Section outline



  • PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI

    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

    • We are PLANNING to view the film and analyse the themes so that we can have a better understanding of friendships and new beginnings

    Term 1: Week 8


    Assessment 1

    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

    Refer to Google Classroom