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Writing Focus:
- Describe ourselves and the things that make us who we are, the things that make us SPECIAL!
- Identify our learning strengths - these are the things we enjoy doing at school and feel we succeed in
- Identify what we want to work on both academically and personally in 2018
- Ensure we are being Cybersmart by sharing appropriate information about ourselves
Welcome to Year 6, 2018. I want to get to know all of you lovely learners a little better. This week we will be doing a piece of 'All About Me' writing that will go onto our blog which tells our readers about ourselves. Keeping in mind that this writing will be going on our blogs, it is important that we are Cybersmart, that what we write will keep us safe and leave a positive digital footprint.
TASKS
TASKS
Week 2 - duffy assembly recount
Week 2 - duffy assembly recount
WALT: Write an interesting and detailed recount that will entertain our blog audience.
WALT: Write an interesting and detailed recount that will entertain our blog audience.
Writing Focus:
- Write a recount that includes an interesting introduction that hooks our reader in
- Sequence events in the correct order, using time connectives such as firstly, next, then, after that, lastly, in the end etc. Use the correct tense, PAST tense.
- Write about how we felt at the end our our experience and why we felt that way
- Ensure we are being Cybersmart by sharing appropriate information about ourselves online
Week 3 - EGGSELLENT RECOUNT
Week 3 - EGGSELLENT RECOUNT
WALT: Write an interesting and detailed recount that will entertain our blog audience.
WALT: Write an interesting and detailed recount that will entertain our blog audience.
Writing Focus:
- Write a recount that includes an interesting introduction that hooks our reader in
- Sequence events in the correct order, using time connectives such as firstly, next, then, after that, lastly, in the end etc. Use the correct tense, PAST tense.
- Write about how we felt at the end our our experience and why we felt that way
- Ensure we are being Cybersmart by sharing appropriate information about ourselves online
Week 4 - HULA HOOP PASS
Week 4 - HULA HOOP PASS
WALT: Write an interesting and detailed recount that will entertain our blog audience.
WALT: Write an interesting and detailed recount that will entertain our blog audience.
Writing Focus:
- Write a recount that includes an interesting introduction that hooks our reader in
- Sequence events in the correct order, using time connectives such as firstly, next, then, after that, lastly, in the end etc. Use the correct tense, PAST tense
- Write about how we felt at the end our our experience and why we felt that way
- Ensure we are being Cybersmart by sharing appropriate information about ourselves online
Experience:
Complete the experience with your teacher before you start.
Writing Presentation:
Use what you learned in the experience to write an interesting and detailed recount about what happened.
Blog It!
You will need to post your presentation to your blog, don't forget your title, labels and task description.
Week 6 - Mihi writing
Week 6 - Mihi writing
WALT: make connections between oral and written language.
WALT: make connections between oral and written language.
Instructions:
Māori traditionally share the history of who they are, their whānau and their tūpuna by saying a mihi or pepeha.
1. Click on the writing template.
2. Who are you and where do you come from? Have a chat to your family.
3. Share your history by writing your mihi in English, Māori and, if you want, your
first language.
4. Practise reading your mihi to a buddy. Can you remember it off-by-heart?
5. Record a screencast of yourself saying your mihi. Share to your blog.
Labels: 2018, Writing, mihi, all about me, Miss Szymanik
Mihi Template
Mihi Template
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Week 7 - Camp Highlight Recount
Week 7 - Camp Highlight Recount
WALT: write an interesting and detailed recount that will entertain our blog audience.
WALT: write an interesting and detailed recount that will entertain our blog audience.
Instructions:
What an amazing, fun filled week we had at camp! This week you are going to choose your favourite activity you took part in on camp and write a recount about it. Remember the audience you are writing for, that is those who will ready your blog!
Labels: 2018, Writing, Camp Highlight Recount, Miss Szymanik
Recount Template
Recount Template
Focus:
Focus:
This week, we are going to be learning to identify and use different sentences to make our writing flow and to add interest.
Instructions:
Instructions:
1. Complete the 'Types of Sentences' task. Post this on your blog.
2. With Miss Szymanik, you will be looking through some of your writing from this term and identifying a simple sentence, a compound sentence, and a complex sentence.
Labels:
2018, Writing, Miss Szymanik, Sentences
Week 9 - Instructional writing
Week 9 - Instructional writing
WALT: Write a piece of instructional writing which tells our reader how to make a 'warm fuzzy' chatter box.
WALT: Write a piece of instructional writing which tells our reader how to make a 'warm fuzzy' chatter box.
Our writing will include a; title/ opening, a list of materials needed, a list of step by step instructions, and a conclusion.
Our writing will include a; title/ opening, a list of materials needed, a list of step by step instructions, and a conclusion.
How to make a Chatterbox - EASY Origami.mp4Focus: Write a clear piece of instructional writing which our reader could use to create a 'warm fuzzy' chatter box.
Focus: Write a clear piece of instructional writing which our reader could use to create a 'warm fuzzy' chatter box.
Instructions:
Instructions:
1. Watch the Youtube Video. See if you can make the chatter box. Record each step as you go to make it easier.
2. Make a copy of the presentation and save it in your writing folder.
3. Post your presentation to your blog with the labels below:
Labels:
2018, Writing, Miss Szymanik, Instructional Writing, Making a chatter box
TASK - make a copy and save in your writing folder.
Instructions_Checklist.pdf
Week 10 - DESCRIPTIVE WRITING
Week 10 - DESCRIPTIVE WRITING
WALT: Write an interesting piece of descriptive writing, using adjectives, to describe our dream bedroom to our blog audience.
WALT: Write an interesting piece of descriptive writing, using adjectives, to describe our dream bedroom to our blog audience.
Focus: Use our imagination to design our dream bedroom. Use interesting adjectives to describe the features of our dream houses.
Focus: Use our imagination to design our dream bedroom. Use interesting adjectives to describe the features of our dream houses.
Instructions:
Instructions:
1. Look at Miss Szymanik's Dream House Descriptive Writing Example.
2. Get a piece of scrap paper and draw and label your dream house.
3. Make a copy of the presentation and save it in your writing folder.
4. Post your presentation to your blog with the labels below:
Labels:
2018, Writing, Miss Szymanik, Dream House Description Writing
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