YEAR 7 Catholic Studies

Assessment - Task 1

Due Date: Your first Religion lesson of Week 2, Term 2, 2017

Student name Syllabus Course Weighting

Component
40%
Religious Education Component A7-4K What it means to
Class be Catholic (20%)
B7-4K Sacred Scripture
(20%)
Teacher Mark /40

Your
Assessment You will be required to sit an in class examination during your first Religion lesson of Term 2,
Task is: Week 2. Your religion teacher will confirm this date for you.

Nature of Task: Part A What it Means to be Catholic

Reading/Writing

10 Marks Multiple Choice

10 Marks Short Answer

Topics to revise:
Marist Charism
Marcellin Champagnat
Parish and Church Communities
The Mission of the Church

Part B Sacred Scripture

Writing

20 Marks

You will be required to answer the following question:

Explain how Gods image is revealed in scripture?

In your response, make reference to at least ONE Scripture passage from

the Old Testament and at least ONE from the New Testament.
General You must be present on the day of the Assessment task.
Instructions: If you are absent, you must complete a Show Cause Form and hand it in to the front
office on your first day back.
You must be ready to complete the task on your first day back.

You will be Read and interpret a given text and identify some of the distinguishing characteristics
assessed on of the Church.
how well you: Understand a Bible story and its significance.
Explain the purpose of a selected Bible story.
Use language and write with clarity and cohesiveness.

Syllabus A74K - Recognises some of the distinguishing characteristics of a Catholic school, the local
Outcomes to church community and the universal Church.
be Assessed:
B74K - Investigates and explains the message and purpose of selected stories within the
Bible.
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PART B: Writing
Sacred Scripture

MARKING CRITERIA

Criteria Marks

Provides a clear, detailed, contextual and well-structured explanation of how 17-20

Gods image is revealed in Scripture.
Identifies one or more distinct examples of how Gods image is revealed in
Scripture in both the Old and New Testament.
Thoroughly analyses the way God has been revealed in the Old Testament
through language and form. Also, thoroughly analyses how God reveals
himself through Jesus Christ in the New Testament.
Supports their analysis using relevant quotes from Scripture that clearly
portray how Gods image is revealed.

Provides a clear, detailed and well-structured explanation of how Gods 13-16

image is revealed in Scripture.
Identifies one distinct example of how Gods image is revealed in Scripture
in both the Old and the New Testament.
Provides a detailed outline on the way God has been revealed in the Old
Testament through language and form. Also, provides a detailed outline on
how God reveals himself through Jesus Christ in the New Testament.
Supports their outline with sufficient quotes from Scripture that portray how
Gods image is revealed.

Identifies some images God has used to reveal himself in Scripture. 9-12
Identifies one example of how Gods image is revealed in Scripture in both
the Old and the New Testament.
Provides a recount of Scripture passages and identifies characteristics of
God that are gathered from the passages.
Provides few quotes from Scripture that portray how Gods image is
revealed.

Identifies few images God has used to reveal himself in Scripture. 5-8
Identifies examples of how Gods image is revealed in only one or both of
the Testaments with little elaboration.
Provide little to no quotes that portray Gods revelation.

Attempts to draw on instances of how God is revealed in Scripture by 1-4

vaguely recounting Scripture passages or briefly listing characteristics of
God.
Makes limited or no reference to Gods revelation in both the New and the
Old Testament
Fails to draw on examples that explain how Gods image is revealed.

Non-attempt/non-serious attempt. 0

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