Writing

TERM 4: "To Explain/To Instruct"

We will review our learning of explanation/recount/instructional writing by choosing our own topics based on our experiences and learning this year. Students will use "The Writing Process" to draft, refine, edit and publish their writing.

T4W1: (Y5/6) RECOUNT - "My Best Time In 2020", (Y7) EXPLANATION - "Why Measurement Is Important To Our Lives".

T4W2: (Y5/6) RECOUNT - "A Special Day At School", (Y7) EXPLANATION - "Why Kindness Is Important".

T4W3 to W6: (Y5/6) RECOUNT - Choose your own RECOUNT, (Y7) EXPLANATION - Choose your own EXPLANATION.

Term 3: "To Explain/Instruct."

We will continue to explore ways to explain things to our audience using the contexts of "My/Our Space", Mission Day, Planet Earth & Beyond and reflecting on our previous learning. Special sessions will include structure of our writing, providing greater detail and linking main ideas with evidence.

T3W4 - LEVEL 3: Recount writing>Using "The Writing Process" planner write about "The Best Day Ever".

T3W5 - LEVEL 3: Recount Writing>Using "The Writing Process" planner write about "Mission Day 2019/St Patrick's Day 2020"

T3W6 & 7 - LEVEL 3: Explanation Writing>Using "The Writing Process" planner use this video, this one, this one and this one to explain (in kidspeak) "How The Seasons Work".

T3W8 & 9 - LEVEL 2.5: Recount writing> "Back To School From Lockdown 2" or "Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori"

T3W10: "Fractured Fairy Tales".

TERM 2: To Instruct/To Inquire. Exploring poetry.

We will explore this purpose for writing using our experiences during COVID-19 Lockdown and using our context from our Term 2/3 Inquiry topic.

TERM 1: "To Describe/Explain".

All of our activities this term will be in association with AThCo using the Book "Mophead" by Selina Tusitala-Marsh.

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