Writing Timetable

Term 4

Week 5: Monday 9 November - Friday 13 November

WALT:

Describe the role of a bus driver

Success Criteria:

What do bus drivers do?
Why is their job important?
If they weren’t there who what would happen?

T4 WK5 Writing Plan

T4 WK4

Purpose: Creative Writing

Week 4: Monday 2 November - Friday 6 November

WALT:

Create an interesting story using picture prompt

Success criteria:

Use descriptive language WOW words
Full stops and capital letters
Check to see if sentences make sense

Purpose: Recount Writing

Week 3: Tuesday 27th October - 30th October

WALT:

We are learning to write a recount about a short film, using interesting language.

Success criteria:

Include, when, where, who, how and why
Include descriptive language
Full sentences and capital letters

T4 WK 3 Writing Plan

T3 WK2 Writing Plan

Purpose: Recount Writing

Week 2: Monday 19 October - 23 October

WALT:

Write about a time where someone helped you when you were down

Success criteria:

Retell a personal experience
Include, when, where, who, how and why
Add interesting details to sentences
Capital letters and full stops
Check if sentences make sense

Purpose: Recount Writing

Week 1: Monday 12 October - 16th October

WALT:

Write a recount about what you did in the holidays using who, what, when, where, why.

Success criteria:

Include, when, where, who, how and why
Include descriptive language
Full sentences and capital letters
Check if sentences make sense

T4 Week 1 Writing Plan

Term 3

Purpose: Descriptive Writing

Week 10: Monday 21 September - 25th Friday

WALT:

Describe a setting using descriptive words.

Success Criteria:

I have written 5 sentences.
I have included descriptive words.
I have made my writing interesting to read.

Writing/ Handwritingweek 10

Writing week 9

Purpose: Descriptive Writing

Week 9: Monday 14th September - 18th Friday

WALT:

Describe a setting using descriptive words.

Success Criteria:

I have written 5 sentences.
I have included descriptive words.
I have made my writing interesting to read.

Purpose: Explanation Writing

Writing week 8

Week 8: Monday 7th September - Friday 11th September

WALT:

Explain how we can keep ourselves safe from COVID19 with examples.

Success Criteria:

I have a topic title (Opening question).
I have included clear steps on how to protect myself from COVID19
I have included a picture or diagram of my topic.
I have my connective words (firstly, secondly, thirdly.)

Week 5, 6 & 7 Please refer to Home learning site

Week 4: Monday 10 August - Friday 14 August

Week 4: Writing Task

Procedural Writing

Writing topic: How to make a friend

WALT:

Write a procedural writing of "How to make a friend"

Success Criteria:

I include the title
I listed all the materials I need
I explained the steps in chronological order
I include action verbs (hug, smile, grin, laugh, wave)
I include transition words (first, second, next, then, finally)

Week 3: Monday 3 August - Friday 7 August

Procedural Writing

Writing topic: How to plant a seed

WALT:

Write a procedural writing of "How to plant a seed"

Success Criteria:

I include the title
I listed all the materials I need
I explained the steps in chronological order
I include action verbs (hold, squeeze, fill)
I include transition words (first, second, next, then, finally)

Term 3 Week 3: Writing Task

Procedural Writing

Writing topic: How to brush your teeth

WALT:

Write a procedural writing of "How to brush your teeth"

Success Criteria:

I include the title
I listed all the materials I need
I explained the steps in chronological order
I include action verbs (hold, squeeze, fill)
I include transition words (first, second, next, then, finally)

Week 2: Monday 27 July - Friday 31 July

T3 Week 2: Writing Task

Week 1: Monday 20 July - Friday 24 July

T3 Week 1: Procedural Wriing

Procedural Writing

Writing topic/Purpose: How to make a fairy bread

WALT:

Write a procedural writing of "How to make a fairy bread"

Success Criteria:

I include the title
I listed all the materials I need
I explained included the steps in chronological order
I include action verbs (cut, fold, pour, twist, hold)
I include transition words (first, second, next, then, finally)

Term Two

Sentence Starters you may choose to use:

1. As the man lies down to read his book, he hears something outside of his blue tent .........

2. Rooaaarrrrr!!!! The man hears an angry lion coming towards him ...........

Week 11: Monday 22nd June - 26th June

Let's create a story using this picture prompt. Can you tell me what is happening? What is the man doing? What will the big ferocious lion do to the man? Where are they?

