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14 November 2019 Senior secondary Number: 055/19
Essential English: Preparing for Common Internal Assessment in 2020
Purpose
• To notify schools about the topics for the Essential English Applied syllabus Common internal assessment (CIA) in 2020.
• To remind schools that have not yet selected their Essential English CIA phase of delivery in 2020 to complete this as soon as possible.
• To notify schools of upcoming professional development webinars on using the sample Essential English CIA and associated resources.
Background
In the Essential English Applied senior syllabus, the CIA is developed by the QCAA and marked by teachers.
Information
Topics
The topics for 2020 are:
• personal resilience
• group resilience.
Schools deliver the CIA in one of four phases and will receive a 2020 CIA paper on either personal resilience or group resilience, depending on their selected phase.
Phase of delivery
Schools select their phase of delivery in the Student Management application on the QCAA Portal. Principal’s delegates are responsible for ensuring their school has selected its phase of delivery.
The 2020 CIA paper will be made available to schools at the beginning of their nominated phase and once available, it is recommended that it is administered in the third week of the CIA phase.
(see attached schedule).
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Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority
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Webinars
During November, the QCAA is conducting free webinars: ‘Essential English: Using the sample Common internal assessment resources’. Information is available on the PD and Events page on the QCAA website.
CIA suite
Each 2020 CIA suite of resources includes a:
• Seen stimulus book (distributed to students at the start of the three-week phase to enable deconstruction of the seen stimulus in class — includes only the seen stimulus)
• Question and response book (distributed to students at the start of the examination)
• Stimulus book (distributed to students at the start of the examination — includes seen and unseen stimulus)
• Marking guide (used to mark student responses and guide moderation processes).
What you need to do
• Inform teachers and curriculum leaders in your school of the 2020 topics for the Essential English CIA:
personal resilience
group resilience.
• Ensure your school has selected an Essential English CIA phase of delivery in the Student Management application on the QCAA Portal.
• Inform teachers and curriculum leaders in your school of the upcoming webinars about using sample CIA resources.
• Refer teachers and curriculum leaders to the following resources in the QCAA Portal:
Essential English 2019 v1.1 Applied Senior Syllabus for information about subject matter, assessment technique and specifications, including conditions for delivering the 2020 CIA paper
sample CIA papers and related marking guides
Using mock external assessments: A guide for teachers.
Finding out more
For information about selecting your school’s phase of delivery, please email the Quality Assurance Unit at [email protected]
For information about the CIA, please email Lisa Smith (Principal Education Officer, Essential English) at [email protected] or phone 3864 0289.
Jacqueline Wilton
Director, Curriculum Services Division
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Four phases of CIA delivery 2020
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4
Term 1 2020
Weeks 8-10 Term 2 2020
Weeks 2-4 Term 2 2020
Weeks 5-7 Term 2 2020
Weeks 8-10 CIA available CIA
completed CIA
available CIA
completed CIA
available CIA
completed CIA
available CIA completed
Monday
16 March Friday
3 April Monday
27 April Friday
15 May Monday
18 May Friday
5 June Monday
8 June Friday 26 June Ancillary CIA (flexible/alternative learning centres only): Term 3
