L.I. I am learning to make connections to the story, and use guiding questions to help me construct a personal reflection

S.C. I can write a paragraph reflecting on ritual or ceremony in my life.

I can interview an adult about a ritual or ceremony they have experienced.

Task 1: 20 minutes of silent reading

Task 2: Watch the teacher video which goes through the instructions for today’s task.

Instructions for today’s 2 activities (Part A and Part B):

Part A - In My Life reflection

Recall a time in your life when you experienced an important transition. It could be a time associated with a specific ceremony, such as a school/kindergarten graduation, or it could be an occasion that marked new skills or independence, such as losing your first tooth, writing your name for the first time, learning to ride a bicycle, or getting your first house key.

Think about the following questions as you remember the story. You don’t have to answer each question one at a time, but rather use the questions to help you write a paragraph, of at least 9 sentences, about the experience.

1. How old were you?

2. What was the event or occasion?

3. What did you have to do to prepare for it, if anything?

4. How did it make you feel? What did

you like about it? What didn't you like about it?

5. Was anyone else involved in the story? Who was it? What role did he or she play?

6. Why was this event or occasion important?

7. How did it change your sense of identity or image of yourself?

8. Did it give you a sense of membership in your family, culture, or society? Did it change your relationship to others?

9. Did it make you feel as though you “fit in”? Why or why not?

Part B -- Remember When

Now you are going to interview an adult family member (or friend) about a ritual or milestone they have experienced. The interview can be recorded as a video, or you can take notes and then write the responses up. If you parents aren’t available, you could instead call up a grandparent or other relative.

Firstly, share with the adult family member or friend the story of The Giver so far. Explain that in Jonas’s society, different ages of childhood are marked by a specific ceremony, up to age twelve, when young

people receive their lifetime “Assignment.”

Ask your family “partner” about an important ritual, milestone, or coming-of-age experience that they remember. It can be part of a family custom (such as having a special lunch on the first day of school), cultural or religious tradition (such as a bar mitzvah or first communion), or general event (such as getting your driver’s license or first car).

The following questions will help you with your interview. Feel free to ask additional questions of your own.

You may wish to write the answers, or record a video of their response. After completing the interview, with your family partner’s permission, post the response on Google Classroom. If they/you prefer you could instead post a video or written response where you share a summary of what they described and what you learnt from this activity.

1. How old were you when this ceremony or experience took place?

2. What happened? Who else was involved in the experience?

3. What preparation (if any) did you have to

undergo? What was it like?

4. How did you feel about the ceremony or

experience before it happened? How did you feel afterward?

5. In looking back, what do you think of the

experience now? How have similar events changed today?

6. Do you want to continue this tradition? Why or why not?

Task 3:

Upload a photo of your ‘Part A - In My Life paragraph’, and your ‘Part B - Remember When interview’ (either a video or written responses to the questions) to the Google Classroom Reading assignment for today.

LI: We are learning to analyse the different types of information reports by creating our own sports report

Sports Report

Information reports come in different shapes and sizes. Can you think of any other types of information reports other than writing one down in your book?

Some examples include a documentary, a newspaper article, a biography, or even some recipes!

For today’s task we will be focusing on developing a sports report based on the movie Space Jam. Some of you may be familiar with the movie, but we will just be focusing on the below video. To be clear, we are not writing an information report on the whole movie, only on the video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh3VZMZ-GbM

After watching the video, your task is to create a sport report based off of the game. Here are a few things to keep in mind when we are developing our sports report:

• we do not need to include every single thing that happens throughout the game

• we only need to include the key aspects of the game, such as critical moments, special comments from characters and moments of high intensity.

Here is some background information about the game/movie you may want to include into your article:

• Michael Jordan is the main character (star player)

• The Monstars have stolen the power and skills of real players

• The Monstars are from another planet

• Michael Jordan has the Looney Tunes as his team mates and they are called the Tune Squad

• If the Monstars win, the Tune Squad must go work for an evil theme park owner

Remembering we are not writing an information report on the movie, we are writing this in the form of a sports article.

Here is an example of a fascinating sport article!

https://www.afl.com.au/news/149882/match-report-grand-final-sydney-swans-v-western-bulldogs

To assist you even further, you could even do some research about the movie/characters/games to further your report, just as real sports and news reporters do!

TEST!

Please use a family member as a partner to test you on your words. Please correct and upload your results.