Section outline

  • TERM 4: WEEK 5

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    Kia Ora Y10. This week, you have your exams. We will be discussing all the activities in our 'Work Experience Booklet'

    that you will use in week 7. 

    Big Idea: ‘Work Experience.’ 

     Activities:

    Discussing activities of 'Work Experience Booklet'

    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: 

    Work Experience Booklet