<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The language analysis was fine, and the Identity and Belonging prompt was as straight forward as we'd hoped. However, our students felt the Kathy focused question on <i>In The Lake of the Woods</i> was quite restrictive (although the structure one was a gift, many didn't want to write on it). I agree with Scott, in that I think the newspaper as the audience/publication a significant concern for students who chose to write imaginatively - I really hope the assessors accept that a work experience student might write a monologue or a short story. for example, to express their thoughts on such a prompt. After the event, some of our students were quite panicked about whether their work would be 'acceptable'. <div>Alison Smith</div><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 12pt Tahoma"><div dir="ltr"><br> <hr tabindex="-1"> <font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:english-bounces@edulists.com.au">english-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> on behalf of Jan May<br><b>Sent:</b> Fri 31/10/2008 1:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:english@edulists.com.au">english@edulists.com.au</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [English] Re: English exam<br></font><br></div> <div>Yes, ours enjoyed (if that's the right word!) the language analysis issue. Nice visual material too. Lake in the Woods topics were great. Mixed feelings about Conflict prompt and use of 'extraordinary'. The best kids were fine with it but suspect average students may have just read 'extraordinary' as a positive word. Be a good discriminator! <br>Jan <br>>>> "Julie Thomas" <<a href="mailto:jt@brightp12.vic.edu.au">jt@brightp12.vic.edu.au</a>> 31/10/2008 12:49 >>><br>Yes, our kids seemed mostly pretty pleased when they came out. Most really<br>liked the language analysis, and were also happy with the Identity and<br>Belonging prompt. Looked OK to me.<br><br>Julie Thomas<br>Bright P-12 College<br>Bright 3741<br><br></div></div></blockquote></div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Gill Sans'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Gill Sans'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Gill Sans'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Gill Sans'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#008000">Alison Smith</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#008000">Chisholm House Leader</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#008000">Wanganui Park Secondary College</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#008000">Shepparton, Victoria</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#008000">Phone: 03 5820 9900</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#008000"><br></font></div></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div><p></p><p><b>Important - </b>This email and any attachments may be confidential. 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