1b_Announcements

__Announcements__:

**//Congratulations on your participation in the Leading Literacy for Writing course!//**

==The following checklist needs to be completed by COB 19 December 2011 so that we can finalise MyPL course completion on 20 December 2011. ==

Dear All
==== Please note the **PDF Portfolio resources from the Stage 4 & 5 Persuasive Writing course is too big to upload on the wiki**. I invite you to join the **persuasive writing edmodo group**. A copy of the portfolio has been uploaded on Edmodo for members to download. Note: It may take a bit of time for it to be downloaded because it is a big file. ==== ==== Go to __www.edmodo.com __create a teacher account and join the groups with the following group codes ====
 * ====**Persuasive Writing:** Group code r45824 ====
 * ====**Accelerated Literacy:** Group code 0s34er (note this group will grow in resources over the next few weeks- if you have resources to share feel free to upload these on the page) ====



Rhonda Kaidbay **(02) 9886 7075 | rhonda.kaidbay@det.nsw.edu.au ** Amiee Jahshan (nee Satchell) ** (02) 9886 7021 | amiee.satchell@det.nsw.edu.au **
 * Kind regards **

__**Acknowledgements **__
====<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Please note that the<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **quality teaching cards** featured in the program were created by Tracy Consodine South Western Sydney Region. ==== ====<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**program template** was designed by Angela Byron from South Western Sydney Region. ====

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #460dd9; display: block; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">**Dear All****On the 15th August we will embark on the wiki discussion. To all facilitators, when uploading your unit and the enriched assessment task, please ensure your blurb contains the following essential ingredients:** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #460dd9; display: block; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">//**The unit of work is on...**// //**The conceptual focus is....**// //**The literacy skills that I will be focusing on are...**// //**The cohort of students this lesson is designed for are (a short description about the challenges and strengths students bring to the classroom)**// //**The strengths in this assessment and/or unit so far are...**// //**The challenges have been...**// //**One prompting question to stimulate the wiki discussion (i.e. Can anyone offer any suggestions on how I can further enhance the links between the program and the set tasks?)**//