Term 3

Term 4

Week 8

WALT: express ideas in poetry form

Writing - Poetry (Cinquain)

  1. Make a copy of the slides

  2. Create your own cinquain

  3. Share your poem on your blog

Week 6/7

WALT: use descriptive vocabulary in our poetry

The Journey Fin

  1. Read the poems with your reading group

  2. Make a copy of these slides and write your own poem

Week 4/5

WALT: Use a variety of sentence types in our writing

  1. Discuss the texts with the class and select a text of your choice

  2. Write an essay explaining why people protest

Week 2

WALT: Use a variety of sentence types in our writing

Perfect (body) Paragraphs

  1. Make a copy of the slides and put them in your writing folder

  2. Look at the exemplar -identify the different parts of the paragraph

  3. Write your own body paragraphs

Week 1

WALT: Follow the structure of an explanation

Do we need to go to school?

  1. Read through the slides with the class to remind yourself of the structure of an explanation

  2. Look at the exemplars - highlight the first and then put the explanation back in the correct order

  3. Write your own explanation: Why do we need school?