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Drafting Your ALT 3 Reflection

In this lesson you annotate a sample reflection to distinguish deep evidence from vague claims. You then draft a complete first ALT 3 reflection on your own role in the collaborative task, aiming toward roughly 500 to 800 words and tying at least four transferable skills to real moments.

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    1 - Getting Started ~5 mins

    Illustration for Getting StartedYou are applying everything from the collaborative task today. Open these Strand 2.1 portfolio files if you have them: ALT 3 Transferable Skills, ALT 3 Framework Choice, and Collaborative Task Process Reflection. ALT 3 begins in earnest now: a complete first draft on the role you played and the skills you can prove, aiming toward roughly 500–800 words.

    If any file is missing, pair with someone from your group who has a full set so you can still draft from shared memory of the same group work.

    A weak draft lists skills. A strong draft puts the reader in the room with you. You will mark the difference on a sample first, then write your own.

    2 - Key Terms ~5 mins

    Three terms you will use while you annotate and while you write:

    TermWhat it means for youReal example
    ALT 3 draftYour first full reflection on the collaborative task for the Applied Learning Task. This is the draft your teacher will count as ALT 3 work in progress.ALT 3 Collaborative Reflection Draft in your Strand 2.1 folder, aiming toward roughly 500–800 words
    Role reflectionWriting that shows your moves inside the group, not only the group's outcome. Every section should answer: what did I do that somebody else in the room could point to?"I timed the silent ideation round and stopped people from editing ideas out loud"
    Evidence depthWhether a skill claim carries a real moment, an action, and a result. Before you keep a sentence, ask whether a stranger could picture the day.Shallow: "I am good at teamwork." Deep: a named disagreement, what you did, what changed

    3 - Annotate Then Draft ALT 3 ~35 mins

    Two timed parts in this step. First you annotate Sam's draft so you can feel the difference between a claim and a moment. Then you write your own ALT 3 reflection.

    Part 1 – Annotate (about 8–10 minutes): open the annotator. Tag each marked phrase as specific evidence, a vague claim, a skill shown with proof, a clear role, or a missing next step. Use Check when you want a nudge. When the model answer appears, tell the person beside you one place you differed and why (oral only; no need to write it down).

    Part 2 – Draft (about 25 minutes): open a new document in your Strand 2.1 folder (Module 2 community strand) called ALT 3 Collaborative Reflection Draft.

    Before you write, have these three sources open:

    • ALT 3 Transferable Skills
    • ALT 3 Framework Choice
    • Collaborative Task Process Reflection

    Write a complete first draft on your role in the collaborative task. Aim for approximately 500–800 words, or enough length to give specific evidenced moments for at least four transferable skills. Open ALT 3 Framework Choice and use the structure you already picked; do not switch frameworks today. Shape paragraphs as Situation / Action / Result, or as What / So-what / Now-what, matching your choice. End with what you would carry into the next group or workplace setting.

    Today's floor: a complete structure (clear role, evidenced skills, next step), with at least three evidenced skill moments and a role paragraph, saved under the agreed name. Stretch toward 500+ words if you can. Short drafts still count if saved correctly; finish length before next lesson's peer review if needed.

    This draft is ALT 3 evidence in progress for your teacher. Peer review of your ALT 3 Collaborative Reflection Draft comes next lesson; today the job is a complete first full draft, not a perfect one.

    Sam's ALT 3 draft: strong or shallow?

    4 - Think About It ~10 mins

    Use these as a quiet self-check while you finish drafting. If you have already hit roughly 500 words and saved the file, you can talk them through with the person beside you. Pair share is optional and only after the draft is saved.

    • Does every claim carry a moment? Skim your draft once. Put a mark beside every skill word. If the next two sentences do not name a day, a task, or a thing that happened, that claim is still Sam's teamwork paragraph.
    • Would a group-mate recognise themselves in your role section? If they would only recognise the group outcome and not your moves, deepen the role reflection before next lesson's peer review.

    If you want a portfolio note later, add three lines under your draft naming the thinnest claim you still need to fix and where the missing moment lives (which day of the task, which stage).

    5 - What You Covered ~5 mins

    Today you applied your collaborative-task evidence to the first full ALT 3 draft.

    • You labelled strong and weak moves in a sample reflection, focusing on evidence depth and clear role.
    • You drafted a complete first reflection in ALT 3 Collaborative Reflection Draft (Strand 2.1), aiming toward approximately 500–800 words, with transferable skills tied to real moments.
    • You checked whether each claim carries a moment a stranger could picture.
    • This file is ALT 3 evidence in progress for your teacher; next lesson you peer-review and revise it.
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