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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).

Text: Secrets of Rangitoto Island

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

Summarise your chosen blog post

1. Introduce your writer.

- Who are they?

- What year did they go to camp?

- Were they in Year 5 or 6?

2. What were their highlights?

- What was their favourite moment on camp.

- What was another moment they mentioned?

Coding

Walt: understand why coding is important to learn.

Instructions

1. Read all the instructions carefully, both on this site and on your docs.

2. Read the text "Why kids should learn to code"

3. Open the activity "Coding Vocabulary". - Complete the task and share on your blog.

4. Open the activity "Coding Advice blog" - Use the arguments and information from the reading and the video. - Make sure you read the letter carefully and identify all the questions that Dylan asks you for help with. 5. Once both tasks are on your blog you can further your own learning on coding and create your own flappy bird game.

Text: Why kids should learn to code

Extra Texts: Youtube: Why every kid should learn to code Website: Code.orgLinks Google Draw: Vocab Task Presentation Task: Advice Blog

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