Section outline


  • He iti hau marangai e tū te pāhokahoka

    Just like a rainbow after the storm, success follows failure.


    Kia ora. It's week five! Did you know that this will be our second 5 day week of the term?  Imagine that.  We are nearly half way through the term, but somehow, it seems I have not seen you very much at all.  This week, we are going to revise paragraph writing.  Last year you may have used the acronym SEXY to help you structure your paragraphs.  This year, in English, we will be using TEXAS as our writing scaffold.  Other subject areas may use a different acronym, but at it's heart, every paragraph has the same core elements, whether that we referred to as Topic Sentence, Statement, Point etc.

    Success Criteria:

          • Use a paragraph structure to plan our writing (TEXAS)
          • Support our ideas with evidence
          • Discuss the importance of our ideas within a paragraph
          • Proofread and edit for clarity and accuracy

    Activities:

        1. Gimkit (Paragraph writing)
        2. Unpacking a paragraph - annotated example
        3. Practice annotation
        4. Drafting a paragraph
        5. Proofread and edit paragraph

    Further Learning:
    Read your novel




    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING extended texts (novels) to identify common themes and responses to challenge
    • We are EXPLORING how these themes are common elements of response that lead to successful outcomes