Writing

Term 4 Week 7

Reflective Writing Task

As your last year of Primary School draws to a close, think about the last half of the year and describe your major challenges and successes.

Describe the roles and responsibilities that you have held this second half of the year both in and out of the classroom and across your team.

CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW

Make a copy and rename your document. Save to your Writing Folder on your drive. Link to the marking box.

docs.google.com/document/d/1fOTLnbKYsINWIzpCZc0PrSdcaceKRny6ovaa67KaVUE/copy

Diamante Poems

We are using a diamante poem to write about our manu that we painted and decorated for our Year 6 Legacy Project.

Below are some slides to remind you what a diamante poem is and how one is written.

Ngā Manu - Year 6 Legacy Project 2023: Make a copy of the slide with your art work on it and save it to your Writing Folder. When you have published your Diamante Poem, copy the link and add it to the Rm19 Marking Box.

Diamante Poem

Ngā Manu - R19 Year 6 Legacy Project 2023

MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES

We have learnt many things in writing this year. This is where we can continue to practice these skills and genre.

Select one of the picture prompts to write about in your Writing Book. Remember to l

Learning intention: I can use a range of writing skills in my writing

Success criteria:

I can use a hook

I can use paragraphs

I can use 3 different sentence starters

LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES

Here are some sites/games that you can use to further develop your writing and language skills.

Simile games

www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=suffixes

Violet's Vowel SuffixAn interactive resource to help children learn the conventions for adding the vowel suffixes -ing, -e, -er, -est and -y to root words.

WALT: practice typing

WALT: associate words

NZCER Essential Spelling Lists.pdf

Learning intention: to use the correct punctuation in the correct places

Success Criteria: I can use capital letters at the start of my sentence

I can use a full stop at the end of my idea

I can use a comma to signal a short pause or to list items

I can use speech marks to show speech in my writing

Writing Week 3

Learning intention: advertise the Cook Islands so people can visit

Success criteria:

Use a hook
write 3 reasons why people should visit the Cook Islands
add detail

Have you ever been to the most beautiful paradise in the world? Sit back and relax and imagine you are in the Aitutaki lagoon sun bathing on a hot sunny day. I will explain 3 reasons why you should visit the Cook islands.

Number 1: It is really relaxing. You can chill on the beach drinking sweet delicious coconuts without any worry at all. Sounds pretty cool right? Despite how small the island is you will always find a spot to relax and whine down.

Number 2: It is very cheap in the Cook Islands.

WPS_Lavakula_TeManurewa

R19 Writing Groups

For writing we will be writing about the story of Manurewa. Here is the video room 18 created last year.

-That-was-summer--slideshow-1643838888.pdf

Create a Grab and Go Bag Template

Use this link to access the template for the grab and go bag.