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  • Kia ora, and welcome to your English course page for 2020. My name is Miss Wright and I will be your English teacher this year. This page is where you will be able to find all the necessary information you will require for your English course. All tasks and assessments will be placed here as well as additional lesson notes and resources. Please make it a habit to check this page at the start of each week, this will ensure that you are aware of any expectations we may have of you at that time.


    Mountains staff really hope that your time here at MHJC will be full of fun and challenging activities that will see you grow as a learner. Enjoy this year and if there are any queries do come and see me or feel free to email me - swright@mhjc.school.nz

    This week in English we will be looking at how Short Text can help us frame and explore our thinking.  We will be going to the library this Wednesday.

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • select and read texts for enjoyment and personal fulfilment
    • integrate sources of information and prior knowledge confidently to make sense of increasingly varied and complex texts
    • think critically about texts with increasing understanding and confidence

    Activities:

    • What does the word Treasure mean to you ? Is it material or something invisible? You will create a "mood board" around your idea of treasure using pictures and images you associate with the word treasure
    • We will also be going to the library on Wednesday to select a book for personal reading.


    A brainstorm of the different categories of Taonga we identified in 8M1


    Homework:
    Listen to this song / or read the lyrics 


    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING a range of poetic techniques
    • We are EXPLORING organising our writing to include poetic techniques
    • We are EXPLORING how we can display a range of techniques in our writing