Term Three Week Seven

Itiiti rearea, teitei kahikatea ka taea 

Although the rearea is small it can ascend the lofty heights of the Kahikatea tree

Kia ora. I hope you are all managing your time carefully as you work towards your assessment task.  The easiest way for you to succeed is to plan out what you want to achieve and set yourself realistic time frames (and pressure) to achieve.  I have given you broad outlines (last week) but it is now up to you to personalise this to yourr own task and decisions regarding events, characters, letters to the editor etc. Please remember the task asks you to present in the style, layout and structure of a traditional newspaper - this means columns, captions, headlines, bylines etc.  Formatting of colums can be done once you have drafted and proofread yur work - so this week keep your focus on content!  We will be going to the library on Monday - remember to bring in your book so that you can re-new it for the last time.

Success Criteria:

• I have used a SEXY writing framework to structure my writing
• I have included examples and evidence from the text to support my writing
• I have linked elements of the text to my personal response
• I have checked my work carefully for structure and sense
• I have use proofreading skills to improve my work

Activities:

1. Library
2. Work on assessment task

Further Learning:
Read, read, read and assessment task

PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

• We are PLANNING our response to extended text by using our notes to demonstrate our understanding of the elements of an extended text. We are applying our personal response to the elements to justify our decisions/opinions.