The College Texts and Communication: 700192/900092 Portfolio tasks Due: Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 - Friday 11:59pm through Turnitin Assessment weighting: 20% Duration: 200 words each Assessment task 1: Portfolio (5 submissions) • The portfolio task requires you to complete an analysis on a specific text of your choosing in around 200 words. Specifically how does your chosen text represent your chosen theme? You will type your response and submit it via the Turnitin link in the Assessments folder. For each submission you will choose one text from the following genres, and apply it to the week’s theme. You will also be presenting your thoughts in class prior to the submission, while this is not assessable it will provide you with valuable feedback that will assist you with your portfolio. • Choose one text from a genre each week. You cannot use the same genre twice o Song/Poetry o News article o Short story/Novel o Film/Play o Image • Complete a 200 word reflection on how it represents the following themes o Week 2 – Morality o Week 4 - Love o Week 6 – Racism o Week 8 – Women o Week 10 – Death To be successful in this assessment you will need to: • This is not a description of the text, you need to interpret, analyse and discuss the text o Assume the person marking it has read it, use specific quotes that support you interpretation • Follow academic conventions (double spaced, header/footer, academic language) • Submit through Turnitin • Provide an accurate Harvard reference for your chosen text (according to the style guide) • Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis • Use relevant, specific and concise quotes/paraphrasing • Texts presented by the teacher cannot be used What does critical thinking look like? For university study it is not enough to simply summarise your chosen text, you must critically engage with the chosen text. 200 words is not a lot and you cannot afford to waste it story telling. This means you need to do the following: • Ask ‘why’ questions. For example: o Why does the author use this image? o Why do they reference that event? o Why do they use a certain person as an example? • What is not being said? o Has the author left something out? o Is there another perspective that is not being considered? o Is there another possible interpretation besides the obvious? o Remember you don’t need to agree with the author’s perspective; if you don’t justify why; if you do, JUSTIFY WHY! • What about the author? o Do they have a bias? o Do they have an agenda? o When/where/why was it written? Have things changed since then? • What about the receiver? o What about the receiver might influence their interpretation? o How might different cultures, genders, ages, or social classes receive this text differently? Important! Remember the above is not a list of questions or a checklist you need to do every week. These are questions that are important to consider each week, and then decide which ones are the most relevant to your chosen text. Once again, 200 words is not a lot, so you need to use them wisely on things that are highly relevant. Criteria High distinction 85–100 Distinction 75–84 Credit 65–74 Pass 50–64 Unsatisfactory 0–49 Engagement with ideas 40% Demonstrates high level critical thinking that provides a justified interpretation and analysis 34-40 Demonstrates critical thinking that makes a good attempt to justify an interpretation and analysis 31-33 Shows some critical thinking with an attempt at interpretation and analysis 28-30 Provides thorough description with very little attempt at interpretation of analysis 20-27 Provides inadequate or incorrect description or a non-serious attempt. 0-19 Engagement with text 40% Thoughtfully uses appropriate evidence from within the chosen text. Provides direct references 34-40 Uses appropriate evidence from within chosen text with varying level of success. Provides direct references 31-33 Makes accurate and comprehensive general references to the chosen text 28-30 Provides general references to the chosen text with no direct references 20-27 Vague and general references to the text or no text chosen 0-19 Written expression and essay structure (10%) Consistently adheres to grammatical conventions with very few if any errors in spelling, grammar or syntax, with sophisticated vocabulary and accurate language 10 Mostly adheres to grammatical conventions with some errors in spelling, grammar or syntax, with broad vocabulary and correct language use 8-9 Attempts to apply grammatical conventions, essay structure, with formal writing and minimal errors in language use 7 Sentences can be understood, a good attempt is made to write formally with correct spelling, 5-6 Writing does not meet grammatical conventions, numerous spelling errors, application of language does not make sense, 0-4 Referencing (10%) Accurately and consistently adheres to Harvard referencing conventions, in both the text and the reference list 10 Almost always accurately applies Harvard referencing conventions, in both the text and the reference list 8-9 Followed some of Harvard referencing conventions in both the text and the reference list 7 Occasionally referenced and/or acknowledged a source of information 5-6 Used own referencing system or no attempt at referencing in both the text and the reference list 0-4