MECM90041 Chap.1 Assessment Map and the Two Hurdles

Assessment Map and the Two Hurdles

The three written tasks are a 500-word plan worth 10%, a 2,000-word book review worth 40% and a 2,500-word research essay worth 50%. The 2026 lecture dates are 30 March, 2 April and 9 June. The tutorial deck retains 2025 for the latter two dates, so confirm Canvas.

The 40% task has three official names. Identify it through length, weight, date and template.

Two separate hurdles require 80% attendance at tutorials, seminars or workshops and submission of every assessment as a complete genuine attempt. Lecture attendance is an expectation, not part of the stated percentage.

Chapter guide expansion.

· C1 · ASSESSMENT MAP CHAPTER 1 · PAGE 1 10 + 40 + 50 Five obligations form the assessment map Three weighted tasks and two subject-level hurdles The three weighted tasks close exactly at 100%. The in-class essay plan is 500 words and worth 10%; the book review is 2,000 words and worth 40%; the research essay is 2,500 words and worth 50%. The same lecture slide then publishes two separate hurdle requirements.

The attendance hurdle imposes an 80% minimum for tutorials, seminars or workshops while describing lecture attendance as an expectation. The submission hurdle requires every assessment to be submitted, complete and a genuine attempt.

PLAN 500 words · 10% BOOK REVIEW 2,000 words · 40% RESEARCH ESSAY 2,500 words · 50% attendance hurdle submission hurdle Figure 1.1. Weighted work totals 100%; hurdle compliance runs in parallel rather than adding another percentage. Keep marks and hurdles in different columns Obligation Published detail Decision-safe reading In-class essay plan 500 words · 10% · 30 March 2026 Task-level hurdle not stated; confirm on Canvas.

Book review 2,000 words · 40% · 2 April 2026 Template exists; title varies across official materials. Research essay 2,500 words · 50% · 9 June 2026 Question list and detailed brief are not available here. Attendance 80% at tutorials, seminars or workshops Lecture attendance is an expectation, not the stated threshold.

Submission Every assessment complete and a genuine attempt The published rule concerns submission, not a component pass mark. · · C1 · PLAN TEMPLATE CHAPTER 1 · PAGE 2 PLAN · 10% The plan is a small task with a complete template Use its four sections without inventing a scoring scheme The official template describes a 500-word book review essay plan, worth 10%, with a tolerance of plus or minus 10%.

The week-one lecture calls it an “In-class essay plan” and dates it to Monday 30 March 2026. Tutorial material places the work across weeks 3 and 4. These formulations can coexist: one identifies the assessment row, another names the book-review purpose, and the tutorial locates the classroom preparation.

Official section allocation Section Words Published function Introduction 100 Situate the text within its relevant field and connect it to subject themes. Main body 200 State central arguments and annotate the function of components such as chapters or structure. Analysis 100 Identify the most valuable idea and explain why it matters. Conclusion 100 Identify a possible limitation and indicate its significance.

The three stated criteria The selected text is relevant to subject themes. The planned structure presents a cohesive engagement with the text. The annotations provide a clear justification for including each component. C1.1 PLAN DIAGNOSIS AskSia practice Prompt. A plan gives 200 words to biography and only 50 to the book’s argument. What is the first repair? Worked answer.

Reallocate the main body to the central arguments and use the introduction only to situate the text in its field. Author biography belongs only where it changes how the contribution is understood. Source trail. Book review plan template; week-one lecture and tutorial assessment slides.

· · C1 · WORKED PLAN CHAPTER 1 · PAGE 3 MODEL PLAN A filled plan turns allocations into analytical moves Situate, reconstruct, value and test a limitation The template becomes useful when its headings control a developing judgement rather than four disconnected summaries. The model below is an original illustration using a text represented in the subject materials. It is not an official question, answer or band descriptor.

Notice that it does not announce a limitation before reading; it states a proposition that the eventual review must test. WORKED 1.1 A compact annotated review plan MODEL PARAGRAPH MODEL PARAGRAPH. Hassan's account of digitality can be situated within critical media theory because it treats networked technologies not as isolated devices but as a social condition that reorganises time, space and subjectivity.

The review will first reconstruct that central claim, then

What this chapter covers

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  10/40/50 weighted tasks

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  Official plan and review templates

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  Three names for the 40% task

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  2025/2026 date conflict

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  Attendance and submission hurdles

Task identity control

Key terms

Attendance hurdle

An 80% minimum for tutorials, seminars or workshops.

Submission hurdle

A requirement to submit every assessment as complete and genuine.

Source conflict

Different official strings requiring attribution and live confirmation.

Assessment Map and the Two Hurdles FAQ

Assessment move

Keep one assessment ledger with title, length, weight, date, source, live Canvas check and unresolved mechanics. Preserve both hurdle directions exactly.

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