Weeks 1-3 Term 2

Since our return this terms our class schedule has been as follows:

27/04/11:  'Dulce Et Decorum Est' deconstruction continued
02/05/11:  'Dulce Et Decorum Est' response task
04/05/11:  NAPLAN practise writing task
05/05/11:  'Dulce Ed Decorum Est' response task continued
09/05/11:  NAPLAN revision and review
10/05/11:  NAPLAN Testing
11/05/11:  NAPLAN Testing
16/05/11:  Poetry Composition - Found Poem
18/05/11:  'War is Kind' - annotation, deconstruction and paragraph response

Wednesday - Period 4

This year you will use both an exercise book and a personal website to complete your work.  Your exercise book will contain handouts and things you need to refer back to at a later date.  Other work (written, visual, etc) will be composed and maintained on your own website.  This site will be an electronic portfolio of your best work.

So today's activities will include:

1. Expositional journalling (in preparation for NAPLAN later this year)
2. Establishing your exercise book
3. Establishing your website using Weebly. (Insufficient time - transferred to Thursday's lesson).

We will begin looking at Non fiction: Documentaries in our next lesson.

Tuesday - Period 5

Activities:

1.  NAPLAN feedback
2.  Australian Story:  'On a Wing and a Prayer' - deconstruction (continued)

Monday - Period 4

Activities:

Documentaries:  Australian Story - 'On a Wing and a Prayer'.  Post viewing worksheets and deconstruction of documentary filmmaking techniques (if time).


Remember:  NAPLAN testing will occur in Week 4 (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday - Periods 1 & 2).  Look over the practise tasks completed during Term 1 to revise the style and type of questions you will attempt

Friday - Period 2

Activities:

Return of NAPLAN practise writing task.  Feedback and revision of writing elements.

Remember:  NAPLAN testing will occur in Week 4 (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday - Periods 1 & 2).  Look over the practise tasks completed during Term 1 to revise the style and type of questions you will attempt.

Wednesday - Period 3

Activities:

1. NAPLAN Writing - practise task in anticipation of testing in Week 4.
2. Task requirements and approaches to NAPLAN discussed.
3. Short Story Assessment Task returned.