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Week 9: Persuasion
Week 9: Persuasion
Task: Persuasive Argument
Task: Persuasive Argument
WALT: Express and justify our point of view.
Success Criteria:
Make a strong opinion statement in my opening paragraph
Give three supporting reasons with evidence and examples
Use emotive language
Restate my opinion in my closing paragraph
Task Description: This week you will be writing a persuasive argument to convince your reader that the working week should be or should not be reduced to only four days.
Create:
Use the information you have gathered to write a persuasive argument to convince your reader to consider your opinion on this topic.
Share:
Post your persuasive argument 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: Persuasion
Week 8: Persuasion
Week 7: Persuasion
Week 7: Persuasion
Task: Point of View Paragraph
Task: Point of View Paragraph
WALT: Express and justify our point of view.
Success Criteria:
Make a strong opinion statement
Give three supporting reasons
Use emotive language
Restate my opinion using synonyms.
Task Description: This week you will be writing a point of view paragraph to convince your reader that cellphones should or should not be at school.
Learn:
Task 1: Read the two opinion pieces on this topic and answer the questions.
Task 2: Decide on your own opinion on this topic and come up with 3 supporting arguments
Task 3: Find out about emotive language here
Create:
Use the information you have gathered to write a persuasive paragraph to convince the Principal to consider your opinion on this topic.
Create an interesting logo and slogan to go with your opinion
Share:
Post your paragraph on your blog along with your logo/slogan.
Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity and a reflection on how you went with the learning.
Independent Writing Task: Create a persuasive visual text to promote Conservation Week and call people to action. Your learning challenge this week is to include a rhetorical question and a self designed graphic. More information here
Week 6: Description
Week 6: Description
Task: Picture Description
Task: Picture Description
Task Description: This week you will be writing a description using a picture of your choices as your motivation. You will use your five senses and precise vocabulary to create a vivid description.
WALT: Select and use precise nouns, verbs and adjectives to paint a picture in the reader's mind.
Success Criteria:
Choose specific nouns, verbs and adjectives
Include phrases using the five senses.
USe metaphor, simile, alliteration or personification to enhance your writing.
Create:
Publish your descriptive paragraph or poem. Include interesting visuals to enhance your description.
Share:
Post your paragraph or poem on your blog.
Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity and a reflection on how you went with the learning.
Week 5: Poetry
Week 5: Poetry
Task: I like...Don't like Poems / Two Word Poems
Task: I like...Don't like Poems / Two Word Poems
Task Description: This week you will be writing two different types of poetry.
The first is an I like.. don't like poem where you describe the positives and negative of situations. The poet expresses their feelings using precise nouns, verbs and adjectives.
The second poem is a two word poem where you have just two words on each line and it describes a moment in time in a sequence of actions. The words are usually a noun and verb pair or a noun and adjective pair.
WALT: Select and use precise nouns, verbs and adjectives to paint a picture in the reader's mind.
Success Criteria:
Choose specific nouns and adjectives
Use action verbs to show what's happening
Show the feelings of the character by what he/she does - heart pounding etc
Learn:
Task 1: Explore the structure of each poem using the guides above.
Task 2: Select a topic and use the guides to draft your poems. Use a thesaurus to select precise words
Task 3: Self check then partner revise your poem
Create:
Publish each of your poems in an interesting way. Include interesting visuals to enhance the meaning in your poem.
Share:
Post your poems on your blog.
Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity and a reflection on how you went with the learning.
Week 4: Poetry
Week 4: Poetry
Task: Colour Poems
Task: Colour Poems
Task Description: Write two colour poems selecting vivid vocabulary and using your 5 senses to paint a picture in your reader's mind. Express your feelings about each colour with analogies or similes or list nouns which are, or remind you of, that colour.
WALT: Select and use vivid vocabulary and figurative language to paint a picture in the reader's mind.
Success Criteria:
Poem describes a single colour
Poem includes the 5 senses (see, hear, smell, taste, touch)
Poem includes simile and or metaphor
Poem includes precise nouns, verbs and adjective
Learn:
Task 1: Explore the structure of a colour using the guide and exemplar above.
Task 2: Select a colour then use the guide above to draft your poem. Use a thesaurus to select precise words
Task 3: Self check then partner revise your poem
Create:
Publish each of your colour poems in an interesting way. Include interesting visuals to enhance the meaning in your poem.
Share:
Post your colour poems on your blog.
Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity and a reflection on how you went with the learning.
Week 3: Poetry
Week 3: Poetry
Task: Diamante Poems
Task: Diamante Poems
Task Description: Write two diamante poems showing a transition from one object to another related object e.g winter to spring, day to night, scooter to skateboard etc
WALT: Select and use precise nouns, verbs and adjectives
Success Criteria:
Line 1: Noun or subject - one word
Line 2: Two Adjectives that describe line 1
Line 3: Three verbs 'ing words that describe line 1
Line 4: Four nouns - the first two are connected with line 1; the last two are connected with line 7
Line 5: Three 'ing words that describe line 7
Line 6: Two adjectives that describe line 7
Line 7: Noun - Synonym for the subject
Learn:
Task 1: Explore the structure of a diamante poem using the guide and exemplar above.
Task 2: Select a synonym pair to be the focus for your diamante poem then use the guide above to draft your poem. Use a thesaurus to select precise words
Task 3: Self check then partner revise your poem
Create:
Publish each of your diamante poems in an interesting way. Include interesting visuals to enhance the meaning in your poem. Can you make your pictures tranisition from one of your synonyms to the others?
Share:
Post your diamante poems on your blog.
Don't forget to put the WALT for this activity and a reflection on how you went with the learning.
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