Section outline

  • This week we join in the Context, 'Let the Games Begin - Master IT' with the viewing and study of a movie - COOL RUNNINGS


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

    •Integrate sources of information, processes, and strategies confidently to identify, form, and express ideas using a visual text (movie)

    •explore the context/ themes of the movie in relation to our lives today especially our Commonwealth Games athletes

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • use prior knowledge and research to understand the setting of the movie
    • summarise the story using key words and facts - note taking
    • identify themes in the movie and write about them
    • identify main characters and describe their role on the movie
    • understand how comedy is created in the film

    Activities:

    Monday S3: We listen to the remaining speeches from Rafan and Manaia, then we move into completing impromptu speech tasks as planned last week.

    Thursday Session 4: Commonwealth Games: we have just had a very successful Commonwealth Games campaign - write a SEXY paragraph on New Zealand's athletes and medals in your English book - you may research to find this information. Include where they were held?  Challenges faced in living in the village? Audiences?  https://www.google.com/search?q=new+zealand+commonwealth+games+team+2022&oq=New+Zealand+commonwealth+games+&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0i131i433i512l3j0i512j69i64l3.12302j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on
    Background information for Cool Runnings. Google classroom document to research questions,   choose 3 points to research and share information - map work, what can you learn from this movie? notes in English book 

    Friday S5:  view Cool runnings movie

    Follow up tasks:

    Review points from the movie at home in your own time

    Reading Plus and Maths Buddy Homework tasks

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING how research and organisation can connect us through speech and allow us to recognise and display public speaking skills
    • We are EXPLORING finding themes in a movie and integrating those themes with our 'Let the Games Begin' context
    • We are EXPLORING how to empathise with characters in a movie and discover how the story moves through the characters actions