Skills

•Active Listening

•Active Note Making

•Ongoing Consolidation of Learning

•Active Reading Strategies

•Understanding & Summarising

•Textual Analysis

•Clarity & Accuracy of Expression

•Developing/ Extending Vocabulary

Student Comments

• ‘Made concise notes in class, written these up and kept them organised’

• ‘Revised texts and close reading the whole year so that I could’ve enjoyed and got more out of class work.’

• ‘Read more at home.’• ‘Prepared close reading and newspaper articles more

thoroughly for homework instead of just cutting one out and reading it once.’

• ‘Tried to do more essays in timed conditions at home.’

I wish I had:

Structure

• Language Study

• Literary Study

• Exam

• Writing Folio

• Close Reading (Nab)• Writing (Nab)

• Textual Analysis (Nab)

• Close Reading 40%• Critical Essay 40%• Writing Folio 20%

NAB Timetable

• Textual Analysis – Key focus of first term and second term

1st Attempt before Christmas Holidays

Completion Date – 16/1/15

• Close Reading – Key focus of first term and second term

1st Attempt before Christmas Holidays

Completion Date – 27/2/15

• Writing – Ongoing focus throughout year. Key inputs for 3 pieces – work developed in own time

Writing Folio 1st Drafts Fri 12/12/14

Folio Deadline – 20/3/15

Resources

• Constant supply of pens• Highlighters • Lined paper to write on • Dividers & polypockets for folder • Memory stick• Access to Mr Allison’s blog via school website• Copies of class texts:

‘The Cone Gatherers’ by Robin Jenkins

‘A View From The Bridge’ by Arthur Miller