Evidence of learning

All Stage 2 subjects have a school assessment component and an external assessment component.

The following assessment types enable students to demonstrate their learning in Stage 2 English Literary Studies:

School assessment (70%)

• Assessment Type 1: Responding to Texts (50%)
• Assessment Type 2: Creating Texts (20%)

External assessment (30%)

• Assessment Type 3: Text Study:
  • Part A: Comparative Text Study (15%)
  • Part B: Critical Reading (15%)

Students provide evidence of their learning through up to nine assessments, including the external assessment component. Students complete:

• up to five responses to texts
• two created texts
• two tasks for the text study (one comparative text study and one critical reading).