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Kawau Island Camp Recount
Walt: summarise a week long experience into a recount.
Instructions: You are going to be writing a recount for your experiences at camp.
Brainstorm: To start off it is a good idea to brainstorm some of your favourite experiences. Use the Google drawing to take notes and organise your ideas.
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Kawau Island Camp Journey Planner
Walt: gather and use information from a text
Instructions: Part of being an informed digital citizen is being able to know your way around a google map. Your task today is to figure out how long our journey from school to Camp Bentzon on Kawau island will be. You are going to be creating a digital journey plan using Google Draw and sharing it on your blog.
Google Maps
- In Google maps search the directions from Pt England School to our ferry building.
- Pt England School ----> 1454 Sandspit Road, Sandspit
Ferry timetable
- Our Ferry is the second ferry to leave on Tuesday use the timetable to figure out what time we will leave on the ferry. The ferry ride should take 40 minutes.
Google Draw
- Use the example as a guide, but feel free to change the design.
- NOTE: the example is NOT a template.
Kawau Island / Camp Bentzon
Walt: gather and use information from a text
Instructions: In two weeks time we are going to be on Kawau Island for year 6 camp!! Because we are learning about adaptations and animals this term you need to be experts on all wildlife on Kawau Island.
1. Read the texts carefully
2. Open the task and read the instructions
3. Complete the task to the best of your ability.
4. Create a presentation or posters, sharing your understanding of the wildlife on Kawau island.
The Chocolate Game
Walt: write an effective recount
Instructions: This week we are going to play the chocolate game - yum chocolate! :) This will then serve as the topic for our last recount practice before our test on Thursday. Remember to think about your audience when planning and writing your recount. What words could you use to describe your experience and make the story interesting to your readers?
San Deigo Zoo
Walt: think about my purpose and reader by planning my recount.
Instructions:
You are going to be writing a plan and an introduction about your virtual tour of San Diego Zoo.
Zoo Tour
Go on to the Zoo tour link. Explore the zoo animals and listen to what the zoo keepers have to say about the animals. Make sure you watch at least 2 videos and take notes about the animals.
Plan
Open the planning template.
With your class you are going to be discussing potential vocabulary that you could use for your recount.
You will need to decide what the purpose of your recount is going to be. The purpose will help guide your recount, and help you write the recount for your reader.
You will also need to plan your paragraphs. Your paragraphs should be guided by the chosen purpose of your recount.
Free Blog Writing
Walt: write for an audience
Instructions:
You are to create a piece of writing based on a topic that you are interested in. This could include something you are doing/done with your family in the weekend, sport you are playing, movies you have/are going to watch, or even write the next chapter
of a book that you are writing.
Holiday Highlight or Immersion Assembly
Walt: write an effective recount
Instructions:
Write a recount about one of your holiday highlights or the Immersion Assembly. You need to try to convince your readers that this was the best highlight of your holidays.
