Part A - Written
Time: 3 hours in total - 2 1/2 hours with an additional 1/2 hour
Marks: 50% of diploma
3 parts
1. Visual Reflection - 10% - writing on 1 image or writing on 2 images and comparing them
30-40 min
Option A: Write 3 paragraphs on the image and discuss the importance, the theme/social issue, and a personal connection
Option B: Write a short story on the image and the theme/social issues it presents
Always uses: What ideas and impressions does the photograph suggest to you?
Consider the context, and develop your response by referring to the photograph.
2. Literary Exploration - 25% - write a critical essay using the prompt given and a text studied in Gr.12
70-80 min
Always uses: What is your opinion of the idea that...
- 5 paragraphs:
Introduction - general sentence, AGTT for texts, thesis (your argument)
3 body paragraphs - main ideas --> Paragraph 1: write on the prompt given or a character from a text in Gr. 12
--> Paragraph 2: write on a character from a text in Gr. 12
--> Paragraph 3: write on a personal connection
All 3 body paragraphs should be connected to your theme, and to your thesis
Conclusion - reword your thesis, recap 1 main idea from each body paragraph, new general sentence (connect the theme to society)
3. Persuasive Writing in Context - 15% - write a speech using the nonfiction texts provided to you
40-50 min
Always uses: A situation --> Write a speech or letter that will persuade... to ACCEPT or REJECT.....
Speech: use paragraphs to write a speech in order to prove your opinion on the topic provided
Letter: write in proper letter format (business letter) to show your opinion
Marks: 50% of diploma
3 parts
1. Visual Reflection - 10% - writing on 1 image or writing on 2 images and comparing them
30-40 min
Option A: Write 3 paragraphs on the image and discuss the importance, the theme/social issue, and a personal connection
Option B: Write a short story on the image and the theme/social issues it presents
Always uses: What ideas and impressions does the photograph suggest to you?
Consider the context, and develop your response by referring to the photograph.
2. Literary Exploration - 25% - write a critical essay using the prompt given and a text studied in Gr.12
70-80 min
Always uses: What is your opinion of the idea that...
- 5 paragraphs:
Introduction - general sentence, AGTT for texts, thesis (your argument)
3 body paragraphs - main ideas --> Paragraph 1: write on the prompt given or a character from a text in Gr. 12
--> Paragraph 2: write on a character from a text in Gr. 12
--> Paragraph 3: write on a personal connection
All 3 body paragraphs should be connected to your theme, and to your thesis
Conclusion - reword your thesis, recap 1 main idea from each body paragraph, new general sentence (connect the theme to society)
3. Persuasive Writing in Context - 15% - write a speech using the nonfiction texts provided to you
40-50 min
Always uses: A situation --> Write a speech or letter that will persuade... to ACCEPT or REJECT.....
Speech: use paragraphs to write a speech in order to prove your opinion on the topic provided
Letter: write in proper letter format (business letter) to show your opinion
Part B - Reading Comprehension
50% of total grade - 70 questions accompanied by different readings
Time: 2 1/2 hours with additional 1/2 hour = Total: 3 hours
Questions
The questions on Part B: Reading progress through each selection in a manner intended to assist students with their reading.
Students should read the passages and answer the questions in the order that they appear in the booklets.
Visual texts will be present within a text to enhance the students’ reading or presented independently as a reading selection with questions.
Students will be asked to identify how elements of a photographic composition, photograph, poster, advertisement, or work of art convey meaning, relate to the purpose of the text, or contribute to the total effect of the text.
Literary texts may be linked to reading selections that offer interpretations, background information, or parallel thematic presentations.
Students may be asked to identify similar or contradictory ideas, or they may be asked to assess the appropriateness of a conclusion drawn from the context created by the passages collectively.
Students may be asked to identify biases evident in a passage. When presented with texts in combination or in sequence, students are expected to maintain a critical awareness across multiple texts.
Readings
Texts will include:
Time: 2 1/2 hours with additional 1/2 hour = Total: 3 hours
Questions
The questions on Part B: Reading progress through each selection in a manner intended to assist students with their reading.
Students should read the passages and answer the questions in the order that they appear in the booklets.
Visual texts will be present within a text to enhance the students’ reading or presented independently as a reading selection with questions.
Students will be asked to identify how elements of a photographic composition, photograph, poster, advertisement, or work of art convey meaning, relate to the purpose of the text, or contribute to the total effect of the text.
Literary texts may be linked to reading selections that offer interpretations, background information, or parallel thematic presentations.
Students may be asked to identify similar or contradictory ideas, or they may be asked to assess the appropriateness of a conclusion drawn from the context created by the passages collectively.
Students may be asked to identify biases evident in a passage. When presented with texts in combination or in sequence, students are expected to maintain a critical awareness across multiple texts.
Readings
Texts will include:
- modern and/or contemporary drama - may include television or radio scripts, or screenplays
- poetry - may include song (usually a number)
- a number of fiction and nonfiction readings representing a broad selection of literary texts, which include persuasive, personal, expository, biographical and autobiographical texts
- photographs and other visual texts
- Excerpts from longer texts like essays, novels, speeches.
- Nonfiction texts from real world examples (ex: phone messages, emails, leaflets, letters, ads, magazine excerpts, website articles)
- Students may be required to make comparisons among thematically connected texts and/or explore the context within which a text was created.
Do the reading comprehension mini exam and see how you do.
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