MYP4 English Final assessment task

Introduction:

Read our School’s Code of Conduct. If this document were to appear in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four, how would the Inner Party or the Ministry of Truth have to change it for Big Brother’s approval?

Aims of the assessment:

1. To show that you can communicate information and ideas from this unit2. To show that you can respond to the topic in a sophisticated manner and develop ideas3. To demonstrate that you can use a format and structure appropriate to the task to organize the

work4. To show that you can correctly use a range of vocabulary, grammatical structures and syntax5. For you to write with a particular audience in mind

Assessment task:

Imagine that for reasons beyond anyone’s control, our school is going to change to a totalitarian style school. You and a select few other students have been appointed to work for the Inner Committee at our school. You must re-write the school Code of Conduct so that personal freedom and choice are limited and independent thought is closely monitored. You may also modify the language to reflect the school’s new totalitarian ethos. It is imperative that all students obey and are loyal to the new director.

Requirements for this assessment:

300-600 words Specify the expectations of the students, and the consequences of disobeying the code of

conduct Create a motto for the school You may add more expectations/rules if you feel that it is necessary Use appropriate language for an official school document (formal register) Formatted like an official school publication (sub-headings, bullet points and/or lists, school

motto, school logo, names of the people responsible for creating the document etc) remember the formatting should reflect the future school ethos!

Unit question: How is information power? (1984 by George Orwell)

Area of Interaction: Community & service

Significant concepts:

Information can be powerful, information may be controlled.