Connected+Texts+Study

This is the area where you get to be independent and choose a text in an area or genre of interest. . . this is also where you get to hone your organisation skills because you'll be undertaking the bulk of this work ON YOUR OWN!

The skills you develop here will be vital for your success in Stage Two's Individual Study (of two novel length texts), which is worth 20% of the course.

Here's some advice on how to develop your journal of notes:

This is a criteria sheet PLUS: I've put in loads of scaffolded questions that you can focus on at various stages in your journal. Answering the questions will help you develop the depth of your journal and give you a place to start if you're stuck: