
Planning & Organising
Equipment; resources; assessment notifications; brainstorming
1. Setting Yourself Up for Success​
What equipment do you need?
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Internet, books, pens, highlighters, calendar, etc.
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Where will you get the key task info?
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Scope and Sequences
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Assessment Schedules
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Task notifications
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Scaffolds
What eResources can you access for learning content?
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Student Portal (gives access to Britannica School & Canvas)
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This Library Website's Research page (lots of good links)
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State Library of NSW membership (for academic articles)
2. Using your Assessment Notification to plan​
Assessment notifications can be challenging.
Don't be scared! If you take your time, you can learn a lot.
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Tips:​​​
Read it 3 times!
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1st read: get a basic idea of the task.
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2nd read: Use a highlighter. Highlight important words and ideas.
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3rd read: Make sure everything makes sense.
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Note Key Information
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Due date
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Mode (essay; presentation, in class test, etc)
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Weighting (eg 25%)
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Length (word count; presentation length, etc)
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Understand the knowledge and skills you're being assessed on.
Tip: Try re-wording the descriptions into simpler words to help you
to understand what's required.* (Get your teacher/parent to help if you need to)
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What's the key verb? eg:
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Assess: Make a judgement of value, quality, outcome, results or size
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Analyse: Identify the components and relationships between them, then draw out and relate the implications
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Compare: Show how things are different or similar to each other
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Describe: Provide characteristics and features
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Discuss: Identify issues and provide points for and/or against
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Explore: Inquire into a topic in detail
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Evaluate: Provide a judgement of quality or value
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Summarise: Give a brief statement of the main ideas​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
3. Brainstorm​
Questions to get you thinking, and to guide your research
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What is it?
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What are its different elements?
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Why does it exist? What's it's purpose?
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Who benefits from it?
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Which bits make sense?
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Which bits are confusing?
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Where can you explore to find that information?
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Do you need help? Who can help you?
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Further Reading:
