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Last week Team Four went on a trip to Star Dome, what was it like? What did you learn? This week we will be doing a recount about our trip and explaing what we did and what we learnt.

When you have finished, read your story carefully. Does it make sense? Do your sentences have different beginnings? Have you checked your punctuation?

Read your story to a buddy. What feedback do they have for you? Share your presentation to your blog. Labels: 2017, Parrant writing, recount, Team Four Star Dome Trip Guardians of the Galaxy, To infinity and beyond.

Teacher Notes

Instructions

How is your animation looking? Have you thought about what you are going to include in your voice over?

During writing this week, you are going to work on creating a write-up for your animation which you will then be able to turn into your voice over.

Once finished, add your animation write-up to your blog, along with a screenshot from your animation.

Remember:

Use correct punctuation (full stops, capital letters, etc).

Teacher Notes

On Friday you had the school cross country! What was it like? What was your most favourite part? This week you will create a recount about the cross country day. Make sure to use your who, what, were, when and how in your writing. Expand on your ideas and allow the writer to see what is going on rather than just telling them. This time in your recount writing you will need to stay away from using words like and then all the time.

Once you are done:

• Proofread what you have written

• Check with a buddy

• Put it on your blog and then the URL on the blog log.

This week we will be looking at creative writing and making sure that we have a solid plan in place before we begin our writing. This week we will have a picture to help us start with our ideas and then write from there. You will need to use your imagination, pretend that you are in the photo, thunk about all of your senses and what you might be doing there. You will be given time to make sure that your plan is solid enough for you to begin your writing.

Once you are done:

• Proofread what you have written

• Check with a buddy

• Put it on your blog and then the URL on the blog log.

We had our Team 4 immersion day where we pretended to be on a space station for the day. Well this week you are going to use your imagination and pretend that you are on a space station, rocket ship or any other vehicle that is getting you to space. You can pick any planet, star or moon to go and visit but remember which planets are okay for us to visit! You will need to log you trip to space. You will need a minimum of three journal entries about your time travelling. Make sure that you are writing about your own experiences, eventually I would like us to make these into video journal entries. Watch the episode of Phineas and Ferb Moon Farm with your teacher to get some ideas.

Once you are done:

• Proofread what you have written

• Check with a buddy

• Put it on your blog and then the URL on the blog log.

There has been a successful moon landing this week and it is your job to report on this. We will be looking at the moon landing which happened in July 1969. We will watch a video and read some facts about the moon landing and then you will need to create a newspaper article. You will need to make sure that you are include who, what, where, when and how in your article. If you are using an image from the internet make sure that you attribute the image and make sure that the image is labeled for reuse.

Once you are done:

• Proofread what you have written

• Check with a buddy

• Put it on your blog and then the URL on the blog log.

Earlier in the year we learnt about Kaitīakitanga i nga wā kātoa, being guardians of everything around us. Now we are exploring being Guardians of the Galaxy. What adventures will there be as we search for new planets in the galaxy? What kind of planet is there to be found? Can a spaceship land there? Can people live there?

What kind of story will you tell? Myth, legend, adventure, sci-fi? Whatever kind of story, there is always a problem to be sorted out by the main characters. There is a template to help you decide on your characters and setting. We will talk about this together.

When you have finished, read your story carefully. Does it make sense? Do your sentences have different beginnings? Have you checked your punctuation?

Read your story to a buddy. What feedback do they have for you? Share your presentation to your blog. Labels: 2017, Writing, narratives, Guardians of the Galaxy, To infinity and beyond.

Teacher Notes