Lion King
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"
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.