someone who has written texts.
Assessment Task on CBA 2
Think about the skills you learned from doing CBA 2
Read/Watch/Listen to stimulus, then discuss/refl ect
Write answers to questions in class, supervised by your teacher
Below is a sample Assessment Task to show you what the task will involve. The content and format may change from year to year.
Sample Assessment Task Time allowed: Approximately two class periods
Stimulus material: Go to YouTube and watch ‘Michael Morpurgo – How to Get into Writing’ (3:15).
Part 1 Engage with, discuss and refl ect on the stimulus material
When you have watched the video, discuss it in relation to the process of creating texts. Here are some questions that might guide a discussion on the video content. 1. What are the main points that Michael Morpurgo makes?
484 FIRE & ICE 2
By the time you are doing your Assessment Task, you will have gained a lot of experience as a writer. Use this experience to inform your answers.
