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  • Kia ora 7F1,

    As I am sure you have all heard we are in level 3 lockdown for the week!

    Let's follow our plan here for our 3 English sessions. There are tasks on google classroom to help support your lockdown learning.

    Later this week we begin to write our 'I Am From Poems' sharing in groups what is important to us...



    Success Criteria:

    • work independently with support from home
    • answer questions in sentences in a document online in google classroom
    • think about words, purpose, verses, personal voice and write these on the task sheet on google classroom

    Activities:

    1. Tuesday S3: 11Am: GMeet - this is a link on google classroom, just click to see me and your classmates. Spend the rest of this session creating your "My digital Life is like " on the animoto website - you can sign up for 2 weeks for free!!! Email it to Mrs Clansey and print out an image for the wall (if you are able to)
    2. Wednesday S4 : Model poem (I Am From by Jack Julian) - on google classroom, read in your head several times and  think about Turangawaewae, what is important to you - head to google classroom and type in the document your thoughts...Read the examples in google classroom including Mrs Clansey's poem and begin to shape up your I Am From poem telling us about your Turangawaewae - the place where you stand and belong. Follow the same format as the model poem.
    3. Friday S4: Library session - spend this session reading your novels, updating our 'novel tracking' google doc, and exploring the library page on MHOnline. You may take out an e-book by following instructions on the library page :o)

    Further Learning:
    complete your animoto video

    complete Maths Buddy and reading Plus tasks

    Read your novel at home



    FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

    • We are FOCUSING on choosing and selecting what is important in "Turangawaewae" - The place where we stand and belong' and identifying 4 aspects for our poems.
    • We are FOCUSING on comparing exemplars to improve our writing.
    • We are FOCUSING on discussing the form and shape of an "I Am From" poem so that we can write our own.