Week 7
WALT - Take care of the little things in our writing
Fifita try or not? What an exciting semi-final between England and Tonga in the weekend gone.
In order to tell about our experience the best we can - let's take care of the small things...capital letters, punctuation, interesting vocabulary and more!
Task: A letter to Tonga and/or Andrew Fifita
This team has inarguably been a huge attraction for league followers all over the world. Sadly their journey has come an end in regards to pursuing the top title of world champs.
Take this weeks writing lesson time to write a letter to these awesome athletes who have well and truly attracted tens of thousands more viewers, fans and simply league loving fans to this tournament. Let them know
a. what you've enjoyed about their success
b. what you've learned about people
c. what you've learned to help yourself as a young person
TONGA AFTERMATH
Guidelines
1 - File copy, complete AND turn in "FilmFest@PES"
2 - Share your finished writing on your blog.
3 - Comment - giving feedback to 3 others in our literacy class.
Week 6
WALT - write a recount
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when:
I write about events using the past tense
I write events in the order they happened
Recount Writing Click here for presentation
Instructions
1) Choose a topic:
- Manaiakalani Film Festival 2017- 10th Anniversary
- Tonga vs. New Zealand - Rugby League World Cup
2) Open RECOUNT WRITING presentation
3) Follow checklist and write your recount
4) Check your draft with a buddy
5) Share draft with your teacher
6) Publish final copy to your blog
7) Add link to TURN IN sheet
VIDEO: Recount Writing
Week 5
WALT - Take care of the little things in our writing
Athletics Day! What an awesome day to try for our 'Personal Best'. In order to tell about our experience the best we can - let's take care of the small things...capital letters, punctuation, interesting vocabulary and more!
The game and mission: You are to complete an explanation of how you can achieve your 'Personal Best' during school athletics day!
Each of you will start on 100 points. For every silly mistake I find in your finished writing will cost you 5 points. Every person with a score 75 or higher will receive a prize from me at the end of the week!
A fun video to get you started!
Week 3 & 4
WALT: Explain a piece of information about a chosen Topic.
Instructions
1 - LISTEN to and READ instructions carefully
2 - Complete whole class task
3 - Check for mistakes.
4 - Post on BLOG and TURN IT IN.
LEARNING EVIDENCE
Week 2
WALT: Group like ideas into paragraphs
Instructions
1 - LISTEN to and READ instructions carefully
2 - Complete whole class task
3 - Complete slides
Video - NZ's 2017 elections
Week 1
WALT - Write a recount of the immersion assembly
1 - Brainstorm with a partner the language and action you heard and saw from this morning's immersion assembly. What are you wondering now?
2 - Organise your brainstorm
3 - Plan your recount: intro, paragraphs themes and conclusion
4 - Write your recount independently. Ask your partner to check once completed
5 - Post on your blog with images from teachers
Helpful video