Stages of the SDL process

What happened

Planning

Analysing needs

With guidance from teachers, students recorded their intentions regarding improvement and their immediate goals for learning. They were encouraged to make the goals achievable and specific.
Completed samples of the portfolio were provided for guidance. Teachers also gave comments on the students' goals.

Setting goals

Making a plan

Choosing resources

Teachers provided lists of materials for reading / viewing under the main themes of health, technology and entertainment. Students could choose from these lists or choose other materials on the same themes.

Recommended Texts~Health.doc
Recommended Texts~Entertainment.docx
Recommended Texts~Technology.doc

Implementing

Keeping records

Students kept a learning portfolio, including a summary of the content and their reflections on the texts they read or viewed, together with some vocabulary items chosen from the text.
Teachers introduced the portfolio using some worked examples.

Pop culture portfolio.docx
Pop culture portfolio_example.docx

Monitoring

Students completed an entry in their portfolios for each text they read or viewed. Teachers responded with comments on their reflections.

Study-balance monitoring

Evaluating

Evaluating learning and progress

Students did self-evaluation at the end of the project. Some also shared their self-reflection in class
As a practice assessment task, students gave an individual presentation, either on a text or topic they had studied, or on their reflections on their learning in the project. Peer assessment was conducted during the presentation task.