Assessment Type 2: Creating Texts

Students create written, oral, and/or multimodal texts.

For a 10-credit subject, students create at least one text. For a 20-credit subject, students create at least two texts.

The texts may be functional, informational, analytical, imaginative, interpretive, and/or persuasive in purpose.

Students may create texts in a variety of forms. The length of the texts can vary. Some texts may be short, others may be longer; however, no text should be more than 800 words or 5 minutes, or the equivalent in multimodal form.

The texts created could include, but are not limited to:

• a role play in a community or workplace context
• instructions describing a process in either a written, oral, or multimodal form
• a workplace report (e.g. on an accident or recommendation to change a process)
• a series of social media entries advocating for an issue
• an email or vodcast complaining about a product or problem
• a ‘how to’ guide explaining how to use sporting equipment
• a thank-you (e.g. birthday, wedding, or awards night speech)
• a section of a graphic novel
• an advocacy website
• an article on a topic or theme of interest
• an interactive story
• a multimodal presentation creatively presenting a topic, issue, or theme
• a short film trailer
• a creative written narrative
• transformation of a traditional children’s story into a modern setting
• a report incorporating visual elements on a topic of interest
• a multimedia display to inform a target group about a community issue.

For this assessment type, students provide evidence of their learning primarily in relation to the following assessment design criteria:

• communication
• application.