SEMESTER 1 2015

Year 9 English

Unit 3 : Task 903

Name: Class:

Teacher: Exam date:

Genre: Text response - written Purpose: to persuade and analyse

Context:
Your English class has listened to, read, and viewed a variety of visual and print texts featuring
different representations of Australia’s peoples, histories and cultures. You have also examined key
elements of the Australian flag, which represents us as a nation.
Your task is to analyse and persuade a Senate Committee that the flag you have selected best
reflects modern Australia.

Task: Select one (1) of the proposed new Australian flag designs. Prepare and write a persuasive
text response that justifies why this alternative design better represents contemporary Australian
society.
Details
1. You will need to deconstruct the elements within the flag’s design using the semiotics of visual
language as discussed in class. Ensure you explain the meanings of each of the elements (e.g.
symbols, colour, positioning, objects, size, etc.).
2. You can make reference to the current Australian flag’s symbols and colours in contrast to the
new flag; however, this is not required.
3. Your teacher will provide a model response for you to use as a reference.

Conditions:
 400-450 words.
 70-minute exam.
 2 days’ notice of exam question. Teacher to assist with planning response.
 One page of dot-point notes permitted in exam.

Core Curriculum Elements:

- Using correct spelling, punctuation, grammar - Interrelating ideas/themes/issues
- Using vocabulary appropriate to a context - Analysing
- Structuring/organising extended written text - Synthesising
- Justifying

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 Criteria and Standards - Task 903
Your text response demonstrates the following characteristics:
Written Information inIdeas and A B C D E
 Discerning  Effective evaluation  Evaluation of  Explanation of  Identification of
Productive modes: Evidence of speaking, writing Receptive modes: Evidence of listening,

evaluation of of relevant cultural relevant cultural cultural/historic ideas cultural/historic ideas

relevant /historic ideas and /historic ideas and and semiotic features and semiotic features
cultural/historic semiotic features such semiotic features such such as: symbol, colour, such as: symbol,
reading and viewing

ideas and semiotic as: symbol, colour, line, as: symbol, colour, line, line, shape present in colour, line, shape
features such as: shape present in shape present in proposed flag to present in proposed
symbol, colour, line, proposed flag to proposed flag to represent the flag to represent the
 Discerning  Effective analysis of  Analysis of how  Analysis of how  Identification of
Language Features

analysis of how how visual language visual language visual language visual language
visual language features create features create features convey features
features create representations of representations of meaning
representations of peoples, histories or peoples, histories or
peoples, histories or cultures in texts cultures in texts
cultures in texts

 Discerning  Effective selection,  Selection,  Some selection and  Use of limited ideas
Language Features Information in Ideas and

selection, organisation and organisation and combination of ideas and information into
organisation and synthesis of relevant synthesis of relevant and information into some aspects of the
synthesis of relevant ideas and information ideas and information the most stages and stages and phases of a
ideas and into the stages and into the stages and phases of a persuasive persuasive exposition
information into the phases of a persuasive phases of a persuasive exposition for to state an opinion
 Discerning use of  Effective use of  Use of persuasive  Use, with varying  Use of a narrow
and creating

persuasive language persuasive language language features to suitability, of range of persuasive

features to engage features to engage and engage and influence persuasive language language features
and influence board influence board board members features to engage and
members members influence board
members

 Discerning use of  Effective use of a  Use of a range of  Use, with varying  Use of a narrow
a range of range of grammatical grammatical structures suitability, of range of grammatical
grammatical structures and and vocabulary to grammatical structures structures and
structures and vocabulary to achieve achieve different and vocabulary for vocabulary
vocabulary to different purposes and purposes and effects different purposes
achieve different effects
purposes and effects

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