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    Iti noa ana he pito mata. 

    From the withered tree a flower blooms. 


    Kia ora. I hope you were kind to yourself (as well as to those around you) last week.  We are lucky that kindness is not bound by quantity - if fact, the more kindness you show, the more kindness you receive.  Don't wait for a special moment to undertake a random act of kindness - try and find at least one moment a week where you can be kind with no expectation of acknowledgment or reward - it will make you feel so much better inside.   This week, we are going to continue working on our poetry slam/oral language presentations.  By now you should have brainstormed topics that call to you, completed a KW chart to guide your research and started to record your research on a T-Chart.  This week, we are going to continue our research so that at the end of the week, you are ready to start drafting your poem.  We will take a session to revise and refresh oral language techniques we use when presenting to an audience.

    Success Criteria:

        • Use a framework to plan research
        • Use a graphic organiser to record information logically
        • Record references and sources appropriately
        • Write from notes in own voice
        • Apply poetic techniques to writing

    Activities:

    1. Complete Brainstorm and KW Chart
    2. Research topic
    3. Review/Revise oral language techniques (on Education Perfect)
    4. Draft poem/presentation

    Further Learning:
    Read a book/Watch a slam poet present!


    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING poetic techniques and how we can connect these to our message
    • We are EXPLORING how we can use oral presentations to share our ideas
    • We are EXPLORING how we can work in groups to unpack different viewpoints in a text