This unit outline provides information for a short forms of literature course, including goals of exploring genres like short stories, poetry, and essays and analyzing texts. Students will be assessed on critical analysis, creative responses, presentations, and essays to evaluate their understanding, originality, and language skills. The document also includes assessment criteria, due dates, and information about moderation procedures and appealing grades.

1. Hawker College Unit Outline
SHORT FORMS OF LITERATURE
Semester: 1, 2011 Unit Type: Tertiary Value: 1 unit
Course: English T
Teacher: Fay Matthews
Goals
This unit should enable students to:
• read, appreciate and explore a range of short fiction and non-fiction (including
extracts)
• demonstrate an understanding of some essential elements of each form of
literature studied
• analyse and reflect on the texts studied
• articulate their ideas concerning the issues arising from the material with
understanding and clarity
Content
Areas for study may include the following:
• students will be exposed to a variety of short stories, poetry, plays, short films
and non-fiction materials, such as essays, editorials, articles and extracts
• students should be made aware of the appropriateness of style and structure in
different short forms of literature and other texts
• poetry can be chosen from the work of an individual writer or group of
writers, or be approached through concentrating on a specific form, such as
lyric poetry, the sonnet, or by pursuing a common subject, such as conflict,
love or nature
• an examination of emerging forms of short textual forms (eg hypertext)
• a variety of thematic approaches to the texts studied should be adopted.
Assessment
Item Due Date Weighting
In class analysis Week 5, double lesson 25%
Analytical essay (take home) Week 9, Thursday 20%
Creative Response Wk 15, Monday 25%
Oral Presentation Weeks 16-18 30%
*Oral presentations must be presented on an allocated date. Failure to present on the allocated day may
result in the oral presentation not being assessed unless you have a medical certificate.
*In class assessment must be done on the scheduled date unless there is an acceptable reason for
absence and a medical certificate may be required.

2. UNIT GRADE DESCRIPTORS FOR T COURSE
Assessment Responding critically Evaluation and Imagination and Use of language Control of medium
APPENDIX B
criteria synthesis of ideas originality
• responds critically to texts • synthesises and • demonstrates a high • communicates with a • demonstrates a
A student who with a high degree of insight evaluates material in a degree of creativity sophisticated control of highly developed
achieves an A complex manner to and originality language for a range of control and use of
• justifies viewpoint through
grade typically construct a perceptive purposes and audiences the conventions of
well-structured, logical
argument and highly response the medium
effective use of textual
references
• responds critically to texts • synthesises and • effectively • communicates with • demonstrates an
with insight evaluates material in demonstrates creativity effective control of effective and
A student who an effective manner to and originality language for a range of consistent control
• justifies viewpoint through
achieves a B construct a competent purposes and audiences and use of the
structured, logical argument
grade typically and effective use of textual response conventions of the
references medium
A • responds critically to texts • synthesises and • demonstrates some • communicates with • demonstrates
student with some insight evaluates material to creativity and developing control of understanding of the
who • justifies viewpoint through construct a originality language for a range of conventions of the
achieve structured argument and satisfactory response • may present work that purposes and audiences medium but applies
saC some use of textual is derivative in nature them inconsistently
grade references
typicall
y
• responds to texts with • synthesises and • demonstrates limited • communicates with • demonstrates a
A student who occasional insight evaluates material in a creativity and little in inconsistent control of partial understanding
achieves a D • shows some capacity to limited manner to the way of originality language with limited of the medium and
grade typically justify and support viewpoint construct a response • may present a literal understanding of limited use of its
interpretation purposes and audiences conventions
• paraphrases or retells • constructs a simplistic • demonstrates an • communicates with • demonstrates little
• shows little capacity to or incomplete understanding of limited control of understanding of the
A student who
justify and support viewpoint response simple and concrete language conventions of the
achieves an E ideas medium
grade typically
• presents a literal
interpretation
Assessment Tasks and Criteria • control of appropriate medium
Students will be assessed on the degree to which they demonstrate:
• an ability to respond critically to texts and logically justify viewpoint
Information about moderation procedures, calculation of unit scores and course
• effective and competent use of language for a range of purposes and audiences scores, attendance requirements, penalties for late or non-submission of work or for
• imagination and originality plagiarism, and procedures for appealing against a grade or score may be found on
• ability to locate, synthesise and reference material from various sources

3. the Hawker College website at http://www.hawkerc.act.edu.au/for_students, or
in the handout “Assessment Matters” (additional copies available from the Den).