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COMPREHENSION
COMPREHENSION
I manage my reading by checking that I understand what I read.
I back up and re-read for understanding.
I make connections with the text by relating the ideas and emotions to things I have thought or felt.
I make a picture or mental image in my mind of what I am reading.
I ask questions before, during and after reading of myself and others.
I predict what will happen next by using information I have learnt or know from before.
I summarise the text making sure that my information is sequenced and in order.
I use the main idea and details to determine the importance of information that I read.
Throughout the text I look for the author's purpose.
I look for 'cause and effect' relationships.
I compare and contrast information I read in a text and with other texts.
I synthesise new information from the text. This means matching information in the text to my own ideas to make my ideas stronger and more solid.
Term 4
Term 4
Week 8
Week 8
You need to:
You need to:
Week 7
Week 7
You need to:
You need to:
Complete Task 1 in the left orange box.
Share your task with a friend. Do they have any questions or feedback?
Post your task along with a picture of the narrative your chose on your blog.
Week 6
Week 6
You need to:
You need to:
Choose one set to investigate. Read one narrative thoroughly and complete Task 1.
Post your completed task on your blog and include an image of the story. Don't forget to explain what you are learning to do.
Week 5
Week 5
You need to:
You need to:
Choose a new word of the week to complete.
Choose a friend from your group and together choose a story to read. You can read it alone or sitting together, then talk about the story together. What was interesting? Did you understand the same things?
Explore the links to understand the background and context to the stories. Find your own links.
Complete Task 1 in the left orange box.
Week 4
Week 4
You need to:
You need to:
You have three blog posts to complete this week.
Complete your Fiordland DLO and share it on your blog.
Post your Mosaic and write about the process.
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Week 3
Week 3
You need to:
You need to:
Choose a new word of the week to complete and post it on your blog.
Create a new post about your flower mosaic. Share the process.
Create a DLO to share what you have learnt about Fiordland. Be creative and inventive. You could create a film. You could video yourself and change the background imagining that you are in Fiordland.
Week 2
Week 2
You need to:
You need to:
Choose a new word of the week to complete and post it on your blog.
If you have finished you flower mosaic, photograph it and create a post about it on your blog.
Click on the Google Earth image to take you to the Fiordland tour.
Use the arrows down the bottom to click through the different pages.
Read the text and articles carefully. You can click on the links to read and watch more.
Create a new document and start to collect important or interesting information that you have found. Be ready to share your information with your group.
Week 1
Week 1
You need to:
You need to:
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Click on the Google Earth image to take you to the Fiordland tour.
Use the arrows down the bottom to click through the different pages.
Read the text and articles carefully. You can click on the links to read and watch more.
Create a new document and start to collect important or interesting information that you have found. Be ready to share your information with your group.
Term 3
Term 3
Week 10
Week 10
You need to:
You need to:
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Complete your comprehension questions and post them on your blog.
Read three articles of your choice from the Learn boxes.
Create a DLO and collect as many Gold mining facts as you can to share in your DLO.
Post your DLO on your blog.
Week 9
Week 9
You need to:
You need to:
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Read the article 'Bright Fine Gold'
Read the articles Gold Mining History and Gold Mining Begins
Make a copy of these comprehension questions and answer them while reading 'Bright Fine Gold'.
Week 8
Week 8
You need to:
You need to:
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Watch the video 'Discrimination Explanation'
Use Canva to make a poster that explains discrimination and explains the right way to treat people. Check out the blue CREATE box to see an example.
Use google to find two appropriate articles on discrimination and read them.
Post your poster and the links to the two articles you have found on your blog.
Week 7
Week 7
You need to:
You need to:
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Re-read the narrative 'Bok Choy' and think about the way Mother and Mrs Bishop spoke to and treated Ah Sum.
Make a copy of the 'Compare and Contrast' document in the blue 'Create' box.
Complete the Compare and contrast task and be ready to share your ideas with your group.
Finish your 'Real Life or Not?' task and post it on your blog.
