Reading Skills
What is skimming?
What is quickly looking over a text to get the main idea
What is a thesis statement?
What is the main argument or point of an essay?
Which document are you required to upload for the final examination Part B?
What is 'template' or 4?
Australian schools generally have this many terms per year.
What is four terms?
This sitcom features six friends living in New York City: Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe.
What is Friends?
What is scanning?
What is looking quickly through a text to find specific information?
What does it mean to write concisely?
What is expressing ideas clearly using as few words as necessary.
Name one key element of reflective writing besides describing the experience
What is analysing the experience, learning from it, or connecting it to personal growth
Which standardised assessment collects detailed data on student performance at Years 3, 5, 7, and 9?
What is NAPLAN (National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy)?
This country has won the most FIFA World Cup titles in soccer/football history.
What is Brazil?
Define all the elements in the CAARP framework
What is...
Credibility
Accuracy
Authority
Relevance
Purpose
Name three transition/ flow words that show contrast in writing.
What is however, on the other hand, conversely, alternatively, although...
List the six stages in the Gibbs' reflective cycle
description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion, action plan
Name the national standardised test taken by Year 12 students that is used for university entrance in many states.
What is the ATAR, Australian Tertiary Admission Rank
This director is known for the films Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Who is Quentin Tarantino?
This aspect checks if the source is trustworthy and unbiased. Think about CAARP.
What is credibility?
Identify the problem in this citation:
(Smith, 2021, p. 45-46)
It should be pp. for plural pages.
List four skills/ topics that the multiple choice exam will test you on.
What is...
Reading & navigating academic texts
Essay writing
Referencing basics
Academic language & register
Paraphrasing
Reflective writing
What is the role of ACARA in the Australian education system?
What is developing the national curriculum, assessment, and reporting?
This tennis player has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in men’s tennis history.
Who is Novak Djokovic?
What’s a way to judge if a source is relevant without reading it fully?
What is skimming the title, headings, and introduction?
Identify the problem in this reference list citation. Write your revised version on the white board -
Smith, J. (2021). The Effects of Sleep on Memory. New York, NY: Academic Press.
There is no need to include the location in APA7 anymore.
You do not capitalise every word in the title in APA7. Just the first of the title, and first of the subtitle.
State each criteria in the final exam extended response rubric, and the mark allowance for them.
What is reflection: 5 marks...
Ideas & Content: 7 marks
Text-related: 4 marks
Referencing: 4 marks
He was the first Australian Prime Minister to make education a major national policy focus.
Who is Robert Menzies?
This singer’s real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
Who is Lady Gaga?