Schedule of work until the end of term - this is subject to change!

OK, so we still have quite a few assessments to do, but here is a rough plan of how we might roll out the Comm 4 and Oral Presentation Skills Units. Remember, I am planning for 5 months or so here, so will do my best to keep to it, no mean feat with two Units to work to. Oh, and there are lots of Mondays that we miss due to holidays!

As a reminder there are 13 assessments you do for me. For Comm 4 (2x reading, 2x listening, 2x talking and 2x writing) and for Oral Presentation Skills (2x presentation analysis, 1x presentation plan, 2x presentations to deliver).

Many of you have already completed 4 assessments - Comm 4 reading (digital books), OPS speaking (how to do), OPS plan (how to do) and OPS analysis 1 (Jamie Oliver). In the next couple of weeks you will also have completed (for Comm 4) 1 writing outcome (an essay you did for Evan) and 1 listening outcome (another Radio 4 Word of Mouth transmission). Phew...so, lets see if we can follow the plan below!

31st Jan - listen to Word of Mouth radio transmission on "language borrowing" again.
1st and 7th Feb - work in groups, discuss the programme, answer some questions.
8th and 14th Feb - listening assessment for Comm 4 and hand in any history essay of your choosing that has passed for Evan - this will be credited as a pass for one of the writing outcomes for Comm 4.
15th Feb - hand back listening assessments for remediation (if necessary) and watch film 1 (of 2).
21st Feb - discuss film that was watched on the 15th and look at how to write a film review.
22nd Feb - watch film 2 (of) 2.
28th and 29th Feb - write up review for one of the films we watched in class.
7th March - give out brief for oral presentation (this will double up for Comm 4 and OPS outcomes - one presentation, two passes!)
8th, 14th and 15th March - prep for presentation.
21st, 22nd, 28th, 29th March and 4th April - presentation delivery (no plan needed).
5th April - Any remediation for assessments as necessary.

11th April until 26th April - EASTER VACATION

26th April - assemble into groups for group discussions. Research on topics.
2nd May - HOLIDAY!
3rd May - assessed group discussions (timeslots to be agreed in previous session).
9th May - at this stage we will have three assessments to complete - one listening, one reading and one analysis of an oral presentation. I suggest that we negotiate what is best re assessments at this stage. The last day of classes will be TUESDAY 14TH JUNE.

I hope this will work out well for us. I am satisfied that it will be.

We can move things around if we feel we need to, but this is the proposal anyway!

Cheers, Mark