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Dear MSC Yr 8,

Welcome to your new wiki! From this space you will be able to collaborate on, develop and present your book club text response activities. Each club has their own page to work on. You will be creating digital showbags based on your text. View the examples from previous years to inspire ideas and help you get started.

To begin our assignments we are going to go through a number of organisational processes. They are: 
 * Select reading texts and organise clubs [[file:2. Book Ballot 2012.doc]]
 * [|Create DoppleMe avatars]- upload DoppleMes to the wiki (and my pictures)
 * Add your book club text to your Premier's Reading Challenge log
 * Complete bookmark activities, type up and paste your bookmark good copy notes into your wiki page
 * [|Create a wordle]based on your text and upload it as a cover image to your wiki page
 * Decide what other features you can include in your digital show bag
 * Decide how club members will work together to complete the assignment tasks

media type="custom" key="4512404" Yours truly, MSC English team

Your book club assignment activity: THE DIGITAL SHOW BAG || ** Prepare a five-minute oral report on your book. All readers of the text must participate. **//**__ This activity is compulsory. __**// || ** Individual evaluation: Each student is to write 300 words explaining if you liked this activity. **//**__ This activity is compulsory. __**// ||
 * You will aim to complete the compulsory activities and a minimum of three more
 * Choose activities to challenge and extend yourself
 * Use this table to guide your learning. The hyperlinks direct you to useful information and sites.
 * Present your work in your wikipage. (To present creative work photograph or scan it).
 * Design a [|show bag] front and back that includes your **__the book title, author, publisher and year of publication__** clearly. The appearance of the show bag should give a clue as to what it will contain. || **Select a character from your book and complete a [|cube] profile on them. Place words, pictures or symbols on each face of the cube.** || Use PhotoPeach or Windows Movie Maker to create a trailer for your text. Make it as exciting and interest capturing as you can. You have images, the written word and music all at your disposal. || **Make a mini [|show bag] on another character. Use a small lunch bag to hold five items that symbolise your character. You should draw or make items that reflect their interests or role in the novel.** ||
 * Use A3 paper or card or a web tool like GameSalad to make a game that explores the themes and plot of you novel. || **Demonstrate [|simple, compund and complex sentences]at work in your novel. Present the sentences in a table, list or poster that uses headings appropriately to identify each of the sentence types.** || Design a new cover for your novel. Be sure to include all the important details. Also **__include a blurb__** on the back of the cover that provides an insight into the story. Remember, the blurb should excite the reader’s interest without giving away too much! || Choice task: respond to the book in any way you like! You could for example, make a detailed diorama, write an alternative ending, script and act a scene from the text, compose a poetic response or make a collage. You could also discover a new web 2.0 tool to use to develop a response. Visit Cogdogroo for ideas. ||
 * Use [|wordle] to highlight 8-10 unfamiliar or interesting words from your text. Look up the [|dictionary] meanings and present a glossary of these words beneath the wordle. || ** Write a review. Use the scaffold provided as a guideline. **//**__ This activity is compulsory and each group member must complete their own review. __**//



ESSAY WRITING: SAC task

= Bookmark jobs: developing reading, note taking, comprehension and analysis skills. = = Student self assessment =

Assess your skills development:
 * EXCELLENT || * 4 bookmark jobs completed for different sections of reading
 * Jobs have been drafted, typed up to good copy and displayed on the wiki ||
 * VERY GOOD || * 4 bookmark jobs have been drafted
 * 2 jobs for different sections of reading are developed to good copy standard and presented on the wiki ||
 * GOOD || * 3 bookmark jobs have been drafted
 * 2 jobs are developed to good copy standard and presented on the wikis ||
 * MINIMAL || * 2 bookmark jobs are drafted and typed up to good copy standard
 * Reading is being done ||

= BOOK CLUBS OVERALL ASSIGNMENT ASSESSMENT: = (Above or at the standard) A B ||  Medium (At or near the standard) C D ||  Minimum (Working toward the standard) D E || Not Shown || = ASSESSMENT CRITERIA FOR SKILLS DEMONSTRATION =
 * High
 * ** # Text title/ Author identified**
 * # Review written and presented on wiki for oral presentation**
 * # 3+ non-compulsory tasks completed and presented on wiki for oral presentation**
 * # Star rating**
 * 1) **Individual evaluation developed and presented with appropriate formatting on wiki** || ** # Text title/Author identified**
 * # Review written and presented for oral presentation (ideally, review is presented on the wiki)**
 * # Some assignment tasks completed**
 * # Star rating**
 * # Individual evaluation developed and presented on wiki** || ** # Text title/Author identified**
 * # Reading of some of the text/Read blurb for oral presentation**
 * # Star rating**
 * # Individual evaluation started and presented on wiki with a minimum of introduction and one body paragraph** || ** # Work not completed and/or presented**
 * # Continual unco-operative and/or poor use of class time**
 * # Numerous absences impacting on participation and completion of required learning**
 * # Individual evaluation not completed** ||
 * ASSESSMENT CRITERIA || Established || Consolidating || Beginning || Not Shown ||
 * Team work ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Understanding of plot / setting. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Character description ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Themes ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Understanding of blurb as insight into storyline. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Review ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Oral ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Language features, sentence construction. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Presentation ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Evaluation ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Teacher Comment ||

Class achievement notices:

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