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 1 st Attempt before Christmas Holidays Completion Date – 16/1/15 Close Reading – Key focus of first term and second term 1 st 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 1 st 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