Part A: Six in-class tasks and reflective statements (30%)

Six in-class tasks, related to the provocations and lecture content, will be completed collaboratively and reflected on independently.

These six tasks involve:

• Identifying characteristics of learners in Years 5 – 8 with reference to key Ministry of Education documents
• Oral language, vocabulary, concepts and approaches to the wide curriculum
• Grouping, text analysis and school journal resources
• Reviewing writing approaches and processes for older students
• Writing analysis
• Book club presentation

Part A: Criteria for assessment: Students will:

• Attend and participate in every workshop in order to complete each of 6 key tasks
• Use course readings, independently sourced resources as appropriate, and MOE material to inform the topic
• Collaborate with peers in the manner of a professional, contributing skills, understandings, experience and expertise.
• Work in a co-constructive manner to complete, and to assist peers to complete, each task, each week.

• Please Note:
• Each week (first 5 weeks) 2 marks will be assigned for collaboration and completion of the set task in the workshop and 2 marks for your links made to readings/documents (4 marks over all on completion).

• Your ‘Links to readings/documents’ must reference at least one of the readings/documents for the week
• The final week will be the Book Club presentation to peers (10 marks available).
• Tasks will be sighted by the lecturer at various times during the course.
• The whole booklet will then be submitted by Friday 8^th September (30 marks available)

Book Presentation Mark (10 marks)

Booklet mark (20 marks)

Overall mark (30 marks)