7 February - 13 February

Hello and welcome back 7W2! I hope you all had a fantastic holiday and I can't wait to hear all about it. 

I look forward to getting to know you all this year as we move towards an enriching and rewarding 2022. This year, English classes will involve building on what you have learnt last year as well as an exploration of new and exciting topics. 

Our context for this term is "Kia Hono" . This concept is great because it is open to interpretation in that we are able to use many avenues to explore the topic. To me, it is a look into who we are and our place at MHJC.

The overall working plan for English this term will look something like this using the term context as a slight guide: *

- Introduction to creative writing (2 WEEKS)

- Film study (2 WEEKS)

- Film Analysis (2 WEEKS)

- Assessment ONE* (3 WEEKS) Creative response to text

- Procedural writing (1 WEEK)

* Something about me: I’m a HUGE advocate of choice. Therefore, I take into account your opinions and interests when I design a plan for the term so if most of you would rather not do a creative response to a text, there will be other options we can discuss and explore.

Success Criteria for Term 1: We are learning to...

1) Creative writing

• Free writing and the creative process

• Using prompts 

• Creative structure

• Editing 

2) Analysing film study techniques 

3) Understand the meaning of the director's purpose

4) Create our own pieces of written responses using the knowledge we have gained through film analysis

5) Name the conventions and recognize the language features and techniques used in the film - using these to create our own short films

6) Draft and edit our own procedural writing for technology

Activities for week

Get to know each other!

Explore the context.

Connect with E-learning platforms.