WALT:

Create an interesting story using adjectives (descriptive language)

Success Criteria:

Use adjectives (descriptive language) in our sentences
Add on details to our sentences to make story interesting
Make sure to use full stops and capital letters in the correct places

Week 10: Monday 15th June - Friday 19th June

Tell the story of Superman's brother

Tell the story of Superman’s brother, Carl, who left Krypton as a child but ended up on a deserted planet filled with space trash instead of landing on Earth.

WALT:

Create a story using your imagination and describe Superman's brother

Success Criteria:

Describe how Superman's brother looks like
Describe what he wears
Describe his super powers and what it does

Sentence Starter:

A long long time ago, there was another superhero named Carl. He was Superman's lost brother.

Week 9: Monday 8th June - Friday 12th June

Watch Geoff's Story.

‘From day dot, young Geoff had a curious and unshakeable love for beans.’

WALT:

Watch Geoff's story and retell the events

Success Criteria:

Use descriptive language (adjectives) to make story interesting
Make sure the story is in order
Add details to sentences.

Extra writing Task:

Describe Geoff using this picture prompt!!!

WALT:

Describe Geoff (describe his features - appearance)

Success Criteria

Use descriptive language
Create 5 sentences

Week 8: Monday 2nd June - Friday 5th June

Matariki

'Together in Love: A Legend of Matariki'

WALT:

Watch the video & retell the story of 'Together in Love: A Legend of Matariki'

Success Criteria:

Write the story/events in order
Use descriptive language to make story interesting

Week 7: Monday 25th May - Friday 29th May

Health: Washing Hands

We need to continue to be safe and have to keep germs away.

Tell me how you wash your hands. What are the steps?

WALT:

write out the steps of washing hands

Success Criteria:

put the steps in order
explain the process in details
use first, second, then, next & finally

When writing is complete and T has checked, you will publish on Google Doc. Make sure you share your work with Miss Kyee.

Extra task for Week 7:

Picture prompt: Samoan Lady

Look at this picture and tell me what you see. Make sure you make your sentences interesting by adding descriptive vocabulary.

WALT:

Create descriptive sentences using this picture prompt

Success Criteria:

Describe what you see in the picture
Use descriptive vocabulary

Give these sentences a try and put descriptive language in!! Describe the bold words....

1. A lady is dancing to a song and she is wearing a dress.

2. The woman is on the beach. She is wearing flowers on her hair.

Can you now come up with 5 sentences using descriptive vocabulary?

Week 6: Monday 18th May - Friday 22nd May

COVID 19 Refllection

Using this template complete the following questions

Who was in your level 4 bubble?
What you missed the most during lockdown?
What you liked the most during lockdown?
How did you feel during level 4 lockdown?
What was your favourite memory during lockdown?
WOW!! Tell me an interesting thing that happened due to the lock down...

You can complete this on google doc and use headings to answer the questions, or you can get creative by using paper and copy this template.

Make sure you use bright colours.

Week 5: Monday 11th May - Friday 15th May

Washing Hands

As you all know we are still needing to be very careful and we need to constantly wash our hands so germs can be killed.

WALT:

Write the steps of washing hands

Success Criteria:

Make sure it is in the correct order of washing hands
Describe using words of how you wash your hands

Mother's Day

WALT:

describe your mother using descriptive language

Success Criteria:

describe my mother

Use this template to describe your mother. Be sure to make it creative and use bright colours to colour in. You can do this on paper or online through google drawing.

Extra task:

Create a Mother's Day card for your mum, grandmother, aunty or anyone that is special to you.

