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Blog Commenting
Walt: write quality blog comments
Walt: respond to blog comments
Wow! It is the last week of term 1!
This week, you are going to have a chance to read blog posts from our tuhi mai, tuhi atu classes and respond to them by writing quality blog comments.
Instructions:
1. This week, we are going to be focusing on Room 3's blog (Wesley Primary School).
2. Spend some time looking through the blog.
3. Complete the task: Blog Commenting and Replying Presentation.
Narrative Writing - The Environment
Walt: include descriptive and creative vocabulary in our writing.
Walt: use a variety of sentence types.
Instructions:
This week, we are going to be writing our own narrative which links to the environment in some way. Be creative!
1. Complete the sentence types task.
2. Create a plan for your writing (on the writing template) and then write your narrative.
3. If you need some more help, refer to the writing prompts document.
Animation - Voice Over
Walt: be thoughtful about links between oral (spoken), written, and visual language to give purpose to our writing.
Walt: develop our correct use of punctuation.
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).
-Include:
- A short recount/summary of the myth/legend
-Descriptive language.
-Links to the environment and 'Te Taiao o Tāmaki'
Camp Reflection - Year 5 & 6 Camp
Walt: add detail to our writing to support our ideas
Walt: reflect on events and our experiences
Instructions:
Did you enjoy camp?! What was your favourite part?
This week we are going to be reflecting on the events and our experiences from camp and share this on our blog.
Remember:
-Use correct punctuation (full stops, capital letters, etc).
-Include:
-Orientation (introduction)
-Body
-Conclusion (your reflection on the event/ experience of camp)
-Descriptive language.
-Your thoughts and feelings.
Post your recount to your blog along with some photos!
Letter writing - letter to Mr Burt
Walt: write convincingly for a particular purpose
Instructions:
We are exploring native plants around Pt England. We are looking into the possibility of planting native trees around school. However, we need to write a letter to Mr Burt to explain our ideas.
Use the planning and writing doc below.
Remember:
-Use correct punctuation (full stops, capital letters, etc).
-Explain your learning about 'Te Taiao o Tāmaki.'
-Explain what we want to do and why.
-Share some of your research.
-Timeline
Post your letter to your blog!
(Photos by Students of Room 10, Pt England School, 2017)
Recount - untie the human knot
Walt: write a recount
Walt: elaborate on our ideas with relevant details
Instructions:
As a class, we are going to take part in an activity and then write a recount about our experiences.
Use the planning and writing doc below.
Remember:
Use correct punctuation (full stops, capital letters, etc)
Use descriptive language (adjective, adverbs)
Use your senses: smell, hear, taste, touch, see
Use emotions
Post your recount to your blog, along with photos of the experience!
Describing a setting - Pt England
Walt: elaborate on our ideas with relevant details
Walt: use correct punctuation
Instructions:
Your writing task this week is to create a description of the setting of Pt England.
Remember:
Use correct punctuation (full stops, capital letters, etc)
Use descriptive language (adjective, adverbs)
Use figures of speech (similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, alliteration)
Use your senses: smell, hear, taste, touch, see
Teacher Notes
About me - Update your blog
Walt: be cybersmart!
Instructions:
Welcome to 2017!
It is a new year, and you need a new 'about me' on your blog!
Your 'about me' blurb could:
- Welcome your audience
- Represent you, your family, your culture
- Share some interests
But we also need to make sure that we are being cybersmart because anyone in the world can read this!
We want our blurbs to be:
- Creative and different to everyone else's blurb!
- Short and sharp! = We want our audience to want to read more!
- Cybersmart
We also want our blurbs to flow by:
- Starting our sentences in different ways
- Using punctuation (Capital letters, full stops, commas, question marks, etc.)
Teacher Notes
Writing Template
Example
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