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This term, Nicholle explored and analysed the novella, ‘Of Mice and Men’. From her answers in quizzes, discussion and summaries; she has the strategies and abilities to tackle unknown words and phrases. (Scored an average of 84% when tested on unfamiliar words and expression from the text). She is also able to determine factual information directly from the text. Moreover, she could discern between facts and opinions, as well as, distinguish parts of information which are essential from those that are just interesting. Her responses show that she can provide a more complete retelling, where she can identify and retell the sequence of actions or events, make inferences and offer a reasonably good evaluation of the story. When discussing underlying
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