14 September - 20 September
Section outline
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Kia Ora Y10. Last week, we started our WorkReady Portfolio on MyMahi. We completed 'Personal Details' and 'Personal Statement' sections. This week, we have two sessions due to SLCs day on Friday. We will complete 'Hauora-Personal Wellbeing' and 'Big Achievements' sections of the portfolio.
Also this is Maori Language week. We are observing “Māori Language Moment” at 12pm on Monday 14th September to commemorate the actual time and day in 1972, when 30,000 signatures were delivered to Parliament calling for Te Reo Māori to be taught in schools. We will start both our English sessions with a waiata.
Session 1: He Honore
Session 2: Tutira Mai
Big Idea: ‘Work Experience.’
Activities:
-Observing 'Maori Language Moment'
-Singing Maori waiata
-Completing 'Hauora-Personal Wellbeing' and 'Big Achievements' sections of the portfolio on MyMahi.
Learning Intentions: (We are learning to...)
We are exploring......work experience by linking school work to the real world
We are exploring.......to prepare ourselves for work experience by developing our work- ready skills
We are exploring....... strategies to make sense of the texts by reading & understanding different kinds of texts
We are exploring....... points of view of the writer/s and characters, ideas, audience & purpose of the texts by integrating sources of information to form our own ideas
We are exploring....... effective writing by applying our understanding about different genres of writing such as writing to describe, explain, narrate, inform, persuade etc.
We are exploring.......ways to convey our ideas on a range of topics for different purposes and audiences by understanding, constructing and applying content, language and text forms in our writing
FOCUS
We are FOCUSED.....on being work-ready by understanding, discussing and developing ideas & skills about/for work experience.
We are FOCUSED..... on forming, connecting, constructing and conveying ideas on a range of topics through reading and writing.
Success Criteria: (I can)
-explore workplaces for my work experience and successfully secure a workplace for myself.
-confidently develop work skills and use them in my work experience.
-clearly make connections among my school work, work experience and the real world.
-think critically about texts with understanding & confidence and recognise, understand and consider how texts are constructed for a range of purposes, audiences, and situations
-construct texts (C.V., Cover Letter, Emails to employers, work experience reflection) that demonstrate an understanding of purpose 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 verbal & 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
Resources: (Maori Waiata)