Week 10
WALT: use evidence to support our arguments
WALT: use evidence to support our arguments
Investigate the topic and gather information to support your ideas
Create an essay about your favourite celebration
WALT: write engaging introductions
Investigate the topic and gather information to support your ideas
Create an explanation about leadership
WALT: Recognise that good writing techniques are universal
Investigate the topic and gather information to support your ideas
Create a persuasive essay explaining your point of view
WALT: Use correct paragraph structure
Investigate the topic and gather information to support your ideas
Create a persuasive essay explaining your point of view
WALT: Use factual information in our writing
Investigate the topic and gather information to support your ideas
Record your main ideas: Wilson and Ihimaera
Create a persuasive essay explaining your point of view
WALT: justify our ideas
Identify the message behind the short stories before creating your own
Discuss stealing - is it ever okay to steal?
Create a persuasive essay explaining your point of view
WALT: justify our ideas
Identify the message behind the six word stories before creating your own.
Create an image with a deeper meaning and then an explanation to describe what the image represents.
WALT: justify our ideas
Share your thoughts on moving to mars with your group
Use the videos and texts to gather information that will strengthen your ideas and support you to justify your thinking
Record yourself explaining your ideas using Screencastify. It will help if you keep your writing open when you record!
WALT: write to persuade
Share your thoughts on aliens with your group
Use the science fiction knowledge you have gained in reading and compare it to scientific fact. Are crop circles real? Have people really seen aliens?
Create an essay to persuade others whether or not to believe in aliens.
WALT: Write for an academic audience
Share what you already know about science with your group
Use the information that you have gathered in Reading to create your own definition of science
Create an essay to explore why science is taught in school and share it on your blog