Assessment.
Your first assignment will be distributed on Monday!
You will have three weeks for working, this will include SOME class time and homework for the three weeks.
The plan is to give you one Short and one long lesson per week to work in class with your teacher present to help you and coach you.
Your assignment is due on Friday the 4th of September.
Conditions:
It is important that you complete the source evaluations to the best of your ability, as this assignment asks you to only analyse and evaluate sources, with the culminating task only being one paragraph (this is the part where you critically evaluate the evidence).
When the time comes to complete your critical summary of evidence, DRAFT YOUR PARAGRAPH IN THE ASSESSMENT SECTION OF YOUR ONENOTE NOTEBOOK. This way I'll be able to check it, provide you with timely feedback, and help you write an awesomely critical summary of the evidence that displays the following characteristics:
TEEL (Topic sentence, Evidence, Evaluation/Explanation, Linking/Concluding Sentence) structure.
You will have three weeks for working, this will include SOME class time and homework for the three weeks.
The plan is to give you one Short and one long lesson per week to work in class with your teacher present to help you and coach you.
Your assignment is due on Friday the 4th of September.
Conditions:
- Distributed during Week FIVE.
- Approximately 15 hours combined class time & homework for working (over four weeks, incorporating Weeks 5-8)
- Combined total of 4 – 6 sources
- Length: 1200–1500 words total (suggested breakdown: rationale 250 -300 words, source analysis 800-1000 words, critical summary of evidence 250-300 words).
- Direct quotes are included in the word length unless cited for authentication purposes (e.g. direct quotes presented alongside the source analysis)
It is important that you complete the source evaluations to the best of your ability, as this assignment asks you to only analyse and evaluate sources, with the culminating task only being one paragraph (this is the part where you critically evaluate the evidence).
When the time comes to complete your critical summary of evidence, DRAFT YOUR PARAGRAPH IN THE ASSESSMENT SECTION OF YOUR ONENOTE NOTEBOOK. This way I'll be able to check it, provide you with timely feedback, and help you write an awesomely critical summary of the evidence that displays the following characteristics:
TEEL (Topic sentence, Evidence, Evaluation/Explanation, Linking/Concluding Sentence) structure.
- Your topic sentence should not introduce any evidence. It should be an introduction to the point you are trying to make.
- Evidence and your Explanation at Year 10 level should be interwoven and compliment each other (meaning the evidence and the explanation go hand-in-hand). Incorporate direct and indirect references.
- Direct references are quotes, while indirect references is when you paraphrase the author's words, presenting the information in YOUR WORDS. For a more elaborate discussion on this process, see this link: http://guides.library.vu.edu.au/content.php?pid=500312&sid=4152533
- Your evaluation/explanation should be presented parallel with the evidence. So, if you introduce a piece of evidence, discuss its implications as you are talking about it. Make reference to your evaluation. Tell your reader if its a primary or a secondary source, whether you think it can be trusted, make a comment on its reliability, and relevance to your topic. Ensure you analyse and synthesize your information and evidence. Your chosen quotes and indirect references should support the paragraph’s thesis, and your work should discuss evidence as opposed to merely describing evidence or re-presenting it.
- Using linking words to connect ideas (Furthermore, in addition, moreover, therefore, this suggests, and so on - see me if you need a list of ideas provided to jog your memory).
- Appropriate vocabulary and the use of formal language that is third-person and past-tense (we're writing history at Year 10 level remember!)
- Concluding sentence.