Room Four - Literacy Term 2

Room Four

Writing

Week 10 Term 2 - Quick Write

Week 10 Term 2 2024

Week 10 - Recounts

Begin your recount with an orientation
Write events in the order they happen
Use time connectives to begin each event
Write a personal comment to share feelings or more information
Write a conclusion

We will be working hard this week to finish off our recounts as the school holidays are fast approaching!

Week 9 - Recounts

Begin your recount with an orientation
Write events in the order they happen
Use time connectives to begin each event
Write a personal comment to share feelings or more information
Write a conclusion

Week 9 Term 2 - Quick Write

Week 9 Term 2 2024

Friday - Matariki

Wednesday and Thursday - It is time to write! You have the knowledge of how to write a recount and why we write them. We are now going to put all of that knowledge into practice.

Monday and Tuesday - Brainstorm and planning

Week 8 Term 2 - Quick Write

Week 8 Term 2 2024

Week 8 - Recounts

Begin your recount with an orientation
Write events in the order they happen
Use time connectives to begin each event
Write a personal comment to share feelings or more information
Write a conclusion

Friday - Personal comment

Wednesday and Thursday - Order of events and the structure of a personal recount

Monday and Tuesday - What is a recount and why do we write one? We will have a look at past tense

Week 7 - Advertisement (Catch Up)

Build knowledge about langauge and texts
Communication
Understand that the purpose of a text can be to generate a specific response
Understand the different features of different text types

Week 7 Term 2 2024

Week 7 Term 2 - Quick Write

Friday - Font and advertising

Wednesday and Thursday - What do we already know? Colour and advertisements

Monday and Tuesday - Poster advertisement 1, what is advertising activity

Because we have been super busy with market prep, we will use this week to catch up on the writing we missed in week 6!

Week 6 Term 2 2024

Week 6 Term 2 - Quick Write

Week 6 - Advertisement

Build knowledge about langauge and texts
Communication
Understand that the purpose of a text can be to generate a specific response
Understand the different features of different text types

Friday - Font and advertising

Wednesday and Thursday - What do we already know? Colour and advertisements

Monday and Tuesday - Poster advertisement 1, what is advertising activity

Week 5 - Advertisement

Build knowledge about langauge and texts
Communication
Understand that the purpose of a text can be to generate a specific response
Understand the different features of different text types

Week 5 Term 2 2024

Week 5 Term 2 - Quick Write

Friday - Challenge activity!

Wednesday and Thursday - Looking at the purpose and audience of advertisements

Monday and Tuesday - Understand what advertising is. How companies advertise and looking at examples

Week 4 Term 2 2024

Week 4 Term 2 - Quick Write

Week 4 - Informative Writing

Create questions to find out more information about our local community
Write a report/informative piece containing information about our community
Use the correct language in our writing
Structure our reports/informative writing

Friday - Editing

Wednesday and Thursday - Lets take a good look at information reports and begin constructing our own

Monday and Tuesday - Who can we write to? What companies or events do we have in Greymouth?

What information do we want to find out? What questions could we ask these companies?

Brainstorming

Looking at different information reports - discussions

Week 3 - Newspaper Reports

WALT: write a report/informative piece containing information about our community, learning, events etc
WALT: use the correct language in our writing
WALT: structure our reports/informative writing

Week 3 Term 2 2024

Week 3 Term 2 - Quick Write

Friday - School closed TOD

Thursday - Teachers in Franz

Wednesday - Lets take a good look at information reports. What information have we found out?

Monday and Tuesday - Who can we write to? What companies or events do we have in Greymouth?

What information do we want to find out? What questions could we ask these companies?

Looking at different information reports - discussions

Week 2 Term 2 2024

Week 2 Term 2 - Quick Write

Week 2 - Letter Writing

We are learning the difference between formal and informal letters
We are learning about the layout/structure of a letter (formal and informal)

Friday - Publishing our letters, addressing our envelopes and creating stamps

Wednesday and Thursday - Taking all our ideas and crafting our letters

Monday and Tuesday - Planning of our letter

Formal or informal? Who are we writing to? Why are we writing to them? What do we need to include in our letter?

Week 1 - Letter Writing

We are learning to identify feelings around letters
We are learning the difference between formal and informal letters
We are learning about the layout/structure of a letter (formal and informal)

Week 1 Term 2 2024

Week 1 Term 2 - Quick Write

Thursday and Friday - Beginning to construct our letters. Recap the layout of a letter

Wednesday - Planning our letter writing. Looking at our handwriting, contact details, planning what you want to say, who are you writing to?

Monday and Tuesday - What are formal letters? Begin planning our letters. Brainstorm who we may send them to. We need to ask buisnesses if they would like an ad in the Blaketown Bugle.

Discussion around the layout of a formal letter - Address, greeting, letter body, complimentary close

Create the beginning of a formal letter

Literacy Learning Term 1

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