[English] support for yr 7-10 program

[Kathy Skidmore]

We did a grid, taken from the VELS document, that listed the progressions
skill by skill. They DON¹T ALWAYS OCCUR (!!!) e.g. Spelling is not mentioned
at all levels. 
We then decided that for each task in class we would assign a specific skill
­ and assess on a rubric for that skill. On a 5-point rubric, 3 would be ³at
standard² - e.g. 5.0 and the corresponding/surrounding points would match
the surrounding VELS levels.
If you use RUBISTAR, you get 4 levels, and I personally use 3 as ³at
standard², as being near the ³top² encourages the kids.
If you want to assess a piece of work for a variety of skills or VELS
strands, you modify accordingly, but the assessment becomes less specific.
We devise our own rubrics, but share them, as not everyone does the same
tasks. However, the underlying philosophy is used across all levels.
Cheers ­ hope that is clear enough!
Kathy Skidmore,
Wanganui Park SC
Shepparton.


On 14/02/11 12:01 PM, "Neale Baker" <NBaker at sac.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi Jenny
> I would be happy to join the discussion. I am in my first year as Head of
> English and am interested in the same ideas, though I may not have much to
> offer so far...
> We are going to look at assessment sheets too as we have a million and one
> different varieties so we want to have some common ground for consistency and
> also to have the students have some idea of what we require.
> Briefly, overview we seem to handle the text analysis side of English quite
> well and preparing studenyts for writng essays. For us this year, we are
> concentrating more on writing, creatively I suppose as looking at our Y12
> results the context is the area we atre down.. We use short forms at Y7-10
> using extracts from authors as models for their own writing, poetry and prose.
> This seems to be working quite well. Studnets anecdotal feedback is quite
> positive.
> Does this help? I will check your twitter feed as well
>  
> Neale Baker
> Head of English
> Sacré C¦ur
> 172 Burke Road, Glen Iris, Australia 3146
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> From: english-bounces at edulists.com.au [english-bounces at edulists.com.au] On
> Behalf Of Jenny Gilbert [nenifoofer at gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, 12 February 2011 8:27 AM
> To: 'VCE English Teachers' Mailing List'
> Subject: [English] support for yr 7-10 program
> 
> Hi
>  
> I know this list is for VCE but I am hopeful some people may like to share
> with me off list what goes on in year 7-10 in their schools. I am no going
> into my third year as domain leader and I have a real bee in my bonnet. I want
> to prepare a complete scope and sequence for 7-10 that clearly goves the big
> picture and determines the common ground we work from at the school level. I
> am struggling with the best way to format or lay this out ­ I have seen a good
> example from NSW ­ but that isn¹t quite what I need since the underlying core
> standards are different from the VELS. Would you care to share such a map of
> what your school is doing?
>  
> I am also after examples of assessment sheets  ­ the model we use was
> originally prepared for VELS recording and blending this with grading. Having
> used it for a number of years we are finding it is not a useful tool for
> students or their parents for lots of reasons I do not wish to into. I know
> there is no perfect beast for this ­ but if you are prepared to share what
> your school does I would greatly appreciate it. I am genuinely interested in
> those of you using rubrics ­ what do you have one them ­ how do you Œscore¹
> them. There are I know thousands of examples online but most seem linked to
> everyone else¹s curriculum. Finding those that specifically identify
> objectives based on VELS PP¹s is something I have not succeeded at when it
> comes to seeing what others do. Any advice/example would be appreciated.
>  
> In return If you are a twitter user you will see I use #vceeng to share
> resources. Please join me. Thanks
>  
>  
> Jenny Gilbert
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