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Sharks of Mo'unga'one

Walt: use strategies to process and understand the text

Walt: identify and evaluate a variety of language features the author has used in the text.

Instructions:

1. Read the text, Swimming with Sharks by Feana Tu'akoi.
2. Listen to the extended text (you will need headphones).
3. In groups, write down some questions about the sharks of Mo'unga'one, which you could ask someone from Mo'unga'one. Use this planning doc. You could ask them about:

Their experience with sharks
How they feel about swimming with the wild sharks
The story of the fighting chiefs.

4. Now write down some questions for someone who was born and raised in New Zealand, about how they would feel if they were swimming in the sea with sharks. You could ask them about:

Their experience with sharks
How they would feel about swimming with wild sharks

5. In your groups, take turns having one person as the interviewer and another as the interviewee. Video, or voice record the two interviews which you have planned.

6. Upload your video/ voice recording onto your blog. Write down the WALT and something you have learned from the process.

Text: Swimming with Sharks

Extended Text (listening):

The Man from Mo'unga'one by Jack Taylor

Year 5 & 6 Camp

Walt: make connections across a wide range of texts.

Instructions:

Follow ALL instructions

1. Read the instructions carefully.

2. Using google search for the Year 5/6 camp at Pt England School

Choose one of the blog posts 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 this might be similar or different to your experiences of camp.

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.

Texts:

Khaia's Camp Recount Collin's Camp Recount

Lucy's Camp Recount Stevenson's Camp Recount

The Tsunami That Washed Time Away

WALT: transfer information from one context to another.

WALT: reorganising information into our own words. (understanding)

Instructions

Follow ALL instructions.

1. Read the instructions below carefully so you understand what to do.

2. Read the text.

3. Re-writing facts Padlet

- We are going to be creating a padlet where we work on re-writing key information into our own words. Sometimes you are going to be asked to find information from our text, extended texts or a google search.

- Once we have finished creating our padlet you are going to be asked to post this onto your blog.

- Remember to share all your learning with a summarising paragraph.

Photo attribution: https://goo.gl/Gph1xi

_{Extended Reading:}

_{New Zealand's Tsunami Hazard}

_{Chile Tsunami, 23 May 1960}

New Zealand’s tsunami history

_Text:_{The Tsunami That Washed Time Away}

About my group

WALT: follow instructions, and complete tasks to a high standard.

WALT: research a topic and display findings in my own words.

Instructions

Follow ALL instructions.

1. Read the instructions carefully, and make sure you read all the text

in full. We will be using this Padlet to collate our thoughts while we are reading too!

2. Read the text.

3. Questions and planning doc

- Complete this doc first. Make sure to write in full sentences as this will help you with your finished product.

- Save this Doc into your reading folder and put the Doc URL on the blog log.

4. Presentation

- Complete the presentation after Questions and planning doc

- Save this Doc into your reading folder.

- Once you have completed the presentation, publish it to your blog (Include WALT and description of your learning) then add the BLOG POST URL to the blog log.

_Text:_{NZ Wins Pavlova War!}