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Week 6

WALT: skim and scan a text for key information

  1. Read "The Great Ordinary "

  2. After watching the videos, complete the Learning Task

  3. CREATE: Plan your own photo show entitled, "Inside the Red Gate" The instructions are on the last slide of the learning task.

  4. Post your learning task and create task to your blog with a detailed task description.

The Great Ordinary

Week 5

WALT: Locate and summarise Ideas within a range of texts.

Kiwi Kids has a great range of articles for us to read! This week we're having a read off!

  1. For each article that you read, please complete the tasks listed on the two slides.

  2. Post the two slides for each article on your blog to share with your audience

  3. Score 5 points for each article you post on your blog with a detailed task description.

Kiwi Kids News Read off!

Week 4

WALT: Identify a world problem and come up with solutions.

Instructions

  1. Watch the video as a class. Then, we will discuss what we learnt from the video.

  2. Read "Climate Change" and complete the Learning Task.

  3. Complete the create task on the last slide of the learning task and post it on your blog with a detailed task description.

  4. Work on ReadTheory for 15 minutes each day this week.

Climate Change

Weeks 2 and 3

WALT: Identify a world problem and come up with solutions.

Instructions

Last week, we talked about water sustainability and the problems with plastics. Today, let's check out another environmental issue: Energy.!

  1. Watch the video as a class. Then, we will discuss what we learnt from the video.

  2. Take a look at the transcript from the video and highlight the key words and phrases. Then, work to write 6 facts about the problems and solutions involved with energy.

3. Read "Power Alternatives" and complete the Create Task.

4. Complete the create task on the last slide of the learning task and post it on your blog with a detailed task description.

Renewable Energy

Week 1

WALT: Identify a world problem and come up with solutions.

Instructions

1. Class discussion: What do we know about plastic and the environment?

2. Let's watch the video together and see what else we can add to our brainstorm.

3. Read "Plastic Fantastic?" and complete the learning task.

4. Complete the create task on the last slide of the learning task and post it on your blog with a detailed task description.