[English] VCE Using Language to Persuade Question

[Traci Bolton-Wood]

You need to be careful that students do not offer an evaluation of which
writer they think was the more convincing and why. Assessors are concerned
that they are seeing more and more of this. It is best  to keep the
conclusion simple and Ben¹s initial suggestion is a good way of doing this.
If in doubt it is important to check with VCAA as to the expectations of the
task or any other concerns regarding the English course.


On 28/05/10 2:48 PM, "Alex SELLAR" <SEA at wssc.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> We encourage them to finish with a summary of the contention, tone and target
> audience, but also suggest that it is good to describe the way the reader is
> positioned to feel at the conclusion of the article (which generally comes
> from their last argument/technique) ­ we find this improves the logical
> coherence  of their piece and pushes them away from technique-listing.
>  
>  
> 
> From: english-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:english-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> On Behalf Of Ben Langdon
> Sent: Friday, 28 May 2010 1:55 PM
> To: 'VCE English Teachers' Mailing List'
> Subject: [English] VCE Using Language to Persuade Question
>  
> Hi there,
>  
> Just a question for the group about the VCE English language analysis task:
>  
> What is expected in the conclusion of the analysis?
>  
> In previous years I have suggested students conclude with a brief overview of
> the writer's contention plus any kind of pattern that may have been used (for
> example, Smith relied heavily on emotional appeals while Reddison provided a
> more analytical, statistics-based argument.).
>  
> However, I've recently heard that the conclusion is supposed to simply analyse
> how each of the writers has concluded their article.
>  
> I realise that most of the assessment comes from how students analyse the
> language, but I'd like to hear about other people's approaches to the
> conclusion.
>  
> Many, many thanks,
>  
> Ben Langdon
> Portland Secondary College
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