Section outline

  • Inā kei to mohio koe ko wai koes, I anga mai koe I hea, kei te mohio koe. Ke te anga atu ki hea

    If you know who you are and where you are from, you will know where you are going

    Kia ora. We are halfway there, you are no longer new Year 9s, you now have had five weeks to settle in and you are well into the role and expectations.  This week the Year 7s and some Year 10s are off to camp.  This means that you are some of the senior students in the whanau.  What you do matters!  This fits in nicely with our opinion writing.  When you are writing reviews your opinion, experiences and voice matters!  To persuade people to your opinion is a very useful skill, and one that is supported by clear and structured literacy.  This week we are going to review some exemplars of persuasive/opinion writing and identify the elements that make them successful. It is also library week, so remember to bring your books to school so that they can be returned and new ones issued.

    Success Criteria:

    • I can use a writing framework to organise elements of written text into a cohesive piece of writing

    Activities:

    1. Exemplar annotation
    2. Draft writing - proof read and publish your opinion piece - proofread with a partner
    3. Library

    Further Learning:

    1. Read a book
    2. Complete in-class writing tasks - one piece of completed writing (to publish stage) every week


    FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

    • We are FOCUSSING on identifying the purpose and audience of our text
    • We are FOCUSSING on organising and developing ideas and information for a particular purpose
    • We are FOCUSSING on making and justifying an opinion with clarity and conciseness