Wednesday - Period 4

Today we will begin our viewing of an Australian Story documentary - 'Men of Ore'.  This is the story of the rescue team responsible for the retrieval of the trapped miners at the Beaconsfield Gold Mine in 2006.  Following our initial viewing we will consider the issues that arise in this documentary and brainstorm possible topics for the editoral assessment task.

If you wish to view the documentary at home, visit the Australian Story page on the ABC website.

Friday - Period 2

Assessment task issued - in class essay response in Week 9.  Question explained and deconstructed.

• PEE
• Conflict of plot examined as revealed in text so far
• Class reading of Fossils - discussion of production and directoral features throughout

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.

Friday - Period 1

Lesson lost due to Year 9 Survey.

Assessment Task due.

Tuesday - Period 5

Activities:

1.  Journalling
2.  'Showing not telling' writing tasks continued.

Don't forget to start planning for your assessment task narrative.