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Term 4
Term 4
Week 7 and 8 Surf's Up
Week 7 and 8 Surf's Up
We are learning to write a report.
Report gives information about a topic. It is a bit like writing a blog post. We start by saying what we are talking about and then tell the answers to why? and how? questions about this topic. To do this we need to research the topic first and find the answers.
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Watch the videos
Do some research on surfing. You can use google and youtube. Remember to be cybersmart and stay on topic.
Plan and write a report about surfing. You can use these topic ideas to get you started. Surf Safety, History of Surfing and How to surf
Week 6 The Ballet
Week 6 The Ballet
We are learning to write a poem.
We are learning to write a report.
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Plan a poem called 'Going to the Ballet'. In a document brainstorm rhyming words you could use, humorous events or descriptive sentences.
Create your poem and present it in a google drawing.
Research ballet by using the links on the right. In a document find the answers to these questions. What is ballet? How did it start? Why do people watch ballet?
Create a Report that explains what ballet is to someone who has never heard about it before. It should be at least three paragraphs long and include images.
Week 5 What is CLOZE?
Week 5 What is CLOZE?
A cloze passage is a text that has gaps in it. The reader and writer's job is to fill in the gaps in the text.
A cloze passage is all about making sense of the story or the article.
In order to do this it is important you read the text and think about the purpose and the tense of the story.
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Make a copy of this and save it in your writing folder. You can do this with a friend. Cloze #1 The Solar System
Make a copy of this document. Complete the story and follow the instructions to create your own cloze story.
Make a new document and paste in your writing from your Dangerous Writing Prompt generator!
Week 4 Re-reaD and Remember
Week 4 Re-reaD and Remember
We are learning to use everything we have learnt to create a quality piece of writing.
We are learning to re-read to remember, re-write and add detail.
We need to remember what we have learnt. This means writing just like we love to do then going back and thinking, What was it we learnt to do that I forgot to add or change?
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This week your learning is in this document. Make a copy with your name at the start and make sure it is in your writing folder.
Week 3 Surface Features
Week 3 Surface Features
We are learning to check our surface features after writing each sentence.
What are surface features?
Surface features are the rules of writing that we use to make words and sentences. They are basically: punctuation, capitals and spelling.
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Make a copy of the #1 Can You Fix the Surface Features? and label it with your name. Save it in your writing folder. Then complete the readings.
Make a copy of the #2 Can You Fix the Surface Features? and label it with your name. Save it in your writing folder. Then complete the readings.
Choose one of the paragraphs you have written last week. Just like in the other practices go through and see if you can find the surface features that need to be fixed.
Week 2 - Practice Some more
Week 2 - Practice Some more
We are learning to create powerful descriptions using our knowledge of language features.
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Follow the instructions on the slide to complete your learning from Tuesday to Thursday.
Make a copy of THIS DOCUMENT and write about the moment in the picture.
Week 1 - The Senses ...with Language Features
Week 1 - The Senses ...with Language Features
We are learning to create powerful descriptions using our knowledge of language features.
This year we have learnt so much about ways to make our writing powerful. So what do we do with it?
We use it to make people feel. We can make anyone feel excited, scared, upset, and amused.
These are some of the language features you can use to change how your reader feels.
Hearing - onomatopoeia, dialogue
Seeing - metaphor, personification
Smelling - hyperbole, strong verbs and adjectives, simile
Feeling - hyperbole, metaphor, alliteration
Touch - simile, strong verbs and adjectives
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Make a copy of the slide and rename it with your name at the start.
On Monday’s slide write a sentence for each sense using a language feature.
Each day has a different picture to describe. Write a description of a moment in time for each picture.
Term 3
Term 3
Week 10 - Stories in Action
Week 10 - Stories in Action
We are continuing to use language features to create quality pieces of writing. This is our main goal.
But this week we are going to re-work our piece of writing. Editing, re-reading and perfecting our 'art' until it captures the readers and holds them spellbound.
Punctuation: Little things like punctuation make your writing hard or easy to read. You don't want your reader to give up because there was no punctuation.
Repeated Words: Words that are repeated too often make your writing boring. Are there words that you have use over and over again ( like, and , then, so ...) Re-read to check that you haven't use too many words to say something. Can you make it shorter and clearer? Then just do it.
