HBL+SRQ

Gentlemen,

This is the page I have mounted for you to kickstart Home-Based Learning for Term 2.

However, do remember that to complete all the readings and work here, 1 hour is definitely insufficient.

Instead, I would like you to follow my cues and use this as a platform to continue with our lesson on getting the SRQ right.

Do take note that to get everything adequately done here, it would take you through to the middle of the June holidays.

//**Follow-up session from last assignment:**//

__**PART 1**__


 * 1) Feedback Session**

4B1 and 4P3 would have received their SRQ assignment on 'Letting Go of the Cane' from me.

Do go through the comments on your script before you click on to the feedback below.

For 4S1, please read the feedback in detail before I return you your scripts on Thursday.




 * 2) Close Textual Reading**

Now that you have a clearer idea of what markers look out for in a 'good' script as well as the kind of answers you should avoid, please read the following article on 'Role of Teachers: Grade Expectations'.



Before you begin the next task, I would like you to review the demands of the SRQ marking rubric. Here they are:




 * 3) Understanding and Analysis**

I believe you are now ready to put your analytical powers to the test.

Please read Script 1 and 2 - both 'A' scripts - by focusing not only on its contents but also on the comments given at the side. Do take note of the merits of both scripts, which represent two perspectives of the same issue.




 * 4) PRACTICE Time**

Now that you have a good idea of what markers look out for in an excellent script, you may now try your hand at grading the following script.



Besides deciding the grade e.g. High C, Low C, etc, you should also decide on the //**content and language score as well as include**// //**comments/ remarks to explain for your decision.**//

Please use the discussion board on this page to capture your response.

I will share with you the actual grade given for this answer by Friday 27 May.

__**PART 2**__
 * //SRQ Writing Assignment// - __//due end of lst week of June holiday (8 June 2011)//__**



This assignment should be accompanied by a planning template (like the attached document below), a concept mind OR a model of your own design.



If you would like to work on a common planning template with a friend (i.e. pair work), do feel free to do so. However, your __**SRQ answer**__ __**has to be done individually.**__

In short, great minds may think alike but they must not write alike!

I would prefer to receive your work in hard copy (via my pigeon hole). However, if you insist on sending it via email, I will still print it out grudgingly.

__**PART 3**__
 * Independent Study Module**

Please access our VLE site for more samples of SRQ passages and a full range of graded responses to these passages.

Students of 4B1 and those in my remedial group have already been introduced to this site (VLE English - Sec 4 BSC package). However, you will need to spend more time on your own to enhance your understanding of this component of Paper 1.

[] This should basically wrap up what we should cover for SRQ by Term 2.