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  • Kia ora 7F1,

    Gmeet at 11am Tuesday - click on the link on google classroom
    Welcome to week 6, we are still in lockdown level 4 in Auckland - I hope you are safe and well at home in your bubble :o) Please email me anytime you need :o)

    We'll continue on with Cool Runnings movie study tasks and we'll catch up with Digital compass characters.

    Activities:

    1. Tuesday Session 1: continue with Cool runnings task on google doc in google classroom - do the trustworthiness and fairness questions and the 8 film study questions
    2. Thursday Session 2: Library Scavenger Hunt

      Answers can all be found by searching the library page. Some are on the page itself, others you will need to search for. Hint: once you’ve found the book, you may need to click on it to get the information.

      Once you have completed the hunt, email your answers to stownsend@mhp.school.nz for marking no later than Friday 3rd September.  Those who have all answers correct will receive a prize once we return to school.

      1. How many reviews has ‘Harry Potter and the Chambers of Secrets’ received? 

      2. Name one book from the Maori Myths & Legends Quick List.

      3. What type of book is ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’?

      4. What is the dewey number for books about cooking? 

      5. Who illustrated the book ‘Footsteps Through the Fog’ by Margaret Mahy? 

      6. What genre is ‘Genuine Fraud ’ by E. Lockhart? 

      7. In the book ‘Amari and the Night Brothers’, what does Amari find in her brother’s closet? 

      8. From the Quicklist, Books Made Into Movies, what book by Veronica Roth was made into a movie?

      9. What is Muhammad Ali’s real name? 

      10. What is the Dewey Number for Mindfulness books? 

      11. In the book ‘Lion: a Long Way Home’, how did Saroo find out where he had come from? 

      12. How many book titles by NZ author David Hill are in the library? 

      13. How many women are featured in the book ‘Teen Trailblazers’, and name one of them? - 

      14. What is the classic story by Johanna Spyri about a girl who goes to live with her grandfather in the mountains of Switzerland?

      15. On what reading list is the book ‘Ali Cross’? 

      16. Name one ‘series’ (where the story continues from 1 book to another) that we have in the library, and the author. 

      17. What two Dashboards can be found on the library page? 

      18. In the story Tales from the Mythologies of Creation, Maui and Aoraki (the Lockdown dashboard), what was Maui’s fish hook made from?

      19. In the new book ‘Coastwatcher’ by David Hill what was Frank Benson’s job? 

      20. What is the dewey number for ‘The Virus’ by Ben Martynoga?  

    3. Friday Session 2:  Cool Runnings tasks on google classroom -complete the questions from Tuesday

    Follow up: Reading Plus and Maths Buddy tasks completed


    FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

    • We are FOCUSING on identifying the main characters to describe their how their actions compare with each other
    • We are FOCUSING on discussing the themes from Cool Runnings and clarifying how they apply to our Olympic context
    • We are FOCUSING on responding to key scenes in the movie and choosing the resolutions that we think are appropriate