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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi - I am not an assessor now but given that there are multiple readings of texts I guess that what this descriptor is saying is that any reading must be grounded in the text and recognising that such readings will be different. Presumably the ways in which students interrogate the text should show the complexity of their response and the choices they deliberately make to express their reading. Appropriateness suggests they make choices. For example on Sunday School this week, a teacher talked about the importance of students not just pursuing the flashbacks of the main character of the novel to America but the lived in present of his dialogue with the American. Those students who merely explore the flashbacks without relating it to present time would not have such a complex reading and may just be repeating a received reading instead of using all of their knowledge about the text to tackle the question dynamically. I guess if I were marking – and I have marked in the past – I would be looking for not only the capacity of the student to have developed a complex reading of the text which is supported by that text, but I would be looking at the fluency through which he or she could express that meaning cogently, and succinctly using appropriate metalanguage which is at the same time evocative of the language of the novel. The very best answers use language so well. I have also marked literature as well and in both cases originality and complexity of reading matched by excellent fluency are the hallmarks of top answers. Why is the basis of the text not in other levels? Well it should be but it is only in those high answers that the response is controlled and the student is making choices about appropriate strategies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> english-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:english-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>rdf4@bigpond.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 12 July 2012 1:20 PM<br><b>To:</b> VCE English Teachers' Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [English] expected qualities<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Wondering if there’s any other assessors on this thread who care to comment on the descriptor in question... Personally, and professionally I might add, I find this an interesting issue. If these descriptors hold any weight at all in the assessment process then don’t we have an obligation to understand them; or if they are poorly written then at least identify their shortcomings and deal with it...?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The key questions once again are: What is <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>the basis of the text? </span></strong>For instance, what is the basis of, say, <em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Cat’s Eye</span></em>? And what is meant by <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>an appropriate strategy</span></strong> for dealing with it (ie the topic) and why is there no need for a strategy (appropriate or otherwise) below the 9-10 range?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Thanks <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Russell<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:rdf4@bigpond.com" title="rdf4@bigpond.com">rdf4@bigpond.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> Tuesday, July 10, 2012 8:14 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:english@edulists.com.au" title="english@edulists.com.au">VCE English Teachers' Mailing List</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> Re: [English] expected qualities<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Hi Gail<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Thanks for contributing to this thread. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Just to be clear, it’s dot point 2 in the 8-10 range I’m referring to. I suppose good, clear writing is what I’m concerned about here. Firstly, if someone could explain to me what <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>the basis of the text </span></strong>is<strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>,</span></strong> why it is considered so important then maybe we could then discuss profitable ways of teaching to it. For instance, what is the basis of the text Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood? Secondly, what is meant by an <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>appropriate strategy</span></strong> and why aren't students below the 9-10 range considered to need one, appropriate or otherwise?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I don’t have any anxieties about the discrepancy rates or lack thereof, just thinking that we need to know exactly what is going on in the language and syntax of this descriptor. Gail’s point about students thinking they are meeting the [wider] implications surely become an issue when no such implications are referred to in the examination criteria.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Russell<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:reynolds.gail.g@edumail.vic.gov.au" title="reynolds.gail.g@edumail.vic.gov.au">Reynolds, Gail G</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:57 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:english@edulists.com.au" title="english@edulists.com.au">VCE English Teachers' Mailing List</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> Re: [English] expected qualities<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Hi Russell,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>I think the point of the phrase is that the weaker students will often go off into tangents separating their exploration of the iissues from the text itself; so for example a <em><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Year of Wonders</span></em> response might wander off into a discussion of the plague in general terms, say, how many were killed in London, which is irrelevant to the text which is set (apparently) in Eyam an isolated small village well away from London. The student themselves may think they are meeting the wider implications criteria, but they are not addressing the text. The phrase which worries you is a reminder to the Assessors that these discussions need to be in a context which has a substantial link to the content of the text. (Remember that these criteria are not the ones given on the exam paper but intended for the assessors -- a process I think is somewhat duplicitous ... but that is another issue altogether)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>You should also consider that the assessors make 'on balance' decisions in a process which is holistic marking, ie markers don't tick off criteria as such, but use them as a guide for their marking. An experienced assessor will use these criteria to differentiate scripts, but two responses may receive the same marks although the degree to which they meet each of the stated criteria may show greater strength in one area over another when compared one to the other. It sounds complex, but English has a very low discrepancy rate (assessors disagreeing) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Gail<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><div id=divRpF314813><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:english-bounces@edulists.com.au">english-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [english-bounces@edulists.com.au] on behalf of <a href="mailto:rdf4@bigpond.com">rdf4@bigpond.com</a> [rdf4@bigpond.com]<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 10 July 2012 11:13 AM<br><b>To:</b> VCE English Teachers' Mailing List<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:english@edulists.com.au">english@edulists.com.au</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [English] expected qualities</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Hello Julie and thanks for your response...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I don’t have an issue with the key words you identify... though I have a nagging feeling that the phrase “ from the basis of the text” is redundant. I mean the exam topic itself invariably refers to the text. Unless it’s referring to something else, I don’t understand why it’s there. Also your point about “understanding the text in the wider world”... isn't this a C&P feature rather than a R&R one? My understanding of an R&R response is that it deals with the world of the text, not real world elements...