Section outline

  • Putting Greater Emphasis on Self-examination vs Self-celebration ...


    Kia Ora Class. This week, we are doing the following activities:

    Though this context “Life After Lockdown” we will be working with P.E. & Health to EXPLORE…...

    -Self Awareness  - Mindful of own feelings

    -Awareness of change around us

    -Awareness about Relationships

    -How does different media/medium influence how or what we think about ourselves - explore self, relationships, change and the lockdown experience through variety of texts - apply this to themselves

    From this exploration you will PLAN and Deliver (DO) a speech relating to a key idea from our context  ‘Life After Lockdown  by understanding and applying content, language, and text forms. 

    Activities:

    -Reading an article on the impact of Social Media on ‘Self Awareness’ (https://childmind.org/article/social-media-and-self-doubt/)

    -Reading a short story ‘The Answer Is No’ to understand how relationships impact our life (https://www.sabri.org/The-Answer-No.htm )

    -Discussing the findings of the article 

    -Answering the questions based on the story


    Learning Intentions: (We are learning to...)

    We are exploring.......self by observing our habits, behaviour, values and standards.

    We are exploring......self awareness by identifying our feelings for self and others.

    We are exploring.....our relationships by thinking about the value, challenges, purpose, issues and gaps of relationships within a variety of texts

    We are exploring.....’Change’ by analysing the ways in which life & relationships have changed after lockdown

    We are exploring......the impacts of different media on self by reflecting on  how they influence our thinking about self and our behaviour

    We are exploring....... the elements of Verbal Language by understanding and applying content, language, and text forms in our speech

    FOCUS

    We are FOCUSED..... developing our self awareness by identifying a range of important lessons/experiences from lock down for Life After Lockdown

    We are FOCUSED.....on effective public speaking by understanding, discussing  and applying the features of verbal language, body language and making an oral presentation.

    We are FOCUSED..... on expressing our ideas, opinions and thoughts on our chosen topic by planning and constructing our speech.


    Success Criteria: I can….

    -consistently and intentionally explore personal beliefs, values, strengths, and challenges and how they impact me and my relationships

    -think critically about texts (short stories/short films) with understanding & confidence and recognise, understand and consider how texts are constructed for a range of purposes, audiences, and situations

    -construct texts (speech) that demonstrate an understanding of purpose (public speaking)  and audience through deliberate choice of content, language, and text form and can seek  feedback to make changes to texts to improve clarity, meaning, and effect

    -use a wide range of oral & written language features and an increasing range of vocabulary to communicate precise meaning & effect, to sustain interest and to achieve a sense of coherence when constructing texts

    -convey and sustain a personal voice where appropriate by being reflective about the production of my own texts: monitor and self-evaluate progress, articulate learning with confidence.