Morning+Session

non-Aboriginal people to pay their respects to the traditional owners of the land to show the importance of land to Aboriginal people and the special cultural and spiritual relationship they have with the land and each other.
 * ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY** is a way for both Aboriginal and

**Beliefs and Practices** :
 * discussion post [[image:writingsecondarysubjects/post_icon.png link="http://writingsecondarysubjects.wikispaces.com/message/view/Morning+Session/51428322"]]


 * alignment document **[]**

**Identifying Subject-Specific Literacy and Writing Demands**
 * supporting student success
 * importance of articulating writing demands
 * literacy continuum and specific subjects

**Reflecting on writing tasks** Consider the writing task and criteria you have brought with you today. What do students need to be able to do in order to be successful in your task ?

**Activating and building on prior knowledge** Click on this link to examine the types of texts students come to Year 7 with experience of: Prior learning discussion post
 * []**

By examining the critical differences between the second highest and highest scores for each of the criteria, identify what the critical shifts are. What do you need to know more about in order to provide explicit and systematic teaching in writing in your subject(s) to support students to achieve at the highest levels ?
 * What Sydney region data for Writing suggests: **