Welcome back to Term 2.

Welcome back to Term 2. I hope you have all had a restful and relaxing break and are ready to work hard as we get stuck into Unfamiliar text work and also begin our work towards the AS: 1.11 Understanding of Visual Texts. To achieve this standard you will be required to present a detailed response to a visual text which has not been specifically discussed or studied in class.  We will work together to build our skills and understanding of visual and oral features through describing, and explaining their significance in the short film, Tama Tu. This will be our practice task, and you will have the opportunity to discuss, receive feedback  and complete a draft assessment.

We are going to start week 1 of  Term 2 completing the unfamiliar text work and responding to the poem, 'Micky the fox terrier at the zoo' by Anna Jackson.  This work is all in our Hapara workspace in the Unfamiliar text section. I have added in a model of an example answer. We will work together in class with a paper copy of the poem and revise our annotation skills. You also have access to a digital copy of the poem in the workspace.

Reading Portfolio work must now be completed in your own time, and I urge you to attend the weekly lunchtime tutorials in R12 on Monday and Thursday to help you complete this work to the required standard.

Hapara Workspace link HERE

Unfamiliar Text: A Poem. 'Micky the Fox Terrier at the Zoo'.

On Wednesday in class we will begin our work on developing our understanding and responding skills to unfamiliar text. This will continue throughout the year and will give us all lots of time to develop these skills in preparation for the external exam at the end of the year in T4.
Today we are going to look at a poem, and the different strategies we can use to help us make sense of this poem.
I have added this to our workspace Y11 English.

The reading part of the literacy portfolio is now due in. There will be no more class time allocated to that work. Check where you are up to in the progress charts, and well done to you who have completed this. Hard work and commitment pays off.
For those of you who have not finished this work, you are expected to work on these tasks for regular homework and attend the tutorials that are on offer in R12 on Thursday lunchtimes to help you to achieve this.  Other days maybe negotiated with me.