Memo on Part B of the Exam
It probably doesn’t make a big difference to students doing Year 12 this year, but teachers might be interested in a slight change in the VCAA instructions for Part B (Context) of the exam this year. Below are the new instructions for this part of the exam. There are more details on the VCAA site.
Instructions for Section B:
Section B requires students to complete an extended written response.
In your writing, you must draw on ideas suggested by one of the following four Contexts
Your writing must draw directly from the selected text you have studied for this Context and be based on the ideas in the prompt/stimulus material
Your response may be an expository, persuasive or imaginative piece of writing.
If you write on a selected film text in Section A, you must not write on a selected film text in Section B.
Section B is worth 30 marks.
