Term Two Week One

Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro

 'the forest belongs to the bird who feasts on the miro berry, the world belongs to the bird who feasts on education'

Kia ora, welcome back. What a wonderfully long break we have had.  I think we are so fortunate that the weather has been more settled than our last break.  I hope you all took the opportunity to rest and relax after a very busy Term One.  This term, we are going to focus on unpacking the anatomy of a story/novel.  The context this term is The Art of......, and one of the things we will be looking at is structure in stories.  We will also be looking at the themes around survival and challenge that feature so majorly in most young adult fiction.  Please remember to return any overdue library books so that we are able to issue novels from the library this week.

Success Criteria:

• I can list elements in an extended text
• I can retell the main points of the extended text
• I can identify the main characters in the extended text
• I can define key words about the structure of extended texts

Activities:

1. Brain dump - elements of a story/novel 
2. Refresh story map/thematic statements
3. Language of novel structure (edPerfect)

Further Learning:
Read a book!

EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

• We are EXPLORING by identifying and recording elements in our extended text
• We are EXPLORING by skimming and scanning the text to locate and select supporting evidence