Jumanji Term 1

Week 11: Poetry Writing

WALT: to plan and write a metaphor poetry about a special person.

Watch this video for some inspiration about how to write a metaphor poetry.

Here is an example of a metaphor poem on "My Family"

Now Use Google Docs to write your own metaphor poem about "My special person"

Week 10: Explanation Writing

WALT: to plan and write an explanation writing on "How to make Hangi"

Watch this video for some inspiration about how to write an explanation.

Write an explanation on "How to make Hangi"

Watch the video on the left and do your planning first.

Focus on:

  • technical words (wood, stones, meat etc)

  • sentence starters (first, next, after that, finally)

  • connectives (if, so that, because, when, while, therefore, before)


Remember to:

  • introduce your topic.

  • write about each section of the plan.

  • use words from the word list.


Use Google Docs to write your story.

Week 9: Explanation Writing

WALT: to plan and write an explanation writing on "The life cycle of a Butterfly"

Watch this video for some inspiration about how to write an explanation.

Write an explanation on "Life cycle of a butterfly"

Watch the video on the left and do your planning first.

Focus on:

  • technical words (eggs, larvae, pupa, butterfly, etc)

  • sentence starters (first, next, after that, finally)

  • connectives (if, so that, because, when, while, therefore, before)


Remember to:

  • introduce your topic.

  • write about each section of the plan.

  • use words from the word list.


Use Google Docs to write your story.

Week 8: Descriptive Writing

WALT: to plan and write a descriptive story on the picture provided.

Watch this video for some inspiration about how to write a descriptive story.

Write a descriptive story based on the picture provided.

Focus on:

Language Structures

  • Show rather than tell the reader what someone is like.

  • Precisely chosen vocabulary

  • Sensory description (hear, seen, smell, feel, taste)

  • Precise use of adjectives, similes, metaphors to create images in the mind.

  • Focus on key details, powerful verbs and precise nouns.

Use Google Docs to write your story.

Week 7: Descriptive Writing

WALT: to plan and write a descriptive story on "a moment in time" - "The Market"

Write a descriptive story based on the picture provided.

Focus on:

Language Structures

  • Show rather than tell the reader what someone is like.

  • Precisely chosen vocabulary

  • Sensory description (hear, seen, smell, feel, taste)

  • Precise use of adjectives, similes, metaphors to create images in the mind.

  • Focus on key details, powerful verbs and precise nouns.

Week 6: Narrative Writing

WALT: to plan and write a narrative story after watching the movie "The controller"

Watch 32 seconds of the movie and then pause. Remember you need to use your HEART values and be honest so please don't watch the rest of the movie and spoil the fun.

Now write a narrative story based on what you just saw and write down what do you think happened next.

Don't forget to have an introduction (setting, characters), a problem and a solution.

Week 5: Descriptive Writing

WALT: to plan and write descriptive stories.

Watch this video to get a better understanding of "Descriptive Writing"

Now write a descriptive story about your "best friend"

Week 4: Narrative Writing

WALT: to plan and write narrative stories.

catnapfishing.pdf

Write an imaginative narrative story based on the picture provided.

Key points to remember:

  • Introduction (setting/characters)

  • Problem

  • First Attempt

  • Solution

  • Conclusion


Week 3: Narrative Writing

WALT: to plan and write narrative stories.

Watch this video for some inspiration about how to write an imaginative narrative story.

Now write an imaginative story using the picture provided below:

Week 2: Different Types of Sentence Structures

WALT: to write compound and complex sentences using conjunctions

Watch the video on the right to get a better understanding about the different types of sentence structures.

  • simple

  • compound

  • complex

Now complete the task on compound sentences

Week 1: All About Me

WALT: use capital letters and full stops in the right place.

Instructions

Welcome back to school! I would love to know more about you! Your classmates would love to know more about you too! Your task this week is to write about who you are. What are your interests or goals for the year?