Paragraphs: Paragraphs help so much when you are editing and when you are reading. If a paragraph is too small then maybe you need to extend the idea in the paragraph.
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Check your punctuation. have you used it correctly?
Listen to your writing being read to you. How does it sound?
Check your paragraphs. Do they need extending?
Re-read your story a final time. Write down the things you have done well as a writer.
Post your story on your blog.
Week 9 - Stories in Action
Week 9 - Stories in Action
We are continuing to use language features to create quality pieces of writing. This is our main goal.
We are using RECOUNTS as the context for our language features.
We didn’t get to finish our story that we planned last week! Now we are going to use this plan to create an exciting action filled recount. Remember a recount uses yourself as the main character and is told from your point of view. It is always in past tense.
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Make a copy of your plot writing graph. Delete the image in the background. Now you have text boxes with your ideas that you can move around.
Choose how you want to organise your story by moving around and copying and pasting the text boxes.
Create your story by writing it into your T3 Language Feature Document. Remember the focus is USING your language features.
Choose one part of your story that shows clearly one of the learning goals. ( Jumping into the deep end, using a language feature or using dialogue.) Post just this paragraph or part of your story explaining what you did to create it.
Week 8 - Stories in Action
Week 8 - Stories in Action
We are continuing to use language features to create quality pieces of writing.
We are using RECOUNTS as the context for our language features.
This week we are learning how to “jump into the deep end” of a story. Jumping in the deep end means to start right in the middle of a piece of action. Have you ever seen a movie where the action starts instantly before you meet the characters or know where you are? ...Then later on it might skip back to sometime before? This is jumping in the deep end.
This week you are the character in your story. It does not need to be a true story, it can be a narrative but as a recount it needs to be told from your perspective and written in past tense.
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Open your ‘Language Feature T3’ document and re-copy in your language feature list. Highlight each of the features on the list whenever you use one of them.
Make a copy of the Plot Writing Graph and save it in your writing folder. Think carefully about your story and fill in the graph boxes using bullet points.
Write your story by jumping into the deep end, just before the climax. This is a fabulous time to use hyperbole and dialogue.
Choose one part of your story that shows clearly one of the learning goals. ( Jumping into the deep end, using a language feature or using dialogue.) Post just this paragraph or part of your story explaining what you did to create it.
Week 7 - Stories in Action
Week 7 - Stories in Action
Now that we know how to use language features and what they are let’s put them into action by using them to create quality pieces of writing.
We are going to use RECOUNTS as the context for our language features.
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Open your ‘Language Feature T3’ document and copy in the following to identify the features you are using.
Onomatopoeia - ‘Bang’
Metaphor - “You are the sun!’
Personification “The clouds danced across the sky.”
Hyperboles - “I was so embarrassed I would have stuck my head in the toilet to hide.”
Alliteration - “It was time for super Sunday sports.”
Dialogue - “Don’t move,” Ellenessa whispered.
Write a recount about a sports event.
Highlight each of the features on the list whenever you use one of them.
Create a blog post and explain what you have been learning to do. Post your recount.
Complete the Well-being Survey and use the token: KB3TWK
Week 6
Week 6
We are learning to know what language features are and how to use them.
A language feature is a special effect made with words.
Dialogue is not a language feature. BUT… it is something that can make our writing stronger. We use dialogue to say what our characters are thinking and to make the reader imagine a conversation in real time.
Some rules for Dialogue:
What your character says is a sentence in itself.
Leave a line after each different character speaks.
Imagine that the characters speaking are people you know or have heard speak before. Use this to create realistic ways of speaking.
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Make a copy of this document and save it in your writing folder. Read the instructions in the document carefully and highlight the different speakers in the correct colours.
In your Language Feature Document create a conversation between two characters. Your readers should be able to tell who is talking. Leave a line for each different character.
Week 5
Week 5
We are learning to know what language features are and how to use them.
A language feature is a special effect made with words.
So far we have learnt about onomatopoeia, personification, and hyperboles. This week we are going to use metaphor.
