Reading AT4 T2

Week 9

WALT - develop our knowledge on figurative language and understand their use within a text

SUCCESS CRITERIA: Students should be able to identify figurative language features within a text to understand the message the author is trying to send across

Instructions

1) Read/watch the text set

2) Complete your own set of notes as your read/watch text set. Include the WALT in your header please.

3) Meet with your teacher in groups

TEXT SET

Text 1: SJ August 2013 Level 2 Carving (poem)

Text 2: SJ Part 2 Number 4 2002 Sunset (Poem)

Text 3: SJ October 2011 Level 2 How to swim the length of a pool (Poem)

Text 4: Find a poem in one of the School Journals in class or search for one on Google to share with your group and teacher!

Language Features

Learning support:

Aoraki Presentation

Learning Evidence

Open Doc

Fast Finishers:

Have you completed ALL of your reading tasks for the week?

a. Visit the KiwiKids News site - click on image below

b. Complete the 'Recall' and 'Thinking' questions posted alongside the

article(s) you read.

c. Post your answers in a presentation you create, name by using the

headline(s) of articles you read.

d. Post blog hyperlink on the Reading turn in sheet!

Week 7 & 8

WALT - Oral language - Analyse and adapt spoken texts with expression and confidence.

SUCCESS CRITERIA: acknowledgements when reading lines of a play or poem, punctuation- pauses, taking a breath, volume (expression and moods)

Instructions

1) Read/watch the text set

2) Complete your own set of notes as your read/watch text set. Include the WALT in your header please.

3) Meet with your teacher in groups

TEXT SET

Text 1: SJ April 2013 Level 3 My Mother's Coat (poem)

Text 2: 'Afakasi Chameleon (poem)

Text 3: The Embarrassment Expert (poem)

Text 4: Find a poem in one of the School Journals in class or search for one on Google to share with your group and teacher!

Language Features

Learning support:

Aoraki Learning Evidence

Learning Evidence

Open Doc

Fast Finishers:

Have you completed ALL of your reading tasks for the week?

a. Visit the KiwiKids News site - click on image below

b. Complete the 'Recall' and 'Thinking' questions posted alongside the

article(s) you read.

c. Post your answers in a presentation you create, name by using the

headline(s) of articles you read.

d. Post blog hyperlink on the Reading turn in sheet!

Week 6

WALT - Oral language - Analyse and adapt spoken texts with expression and confidence.

SUCCESS CRITERIA: acknowledgements when reading lines of a play or poem, punctuation- pauses, taking a breath, volume (expression and moods)

Instructions

1) Read/watch the text set

2) Complete your own set of notes as your read/watch text set. Include the WALT in your header please.

3) Meet with your teacher in groups

TEXT SET

Text 1: SJ P3, Number 1 2008

Text 2: Video: Introducing Culture (Spoken Word)

Text 3: Video: Brown Brother (Spoken Word)

Text 4: Find a poem in one of the School Journals in class or search for one on Google to share with your group.

Fast Finishers:

Have you completed ALL of your reading tasks for the week?

a. Visit the KiwiKids News site - click on image below

b. Complete the 'Recall' and 'Thinking' questions posted alongside the

article(s) you read.

c. Post your answers in a presentation you create, name by using the

headline(s) of articles you read.

d. Post blog hyperlink on the Reading turn in sheet!

Learning support:

Plays and poetry

Learning Evidence

Week 4 & 5

WALT - Evaluating - I gather, and synthesise to evaluate information across a range of texts

SUCCESS CRITERIA: I can clearly outline what the texts have in common and how they differ. Summarise functional technology in texts.

Instructions

1) Read/watch the text set

2) Complete the Learning Evidence presentation including the

CREATE task - share presentation and news story on your blog.

3) Meet with your teacher in groups

TEXT SET

Text 1: Cooking with Biogas: Connected 3 1998

Text 2: The Power of Rubbish: Connected 3 1998

Text 3: Video: South African use of Biogas

Biogas - cowdung energy

Learning Evidence:

Copy and complete this presentation

Open presentation

Fast Finishers:

Have you completed ALL of your reading tasks for the week?

a. Visit the KiwiKids News site - click on image below

b. Complete the 'Recall' and 'Thinking' questions posted alongside the

article(s) you read.

c. Post your answers in a presentation you create, name by using the

headline(s) of articles you read.

d. Post blog hyperlink on the Reading turn in sheet!

Week 3

WALT - Evaluating - I gather, and synthesise to evaluate information across a range of texts

SUCCESS CRITERIA: I can clearly outline what the texts have in common and how they differ.

Instructions

1) Read/watch the text set

2) Complete the Learning Evidence presentation including the

CREATE task - share presentation and news story on your blog.

3) Meet with your teacher in groups

TEXT SET

Text 1: Keeping warm and staying cool

Text 2: How animals stay warm with blubber

Text 3: Video: Super dry clothes & Smart Armour below

Making clever clothes 2

Learning Evidence:

Copy and complete this presentation

Open presentation

Fast Finishers:

Have you completed ALL of your reading tasks for the week?

a. Visit the KiwiKids News site - click on image below

b. Complete the 'Recall' and 'Thinking' questions posted alongside the

article(s) you read.

c. Post your answers in a presentation you create, name by using the

headline(s) of articles you read.

d. Post blog hyperlink on the Reading turn in sheet!

Week 1 & 2

WALT - Justify by selecting the evidence across a range of texts to demonstrate why and how I arrived at my conclusion

SUCCESS CRITERIA: I will identify within texts information that supports my conclusions

Instructions

1) Read/watch the text set

2) Complete the Learning Evidence presentation including the

CREATE task - share presentation and news story on your blog.

3) Meet with your teacher in groups

TEXT SET

Text 1: Keeping warm and staying cool

Text 2: How animals stay warm with blubber

Text 3: Video: Emperor penguins keeping warm

Staying warm keeping cool

Learning Evidence:

Copy and complete this presentation

Open presentation

Fast Finishers:

Have you completed ALL of your reading tasks for the week?

a. Visit the KiwiKids News site - click on image below

b. Complete the 'Recall' and 'Thinking' questions posted alongside the

article(s) you read.

c. Post your answers in a presentation you create, name by using the

headline(s) of articles you read.

d. Post blog hyperlink on the Reading turn in sheet!

Hoea hoea ra! Alo pea lou va'a!