Year+7+and+8+Class+Routine

=**Year 7 and 8**=


 * //Class routine://**

1. Bell work – free-writing/creative writing, spelling words, punctuation or grammar activity 2. Blooms Revised Taxonomy/ Thinking Hats visible to all students and referred to during each lesson. 3. Outcomes of each lesson clearly indicated at beginning of each lesson. 4. Activity sequence visible for students each lesson. 5. 5 minutes at end of each lesson for quiet reading or lesson reflection (both?) 6. Nightly homework – relates to the bell work (spelling words, punctuation or grammar activity)


 * //Organisational tools://**

1. Groups - established depending on skills to ensure student success, will be used for all group tasks and literacy circles. Also establishes strong links with peers across the grade, peer-marking skills and also facilitates class seating-plan. 2. Portfolio – plastic sleeve folders (1-2) per topic. This is for organising work sheets. End of each month students will put together a 10 page portfolio of their favourite/strongest pieces created during the term. These will be marked and redistributed at beginning of following term – will include a personalised assessment/discussion of student performance in class (strengths and weaknesses in all aspects of class and subject). 3. Pocket dictionaries - students to have these on desks every lesson. Extensive vocabulary is essential for success in English. 4. Assessment booklet – outlining all assessment tasks throughout the year. This will include TWO formal tests, one speech and one short story plus two other class tasks. Due dates and outcomes being assessed will also be included in this booklet. 5. Class edmodo group – homework and assessment tasks, as well as literacy circle discussions. All KLAs will have these to ensure organisation with homework and assessments for students. 6. Class wiki – worksheets/outlines of topics; webquest pages and student-created content 7. Class blog – summary of lessons, discussion questions posted, links for personal research and interest 8. Student blogs – like a digital diary, short for ‘web-log’, students use it to reflect on learning, life and also self-assessment and class/assessment tasks. Develops consciousness as a writer and awareness of the world as well as a distinctive personal voice. Small tasks will be set every week to be completed at own pace. Parents and teachers have unlimited access to student blogs.