Term One Week Four

Kia ora.  I am so excited - we get to have a Monday and Tuesday on site!  It's incredible to think that it is week four and this will be the first Monday we meet.  Have you been seeing some of the images of Cyclone Gabrielle's devastation around the North Island?  For some of these communities this is another in a long line of natural disasters.  Tairawhiti was impacted by Cyclone Bola in February 1988, The Hawkes Bay region endured a major Earthquake in 1931 which led to the rebuild of Napier in an Art Deco style. In Auckland, the west coast, especially our beautiful black sand beaches of Piha and Muriwai have been seriously affected.  It seems incredible that so many significant events have happened over the past 3 years!   There are many books written about some of these events - I am sure the Cyclone Gabrielle events will also form part of our literary landscape before too much longer - perhaps you will be one of the authors recounting these tumultuous times! 

Success Criteria:

• Identify a range of structural elements of text : Intro- title/author/type of product, thesis (opinion)
  • Body - summary, compare/contrast, concrete evidence, connections, background
  • Conclusion - restate thesis, kooh (reverse hook)
    

Activities:

1. Complete movie review and add to slideshow
2. Hyperlink slide to index
3. Music reviews
4. Library

Further Learning:
Read your book

Listen to music (appropriate for school - lyrics!) that you want to review