Y7&8 Literacy

Week 9: Smart Learner

Smart Learners continue learn, create and share in the holidays!

Learning Intention: to learn about the Summer Learning Journey, participate to be ready for 2025!

THE SUMMER LEARNING JOURNEY

The Summer Learning Journey is a free program for school students, which aims to keep up the continuity of literacy and digital learning over the summer break. The summer learning involves Science and literacy skills.

You will need a BLOG and TO REGISGTER YOUR NAME before you begin. This will be done during class time.

HAVE FUN!

TURN IT IN YEAR 7 - 8: T4 W9: 9-11 Dec 2024 -THE SUMMER LEARNING JOURNEY ACTIVITES

Week 7 - 8: Smart Learner

Smart Learners continue learn, creat and share in the holidays!

Learning Intention: to learn about the Summer Learning Journey, participate to be ready for 2025!

LEARN:

a. What is the Summer Learning Journey?

b. How to register and take part in my summer break.

CREATE: Try out the teaser week SLJ challenges. Here's an example of a creation from last season's SLJ.

SHARE: Share your complete SLJ tasks on your blog (do at least three each week of the summer break time)

Kia manuia!

Meri Kirihimete me ngā mihi o te tau hou!

SLJ 2024 Promo.mp4

Term 4 Week 6: Smart Media

Learn: to be critical of media is important! I need to check more than one source of information to form my opinion.

Hikoi mo te Tiriti o Waitangi

a. Watch the video

b. Read over this presentation about being critical - Smart Media.

c. Read the article written by David Seymour

What does this video tell us? (Think of 3 main points)
Who is it for?
What are you thoughts about David Seymour's views about children taking part?
What would you like to know more about after watching this video? Words you do not understand etc?
Would you take part?
Why is it important to read/listen/watch and experience more than one resource?

Create:

*Year 7 & 8: Create a presentation that captures your new understanding of the Hikoi. Your creation should show your responses to the questions above.

*Year 5 & 6: make a copy of this presentation. Answer the questions on slide 2 and use this presentation to share on your blog.

In your conclusion share about: Would you take part? Why? Why not?

Share your presentation with a buddy in class and then onto your blog.

a. Please state the different resources you used to learn about the Hikoi AND b. why it is always important to use more than one resource to be 'Smart with Media'.