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Week 12: Write to inform
Week 12: Write to inform
Task: Own choice Information Report
Task: Own choice Information Report
Task Description: This week you are going to be writing an information report about a person, animal or place of your choice. You will paln and draft your writing independently.
WALT: Describe and use the structural and language features of an information report
Success Criteria:
- Classification: Tells us your topic and describes it
- Main Ideas: Use paragraphs with topic sentences to organise the different bundles of information.
- Conclusion: You may want to make a personal comment about the subject of the report
- Include Language Features: Present tense, technical terms, factual information - evidence and examples, subheadings
- Include visual language features: diagrams, photographs, graphs or tables.
Week 11: Write to inform
Week 11: Write to inform
Task: Region Report
Task: Region Report
Task Description: This week you are going to be writing an information report about a New Zealand region of your choice. We will write the topic sentences together and then you will draft it independently.
WALT: Describe and use the structural and language features of an information report
Success Criteria:
- Classification: Tells us where the place is and describes it
- Main Ideas: Use paragraphs with topic sentences to organise the different bundles of information. - history, landmarks, attractions,
- Conclusion: You may want to make a personal comment about the subject of the report
- Include Language Features: Present tense, technical terms, factual information - evidence and examples, subheadings
- Include visual language features: diagrams, photographs, graphs or tables.
Learn:
Task 1: Research your topic and plan your report here
Task 2: Design an advertisement encouraging tourists to visit your chosen region.
Create:
Draft your information report using the information we have collated.
Publish your information report including supporting visual language features such as headings, diagrams and photographs.
Share:
Post your information report writing on your blog.
Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity and a reflection on how you went with the learning.
Week 10: Write to inform
Week 10: Write to inform
Task: Animal Adaptation Report
Task: Animal Adaptation Report
Task Description: This week you are going to be writing an information report about an animal of your choice and their adaptations. We will write the topic sentences together and then you will draft it independently.
WALT: Describe and use the structural and language features of an information report
Success Criteria:
- Classification: Tells what the animal is, who the person is or where the place is and describes it
- Main Ideas: Use paragraphs with topic sentences to organise the different bundles of information. - strutural, behavioural and physiological adaptations.
- Conclusion: You may want to make a personal comment about the subject of the report
- Include Language Features: Present tense, technical terms, factual information - evidence and examples, subheadings
- Include visual language features: diagrams, photographs, graphs or tables.
Learn:
Task 1: What is an information report? Worksheet
Task 2: Research our topic and plan your report here
Task 3: Scientific Diagram of your animal
Create:
Draft your information report using the information we have collated.
Publish your information report including supporting visual language features such as headings, diagrams and photographs.
Share:
Post your information report writing on your blog.
Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity and a reflection on how you went with the learning.
Week 9: Write to inform
Week 9: Write to inform
Task: Bird Adaptation Report
Task: Bird Adaptation Report
Task Description: This week we are going to be writing an information report about a New Zealand native bird and their adaptations. We will plan the report together and then you will draft it independently.
WALT: Describe and use the structural and language features of an information report
Success Criteria:
- Classification: Tells what the animal is, who the person is or where the place is and describes it
- Main Ideas: Use paragraphs with topic sentences to organise the different bundles of information. - strutural, behavioural and physiological adaptations.
- Conclusion: You may want to make a personal comment about the subject of the report
- Include Language Features: Present tense, technical terms, factual information - evidence and examples, subheadings
- Include visual language features: diagrams, photographs, graphs or tables.
Learn:
Task 1: What is an information report? Worksheet
Task 2: Research our topic and plan your report here
Task 3: Paragraph practice 2
Create:
Draft your information report using the information we have collated.
Publish your information report including supporting visual language features such as headings, diagrams and photographs.
Share:
Post your information report writing on your blog.
Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity and a reflection on how you went with the learning.
Week 8: Perfecting Paragraphs
Week 8: Perfecting Paragraphs
Task: Structuring our paragraphs
Task: Structuring our paragraphs
Task 1: This week we are going to be working through a series of paragraph activities to improve our paragraph structure. Make a copy of the slideshow above and work through the activities.
WALT: Structure our paragraphs correctly
Success Criteria:
- Begin with a topic sentence that states the main idea
- Write several supporting sentences that give evidence and examples to support the main idea
- Write a summary statement.
Learn:
Watch this video clip here about structuring your paragraphs effectively.
Work through the paragraph practice activities 1-5 in the paragraph workbook.
Create:
Publish your own perfect paragraph example in an interesting way. Make sure you have structured your paragraph correctly.
Share:
Post your perfect paragraph on your blog along with some tips for your bloggers on writing perfect paragraphs.
Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity and a reflection on how you went with the learning.
Week 7: Theme Writing
Week 7: Theme Writing
Task: "The Tomb"
Task: "The Tomb"
Task: This week you can choose your own writing purpose using the picture as your inspiration. In this presentation there are some ideas that you can choose from or you can come up with your own. Once you have chosen your writing purpose you need to follow the writing process to complete your writing
WALT: Source and use text models to guide our writing process.
Success Criteria:
- Decide on a purpose for writing.
- Find a writing model to support you to create your text type.
- Analyse the text model to find out the key features of the text type you arae going to write.
- Plan and Draft your writing
- Peer Conference (steps below)
- Edit your writing
Learn:
Decide on your writing purpose and find a model text.
Read your model texts. Think about the vocabulary they have used and the way they have organised their writing? How can you use these techniques in your own writing?
Create:
Publish your writing in an interesting way that meets your writing purpose.
e.g a narrative story could be presented as a book using book creator.
Share:
Post your writing on your blog along with the picture prompt.
Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity and a reflection on how you went with the learning.
Week 5: Observing and Noticing
Week 5: Observing and Noticing
Task: Objects from my environment
Task: Objects from my environment
Task: Write a descriptive paragraph or poem about an object without using its name.
WALT: Record observations from our environment
Success Criteria:
- Have not used the word autumn.name of my object.
- Included specific observations about 4 parts of my object
- Use specific adjectives, nouns, verbs and adverbs
- Include descriptive detail using the 5 senses
- Include figurative language
- Use correct punctuation
Learn, Create, Share
Learn: Find an object from your environment. Identify its parts and what they are doing. Think about the object using each of your senses. Plan here
Read the model texts here. Identify the techniques the authors have used to describe what they have observed about their object.
Create: Create a gif for one or both of your objects using google slides, sumo paint and creator studio. Instructions on how to do this here
Share: Post your writing on your blog with your GIF. Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity and a reflection on how you went with the learning.
Week 4: Observing and Noticing
Week 4: Observing and Noticing
Task: Autumn
Task: Autumn
Task: Write a descriptive paragraph or poem about signs of autumn without using the word autumn.
WALT: Record observations from our environment
Success Criteria:
- Have not used the word autumn.
- Included specific observations about signs of autumn you can see now on the West Coast
- Included a main idea and several supporting ideas
- Use specific adjectives, nouns, verbs and adverbs
- Include descriptive detail using the 5 senses
- Use correct punctuation
Learn, Create, Share
Learn: Find a spot outside and spend some time recording the signs of autumn you observe and notice in your chosen spot. Plan and record here
Read the model texts. Identify the techniques the author has used to describe what they have observed and noticed in their environment. Practice identifying features here.
Create: An autumn on the West Coast collage in a google slide this week using the explore tool. Here is how.
Share: Post your writing on your blog with collage. Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity and a reflection on how you went with the learning.
Week 3: Moment in Time
Week 3: Moment in Time
Task: Monday Morning
Task: Monday Morning
Task: Write a descriptive paragraph to describe a typical Monday morning for you.
WALT: Visualise and write about an experience
Success Criteria:
- Write a description about an experience
- Follow the framework to describe your experience
- Include a main idea and several supporting ideas
- Use adjectives, nouns, verbs and adverbs
- Include descriptive detail using the 5 senses
- Use correct punctuation
Learn:
Read the model text. Identify the techniques the author has used to describe the first 30min of her day. Use some of the same techniques to describe a typical Monday morning for you.
Create:
An original, eye-catching visual element to publish with your piece of writing this week.
You could find a quote that matches your feelings about mornings and create a text graphic. Ideas here.
Share:
Post your writing on your blog with your text graphic.
Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity and a reflection on how you went with the learning.
What is your next step for writing?
Week 2: Description
Week 2: Description
Task: Describe a Special Place
Task: Describe a Special Place
Text Model
My+Special+Place.pdfCreate: An original, eye-catching visual element to publish with your piece of writing this week. You could include an interactive image here using a photo of your special place as a base or select an idea from here.
Share: Post your writing on and your eye catching visual.. Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity and a reflection on how you went with the learning. What is your next step for writing?
Week 1: Moment in Time Descriptions
Week 1: Moment in Time Descriptions
Mini Skill: Ordering a Paragraph
Do this task before beginning this week's writing tasks.
WALT: Visualise and describe an experience
Success Criteria:
- Write about a moment in time
- Include a main idea and several supporting ideas
- Use precise adjectives and nouns, verbs and adverbs (key words)
- Include descriptive detail using the five senses `
- Use punctuation correctly and for effect
- Reread our work to check that it makes sense
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