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Kiwifruit are a New Zealand favourite since ages ago. Also known as a Chinese gooseberry, or in other parts of the world shortened to just "kiwi".
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New Zealand at War
Level Ten
Suzie and the Space Nuts (Ep.1)
Make Up Magic
Suzie and the Space Nuts (Ep. 3)
Celebrity Reviver
Suzie and the Space Nuts (Ep.4)
Bok Choy
A Vanishing Art
Good Spotting!
Bok Choy
Walt: Retell the story again in our own words
Understand the author's point of view
Instructions:
Retell the story again in your own words
What were the main ideas?
Who were the characters?
Was there a problem/ solution?
What was the author trying to tell us in this story?
What did you learn from this story?
The Advice Column is for you to identify the problem for a character and suggest appropriate solutions to these problems.
Both activities are one post.
For your plays, you need to retell what the play is about and reflect as per usual
Activity: Play Reflection
Celebrity Reviver
Walt: Understand the author's point of view
Use fluency and expression when reading out loud
Instructions:
1. Make a copy of your activity
2. Choose a celebrity character from the play
3. Pretend you are that character asking for advice on how to revive their fame
Eg. Amanda the actress from Longacre Avenue needs help to get back on the tv show, what should she do?
4. On the next slide offer up advice of what your celebrity character should do to regain their fame
Eg. Angel the singer could audition for X Factor or The Voice. She could also get professional help to help launch her singing career again
5. Check your activity again to ensure it makes sense
6. Post it to your blog and move onto your play reflection
Make Up Magic
Walt: Understand the author's point of view
Use prior knowledge and information from the text to help our understanding
Instructions:
1. Read the text again by yourself
2. Open and make a copy of your activity
3. Read each statement carefully and find proof in the text to support whether the author would agree or disagree
4. Insert your answers with the page number and evidence as proof
5. Check your answers with a buddy in your group
6. Post your google drawing and a short paragraph that explains what the article is about
7. Remember to acknowledge the author and where the article can be found
8. Publish to your blog
Activity: Make Up Magic
When you've finished, check you have completed any unfinished tasks in your literacy blog log.
Spend 15 minutes on your animations
Spend 20 minutes on your Reading Eggs (you must have at least 500 eggs or move before you can go into the mall or arcade areas)
Level Ten
Walt: Retell the story again in our own words
Read with expression and fluency
Instructions:
Open up your activity
Write a paragraph that retells what this story is about in your own words.
Your paragraph must include the main ideas:
computer game, sucked into, main characters, tried to escape.
Record your paragraph using an iPad, upload both paragraph and movie to your blog.
Activity: Level Ten
A Vanishing Art
WALT: Find proof to support the author’s ideas in the text
WALT: Use prior knowledge with information from the text to help our understanding
A Vanishing Art written by Maragret Vlassoff. Article found in Connected 3, 2007
Instructions:
You are going to use the book to help you find proof of whether the author would agree or disagree with each statement.
You need to add in the page number and give evidence of why you think the author would agree or disagree.
Discuss your answers with a buddy from your group, once you have finished
Watch these videos here and write a paragraph to explain what you have learned about Tapa Cloth making. Add your paragraph and your activity to your blog
Fast Finishers: Create a design for a tapa cloth.
Draw your draft on white paper first. Once you've finished, show Miss Lavakula for a good piece of paper to publish your design.
Use this link to find patterns. Your patterns must have meaning.
Write a paragraph to explain why Tapa cloth is a dying art. Have 3-5 ideas. Make sure your ideas make sense and are clear to your audience.
Suzie and the Space Nuts (Ep. 4)
Walt: Understand comic art
Infer hidden meanings/ Predict what could happen next in the story
Instructions
1. Re-read through the comic
2. Make a copy of your activity
3. Read each instruction on each slide carefully
4. You can use parts of previous work
5. On the last slide you need to review the comic for others
Reviews are a way of critiquing books, stories, comics, movies, food etc. Look at some of the examples here. Create a review for Suzie and the Space Nuts created by Lorenzo Van Der Lingen. Reviews are short and are meant to entice others to read the same comic you've just read.
When posting to your blog, write 3-5 sentences to explain what you've learned.
Suzie and the Space Nuts (Ep.3)
Walt: Understand comic art
Infer hidden meanings/ Predict what could happen next in the story
Links
Instructions
1. What are the main ideas from this episode?
2. Describe Dr Weevil's character
3. Predict what could happen in the next episode
Step One:
Use sumopaint to draw a picture of Dr Weevil
Step Two:
Insert your image into google draw and use 5-10 words that
describe his character
Step Three:
Upload this to your blog
Copy and paste your questions and answers from above to your blog
Task Two: Take three panels from the comic strip and recreate it using your camera app, google drawing and speech bubbles
Suzie and the Space Nuts (Ep.1/2)
Walt: Understand comic art
Infer hidden meanings/ Predict what could happen next in the story
Instructions:
1. Read your story carefully. Then follow each step.
New Zealand at War
Walt: Find information to accurately answer questions about World War 1
Have a general understanding of what World War 1 was about
Instructions:
Use the websites to answer the following questions:
Find your answers from the below websites:
1. What happened on August 4, 1914?
2. Who was the first New Zealand soldier to die? When and where?
3. What happened in February, 1916?
4. Explain what 'conscription' means
5. When and why was Archibald Baxter noted in the timeline?
6. Explain the battle of Passchendaele
7. When is Armistice Day and what is it about?
Text: School Journal Level 3, June 2014
Extended Reading: Harry's War p.24
Show four important dates from World War I
Each date is from a different year
When the war started in 1914
One important event from 1915
One important event from 1916
One important event from 1917
When the war ended
