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| Term 1 Program: Junior English |
Our focus for Year 9 and Year 10 English for Term 1 was “Who am I?” Our primary text for Term 1 for our Year 9 English classes was Tim Tipene’s ‘Kura Toa’. For our Year 10 English classes, we looked at ‘The Wave’ and ‘Dawn Raid’ as our primary extended text. The Common Assessment task that our Year 9 and Year 10 English students have been working on is Formal Writing. We are really happy with how our students have responded to the assessment.
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| Term 1: Junior English Formal Writing: Student Exemplar |
We continue to utilize the online literacy app, StepsWeb, during one dedicated weekly library period. This period is also used for sustained reading, allowing students to engage with either the shared class text or a text of their own choice, which directly supports our Junior English program goal of ‘Read for Pleasure.’
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| Term 1: Junior English Formal Writing: Student Exemplar |
I am truly pleased with the success and depth of our Junior English curriculum and the excellent material we covered during Term 1. To ensure long-term consistency and shared best practices, we are currently engaged in the valuable process of collaborating, creating, and sharing comprehensive unit plans for all the texts we teach. It is wonderful that this essential groundwork has already begun in an organic and supportive way as we successfully taught each text this term, establishing a strong, collaborative foundation for our future planning.
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