Hoppers Crossing Secondary College

Assessment Task –Plagiarism Declaration

All students are required to complete the plagiarism declaration below at the start of each school year.
This applies to the submission of an assessment task (E.g. Test, research project, oral presentation etc) from years 7-
12.
Student

Year level

Home Group

Date

Conditions /
Permitted Materials
(e.g. Individual or
group work? Open
or closed book?

STUDENT DECLARATION

The College definition of Plagiarism is:

Plagiarism is copying or using someone else’s work or ideas (even partly) without acknowledging it and
submitting it as your own, e.g., from websites, books, other students or lesson/teacher resources and examples.
Make sure you check the task details to ensure you’re working within the guidelines of the task.

I declare that all resource materials and assistance will be acknowledged and that all unacknowledged work will be
my own. I agree my work will be completed in accordance with the Hoppers Crossing Secondary College Plagiarism
Policy and am aware of the consequences that might be imposed if the work I submit is in breach of this policy and
does not meet the conditions/permitted materials of the tasks.

Student Name Student signature Date

Students will be considered to have agreed to the declaration when completing the above table.

**If the task is open book you will be asked to highlight which materials were used to complete this task.

Other
Textbook Class notes PowerPoint slides Coursework (e.g. internet, teacher to
include)

YEAR 7 ENGLISH 2023

 ESSAY COMMON ASSESSMENT TASK
COMMON ASSESSMENT TASK GUIDELINES
Assessment Task
You are to produce an essay responding to a prompt on the text The Secret Library of Hummingbird House.

Length of Task
500 – 800 words

Assessment Task Process

 The Common Assessment Task is to be completed in class time
 Final essay will be completed in class under test conditions

Essay Prompts:
Select one of the prompts below to respond to:

1. The author of The Secret Library of Hummingbird House, Julianne Negri, demonstrates that having hope
allows us to rise above our problems. Do you agree?

2. Julianne Negri highlights that change is always destructive. Do you agree?

3. The Secret Library of Hummingbird House explores how navigating through difficult relationships forces us to
grow up. Discuss.

Checklist:
 Address the essay topic
 Have a clear contention that is supported by ideas and evidence from the text.
 Structure your essay so it includes an introduction, main body paragraphs and a conclusion.
 Use the TEEL structure to construct your paragraphs: Topic sentence, Explain & Evidence, and Link
 Use the quotes that best support your contention and supporting argument
 Use correct spelling, grammar and punctuation
 Write in 3rd person
 Use formal language

Timeline for completion:

Essay due: Week 9 Term 3
Resubmission due: to be negotiated with teacher

Assessment
This assessment task is worth 20 marks and will be 20% of the Semester 2 result.