Year 12 OP Assessment Booklet 2019

YEAR 12 LEGAL STUDIES (OP)

SEMESTER ONE Topics: • Independent Inquiry • Family and the law

SEMESTER TWO Topics: • Human rights • International law

ASSESSMENT OUTLINE Students will be assessed in a variety of ways. All tasks are summative (i.e. they count towards exit levels). Tasks will be designed to determine student achievement in three dimensions: Knowing and understanding the law, investigating legal issues and Responding to the law.

ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE

SEMESTER ONE

TOPIC

DIMENSIONS TESTED

DATE

Independent Inquiry (Extended Response Task, Written, 1000 – 1500 words)

1

1, 2, 3

Distributed: 4/2/19 Progress Check 25/2/19 Final 11/3/19 Distributed 18/3/19 Progress check: 23/4/19 Final 7/5/19 Semester 1 Exam Block

Extended Response to Stimulus (Written, 800-1000 words)

2

1, 2, 3

Examination (Extended Response Test, unseen question, 600-800 words)

2

1, 2, 3

SEMESTER TWO

TOPIC

DIMENSIONS TESTED

DATE

Examination (Extended Response Test, 600-800 words)

1

Term 3 Exam Block

1, 2, 3

Extended Response to Stimulus (Multimodal, 5-7minutes)

2

1, 2, 3

Semester 2 Block

EXIT LEVEL MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS Very High

Standard A in any two dimensions and no less than a B in the remaining dimension. Standard B in any two dimensions and no less than a C in the remaining dimension. Standard C in any two dimensions and no less than a D in the remaining dimension. At least Standard D in any two dimensions and an E in the remaining dimension.

High

Sound

Limited

Very Limited

Standard E in the three dimensions.

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