Week 10
Week 10
WALT: gain an understanding of figurative language.
Instructions:
Instructions:
- Monday: Write a narrative to end Term 3
- Play the Figurative Language Game and complete the task.
- Add your own original drawing to explain an example of figurative language to our class slide deck here. Then, post your drawing/explanation on your blog.
Week 9
Week 9
WALT: Write conclusion paragraph.
Instructions:
Instructions:
- As a class, we will spend some time going through some of our own explanation paragraphs from Week 8.
- Using your learning task from Week 8, write a conclusion to your explanation.
- Ask someone from class to read your rough draft and offer feedback for you to make corrections using the peer editing rubric as a guide.
- Post your assignment on your blog. Be sure to title it, write a task description and turn it in to the Turn In Sheet.
- Fast Finishers: Add a slide to your assignment from Week7, and write a conclusion for each topic provided.
Week 8
Week 8
WALT: Write a SEE paragraph.
Instructions:
Instructions:
- As a class, we will spend some time brainstorming what we remember about writing an information paragraph from Term 1.
- Using your learning task from Week 6/7, choose a topic for you to continue to use to write your SEE paragraphs. Be sure to add your introduction from your Week 6/7 assignment to your planning.
- Post your assignment on your blog. Be sure to title it, write a task description and turn it in to the Turn In Sheet.
Week 7
Week 7
WALT: write a hook for an explanation
Instructions:
Instructions:
- As a class, we will spend some time brainstorming what we remember about writing a hook from Term 1.
- Watch the video about hooking our reader. Pay special attention to the types of hooks that would work best for explanation writing.
- Using your learning task from Week 6, add a slide behind each topic and write a hook for each topic using blue font. Then, put your Thesis Statement from Week 6 after the hook on the new slide in red font.
- Fast Finishers: Select a topic from the learning task, and using this doc write an explanation. Or continue the explanation you started in Week 6 if you were a fast finisher then.
- Post your assignment on your blog. Be sure to title it, write a task description and turn it in to the Turn In Sheet.
Week 6
Week 6
WALT: write a thesis sentence
Instructions:
Instructions:
- As a class, we will spend some time brainstorming what we remember about explanation writing.
- Watch the video about expository/explanation writing. Pay special attention to the thesis statement section.
- Complete this learning task on your own or with a partner.
- Fast Finishers: Select a topic from the learning task, and using this doc write an explanation.
- Post your assignment on your blog. Be sure to title it, write a task description and turn it in to the Turn In Sheet.
Weeks 4/5
Weeks 4/5
WALT: recognise how advertisements use persuasion
Instructions:
Instructions:
- As a class, we will spend some time looking at advertisements and deciding which things we already know.
- Complete this learning task on your own or with a partner.
- In a group of 2-4 complete the Create task as described to the right.
- Week 4: Write your script and practice your lines.
- Week 5: Film and Edit
- Post your assignment on your blog with a copy of your commercial video. Be sure to title it, write a task description and turn it in to the Turn In Sheet.
Week 3
Week 3
WALT: write about a supported opinion
Instructions:
Instructions:
- What do hamburgers have to do work writing a paragraph? As a class, we will spend some time discussing this.
- After discussing Persuasive word choice as a class, we will begin writing our essays on Monday using our Persuasive Maps as a guide.
- Wed: We will spend some time revising our essays and checking for specific persuasive elements as discussed in class. Then, we will peer edit before taking the time to revise our essays.
- Post your persuasive essay on your blog. Include a screenshot of your graphic organiser. Be sure to title it, write a task description and turn it in to the Turn In Sheet.
Week 2
Week 2
WALT: write about a supported opinion
Instructions:
Instructions:
- What does it mean to form an opinion? As a class, we will spend some time discussing this.
- Watch the video as a class, and then use what we learn from the video to help support our opinion.
- Using the topic discussed in class, fill in this graphic organiser and when you haven finished select the option to save.
- Using your graphic organiser as a guide, write your persuasive essay.
- Post your persuasive essay on your blog. Include a screenshot of your graphic organiser. Be sure to title it, write a task description and turn it in to the Turn In Sheet.
Week 1
Week 1
WALT: write a persuasive paragraph.
Instructions:
Instructions:
- What does it mean to be persuasive? As a class, we are going to spend some time exploring this.
- Watch the video as a class, and then use the video to add to your brainstorm list.
- Using your persuasive brainstorm list, create a WordCloud to post on your blog as described in the learning task.
- After completing the agree/disagree slide begin formulating your examples to help you write your own persuasive paragraph.
- Post your persuasive paragraph on your blog. Be sure to title it "Persuasive Paragraph" and turn it in to the Turn In Sheet.