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Never Give Up
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Mighty Muscles
Zika Virus
Boost
Technology in Sport
Doping in Sport
Technology in Sport
The Invasion
Good Spotting!
Technology in Sport
Walt: understand how technology is used in sport
Instructions:
Make a copy of your activity
In each blank shape write in one idea about racing bikes and how the technology has changed over many years.
Include 3+ sentences in your blog post to explain what you have learned
Fast Finishers: Reading Eggs, Animations, Unfinished work
Text: The News winning edge edition - The science of sport
Extended Text: Technology Doping in Olympics - is it cheating?
Activity: Racing Bikes
Technology in Sport
Walt: Understand how technology is used in sport
Instructions
Read each statement carefully
Does the author agree or disagree?
Find the proof in the book, what paragraph does it say?
Write the evidence in. Not the whole page
Fast Finishers: Reading Eggs, Animations, Unfinished work
Discuss your answers with a buddy from your group.
Publish your work to your blog. Include 3-5 sentences to explain what you learned.
Zika Virus
Walt: Explain what a virus is
Understand what the Zika virus is and how it has affected the 2016 Olympics
Instructions
Read through the article
Make note of any words that you find difficult. Remember to look at the word in context
In your activity, you are going to write five questions and the answers for them.
Make a movie to show your understanding of the Zika Virus. Do not make up your answers but be sure to research them first.
Check your questions and answers with a buddy from your group first.
Use an iPad to record your movie. No more than 2 people in your movie and your movie can only be 1 minute, no longer.
Use these links to help
Here are some links to help you
Text: Zika Virus outbreak
Extended Text: Dengue Fever
Extended Text: Chikungunya
Activity: Questions and Answers
Activity: Compare and Contrast
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Walt: Understand the author's point of view
Use the context and our prior knowledge to help understand new words
Instructions:
Read through the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Make a copy of your activity.
Would the author agree/ disagree with each statement.
Find the proof and identify clearly which page you found it.
Once you have finished your activity, discuss your answers with a buddy from your group and post this to your blog with a paragraph explaining your learning.
Useful Links: Virus's Explained
Videos: Viruses
Fast Finishers: Use an ipad to make a short 1 minute movie of what you've learned about the Invasion article
Text: The Invasion by Berys, Spratt (Connected No.2 2007)
Activity: Compare and Contrast
Activity: Agree/ Disagree
Extended Text: Zika Virus (New Zealand Ministry of Health)
Watch this video to learn more about the Zika Virus. Identify three facts to share in our group discussion.
The Invasion
Walt: Understand the author's point of view
Use the context and our prior knowledge to help understand new words
Instructions:
Read through the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Make a copy of your activity.
Would the author agree/ disagree with each statement.
Find the proof and identify clearly which page you found it.
Once you have finished your activity, discuss your answers with a buddy from your group and post this to your blog with a paragraph explaining your learning.
Useful Links: Virus's Explained
Videos: Viruses
Fast Finishers: Use an ipad to make a short 1 minute movie of what you've learned about the Invasion article
Doping in Sport
Walt: Understand the affects of performance enhancement drugs in athletes
Explain why athletes who use PEDs are cheats and what the outcomes are
Instructions
Open the reading
Are there any words there that you don't understand? Make note of them so we can discuss them in our small group lesson
In your activity you are going to argue whether doping should be allowed in the Olympics or not.
Write down three ideas of why or why not. Don't make them up, you should have evidence to support you from the text or from the video.
Discuss them with a buddy in your group.
Fast Finishers: Make a short clip of you reading our your ideas of whether doping should or should not be allowed in the Olympics.
Text: Doping in Sport
Activity: Should doping be allowed in the Olympics?
Extended Text: Olympic athletes past and present
Boost
Walt: Find and use relevant parts of text to accurately answer questions
Infer and interpret hidden messages
Instructions
Check out these links to get ideas of advertising
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Open your activity and make a copy
You are going to create a poster that advertises Boost. Remember when creating an advertisement, you are creating it for people to buy it.
Include images that are catching to the eye and details of how or where people can get it.
Here's an example but do not copy it.
Text: Boost by Eirlys Hunter Level 3 August, 2015
Activity: Create a Poster for Boost
Extended Text: How do performance-enhancing drugs affect athletes
Fast Finishers: Complete any unfinished tasks in the blog log
Spend 20 minutes on your animations
Reading Eggs
Mighty Muscles
Walt: Find and use relevant parts of text to accurately answer questions
Find proof in the text
Instructions:
Make copies of your activities and file them into your reading folder
Label the muscles in your body (you can make a short 1minute movie pointing out these muscles using an ipad)
Activity Two: Does the author agree? You need the book to find the proof to support your statements
Extended Text Reading: Fun muscle facts
Find out more about muscles in the body
Text: Mighty Muscles by Sue Gibbison
(School Journal Part 1 Number 2, 2011)
Activity: Agree/ Disagree
Activity: Labelling Muscles in the Body
Extended Text: Fun Muscle Facts
Never Give Up
Walt: Find and use relevant parts of text to accurately answer questions
Find proof in the text
Instructions:
1. Make a copy of your activity
2. Read each statement carefully
3. Does the author 'Sue Gibbison' agree or disagree?
4. Find the proof in the book
5. Once you've finished check your answers with a buddy in the same group
6. Upload your activity to your blog. Write 2-3 sentences to explain what you learned
Fast Finishers Activity: Use an ipad to show one of the skills the team practised and learned in the text. For example: truck and trailer
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