Section outline

  • Term 2: Week 4

    FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

      • We are FOCUSING... on Short texts by developing our understanding of the past and present conflicts in which New zealand participated.
      • We are FOCUSING... on Written Language Features and Skills by ​integrating sources of information, processes, and strategies purposefully and confidently to identify, form, and express increasingly sophisticated ideas.
      • We are FOCUSING... on Written Language Features and Skills by showing an understanding of how to shape texts for different audiences and purposes
      • We are FOCUSING... on Written Language Features and Skills by selecting, developing and communicating purposeful ideas on a range of topics
      • We are FOCUSING... on Written Language Features and Skills by selecting and using a range of language features appropriately, showing an increasing understanding of their effects.
      • We are FOCUSING... on Written Language Features and Skills by organising texts, using a range of appropriate, effective structures.
    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI

    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

      • We are PLANNING... to construct an oral presentation (Poem/Speech) on Anzac Day or related topics so that we can apply our understanding, knowledge and ideas arising from the context ‘Leave No One Behind.'

    Activities:

    Watching short visual text:

    "My Father's War – Holocaust Documentary Short Film"

    -Doing activities based on the visual text: (Choose ONE of the following three) 

    1. Write a letter to Hitler condemning Holocaust and how it impacted generations of Jews.

    2. Imagine you are a Jew in WW2. How would you survive the Holocaust? Write down all the things you would have done in order to survive?

    3. Imagine you are a Jew in Germany during WW2. You are in the hiding. Write at least 2 Diary Entries to describe your typical day in the hiding. 

    Success Criteria: I Can.....

    Purpose & Audience

    I can start to develop an understanding of the writer's purposes


    I can develop some understanding of the writer's purposes

    I can show  understanding of the range of ways in which writers use language and ideas to suit their purposes

    I can show  convincing understanding of the range of ways in which writers use language and ideas to suit their purposes

    Ideas

    I can develop an understanding of range of reading comprehension strategies to make meaning of the ideas and respond to texts


    I can demonstrate some understanding of a range of reading comprehension strategies to make meaning of the ideas and respond to texts

    I can demonstrate understanding of range of reading comprehension strategies to make meaning of the ideas and respond to texts

    I can demonstrate convincing understanding of range of reading comprehension strategies to make meaning of the ideas and respond to texts

    Structure & Content

    I  have attempted to use some structure to prepare content which is appropriate for audience and purpose

    I have begun to structure content and used appropriate language for audience and purpose

    I have structured content and used appropriate language for audience and purpose


    I have cohesively structured content and used appropriate language for audience and purpose


    Language features

    I can develop an understanding of language features and their effects. 

    I can demonstrate some understanding of language features and their effects in detail. 

    I can demonstrate   understanding of language features  and effects in detail with consistent awareness of author’s purpose in using these

    I can demonstrate  convincing understanding of language features  and effects in detail with consistent awareness of author’s purpose in using these


    Resources:

    My Father's War – Holocaust Documentary Short Film

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6FxcmU4qe8