Reflecting on Connecting

Reflection on L1 Connections standard- discussing similarities and differences between texts helps move students up. This wasn’t something I directly taught, rather I focused on moving up through author’s purpose and students’ engagement with text. Feedback from marking shows markers are wanting similarities/differences and some connections between texts as well. Although the Excellence exemplar doesn’t show much of this, teaching students to include this won’t hurt and it in combination with creator’s purpose/their own engagement, will make for a more well-rounded report. I will be teaching students to compare and contrast texts explicitly in their report from now on.