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Practice SAC

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Contentspages
Section A (1 question, 40 marks)2–3
Section B (1 question, 10 marks)4–5
Practice task
Year 12 English · Practice SACSECTION APage 2 of 5

Section A: Text response

Answer the question in the space provided.

Question 1

Ogawa suggests that once people lose their memories, they lose the will to resist. Discuss.

40 marks
Year 12 English · Practice SACSECTION APage 3 of 5
Year 12 English · Practice SACSECTION BPage 4 of 5

Section B: Argument analysis

Read the opinion piece, then answer the questions in the space provided.

Question 2

Analyse how the writer uses argument and language, including the appeal to parents' own experience, to persuade readers that every school should lock phones away.

10 marks

Opinion piece

Every parent knows the sound of a phone buzzing at the dinner table. Now imagine thirty of them in a classroom. Schools that have locked phones away report calmer lessons and busier playgrounds. Our children deserve the same chance to concentrate, and it is time every school gave it to them.

Year 12 English · Practice SACSECTION BPage 5 of 5

Assessment criteria

Question 1 (40)

MarkExpected qualities
33-40
  • Examines critically the ideas, concerns and values, and including discussion of character, setting and other aspects of the text.
  • Examines critically relevant text structures, language features and vocabulary choices that convey complex and nuanced ideas.
  • Examines critically and clarifies the connections between the ideas and values of the text in response to a topic.
  • Integrates relevant textual evidence with precision and control to examine critically the ways in which ideas are presented in the text in consideration of the topic.
  • Composes a complex exposition with sequenced, coherent and cohesive paragraphs. Uses nuanced and appropriate language and accurate metalanguage to examine the text fluently and critically.
25-32
  • Explains interconnected ideas and values presented in the text, including discussion of character, setting and other aspects of the text.
  • Explains the relevant text structures, language features and vocabulary choices to convey ideas and concerns in the text.
  • Explains the connections between the ideas and/or values of the text presented in response to the topic.
  • Incorporates relevant textual evidence to explain how the author has conveyed ideas in the text presented in response to the topic.
  • Creates an exposition, with coherent and cohesive paragraphing. Uses precise and appropriate language and metalanguage to engage with the text.
17-24
  • Engages with ideas and/or values presented in the text, including discussion of character, setting and other aspects of the text.
  • Engages with relevant text structures, language features and vocabulary, in relation to the topic, to discuss ideas and/or concerns.
  • Engages with the text in consideration of a topic.
  • Embeds selected textual evidence that relates to an appropriate exploration of the topic.
  • Develops cohesive paragraphs to discuss the text. Uses appropriate language to explore the text.
Practice SAC · English
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MarkExpected qualities
9-16
  • Describes characters and concerns in the text.
  • Describes aspects of the text type or form and vocabulary or features in relation to ideas, characters or concerns.
  • Provides a general discussion of the text with some reference to the topic.
  • Provides textual evidence in each paragraph.
  • Uses a generic paragraph structure to support a summary of the text. Uses generic language to describe the text.
1-8
  • Refers to characters and concerns in the text.
  • Refers to the text type or form and/or refers to vocabulary/features used in the text.
  • Recounts key moments in the narrative that have a connection with the topic.
  • Refers to key moments from the text.
  • Uses paraphrase to structure the response. Uses language that refers to the text.
Practice SAC · English
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How does your prescribed text show the cost of ambition? Refer closely to the text.

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