Good Spotting
Living on a Shoestring
Walt: use information from the text to make conclusions.
Text: Living on a Shoestring
1.Read your story carefully
2. Complete Advice Column Activity
- You will be offering advice to someone who is looking at buying one of the two watches.
- You will need to review the watches and explain why you would suggest buying one or the other.
- Remember to use FREE TO USE images.
- Make sure your writing has correct punctuation, and makes sense.
3. Post the presentation with your WALT and a sentence about what you
have been learning. Remember to post it to the blog log.
Instructions
Follow ALL instructions
Kynan's Positive and Negative Adventures
Walt: find specific evidence in the text.
Instructions
Follow ALL instructions
1. Characteristics (Character Traits)
- Find out what characteristics means and define it in your own words.
- List some characteristics that you know.
2. Read your story carefully
- Identify two characteristics Kynan shows in the text. Describe these
characteristics and how they are shown using evidence from the text.
Create an activity for your buddy to complete on Friday where you d
describe Kynan and they draw and colour him how you have described.
5. Post the presentation with your WALT and a sentence about what you
have been learning. Remember to post it to the blog log.
The Ants and the Grasshopper- The Sequel
Walt: find specific evidence in the text.
- Explain in your opinion to a partner how one of the characters
would be feeling and use specific evidence to justify why.
- Follow the instructions on the side of the presentation to share with
your audience the emotions your chosen character feels and your
recorded justification of them.
3. Post the presentation with your WALT and a sentence about what you
have been learning. Remember to post it to the blog log.
Instructions
Follow ALL instructions
1. Read your story carefully
The Ski Trip
Walt: state an opinion and explain our thoughts
Text: The Ski Trip
Follow ALL instructions
1. As you read the text carefully note down any emotions the
characters experience and what they are responding to.
When you come to new vocab remember to think what could it
mean, what might make sense in the context and do you know the
meaning of a similar word.
Instructions
2. Hiring Jevan
- Write a paragraph explaining if Anthony should hire Jevan.
3. Help Wanted
- Make a newspaper ad hiring people to help Anthony complete his
yard work.
4. Post your presentation and Ad with your WALT and a paragraph about
what you have been learning. Remember to post it to the blog log.
The Giant Giraffe
Walt: gather and share information
Text: The Giant Giraffe
1. Read your story carefully
- Answer the multi choice questions about the text.
- Blogger Activity: Create a google presentation or drawing that shares
3+ facts about giraffes using the text.
- Remember to change the backgrounds and titles.
- Post this onto your blog with 1 paragraph explaining your learning.
- Post a link to the blog log.
Instructions
Follow ALL instructions
Loofahs to Sell
Walt: understand new vocabulary within a text
Text: Loofahs to Sell
Instructions
Follow ALL instructions
1. Read the text carefully.
When you come to new vocab Remember to think what could it
mean, what might make sense in the context and do you know the
meaning of a similar word.
- Advertise a loofah to sell.
- Think about who your audience is and what will appeal to them.
3. Post your Ad with your WALT and a paragraph about what
you have been learning. Remember to post it to the blog log.