YEAR 10 HOME ECONOMICS

Practical Performance

Year 10- Technology That Will

Leave You in Stitches

STUDENT NAME: ________________________

TEACHER: ________________________

Date Distributed: ________________________

Draft Due: ________________________
Due Date:
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Process Journal
Monday, Week 7
Practical Piece
Monday, Week 9
Tutorial dates as follows: (optional)
Tuesday, 3.30pm 4.30pm, Week 5, 6, 7 & 8
Word Length :
Assessment Type :

~300-500 words

Conditions:

Process Journal and Practical Piece

Resources:

8 weeks, in class time/own time, (tutorials on

offer see above), teacher assistance
Internet, Teacher Input

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Introduction to Textiles

Unit name: Technology That Will Leave You in Stitches

YOUR TASK:

Considering your skill and the aspects of the design brief, construct an appropriate item (taking into consideration the 2 design briefs provide,
demonstrate your informed decision making with a process journal and evaluate your end product and process.

PROCESS JOURNAL:

This journal is the combination of notes, personal thoughts, analysis and evaluation of ideas, information and data of any
sort. It is where you write down your thinking, explaining how you have made the informed choice. This could include
any other evidence that may support your decision. E.g. Experiments, sketches, photos and samples.
This should be a working document not something that is an added extra and neatly typed to be handed in. It may be placed
in an exercise book or put together into a booklet/folder, etc.

ASSESSABLE ELEMENTS

STANDARD

Process Journal
Practical Piece
GLOBAL RESULT
ESSENTIAL LEARNINGS
Ways of Working
investigate and analyse specifications, standards and constraints in the development of design ideas
consult, negotiate and apply ethical principles and cultural protocols to investigate, design and make products
select resources, techniques and tools to make products that meet detail specifications
evaluate the suitability of products and processes against criteria and recommend improvements
reflect on learning, apply new understanding and justify future applications
Knowledge and Understanding
new products and technologies are designed and developed to meeting changing needs and wants of intended
audiences and include artifacts, systems, environments, services and processes
product design and production decisions are influenced by aspects of appropriateness and by detail specification,
constrains and standards of production.

Authentication of Student Work

I hereby declare all ideas and information presented in this assignment to be my own. All quotes, images and ideas taken from other
sources (both print and electronic) have been acknowledged appropriately within the text and included in the Bibliography.
Signed: ________________________________
Date: ____________________

You are to choose one of the following Design Briefs for your practical piece:
DESIGN BRIEF 1

Your design challenge is to construct a bag or case to hold

your school laptop, tablet/ ipad or electronic reader. Your soft
furnishing must fit your selected piece of technology and
provide room for a power cords or headphones. The item must
have a zip or a similar opening and provide some protection
to your device. The total cost of your article should not exceed
$25. Try and use material that you already have or recycle
clothes to save money. You have 8 weeks to complete your soft
furnishing, together with your process journal. You are to
show at least three forms of embellishments on the bag or
case to make it look original. The construction of your article
must be completed both at school and in your own time. You
are assessed on quality of construction, time management,

What is a process journal?

A process journal supports the working
processes required to produce a product
for an intended purpose by documenting
the planning and management of
resources and the exploration, use,
development and refinement of skills.
It includes:

The documentation of trials, test

finding and/or data collection.
Reflects on planning, process and
product.
Provides insight into your decision
making and courses of action.
Shows evidence of experimentation,
modification, technique testing,
design, creativity, imagination,
originality, design, cuttings, annotated
drawings and sketches. Annotated
photographs are also useful to assist
with evidencing stages of the process
as well as the product.
Demonstrate the development and
refining of practical skills.
The process journal should be
structured so there is a progression
from simple to more complex task
over the course of study.
Demonstrates that your work is selfdirected.

DESIGN BRIEF 2

You are completing work experiencing at the multi national

corporation Apple. They have asked for THREE different
design choices for an ipod or iphone case that will enhance
the usability of this product. To impress your senior product
developers you must demonstrate your ability to encorporate
creative design and mastery of textile skills. You have also
decided to include 3 embellishment techniques over the 3
devices to give it that individual appearance. The total cost
of your three designs should not exceed $25. Try and use
scrap material or recycle material from another garment to
save money. The construction of your ipods or iphone cases
must be both at school and in your own time. You will be
assessed on quality construction, time management,

SCAFFOLDING
STEPS IN WRITING A PROCESS JOURNAL:
1. First page is the title page (Student name, Teacher name, Subject name)
2. Write out your design brief.
3. Mood Board (respond to the design brief taking elements of what you like and who you are as an individual.)
You may like to utilize www.polyvore.com
4. Draw your design this is to be in the form on an annotated (labeled) diagram What is your practical item
going to look like? Remember to include both the front and back of your item.
5. Photos and samples of every stage of what you are doing, including sample construction techniques.
6. Include a table discussing your progress:

Lesson (date):

What you want to achieve:

What you achieved:

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PRACTICAL PERFORMANCE & PROCESS JOURNAL

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When performing practical tasks, the student:

(Decision making, planning, organizing and evaluating)
Knowledge & Understanding

The student work has

The student work has

The student work has the

The student work has the

The student work has

the following

the following

following characteristics:

following characteristics:

the following

characteristics:

characteristics:

Elements of

characteristics:

Refined practical

product for the intended

practical skills and a

practical skills and

skills and a quality

product for the

product.
Elements of

practical skills

a quality product

purpose.
Appropriate planning,
management and

planning,

unresolved

reflection.

management and

refines variety of

that enhances the

intended purpose.
Thorough

intended purpose.
Detailed planning,

Practical skills and a

efficient

reflection.

