24 October - 30 October

We begin this week with a public holiday celebrating the 40 hour working week - Labour Day is Monday 24th October. 

Learning Intentions: We are learning to (WALT)...

• structure our writing to persuade readers of our point of view about a topic
• use a variety of sentences in our sentences
• complete an e-asTTle piece of persuasive writing 

Success Criteria: I can/have...

• written a topic sentence that gives my opinion
• supported my opinion with reasons
• provided details to support my reasons
• concluded with sentences that sums up everything and states my opinion in a new way
• read the formula for persuasive writing on google classroom (hamburger model)

Activities:

Wednesday S4 : Planning session for writing. Look at the models on google classroom one more time and research to complete the hamburger plan in your booklets.
Thursday S2: Write your own piece of persuasive writing - Write to persuade your audience that when we work together the task is easier, teamwork is an important part of success.  Use examples from your own experience.

EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

• We are EXPLORING how to recognise and analyse aspects of writing to 'power up' our own writing.
• We are EXPLORING how to collect and organise details in people and places in history to discover where the 'power' lies.