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Practical components (Components 1 and 2)

2 dot points across 2 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How does WJEC Component 2 Text in Action work as a non-exam assessment, and what is assessed across the two contrasting pieces and the process and evaluation report?

Component 2 Text in Action: the externally assessed non-exam assessment in which you create and perform two contrasting pieces from a WJEC stimulus, a devised piece using one practitioner or company and a performance of a text extract in a different style, assessed by a visiting examiner and documented in a process and evaluation report, worth 40 per cent for AO1, AO2 and AO3.
A house-style overview of WJEC Component 2 Text in Action, the second non-exam assessment: creating two contrasting pieces from a WJEC stimulus, a devised piece using one practitioner or company and a performance of a text extract in a different style, assessed by a visiting examiner with a process and evaluation report, worth 40 per cent for AO1, AO2 and AO3.
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How does WJEC Component 1 Theatre Workshop work as a non-exam assessment, and what is assessed in the reinterpreted extract and the creative log?

Component 1 Theatre Workshop: the non-exam assessment in which you reinterpret an extract from a WJEC-supplied text using the working methods of one practitioner or recognised company, create and perform it as a performer or designer, and document the process in a creative log, worth 20 per cent and assessing AO1, AO2 and AO3.
A house-style overview of WJEC Component 1 Theatre Workshop, the first non-exam assessment: reinterpreting a WJEC-supplied extract through the methods of one practitioner or company, creating and performing it as a performer or designer, and documenting the process in a creative log, worth 20 per cent for AO1, AO2 and AO3.
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