Writing
This term we will be focusing on:
Week 1: Poetry writing
Week 2-5: Biography writing
Week 6-8: Narrative writing
Writing progressions for your child can be found on Hero.
Writing Progressions Term 2
Vocabulary: Use words and phrases that are specific to the topic and purpose of writing
Editing: Use computer and print tools to help proof-read for accuracy of spelling, punctuation and grammar
Sentences: Write simple and compound sentences, using varied beginnings and lengths that are grammatically correct and complex sentences that are mostly correct
Week 2-5: Students will be focusing on learning and utilizing the features that are used to comprise a biography. Students will be selecting a famous pioneer who has been associated with the history of New Zealand and completing a published biography on them.
Week 6-8: Students will be immersed in Maori myths and legends. They will use their knowledge of how myths are constructed, and write their own myth in the form of narrative writing.