Assessment Rubric and Exam Guidelines for ENG4U

Exam Guidelines

?Short answer and long answer: submit into folders on schoology.
?May use a pencil or pen, but writing must be legible (I must be able to read it).
?If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate for assistance. 
?Cheating of any kind (crib sheets, looking at another students work, etc.) will not be tolerated and will result in a mark ZERO for this exam.
?Cell Phones are NOT ALLOWED during the exam. 

Over these final lessons you will complete a four-part assessment that covers the key ideas and skills of ENG4U. You are allowed (and encouraged!) to refer back to our previous lessons/work and texts from the four units.
Rubric:
PRODUCT:    5    4    3    2    1

Knowledge and Understanding:
I have knowledge and understanding of the language and ideas we have explored in this course and can confidently discuss them.    Work shows excellent understanding of the vocabulary and ideas covered in the course. Key words/concepts are explained with appropriate examples. Work shows good understanding of the vocabulary and ideas covered in the course. The student can explain key words and concepts and provide some examples.    Understanding of the ideas and vocabulary explored during the course. Some examples are provided of key words and concepts    Understanding of some of the ideas and vocabulary from the course with a few appropriate examples. These are not well explained or understood.    Little knowledge or understanding of the ideas or vocabulary of the course. Few or no examples given.

Thinking & Inquiry:
My work has a well-argued thesis where appropriate and analysis of key ideas and themes. My work shows understanding of a variety of texts    Work shows excellent understanding of key ideas, literary devices, theories and ways of interpreting texts. Work displays a confidence of using appropriate terminology in analysis.    Work shows good understanding of key ideas, theories and literary devices. Appropriate terminology is used to analyse.    Understanding of key ideas, theories and literary devices.
There is use of subject specific terminology in analysis.    Understanding of some key ideas, literary devices and concepts, though this is inconsistent. Some subject specific terminology is used. Little analysis.    Little understanding of the key ideas, theories and literary devices. Little used of subject specific terminology.

Communication:
My work is well structured and clearly communicated. I can confidently use a wide vocabulary and interesting punctuation.    Work is well structured into paragraphs that flow well. Vocabulary is skilfully used with judicious use of course specific terminology. Punctuation and grammar is clear and well selected.    Work shows good structure. Paragraphs are clear and flow. Vocabulary, including course specific vocabulary, is used well along with good spelling and punctuation.    Work is structured into paragraphs with a logical order. Vocabulary, spelling and grammar is clear with a few mistakes.    There is some use of paragraphing but this is inconsistent. There are more than five instances of spelling and grammar errors.    There is little sign of paragraphing or structure to written work. There are more than five spelling and grammar errors.

Rubric

CONVERSATION:                    
Application:
I can justify and defend a position. I can come up with an interesting thesis and then use evidence to support my arguments.    A clear and interesting thesis is argued and defended with an excellent range of evidence carefully selected from across the texts and readings used during the course.    A good well-argued thesis is defended by the student using evidence form texts used in all 4 units of the course.     Clearly argues thesis. The student uses some evidence from some of the units of the course to defend the thesis.    A thesis is put forward. There is some supporting evidence used but this is weakly deployed.     An unclear thesis with little supporting evidence used to defend or justify it.

1.Vocabulary identification and Understanding

Select FIVE of the following vocabulary terms. For each:
A)provide a definition and/or explain the meaning 
B) provide an example from a course text, reading, or lesson 

?Connotation   
?Orientalism
?Allusion             
?Mass media         
?Onomatopoeia             
?Documentary mode(s) 
?Motif          
?Irony  
?Colonialism

2.Media Analysis – Print Advert
Write a 300–500-word analysis of the below advert. In your analysis:
Describe the advert:
?What product or service is the advert trying to sell? 
?Where was the advert set? Describe the setting(s). 
?Who was in the advert? Describe the people in the commercial. 
Analyze the purpose of the advert: 
?Who is the target audience of the advert? Explain how you know. 
?What is the message of the advert? In other words, what do the advert’s creators want the target audience to believe about the product? Does it show any stereotypes?
Analyze the techniques the advert’s creators used:
?What techniques do the advert creators’ use to convince us of their message. Explain how they help support the message Can you identify the use of Logos, Pathos, or Ethos

3 Essay Question
In a structured essay response containing an introduction, thesis statement, body with evidence, and conclusion, please discuss at least TWO texts from the course. These texts can be poems, short story excerpts, films, media, novels, or theoretical readings. Write 1000 words
Your essay response must effectively synthesize and analyze the two texts in relation to each other. This means you might discuss their similarities in relation to the topic of the question, or their differences, or both. You may discuss each text individually (write about one, then the other), but your argument should somehow connect to the two works in a larger context.
Your essay must have a clear THESIS, and you must use concrete evidence from the texts (paraphrase, quotes, characters, settings, terms, plot, etc.) to prove it.

OPTION 1: In this course, we have studied a number of literary theories (post-colonialism, feminism, Marxism, archetypes, Freudian/Psychoanalytical), all of which have acted as “lenses” through which can read and understand texts. Select ONE literary theory and explain how TWO works we have studied can be “read” through this lens. How do these texts demonstrate specific elements of this literary theory?

Option 2: Consider the portrayal of gender in two works in this course. How are male and female characters portrayed? How does the work portray their roles in society? How does gender influence the choices that are available to the characters and the decisions that they make? Explore how gender affects the plot and character development.

Option 3: Identify a specific theme that was developed in two works we have studied in this course. What was this theme, how as it developed? Was it linked to any motifs? How did this development differ in the two texts?

Option 4: Evaluate the extent to which a character`s external conflict contributes to his/her inner conflict in a work studied? You may refer to only one text in this answer.

Option 5: Consider the portrayal of family and family relations in two works we have studied in this course. How was this theme portrayed and developed? Was family portrayed in the same way in both texts or were there differences?

20 marks

Oral Exam (Communication)
For the following section, you will orally summarize The Kite Runner for the teacher. Answer the prompts listed below with as much detail as possible. Please submit as a sound file.
1.What is the plot of the story? What happens during this story? 
2.Who are the characters in the story?  Who is your favorite character and why?  
3.What is the main theme of the story and how is it represented?  Please provide examples with your answer. 
4.Which part of the story was the most meaningful to you and why?  Please provide examples with your answer.
Oral Exam Rubric
Criteria    Level 1    Level 2    Level 3    Level 4
Conversation - Comprehension of Question