Weeks 4-10

During this time we will revise the TEXT TYPES that you are likely to encounter in your Trial School Certificate.  You will be issued with a booklet containing features of these texts and activities to prepare you.

Importantly, you need to RESPOND TO (answer questions about) and COMPOSE (write) in these forms.

You are also encouraged to visit the Board of Studies website and practise using their online multiple choice questions.

Weeks 1-4 Term 2

Since returning in Term 2 our lesson schedule has been as follows:

27/04/11:  'An ANZAC's Dream' annotation and deconstruction
29/04/11:  'An ANZAC's Dream' continued
03/05/11:  Speech writing for assessment task
04/05/11:  Speech writing for assessment task
05/05/11:  Speech writing for assessment task
09/05/11:  Assessment Task due.  'Then and Now' reading and annotation
11/05/11:  'Then and Now' tasks
13/05/11:  'Then and Now' tasks continued
17/05/11:  Mrs Lans not in class - School Certificate poetry activities
18/05/11:  Mrs Lans not in class - School Certificate writing activities
19/05/11:  Assessment Task speech presentations.

Monday - Period 5 & Tuesday - Period 3

Narrative revision in preparation for the School Certificate - brainstorm (see below), deconstruction, planning & composition, peer marking.

Friday - Period 3 & Monday - Period 2

School Certificate Preparation:  In these lessons you will compose a feature article on the issue of mosquito alarms.  You will decide the purpose of your article (inform, entertain, educate, etc) and approach (informative, balanced, humorous, etc) and concentrate on a composition that observes the structure and conventions of a feature article.

Monday - Period 5

School Certificate Preparation:  To consolidate our examination of poetry in preparation for the School Certificate, you will annotate an unseen poem under time conditions, as well as complete the short answer questions from the 2006 School Certificate Examination.

Wednesday - Period 1 & Friday - Period 3

School Certificate Trial Feedback - papers returned and teacher feedback given.

• Letter to the Editor - student checklist completed.
• Narrative - marking criteria examined, areas for consideration discussed.
• Poem, 'Circular Breathing' - initial reading in anticipation of review.  Group analysis of a stanza, shared with entire class.  Short answer questions and marking scheme revisited following our analysis.

The aim of this feedback and revision is for you to recognise where you did not achieve marks.  You need to reflect on whether this was an oversight, misunderstanding of the question, or insufficient knowledge.  When you can pinpoint where you lost marks, you can strategise on how to ensure you get them in the School Certificate exam in November.

School Certificate Revision

In Week 8 we have revised each section of the School Certificate Exam paper - multiple choice, short answers, extended writing responses.  Past papers and an online multiple choice quiz can be accessed at the Board of Studies website.

To assist in revision of techniques please find below a Glossary of Terms that you might like to revise.
Stage 6 Glossary of Terms