Year 10 English

Unit 5: Shakespeare - Assessment Task

Part A: Analysis of a passage

Part B: Comparative essay on context

Due Dates: Part A: Week 10 Term 1: Friday April 1 Period 2 (in-class task).

Part B: Week 2 Term 2: Friday May 9.

PART A

Text - Play script: Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, 1596

Aims of the task

• To demonstrate your understanding of poetic techniques
• To demonstrate your ability to respond emotionally to the language, characters and situation in the passage
• To write an analysis using the conventions of the form:
• introduction, body and conclusion
• separate paragraphs
• inverted commas for quotations
• integration of quotations into your discussion

Task

Write an analysis of the poetic techniques found in ONE passage from Shakespeare’s text. Your teacher will choose the passage.

In your analysis you should consider:

• Where the passage falls in the development of the plot
• The purpose of the passage
• The language techniques (name these and quote examples from the text). Some of these might be:

- imagery, similes, metaphors, personification,

- rhyme, rhythm, punctuation, euphony, onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance, repetition,

tone, etc

- hyperbole, juxtaposition or contrast, allusion, apostrophe, paradox, etc

• The overall mood of the passage
• The response the passage evokes in you - your feelings about the characters, the situation and the significant issues of human existence.

Time allowed: 55 minutes

Examination conditions apply but you may use:

• The play text
• An annotated copy of the passage
• A 50 word point form plan

You may not bring:

• A draft

Loose-leaf paper will be provided:

• Rule a margin.
• Name and number each page.
• Write on one side of the paper only.
• Write legibly - if it can’t be read, it can’t be rewarded.
• If you wish to add material, clearly indicate where it is to go.

PART B

Texts - Films: Romeo and Juliet, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, 1968

Romeo + Juliet, directed by Baz Luhrmann, 1996

Aims of the Task

· To show your knowledge of the texts

· To show your understanding of the themes and characters

· To identify and explain the relationships between texts

· To argue your point of view in a logically structured way

· To use quotations and examples from the texts to support your views

· To use the structure, register and style of a literary essay (see separate sheet)

Task

Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet has been performed constantly for centuries. You have been learning about how its universal themes of revenge and love have found a willing audience in every era and in many cultures. You have learnt how the presentation of a text is influenced by the social and technological context of the time in which it is written and is being performed. You have studied film techniques and how these reflect ideas and are used to shape meaning.

Write a Feature Article in which you explain the idea that the context of a composer influences the way in which a text is presented. Consider how the techniques used by Zeffirelli and Luhrmann to present Shakespeare’s text reflect the different contexts in which they directed their films.

To support your discussion, include details from ONE key scene as it is presented in both of the film texts listed above. (Your teacher will choose the scene.)

Use the language structures and features of a feature article when writing your response. See separate sheets for a model of the text type.

Content:

• Historical and social context of the composers and the audience
• Film techniques
• Setting
• Choice of actors and characterisation
• Language and delivery
• Action and interaction
• Values and themes emphasised in each text
• The elements that stay the same in both texts and the elements that change
• Link all of the above to the directors’ contexts.

Length: 1000 words

* Provide a word count at the end of your response

* Quotations do not count in the total.

* Words over the limit will not be assessed by the marker.

Part A: Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet - Passage Analysis

Marking Guide

Criteria	ADV	HC	C	DEV	ED
1. Understanding of the purpose and significance of the chosen passage in the play as a whole
2. Knowledge and understanding of the poetic techniques used in the passage · Ability to identify a range of techniques correctly · Ability to provide relevant and significant examples of the techniques as used in the passage · Fluent integration of examples into discussion · Correct use of layout, punctuation and referencing of quotations
3. Ability to explain the insight into the characters and themes provided by the passage.
4. Ability to explain the mood of the passage and its emotional effect on the audience or reader
5. Ability to structure the response · Development of introduction · Logical ordering of ideas · Use of topic sentences · Development of body paragraphs · Use of evidence · Development of conclusion
6. Use of appropriate vocabulary and style: · formal language · maturity of vocabulary · use of literary terms · use of impersonal voice and first person plural · fluency and expressiveness
7. Accuracy of communication · grammar · sentence structure · word choice · spelling · punctuation
13. Appropriate length for the time available: 55 minutes
14. Legibility of handwriting and layout

Mark: /20 ADV: 18-20 HC: 14-17 C: 9-13 DEV: 6-8 ED: 0-5

Comment:

Part B: Texts and Context: Romeo and Juliet films - Feature Article

Marking Guide

Criteria	ADV	HC	C	DEV	ED
1. Knowledge and understanding of the texts · Accurate knowledge of plot, setting, characters and events · Ability to explain the universal appeal of the story and themes · Choice and discussion of an appropriate scene
2 Knowledge and understanding of context, composer and audience · Understanding of the composers’ political, social and technological contexts · Understanding of the composers’ purposes · Ability to explain how the context influences each director’s approach and use of film techniques
3. Knowledge and understanding of the language structures and features of the forms of presentation · Ability to identify Zeffirelli’s and Luhrmann’s use of film techniques · Ability to explain how these techniques reflect the directors’ context and appeal to the audience
4. Ability to present an explanation: · Relevance of chosen material to the question · logical ordering of ideas · coherence and development of ideas · links to topic
5. Use of evidence from the texts to support explanation · appropriateness of quotations and detailed examples · fluent integration of these into explanation · punctuating and referencing of quotations
6. Ability to develop an Introduction · definition and explanation of the concepts in the task · titles (italics or underlined) and composers of the texts · background information
7. Ability to develop Body Paragraphs · accuracy of paragraphing · use of topic sentences · development of ideas and evidence · concluding link to question
8. Ability to develop a Conclusion: · reassert main idea in regard to the texts · general statement re overall concept
9. Use of appropriate layout of Feature Article text type: headline, subheadline and by-line, columns, paragraph indenting, boxes or other visual emphases, appropriate picture and caption,
10. Use of appropriate vocabulary and style for a Feature Article: · formal and colloquial language to appeal to specific readership · maturity and precision of vocabulary · use of literary and filmmaking terms · use of impersonal voice and first person plural · use of persuasive language and rhetorical devices · fluency and expressiveness
11. Grammar and sentence structure
12. Spelling
13. Punctuation.