IPSWICH GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Task Limits & Descriptions
Short Response Tests / Knowledge Tests
• Test conditions
• Variety of Question Formats
• Online / Paper exam
• 45 minutes minimum
• No notes allowed
• Supervised exam
Response to Stimulus Tests
• Test conditions
• All or some sources used and provided prior to the test
• Online / Paper exam
• 45 minutes minimum
• No notes allowed
• Supervised exam
• Short Response / Essay answer
Multi-modal Presentations
4 Compulsory components:
• Research Process
• Written Rationale
• Speech Component
• Visual / Digital Display
• References, Reflections and Annotated Bibliography to be handed in
• Consultation and feedback provided judiciously
• Student choice of range of formats
• Presentation can be recorded or performed live
• 1 draft to be submitted
Written Research Task
• Appropriate genre / format
• Topic provided and / or negotiated
• 1 draft to be submitted
• Consultation and feedback provided judiciously
• References, Reflections and Annotated Bibliography to be handed in
Extended Written Response To Historical Evidence
• All sources provided one week prior to the test
• Varied sources, including at least one ‘visual’ source
• All sources relevant to task
• Essay genre
• Reliability and representativeness ofsources may vary
• The question or statement is not provided before the test (unseen)
• Clean copies of sources to be provided for test
• No notes allowed
• 2 lessons minimum