Exploring Learning Intentions & Success Criteria
The following slides show the cards I developed for 7C TLI students through which I worked with them to understand how English units optimise their ability to learning essential content.
Josey De Rossi
How is your research going?
This is a series of activities I moved through with the tutorial group in Year 7E. I created the booklet from the documents that all teachers use in the Information Writing and Oral Presentation unit, together with a small group focus to incorporate the direction the classroom teachers decided to take within the unit. Highlighting … Read more
Year 7 Autobiographical Writing
In this unit, students are enabled to learn about the following outcomes. Scattered memories into paragraphs Julius begins to flesh out his own stories A ‘cold ‘ reading of Roald Dahl’s Boy Ezekia tells his story, and I challenge him to remember feelings as well as happenings. Shane goes from mind mapping to writing his … Read more
Year 7 Information Writing and Oral Presentation
Learning Intentions: We are learning about informative texts Success Criteria: The Initial Plan The organisation of the Year 7 unit for tutorial participants was as follows” Focusing on a philosophical discussion The Year 7 tutorial groups were given the following ‘broadsheets’ to discuss the features of information texts. For instance, how the essential assumption in … Read more
How should you respond to what you read?
Humans live in landscapes of make-believe. We spin fantasies. We devour novels, films, and plays. Even sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives. Yet the world of story has long remained an undiscovered and unmapped country. It’s easy to say that humans are “wired” for story, but why? …Jonathan Gottschall offers the first unified theory … Read more
Character Insights
The following sentences and paragraphs are written from one of Tim Winton’s Blueback (2008) characters’ points of view. The name of the student writer is shown in (brackets).
Understanding Common Assessment Tasks.
Understanding Common Assessment Tasks is essential for your success in learning English Units.
A Fantastic View Of Human Learning
Phrases like “That’s a fantastic result”! and “Fantastic work!” trumpet high praise for students in our classrooms. What is the meaning behind those praises and ‘the fantastic’ in general as a creator of learning experiences? This is how I see it.