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Rangitoto
Walt: synthesise information from across multiple texts.
Instructions
1. Please read all instructions carefully, both on this site and in docs.
2. Read the text Secrets of Rangitoto Island
- Talk about this text with a member of your group. You will have to discuss it with your whole group soon with the teacher.
3. Read the Fuller Ferry text and begin the Brochure tasks. There is a lot of writing in these tasks so be careful to check your punctuation and sentences.
- Complete both sides of the brochure and share on your blog.
- Remember to use Free to use images, and also provide attribution.
5. The Youtube video is a simulated event (this means it's not real).
Extra texts
Website: Fuller Ferry
Website: Aucklands Volcanic Risk
Website: Volcanic Hazards
Links
Google Draw: Brochure (Front)
Google Draw: Brochure (Back)
Year 5&6 Camp
Walt: make connections across a wide range of texts.
Instructions
1. Read the instructions carefully.
2. Using google search for the Year 5/6 camp at Pt England School
- Find a blog post by an older student at Pt England School about the Year 5/6 camp.
- Create a new blog post.
- Summarise the authors thoughts about camp in their blog post in 1 paragraph.
- - Write a second paragraph explaining how your experiences were similar or different.
3. Link the authors blog post to your blog post.
4. Give a shout out to the author on your own blog.
5. Leave a comment on the authors blog.
Text: Pt England Blogs
Life on the Desert Road
Walt: use new knowledge and understanding in different contexts
Instructions
1. Read all the instructions carefully, both on this site and on your docs.
2. Read the text "Life on the desert road"
3. Open the task "Advice Blog". - Think about everything you have learned about volcanoes and other natural disasters. What might be useful information to help them? - Remember to use FREE TO USE images and to give ATTRIBUTION. - Make sure your writing has correct punctuation, and makes sense.
Text: Life on the Desert Road
Photo Attribution: Central Volcanic Plateau/ http://www.abaconda.info/ licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand. Extra Texts: Volcanic Soil Desert RoadLinks Presentation Task: Advice Blog
The Eruption
Walt: think from the perspectives of others
Instructions
1. Read the text the instructions carefully, both on this site and on your docs.
2. Read the the text "the eruption"
3. Open and begin the follow up task, "what were they thinking". You will need to think from the perspective of the characters in the story. It may help to have a conversation with your peers before you try to complete the task.
Text: The Eruption
Attribution: School Journal, Learning Media
Extra Text: What is a volcano?
Links
Presentation: What were they thinking?
Taupō
Walt: identify the main ideas in the text by using a variety of strategies.
Instructions:
1. Read your story carefully
Google Mapping New Zealand Volcanoes
2. Read and follow these instructions carefully.
3. Follow these instructions to begin your Google maps task.
4. This task is on going, so you can add more to it throughout the term! Post this onto your blog with 1 paragraph explaining the task and what the main thing was that you learnt about 'Whakaari'.
Text: Taupō
Ski Trip
Walt: use knowledge and understanding in different contexts
Instructions
Read the text A Ski Trip. Talk with your buddy about where you think the class would be going on a ski trip in New Zealand.
Open the Ski Fields of NZ task. - READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY
When this task is finished use your new knowledge to answer your advice blog question.
Please follow the before you blog presentation as instructed by your teacher
Text: A Ski Trip
Extra Text: Snow Map
Extra Text: Whakapapa Ski Packages (New)
Links
Google Draw: SKI Fields of NZ
Presentation: Advice Blog
Google Draw: Poster (New)
Understanding Volcanoes
Walt: follow instructions and complete tasks to a high standard.
Instructions:
1. Read your text carefully with your teacher.
2. Make a copy of the presentation, All about volcanoes and add to the learning log. Answer the questions and draw a picture of a volcano.
Post this presentation to your blog after your teacher has shown you how to share your learning on your blog.
3. Make a copy of the doc, Understanding volcanoes Review and add to the learning log. Then use your book to answer the questions.
Text: Understanding Volcanoes
Mt Wellington
Walt: follow instructions and present work to a high standard.
Instructions
Read the reading Mt Wellington/ Mangarei, and complete the questions on the doc.
Open and complete the google drawing for labelling your volcano.
Your teacher will instruct you on how to share your work on your blog.
Please follow the before you blog presentation as instructed by your teacher
Share some of your learning and a time you went to Mt Wellington on your blog.
Text: Mt Wellington/ Mangarei
Text: Fun Volcano Facts
Links
Google Draw: Volcano Labels
Presentation: Before you blog
Google Draw: Vocab task
Text: Types of Volcanoes
Extended reading: Ring of Fire