What is alliteration? Alliteration is when the beginning sound of words is repeated in the same sentence. This is an example: ‘Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer rose rapidly to the roof.’ This language feature is often used in tongue twisters.
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Open your Language Feature Term 3 document and
Create a collection of alliterative sentences by searching ‘alliteration examples’ on google. Choose 10 of the best and add them to your Language Feature Term 3 document.
Create an alliterative book by writing a sentence for each letter of the alphabet. You can do this with a friend or a group. Choose a topic and create your book on slides.
Week 4
Week 4
We are learning to know what language features are and how to use them.
A language feature is a special effect made with words.
So far we have learnt about onomatopoeia, personification, and hyperboles. This week we are going to use metaphor.
What is a metaphor? A metaphor compares a person, emotion, experience or thing to something else by saying it is something else. It creates a strong picture in your readers mind. Think about a metaphor as a combination of similes and personification.
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Open your Language Feature Term 3 document and paste in these metaphor starters. Complete the metaphors.
Choose 4 metaphors from this list and paste them into your Language Feature document. Write a short paragraph or story about each one. You are learning how to use them in a story.
Make a copy of the 'Find the Feature Poems'. Save it in your reading folder and highlight only the metaphors.
Write a poem using all the langauge feature you have learnt.
Publish your poem on your blog.
Week 3
Week 3
We are learning to know what language features are and how to use them.
A language feature is a special effect made with words. Our first language feature was onomatopoeia which is a word for a sound. Then we learnt about personification which is writing about an object using human feelings and actions.
This week we are learning about hyperboles.
Hyperboles: writing about people, things, experiences or emotions by exaggerating and being dramatic. This has to be so 'over the top' that people who are reading obviously know it's NOT TRUE.
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Listen to both videos. Collect as many hyperboles as you can hear and write these in your Language Feature Term 3 document.
Write down 2 experiences, 2 emotions and 2 things in your Language Feature Term 3 document.
Describe each experience, emotion and thing with a hyperbole.
Post your hyperboles on your blog.
Watch the Animal Video
Choose an animal to describe using hyperboles. Can you use personification and onomatopoeia as well?
Week 2
Week 2
We are learning to know what language features are and how to use them.
A language feature is a special effect made with words. Our first language feature was onomatopoeia which is a word for a sound. This week our language feature is personification.
Personification: writing about an object using human feelings and actions. This is used to show the relationship between an object (the mountain) and a human (the main character). It is when you say that an object (thing) has human feelings or uses human actions.
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Open the 'Emotions and Actions' document.
Add one emotion and think of some actions for each emotion. You can write these in the same shared document. You DO NOT need to make a copy.
Watch the video
Listen to the video and pause it whenever you hear personification being used. Write down every sentence where personification has been used in the video.
Write a description of the mountain using onomatopoeia and personification.
Post your writing on your blog.
Week 1
Week 1
We are learning to know what language features are and how to use them.
A language feature is a special effect made with words.
Our first language feature is ONOMATOPOEIA. Onomatopoeia is a word that describes a sound. ( boom, squish, thud, ). Onomatopoeia is used to put the reader in the place of the character by hearing what the character hears and feeling what the character feels. Onomatopoeic verbs can be strong action words which we learnt about last term. (thumping, booming, squishing)
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Make a new Language Feature Term 3 document.
Watch the video, then just listen to the video.
You are a child on the track.What are you hearing? Write a list of all the things that you might be hearing.
Turn each word on your list into a sentence.
Write a description of this moment in time when you are running this race. Use as many of your onomatopoeic sentences as you can.
Post your writing on your blog.
Term 2
Term 2
Week 12
Week 12
We are learning to create a strong narrative. Let's put together everything we have learnt this term.
It needs to be believable. It needs to be descriptive. Remember this week we are adding the details that describe the type of character, setting and complications in your narrative. We are trying to add in all the details that will make your narrative believable. Make your reader believe in your character, love your character and want to be a part of your story with your character.
It needs to be consistent.
We create a strong narrative by following a narrative structure. If we do not use a narrative structure then the 'text' we are creating is not a narrative. Narratives need to include a plot in order fro them to be a narrative.
