Writing
Term 4
Week 8
Christmas
We are learning to add detail to the beginning, middle and end of sentences using vocabulary specific to Christmas.
Week 5
P.E teamwork self and peer assessment
Week 3
Researching Camp Benzon on Kawau Island
Term 3
Week 10
Writing Sentence Beginnings
Variety in sentence beginnings makes the saying and writing more captivating, less ‘run of the mill’ and monotonous. There are a several ways to do this.
1. - starting with a simple noun group
Thunder claps echoed across the landscape.
2. - starting with an expanded noun group
Brilliant sunlight shone through the window.
3 - starting with a dependent verbal element
Jumping with joy, I ran home to tell mum my good news.
4 - starting with speech
‘Hey you!’ yelled the guy from across the street.
5 - starting with prepositional noun group (serving as an adverbial)
Along the narrow street are houses the same shape, the same size, and even the same colour.
6 - starting with an adverbial (a verb modifier / qualifier)
Silently the cat crept towards the bird, ready to pounce.
Week 9
Letters of Complaint - template
Your name and address
date
Dear Sir or Madam (or name)
Ask for the person's help, eg "I'd really appreciate your help with this."
State facts of situation, including dates, names, reference numbers, but keep this very concise and brief.
State your suggested solution.
State some positive things about your normal experience with the organization concerned, compliment any of their people who have given good service; compliment their products and say that normally you are very happy with things.
State that you look forward to hearing from them soon and that you appreciate their help.
Yours faithfully (if not sent to a named person) or sincerely (if sent to a named person)
Your signature
Week 5-6
Podcast scripts:
Podcasting
Olympic Shot Put
Medley Swimming Relay
Summarising Information
Art Reflection
Podcasting
Week 1-2
Making notes and summarising in our own words.
Olympic Symbols - here is a good example from Kaycee
Why Bees sting - here is a good example from Isara
We needed to listen carefully to the message, and use the key words to summarise information.
Term 2
Week 9
Week 7-8
Reflecting on our art work
Art Reflection brainstorm and planning template
Art Reflection writing template
Week 5-6
Podcasting Script
Sunflowers Critique
Frogs
Week 3
Swimming lessons
We are recounting our experiences at the pools having swimming lessons.
Week 2
We are using a model for critiquing to reflect on
Van Gogh's Sunflowers
Camp
Term 2 Week 1
We are recounting our Holiday highlight
Writing an effective text rubric
Term 1 Week 9-10
Frog Report
Moreporks - A Very Special Frog 1.4.05
Penguins - writing about frogs
Early Finishers Easter Activities
Week 8
Camp recount
Week 6
Camp
Week 5
Writing sample for assessment.
Week 3 -4 Introductions that hook in and orientate our audience
We have looked at different ways to grab the attention of our audience and hook them into writing.
Here are some great examples from Room 17:
Speech“YES!" I shouted as I got the news that our school picnic was on. Over 600 kids(including me) got to the reserve, all talking to each other about what they had planned for the day. I personally thought it was crazy, but cool, that our principal organized this!
Questions
Did you know that all the Pt England School kids go on a picnic to the reserve?
That’s 600 children in one massive picnic.
Frankie
How many people do you take to a normal picnic ?1,2 or maybe 3 but the Pt England picnic had over 600 people. There were so many people that if you were in a plane would think we were a colony if fire ants roaming around . This is an annual thing but this year it was even bigger than all the other ones.
Isara
Facts
If your going to take a whole school to have a picnic on the beach, you need 1 parent for every 5 kids? It’s true, its the law, and that's what Pt England School had to get to be able to go on our school picnic.
Lisia
Exclamation
Monday Mornings are the worst! Sometimes when I go school I am half asleep in class. I wish it’s a weekend morning but when I hear a shout my wishes are crushed.
Term 1 Week 2 - Blog Commenting
We are learning to comment on other blog posts.
Term 1 Week 1 - Holiday highlight
We have all just come back from a long summer holiday and need to share what we have been doing.
You are going to choose one things to write about, it could be a highlight or a lowlight of your holiday.
Introduction paragraph - 2 sentences
Hook us in and tell us what you are writing about.
For Kiwis and Wekas only:
Paragraph 2 - 3 sentences Paragraph 3 - 3-4 sentences
Well constructed paragraph (see rubric) Well constructed paragraph (see rubric)
Conclusion - 1 sentence
Sum up how you felt or what you thought of the even you wrote about.
Publish this story on your blog with a tux picture and a good title.