2. Year 12 QCS Test Preparation
Short Response (SR) Sub-test
Visual Literacy
Empathising and photograph analysis
M. E. Rigby
Go Grammar Consulting Brisbane
May 15, 2011
Copyright 2011 M. E. Rigby
3. By completing this practice [***] item, I am
preparing for the Year 12 public exam, the QCS
Test. I am also using the following core skills (or
common curriculum elements):
• CCE 5 Interpreting the meaning of
pictures/illustrations;
• CCE 26 Explaining to others;
• CCE 28 Empathising; and
• CCE 48 Justifying.
4. ITEM 1 [***] How many sentences do I write in six
(6) minutes to get a high-grade mark from the SR markers?
Comment on the relationship between Prince
William and Catherine, the Duchess of
Cambridge, as they return in a horse-drawn
carriage to Buckingham Palace after their recent
wedding in Westminster Abbey in London.
Refer to their facial gestures, body language and physical proximity.
Design a well-crafted response.
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5. Scaffolding a high-grade response:
It is very clear that the relationship
between ________________________ is
__________ and this is obvious from
their facial expressions, body language
and physical proximity. To begin with, it is
very obvious that _____________________
____________________________________
____________________________________.
6. Furthermore, the couple’s _____________ body
language strongly illustrates _______________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________.
Finally, _________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________.
As a result, it is abundantly clear that Prince
William and Catherine, the Duchess of
Cambridge, ______________________________
________________________________________
_______________________________________.
Copyright 2011 M. E. Rigby Go Grammar Consulting Brisbane
