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 This task is ‘an oldie but a goldie’. An activity my students recently engaged with was marking essays according to the criteria. We used a marking sheet using VCAA criteria but ‘broken down’ into student friendly language. I collected 7 comparative essays (from last year) of varying quality and students (individually and in groups) had to decide on a mark and give reasons. I gave time limits (to keep them on task) eg 5-7 mins silent reading and marking (for each essay) and then 5 mins small group discussion. We then had a quick class discussion where groups presented and we decided on a mark for that essay. This process was repeated for each essay. Students, especially weaker students, seemed to enjoy the task by being forced to engage with the criteria in, hopefully, a meaningful way.

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 This task is ‘an oldie but a goldie’. An activity my students recently engaged with was marking essays according to the criteria. We used a marking sheet using VCAA criteria but ‘broken down’ into student friendly language. I collected 7 comparative essays (from last year) of varying quality and students (individually and in groups) had to decide on a mark and give reasons. I gave time limits (to keep them on task) eg 5-7 mins silent reading and marking (for each essay) and then 5 mins small group discussion. We then had a quick class discussion where groups presented and we decided on a mark for that essay. This process was repeated for each essay. Students, especially weaker students, seemed to enjoy the task by being forced to engage with the criteria in, hopefully, a meaningful way.

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We have this language up in our Year 12 English classroom to encourage students to use them in their written and verbal responses.

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Document Camera idea - mwave is a good option. I use my iPhone and the app camo. 

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Document Camera idea - mwave is a good option. I use my iPhone and the app camo. 

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"I use a document camera and give audio feedback as I annotate - students love it and it saves trying to sit with them all one on one."

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"I use a document camera and give audio feedback as I annotate - students love it and it saves trying to sit with them all one on one."

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Starting mini exam tasks early in Term 3 to keep their mind fresh, especially with Unit 3 texts.

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Loved this. Helps establish a thinking routine for students when they are tackling a task. It also would help them articulate where they are getting stuck and be able to ask for more specific help. This will be very beneficial for exam preparation!

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Lots of additional time to develop skills to understand the questions. What are you expected to write on, structure, form etc. Attention to nuanced difference in questions - discuss, to what extent etc

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Lots of additional time to develop skills to understand the questions. What are you expected to write on, structure, form etc. Attention to nuanced difference in questions - discuss, to what extent etc

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I use Padlet in class throughout the teaching of a unit and upload model paragraph samples, resources and discussion points. At the end of the unit, the students have access a cumulative bank of knowledge that is compartmentalised. It makes it easier for students to revise key skills and knowledge for the task.

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Really good discussion on plagiarism is needed with EAL learners. Can be very different ideas around this. Their past experience may be to memorize chunk of texts in an exam rather than respond to question in an exam.

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Really good discussion on plagiarism is needed with EAL learners. Can be very different ideas around this. Their past experience may be to memorize chunk of texts in an exam rather than respond to question in an exam.

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We give these to our students at the start of Term 4. The booklets have weekly study tasks they can tick off which we have fun to be useful. We also give them some post it notes and highlighters which always makes them happy.

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EAL - use of bilingual dictionaries. What is available to use. Can learners use them well? What is important (key words in questions) to look up. Not trying to look everything up - what is essential meaning.

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EAL - use of bilingual dictionaries. What is available to use. Can learners use them well? What is important (key words in questions) to look up. Not trying to look everything up - what is essential meaning.

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I put my students into groups of three. 7+-5-4 level in grading so they can work on a google form together for revision

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I put my students into groups of three. 7+-5-4 level in grading so they can work on a google form together for revision

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MACS VCE English Improvement Network Workshop Thursday 25 August 2022

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2022 Evaluation and 2023 Planning https://forms.gle/g7tm7U8sP1zyYLJm8 

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2022 Evaluation and 2023 Planning https://forms.gle/g7tm7U8sP1zyYLJm8 