Section outline

  • Term 1: Week 2

     
    Plan: Revisiting Formal Writing 

    It's week two already! Hopefully, you guys are settling back into the routine of being at school and are ready to put pen to paper for our first topic in English for this year - Formal Writing. 

    Our context for this term is "Kia Kaha" - Stand Strong! This, to me, means fostering positive relationships at school and tackling social issues. In addition, we will be looking at conflict resolution and standing together in the face of adversity. 

    Success Criteria for Term 1: We are learning to...

    1) Recognize areas of personal development with formal writing and answer the question: "What do I need to do/change to improve my writing?"

        - Recall what PEEL paragraphs are and how to write them

        - Recall the Introduction Triangle and using it to start an essay

        - Recall and use the Essay Checklist format 


    2) Analyse at least 3-4 different forms of poetry and to determine what made the poem successful/meaningful 

    3) Understand the meaning of the author's or poet's purpose

    4) Create our own pieces of poetry using the knowledge we have gained through poetry analysis

    5) Name the conventions and recognize the language features and techniques used in creative writing - using these to create our own short stories

    6) Draft short story plans and edit our own writing 


    Activities:

    Monday (S1) - Collecting English books, introduction to English term 1 plan, acrostic poem activity 

    Tuesday (S2) - Revisiting formal writing: Draft writing introduction and PEEL paragraph on "Should the school holidays have been longer?" OR "MHJC should have more school trips" (These are to be submitted by the end of this lesson) 

    Thursday (S1) - Brain teaser activity,  feedback on introduction and paragraph - what do we need to work on this year? Second attempt at writing the introduction and paragraph using personalized feedback