Week 4: Monday 4th May - Friday 8th May

Acrostic Poem about your MOTHER

WALT:

Create an acrostic poem with the word mother

Success Criteria:

Use a describing word, phrase or sentence starting with each letter of the topic word

Week 3: Tuesday 28th April - Friday 1st May

Writing using Picture Prompt

WALT: Tell an interesting story using a picture prompt

Success Criteria: be able to describe what is happening, what I see, what I hear, what I smell and how I feel.

Choose one of these sentence starter to start your story:

Strolling through the smelly park I can see .........
As my family and I walked along the river we could smell .......
On a beautiful sunny day, I decided to go for a walk with my brother .......

Look at the picture and tell me what is happening, what do you see, what do you hear, what do you smell and how do you feel?

Week 2: Monday 20th - Friday 24th April

WALT:

watch the video and write about ANZAC DAY

Success Criteria:

include all the information

Start your writing using this sentence starter:

Anzac Day is celebrated on .......

Week 1 - Wednesday 15th April - Friday 16th April

The last few weeks have been very unusual with New Zealand being in a full lock down! I want to hear about what you have been doing with your whanau, how you are feeling emotionally, what do you miss the most since the lock down started etc.

Questions to answer:

1. What have you been doing at home for the last 2 weeks of lock down?

2. How are you feeling? e.g. stressed because you can't leave the house, happy because you like being with your whanau..

3. What do you miss the MOST since lock down has started?

4. What has been your favourite game/activity you have been doing at home?

5. What is your favourite food you have been eating during lock down?

WALT:

Answer the questions about the New Zealand lock down using full sentences.

Success Criteria:

All questions have been answered
Use full sentences (capital letter and full stop)

Week 8 & 9 Please refer to Home learning Site

Term One

Interesting words you can use:

haunted, gloomy, dark, flashing, bright, rusty, thundering, spooky, dangerous, lonely....

Week 8: Monday 23 March

Tell me an interesting story using this picture. What is happening? Where is it?

WALT:

Use the picture to tell an interesting story

Success Criteria:

Use descriptive language
Include who, what, when, where, why and how?
Full sentences and capital letters

Week 7: Wednesday 18th March

Autumn Acrostic Poem

WALT:

Create an interesting acrostic poem about Autumn

Success Criteria:

Use descriptive language (crunchy leaves, cloudy grey clouds, rustling wind, chilly breeze)
Use full sentences (capital letters and full stops).
Copy neatly on your publishing template

Week 7: Monday 16th March

Retell the story of Lily and the Snowman

WALT:

To retell a story in order using first, then, next and finally.

Success Criteria:

Use full sentences (capital letters and full stops).
Use descriptive language.
Check if story makes sense

Literacy Shed: Lily and the Snowman

Week 6: Monday 8th March

This week is all about using different sentence starters to create interesting stories. Look at the picture carefully and use one sentence starter and tell me what happens next.

WALT

Look at the picture carefully and use a sentence starter to help describe what might happen next

Success criteria:

Write what happens next in the story
Use descriptive/interesting language
Use full sentences (capital letters and full stops)
Check if story makes sense

Tell me what happens next using the sentence starters provided .....

Sentence Starters:

1. Whoooosh, goes the water inside the tiny boat. The man tries his best to start the boat but.......

2. Ahhhhh screams the man as the engine stops.......

3. The hungry alligator viciously tries to attack as the man tries his best to start the engine.....

Week 5: Wednesday 4th March

Retell the story of Scarlett

WALT:

To retell a story using your own words.

Success Criteria:

Use full sentences (capital letters and full stops).
Use descriptive language.
Check if story makes sense

Scarlett is a short animation which tells the story of a young girl's struggle with amputation following her battle with a rare form of bone cancer 'Ewing Sarcoma.'

In the animation we see how her illness affects her emotionally as well as physically before she discovers, with the help of her mother, that she will still be able to do all of the things that she has wanted to do.

Watch Vid: Literacy Shed