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JCT English 2020/2021

Starting at 2pm

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Session 3

The Collection of the Student’s Texts - Supporting Student Learning

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Structure of today

9.30 am

Progressing Learning in Junior Cycle English

12:00 pm

Oral Language in Junior Cycle English

Choose a

Workshop

Film in Junior Cycle:

A Resource

2.00 pm

The Collection of Student Texts to Support Progress   

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Elective Workshops

12:00 pm

Oral Language in Junior Cycle English

Choose a

Workshop

Film in Junior Cycle:

A Resource

Share ideas /Further questions

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Learning Intention

  • To explore the role of the Collection of the Student’s Texts in progressing student learning
  • Developing the writing process
  • Sharing and managing feedback
  • Shared approaches in our department

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The Continuous Writing Process - supporting growth

The specification recommends that students build up their varied collection of texts over time with guidance and direction from the teacher. 

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…..focus on the developmental nature of writing and on developing the student’s understanding of the writing process.

(Junior Cycle English Assessment Guidelines p.21)

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Collections of Student Work Across the Curriculum

L1/L2 Learning Programmes

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The Writing Process

  • The development of the student’s skills and appreciation of writing, as well as attendant skills in oral communication and reading, is the main purpose of the process. 

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Junior Cycle English Assessment Guidelines p.20

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 Teachers Sharing Practice - the Writing Process

Elaine Feeney Audio

‘An eclectic mix……’��

What does the Collection of Texts look like in your classroom? 

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Teachers Sharing Practice: Digital Supports

JCT English Associate Joe Rolston

JCT English Associate Muireann Nagle

www.jct.ie/English/resources

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Teachers Sharing Practice - Digital Supports�

JCT English Associate Joe Rolston

How does this practice support the writing process?

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Effective Feedback

  • Focused on the quality of the student work
  • Related to agreed success criteria
  • Identifies success and achievement
  • Indicates suggestions for improvement
  • Prompts student thinking
  • Allows time for improvement to take place

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Report on the enactment of Junior Cycle English 2020

  • In feedback on CBA 2 many teachers participating in the review spoke of the opportunities for feedback conversations arising from this CBA, and how this is beneficial for students as it places value on the drafting process.

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  • Teachers reported that students benefitted from reflecting on their work and gaining ownership of their writing in the decision-making process of selecting their work for the Collection of Texts.

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Feedback Strategies - the role of students

Dylan Wiliam video

Consider the merits of the feedback approaches outlined in the video

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Managing Student Feedback

‘Feedback should be more work for the recipient than the donor’

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  • Discuss these strategies�
  • Share how you manage effective feedback.

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A motion picture of student learning….

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Learning Intention

  • To explore the role of the Collection of the Student’s Texts in progressing student learning
  • Developing the writing process
  • Sharing and managing feedback
  • Shared approaches in our department

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Moving Forward in our Department

Select some of these suggestions to discuss for your department's agreed approach on The Collection of Student Texts

  • Consider how to integrate into the department plan, summative assessments which require the composition of texts in a variety of genres over time.

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  • Develop and share strategies to support student reflection and engagement with feedback.

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  • Develop a policy around the storage, development and handover of the collection of student texts materials between teachers across the years.

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  • Develop a system where students maintain a working collection of drafts and redrafts and room for editing notes to be made on students' texts.

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  • Review use of feedback with a focus on improving the writing craft for students.

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Choosing a Breakout Room

The breakout room option will appear in your zoom control bar, or on the top right of the screen if you are on a mobile device. Click on it.

Hover over/tap the blue number beside your school name to get the join button, then click join to enter the breakout room.

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Structure of the Day

Workshops

Progressing Learning in Junior Cycle English

Oral Language in Junior Cycle English

Film in Junior Cycle

A Resource

The Collection of Student Texts to Support Progress   

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Further resources

Visit our website www.jct.ie/english

Contact our team of advisors at info@jct.ie

www.artsinjuniorcycle.ie

Follow us on Twitter

@JCTEnglish

Here

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English Feedback Form

  • We appreciate your feedback on the day and on your future support needs.
  • Please follow the link below and complete the feedback form: 
  • Log onto www.jctregistration.ie
  • Click on Feedback in the top right corner

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Finally…