Elements of
and an

product.
Superficial

planning, effective

management and

elements of

and efficient

logical reflection.

planning,

management and

management or

perceptive

reflection.

reflection.
Explores factors and

Investigates factors and

Discusses factors and their

Describes some factors

their relationships in

their interrelationships

interrelationships in order to

that affect decision

order to justify decisions.

in order to justify

justify decisions.

making and states most

decision making.

Make some decisions.

decision made.

Effectively plans and

Adequately plans and

Plans and orgnaises resources

Attempts to plan and

Planning and

organizes resources for

organizes resources for

so that tasks are competed to

organize resources so that

organizing may not be

completion of tasks,

completion of tasks,

acceptable standards,

the task is completed.

sufficient to ensure

managing all available

managing most available

managing some resources.

resources efficiently.

resources efficiently.

Evaluates planning, and

Evaluates some aspects

Evaluates some aspects of task

implementation, making

of planning, and

performance.

recommendations if

implementation making

relevant.

recommendations if

task is completed.

relevant.
Well-reasoned, insightful
and discerning responses
that comprehensively

Practical Performance

detail the impact and

consequences of
decisions.

Creative and
interpretive responses
that detail the impact
and consequences of

Practical and relevant

Identification of responses

Partial identification of

responses that outline the

that outline the impact of

the impact of decisions.

impact and consequences of

decisions.

decisions.

decisions.

Innovative use of

Uses appropriate modes

Effective communication using

Communication using

Communication using

appropriate modes and

and genres for

satisfactory grammar and

grammar and spelling

grammar and spelling

genres for

communicating using

spelling.

with errors.

with many errors.

communicating using

predominately correct

correct grammar and

grammar and spelling.

spelling.
Adapted from www.qsa.qld.edu.au The State of Queensland (Queensland Studies Authority) 2007

When demonstrating practical skills:

Performed a

Performed a range of

Performed some practical skills

Performed some practical

Performed a few

comprehensive range of

practical skills.

to an acceptable standard.

skills.

practical skills.

Demonstrated all

Demonstrated most

Practical skills were not

Some practical skills were

Practical skills were

practical skills to a high

practical skills to a high

correctly performed on end

not correctly

usually not correctly

standard of

standard of

product.

demonstrated and this

performed and this had

workmanship.

workmanship.

had a negative effect on

a negative effect on the

practical skills.

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the end product.

end product.

In doing this the student

In doing this the student

In doing this the student

In doing this the student

In doing this the

demonstrates

demonstrates a thorough

demonstrates a satisfactory

demonstrates some

student demonstrates

knowledge and usually

knowledge and usually adheres

knowledge and usually

limited knowledge and

adheres to and

to and implements all

adheres to and

usually adheres to and

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implements all

procedures and rules relating

implements all procedures

implements all

procedures and rules

to:

and rules relating to:

procedures and

procedures and rules

relating to:

Zig zag stitch

Zig zag stitch

rules relating to:

relating to:

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Zig zag stitch

Straight stitch

Straight stitch

Zig zag stitch

Straight stitch

Seams

Seams

Straight stitch

Seams

Facings/bindings

Facings/bindings

Seams

Facings/bindings

Fastenings

Fastenings

Facings/bindings

Facings/bindings

Fastenings

Hems

Hems

Fastenings

Fastenings

Hems

3 embellishments

2 or less embellishments

Hems

comprehensive

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knowledge and correctly

adheres to and
implements all

Zig zag stitch

Straight stitch
Seams

Hems
3 or more
embellishments

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3 embellishments

No
embellishments

Satisfies design elements

Satisfies most design

Satisfies some design elements

Satisfies some aspects of

Little evidence of

and principles of design.

elements and principles

and principles.

design elements and

design ideas. Few

principles.

techniques performed

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of design.

to complete product.

Product completely

Product finished and

Product finished and ready for

Overall, finished product

Product not suitable

finished and ready for

ready for use.

use after minor adjustments.

varies in quality.

for use without

Product would satisfy

Product would satisfy

Product would satisfy most of

Product largely finished

Product not suitable for

functional requirements

most functional

the functional requirements of

but may not be suitable

use without further

of brief. Eg.

requirements of the

the brief.

for use without further

work.

Durability/strength.

brief.

Product pressed.

work.

Product is pressed and

Product pressed.

use.

further work.

presented to effect.
Overall finished product

Overall finished product

Overall finished product is of

Overall finished product

is of high quality.

is of quality.

acceptable quality.

varies in quality.

Teacher comments:
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