12 October - 18 October

Welcome to Term 4, 2020! I hope you have all had a restful break!

To begin the term let's go back to Philip and Timothy on board a raft in a story of friendship and survival in a time that is so different from today! 

Success Criteria:

•listen to a novel and share reading and writing experiences.

•Evaluate the benefits and challenges of having a digital life. 

• Assess the benefits or consequences of making different decisions to address a digital dilemma.

 • Reflect on decisions and determine alternative choices

Wednesday S2: We begin as a class taking the quiz for the chapters we have read :o) this will remind and refresh our brains. Then we share the next couple of chapters and take the follow up quiz.

https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/562e5f1024b5418c2b5b00e0/the-cay-chapters-1-3

Thursday - Rangitoto Trip yr 7 and 10 - 8am - 3pm

Friday S4: writing: beginning with an ed or ing word - examples modelled...

•saddened by the loss of lives, I anxiously waited for an update

•annoyed by the news, I knew there was no chance of a wedding happening

•longing for level 1, I dreamed of flying to the concert

Write 5 sentences of your own using ed and ing words - base it around 'journey' 

think about how the character (could be YOU) feels, sees, tastes, thinks for the ed and ing words -here is a website to support you 

https://www.grammar.cl/Notes/Adjectives_ED_ING.htm#:~:text=An%20adjective%20that%20ends%20in,person%20feels)%20or%20an%20emotion.

REFLECT / WHAIWHAKAARO learning intentions:

• We are REFLECTING on the challenges of reviewing and sharing novels in a class setting.
• We are REFLECTING on the positive implications of really knowing NZ at a difficult time.