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  • Kia ora 7F2,

    This week Thursday 15th September is a Teacher Only Day for your student led conferences. 

    Learning intentions:

    •  Develop your understanding of NZ History as a 'new beginning' of your knowledge basket (kite)
    • show your familiarity with our library 

    Success criteria:

    • sequence events and changes in a narrative (story)

    • identify historical relationships between stories and how long ago they happened. 

    •recognise that depending on who is telling the story, the same story can be told in different ways.

    Activities:

    Monday Session 1: 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 jclansey@mhjc.school.nz for marking. Those who have all answers correct will receive a prize :o)

    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. Name 4 book titles by NZ author David Hill that 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. In the story Tales from the Mythologies of Creation, Maui and Aoraki (the Lockdown dashboard), what was Maui’s fish hook made from?

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

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

    Wednesday S4: Attitude presentations in the gym for all year 7s school wide.

    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI

    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

    • We are PLANNING to practise our reading and viewing skills so that we can publish a document on google classroom that demonstrates our understanding of a visual text.