A strong narrative captures the audience. To capture your audience you need to show and not tell. This is the fun part of writing. Make your paragraphs exciting by using strong action words. Use adverbs and adjectives. Use similes and metaphors. Make your characters feel fear, excitement, horror, pain, anguish and delight! You can make anyone who reads your writing desperately want more. This is your moment.
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Open your Narrative Writing Term 2 Document.
Answer the 'Question Time' questions before you start your story.
Post your writing on your blog.
Week 11
Week 11
We are learning to create a strong narrative.
It needs to be believable. It needs to be descriptive. Remember this week we are adding the details that describe the type of character, setting and complications in your narrative. We are trying to add in all the details that will make your narrative believable. Make your reader believe in your character, love your character and want to be a part of your story with your character.
It needs to be consistent.
We create a strong narrative by following a narrative structure. If we do not use a narrative structure then the 'text' we are creating is not a narrative. Narratives need to include a plot in order fro them to be a narrative.
A strong narrative captures the audience.
A strong narrative captures the audience.
To capture your audience you need to show and not tell. This is the fun part of writing. Make your paragraphs exciting by using strong action words. Use adverbs and adjectives. Use similes and metaphors. Make your characters feel fear, excitement, horror, pain, anguish and delight! You can make anyone who reads your writing desperately want more. This is your moment.
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Finish each section of your narrative structure
Write at least one paragraph for each section of your narrative structure.
Make a new book in book creator.
Make a new page for each section of your structure and copy and paste in your writing.
Give your story a title.
Week 10
Week 10
We are learning to create a strong narrative.
It needs to be believable. It needs to be descriptive. Remember this week we are adding the details that describe the type of character, setting and complications in your narrative. We are trying to add in all the details that will make your narrative believable. Make your reader believe in your character, love your character and want to be a part of your story with your character.
It needs to be consistent.
We create a strong narrative by following a narrative structure. If we do not use a narrative structure then the 'text' we are creating is not a narrative. Narratives need to include a plot in order fro them to be a narrative.
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Make a copy of the narrative outline.
Complete your narrative outline.
Link your outline document into your Narrative Writing Term 2 Document.
Make a Copy of the Narrative Outline
Make a Copy of the Narrative Outline
Week 9
Week 9
We are learning to create a strong narrative.
It needs to be believable. It needs to be descriptive. It needs to be consistent.
We create a strong narrative by following a narrative structure. If we do not use a narrative structure then the 'text' we are creating is not a narrative. Narratives need to include a plot in order fro them to be a narrative.
WHO ARE YOUR CHARACTERS?
HOW DO THEY LOOK, ACT AND THINK?
HOW WILL YOUR PLOT PLAY OUT?
WHAT ARE THE MAJOR EVENTS TO BE?
FROM WHICH PERSPECTIVE IS IT TOLD?
AND WHAT GENRE AND STYLE WILL IT TAKE?
WHAT SETTING BEST FITS YOUR STORY?
WHEN AND WHERE DOES IT OCCUR?
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Open your Narrative Writing Term 2 Document.
Put in your date and a screenshot of the picture prompt.
Copy the questions from the site and paste these into your document too.
Think carefuly about how you are going to construct your narrative and then answer the questions.
Make a copy of the narrative outline.
Complete your narrative outline.
Link your outline document into your Narrative Writing Term 2 Document.
Make a Copy of the Narrative Outline
Make a Copy of the Narrative Outline
Week 8
Week 8
We are learning to create a strong narrative.
It needs to be believable. It needs to be descriptive.
We create a strong narrative by making it consistent. If your story is a horror story it should stay that way. Characters shouldn't suddenly change and new characters or ideas shouldn't appear at the end of your story. If your setting is a football game you shouldn't suddenly end up on the moon half way through.
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Open your Narrative Writing Term 2 Document.
Choose a section to complete.
Publish your learning on your blog.
Week 7
Week 7
We are learning to create a strong narrative.
We can do this by making it believable. Questioning, thinking and researching our ideas so that our audience doesn't doubt or disagree with our story.
We can do this by describing. Use your descriptive writing techniques to create a powerful image in your reader mind. Remember these include the 5 senses and show the character's emotions
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Open your Narrative Writing Term 2 Document.
Choose a section to complete.
Publish your learning on your blog.
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