Term Two Week Two

Ki te kāpuia e kore e whati

We succeed together

Kia ora. Week Two.....  it seems like only three school days ago we started Term Two.  I hope you are all settling back into school routine.  This week we are going to start working within our literature circles.  You all issued your novels last week, so I am going to give you class time to read and to work on your independent activities.  Each member of the team will have a specific activity to complete each week, and you will then meet to share these.  The first thing we need to do is to meet in our groups and set the schedule for reading the novels.  You have four weeks to complete the reading.  This means you need to be about a quarter of the way through the novel by the end of 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. Overview of literature circles
2. Meet in groups to set reading schedule
3. Silent reading of novel
4. Completion of independent activity
5. Meeting as a group to share activities

Further Learning:
Read your novel - keep to the schedule your group has set.

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