Assessment – 9A
I have sent the 9A assessment home to those who were in Northern Ireland last week. This assessment should be completed by Monday 29 October.
I promised those who were in school to receive the assessment that I would put sentence starters on this blog to help you out, so here they are!
Vocation means …
The three types of Christian vocation are ….Those Christians called to serve God as Religious take three vows. These are …
The vow of _________ means ….
For example, a nun or monk promises to …
This might affect their life by …
I think this vow would help a Religious because …
This vow might be hard to take because …(Repeat this type of answer for each of the three vows.)
I think the vows are / are not necessary for a Religious because …
However, others might disagree with me because …
If I were a Religious, the vow that I would find hardest would be the vow of ________ because …
This is only a very brief outline which should help you aim for at least a Level 5. However, you will have to include a lot more detail! Remember, you should spend about 40 minutes or so on your answer, and I would expect about a page and a half to two pages. You can type up your answer if you want.
Marco found a useful site that clearly explains what the vows mean at the Archdiocese of Boston’s site. Remember, if you include quotes from this, or other documents, to put them in quotation marks and clearly reference them. See the post above, “Bibliographies”, on how to do this. We can then all help each other to learn more, since I can share useful webpages on this site.
All the best!
October 27th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Do we have to use the bits already written on the homepage? Because I’ve already used them.
October 27th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Do we have to use the sentences given? Because I’ve already started using them.
October 27th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
I hope the assessment question arrived … I didn’t want to post it on the page, in case any year 9s haven’t sat it yet, but I suppose the sentence starters might give it away a bit anyway!
Yes, of course you can use the sentence starters – but you might want to add more detail in order to get a higher level.
November 4th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
miss what was the quote because i cant see it anywhere and i lost the sheet. i will give you my essay tomorrow and can you please give another day so i can add that last paragraph?
November 4th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
Jemma, thanks for your comment – I look forward to marking your work on Tuesday. By the quote, I presume you mean the assessment quote, so here goes:
‘Men and women who join religious orders take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. These vows are essential to a religious vocation.’
Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer showing that you have thought about more than one point of view.
Hope that helps!