1. SAETA Refresher Course 2017
Plenary Session
English Literary Studies

2. Introduction: a take-away message

3. Introduction: a take-away message

4. Shared Text Structure One drama text One extended prose text One film
One set of poetry (at least three poets)
50%
“Folio” of work (written, one possibly oral or multimodal)
Maximum of 5000 words (or oral/multimodal equivalent)
Maximum of 5 tasks
One task: critical perspectives

5. Flexibility Paired text study not required
No need for essays under test conditions
Oral presentation not compulsory
Poetry need not be comparative
But do consider your cohort
Develop analytical, challenging tasks
Would it be useful to include a paired text study?
Would your cohort benefit from undertaking an oral?

6. Flexibility
Prose, film, drama – one from outside of the prescribed text list
Only one poet needs to be from the prescribed text list
Think: canonical texts
Between one and five tasks
Critical reading is assessed via external
assessment

7. External Assessment: Comparative Text Study
Comparison of two texts: one shared, one independently chosen
Critical essay of a maximum of 1500 words
Worth 15%
Flexibility in task design
Many and various ways to pair texts
Similarities and differences
Collected by courier 27 September (week 10, term 3); teacher marks submitted online on this day

8. External Assessment: Critical Reading
Worth 15%
One or more short texts
Design of the task will vary
Equitable
Do not teach to the test
TEACH THE SKILLS