Week 6
Week 6
You need to:
You need to:
By now you should have finished reading your novel. If you haven't take some time to complete it.
Read the narrative 'Bok Choy'. On Google find out what Bok Choy is. Add this to your understanding of 'Ah Sum'.
Complete the task 'Real or Not'.
Week 5
Week 5
You need to:
You need to:
By now you should have finished reading your novel. If you haven't take some time to complete it. If you have finished complete the book review task for this novel. Share how you felt about it and what you learnt in a screencastify recording.
Complete your Compare and Contrast Task from Week 4.
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Week 4
Week 4
You need to:
You need to:
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Continue to read your novel. You can read as far ahead as you like.
Make sure your character emotions timeline has been posted on your blog.
Listen to the song 'I am a Rock'. Make a copy of the document and answer the questions to compare and contrast Bradley's the song to Bradley's character.
Week 3
Week 3
You need to:
You need to:
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Continue to read your novel. You can read as far ahead as you like.
Make sure your character interview is posted on your blog.
Take some time to check out the different interviews on your groups blogs. Post a positive comment on a team members blog
Complete the Character Emotions slide for Bradley up till chapter 18.
Week 2
Week 2
You need to:
You need to:
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Read up to Chapter 18
Complete your character interview recording and post it on your blog.
Complete the Character Emotions slide for Bradley up till chapter 18.
Week 1
Week 1
You need to:
You need to:
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Read up to Chapter 15
Complete the character interview slide choosing either Jeff or Bradley as the character you want to interview.
Post your slide and interview on your blog.
Term 2
Term 2
Week 12
Week 12
You need to:
You need to:
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Read up to Chapter 12
In your 'There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom - Your name' document copy and paste in these questions below. Then answer the questions in order to start your 'What is friendship?' DLO.
1. In chapter 7, Carla talks to Jeff about friendship. Write down 3 important ideas that they talk about.
2. Write down 5 actions that people do to show that they are friends.
3. Find your own text on google about friendship and link it to your document.
4. Find an image that shows how you see friendship and copy and paste it into your document.
Finish your DLO sharing your answer to the question: 'WHAT IS FRIENDSHIP?'
Week 11
Week 11
You need to:
You need to:
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Complete two reading blog posts.
1. Lois Sachar information and questions.
2. Your Jeff and Bradley Venn diagram with an update on your understanding of the novel.
Re-read Chapter 7
Make a DLO sharing your answer to the question: 'WHAT IS FRIENDSHIP?'
Week 10
Week 10
You need to:
You need to:
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Read up to Chapter 7
Make a copy of 'Jeff and Bradley'. Write down the differences and similarities between Jeff and Bradley.
In your 'There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom - Your name' document copy and paste in these questions below. Then answer the questions.
1. What are some things that make Jeff afraid?
2. How does Jeff behave that shows that he is afraid?
3. Do you think that the things Bradley says are different to how he feels? ( use because in your answer)
4. Give some reasons for why someone might lie about their feelings.
EXTRA
Finish your Louis Sachar research and post it on your blog.
Post your Venn Diagram and with an update about what you are doing on your blog.
Week 9
Week 9
You need to:
You need to:
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Read Chapters 3 and 4
In your 'There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom - Your name' document write at least three questions to Louis Sachar. What would you ask him if he came to visit our school?
When you have completed your questions click on the Louis Sachar link on the link board. Read the ABOUT page and the FAQ page to see if you can find the answer to your questions.
Write down four relevant facts about Louis Sachar that might explain why he wrote a book like this one. Title this Facts About Louis Sachar and put it in 'There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom - Your name' document.
Week 8
Week 8
You need to:
You need to:
Complete your word of the week and post it on your blog.
Read Chapters 1 and 2
Make a new Document in your reading folder called 'There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom - Your name'.
A good novel contains a conflict or a problem central to the plot. In your document write down all the problems that happen to Bradley and the problems that happen for Jeff in the first 2 chapters. Remember to make your answers clear and give examples.
Term 1
Term 1
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