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I also wonder what is meant by “an appropriate strategy for dealing with it” ... ie the topic; and why marks below 8 don’t need a strategy, appropriate or otherwise. From your point of view what would such an appropriate strategy be? Perhaps others also have thoughts on this?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Thanks again,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Russell<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:bookjewel6@gmail.com" target="_blank" title="bookjewel6@gmail.com">Julie</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> Monday, July 09, 2012 8:50 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:english@edulists.com.au" target="_blank" title="english@edulists.com.au">VCE English Teachers' Mailing List</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Cc:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:english@edulists.com.au" target="_blank" title="english@edulists.com.au">mailto:english@edulists.com.au</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> Re: [English] expected qualities<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Hi Russell,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The key words in this description, for me, are: 'implications', 'exploring' and 'complexity'. The thinking associated with these words is quite sophisticated. While we hope that all students respond 'from the basis of the text' it is usually clear that the best responses take the ideas so much further. The basic response 'describes' the ideas in the topic while the best response moves way beyond this and understands the text in the wider world. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>It is hard to explain but when you see the difference in student responses the difference is more obvious.<br><br>Regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Julie Squires<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><br>On 09/07/2012, at 12:42 PM, <<a href="mailto:rdf4@bigpond.com" target="_blank">rdf4@bigpond.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Hi <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I’m looking at the 2011 Expected Qualities (Reading and Responding) for exam markers and wonder what people understand by the term... “Demonstrates an understanding of the implications of the topic...exploring its complexity <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>from the basis of the text</span></strong>.” I note that this expected quality is only referred to in the 8-10 mark range. One would like to think that most students would use the text as the basis for their response; or am I missing the point...?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/english/2008eng-crit-descriptors.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/english/2008eng-crit-descriptors.pdf">http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/english/2008eng-crit-descriptors.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Russell</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:lorrainepaul@hotmail.com" target="_blank" title="lorrainepaul@hotmail.com">Lorraine Paul</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> Sunday, July 08, 2012 7:58 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:english@edulists.com.au" target="_blank" title="english@edulists.com.au">english@edulists.com.au</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> Re: [English] VCE English Teachers and Coordinators<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><br>Thanks Mary. I teach in an independent school. It's nice when you have forums like this. All the best!<br></span><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>Lorraine </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center id=stopSpelling></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>From: <a href="mailto:mary.mason@bigpond.com" target="_blank">mary.mason@bigpond.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:english@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">english@edulists.com.au</a><br>Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 09:21:46 +1000<br>Subject: Re: [English] VCE English Teachers and Coordinators<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Lorraine - I’m sorry. You need to have an edumail address to access the site. You can be a crt teacher or an employee in a state school.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mary</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=ecxmsonormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:english-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">english-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [<a href="mailto:english-bounces@edulists.com.au">mailto:english-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lorraine Paul<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 7 July 2012 11:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:english@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">english@edulists.com.au</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [English] VCE English Teachers and Coordinators</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br>Hello Mary,</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=ecxmsonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Is this open only to State School Teachers ?<br></span><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>Lorraine </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>! </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=ecxmsonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 12:58:49 +1000<br>From: <a href="mailto:mcclenaghan.douglas.j@edumail.vic.gov.au" target="_blank">mcclenaghan.douglas.j@edumail.vic.gov.au</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:english@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">english@edulists.com.au</a><br>Subject: Re: [English] VCE English Teachers and Coordinators</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Hello Mary</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Yes, I am certainly interested in this. Sign me up.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Yours</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Douglas McClenaghan<br><br>>>> Mary Mason<<a href="mailto:mary.mason@bigpond.com" target="_blank">mary.mason@bigpond.com</a>> 7/06/2012 11:13 AM >>></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear VCE teachers</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>I am working with a group for the Department of Education on designing course materials for Years 11 and 12 VCE English for State School Teachers. We are also working on a site on! the Ultranet for teachers new to VCE English. This site will provide excellent materials for teachers; provide opportunities for them to ask questions of experienced VCE teachers; participate in a forum with other teachers; and opportunities to access virtual discussions/lectures on aspects of the course. We are also hopeful that there could be a forum on it for collaborative research for VIT projects. We would like to have about 30 teachers from state schools ,who are presently teaching VCE, who would be willing to trial and help us to build the site so it will be helpful for teachers. Participation will count towards professional development time and will, I think, be most interesting. If you are a CRT teacher you are welcome to join as well. I know it is diffi! cult sometimes for you to pick up professional development hours. Please contact me directly on my email: <a href="mailto:mary.mason@bigpond.com" target="_blank">mary.mason@bigpond.com</a> if you are able to participate. The trial will be in Term 3 and will involve you loggi! ng into the site, participating in some of the forums, and feeding back to us your comments.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Best wishes</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Mary Mason</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Consultant to the Ultranet</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=ecxmsonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br><b>Important - </b>This email and any attachments may be confidential. 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