Week 3 - Moving on to Free Verse Writing- Wednesday 21st

I have realised that the Solo taxonomy and HOT maps and rubrics support many aspects of thinking. These 'learning to learn' tools support the development of creative thinking,developing and extending the metalanguage of learning in making learning visible,in developing and writing learning intentions,and in metacognition, self-directing learning through determining WTN (where to next steps)and reflection of learning.

Today we looked at the structural features of Free Verse poetry. Once we had determined these we then developed a 3 tier Solo taxonomy rubric to guide our writing and direct improvement of our writing. We decided to develop criteria in three main areas: creativity, use of structural features and inclusion of figurative language ( similes0 and descriptive language. We determined the criteria for each level of thinking. The development of this rubric was a collaborative activity.