# HL Written Assignment

## Format
- **Weighting**: 20% (HL only)
- **Word count**: 500-600 words
- **Based on**: Three to five texts from intertextual reading

## Requirements
- Respond to one of four prescribed questions
- Reference at least two texts from reading list
- Demonstrate understanding of cultural context
- Show critical engagement with texts

## Prescribed Questions (choose one)
1. How could the text be read differently by audiences from different places or times?
2. How does the text conform to or deviate from conventions of a particular genre?
3. How has the text borrowed from other texts?
4. How does the text reflect or challenge cultural assumptions?

## Assessment Criteria (24 marks total)

### Criterion A: Language (6 marks)
Accuracy and range of language

### Criterion B: Message and Interaction (6 marks)
Understanding and engagement with texts

### Criterion C: Conceptual Understanding (6 marks)
Analysis of cultural context and perspectives

### Criterion D: Organization (6 marks)
Structure and coherence

## Teaching Approach
- Select diverse, culturally rich texts
- Teach comparative analysis
- Practice critical thinking
- Model academic writing