Section outline

  •                                                                                   EXPLORE / TŪHURA                                                                               

                                                                                      FOCUS / ARONGA

                                                                          FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:


    We are FOCUSING on explanation writing by choosing language that is appropriate to the topic, audience, and purpose.

    We are EXPLORING reading by connecting the ideas/ events/ character actions to local/ national events.


                                                                                            Success Criteria:


    • I can categorise my ideas into paragraphs with clear ideas and following a writing frame eg. TEXAS, PEDAL etc.
      • I can discuss the main ideas, events and characters in a text and their impact on the storyline/plot, recognising that these can be interpreted in different ways.


    Knows Covered:

    KNOW: Aotearoa New Zealand has unique literary traditions shaped by tangata whenua, tangata Tiriti, and those who have come from around Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. These traditions help me understand and contribute to the uniqueness of this place.

    KNOW: Texts can have multiple layers of ideas. Exploring them helps to expose deeper meanings and contradictions within the text.
                                                                                                 Monday

    • You will need to use the resources from slide 4 of the "Explanation Writing Slideshow 2."
    • Write a TEXAS paragraph about the devaluing of Maori culture. That is, how in the past Maori culture has been looked down upon as having little value or no use.
    • Write a TEXAS paragraph describing how can Mātauranga Māori be a valuable source of information and provide knowledge of various plants and their uses as food, medicine and building materials. It was also essential to successful navigation in the Pacific including Wayfinding.
    • Write a TEXAS paragraph about is Matauranga Maori science? Explain and justify your position.
    • Use different colours to highlight each of the sentences in your paragraphs for TEXAS.
    • Draw, label and colour in a picture of what you have written in your English books to AT LEAST A YEAR NINE STANDARD.


                                                                                                     Tuesday

    You will start doing Literature Circles. You will do the tasks with your group with the first chapter of the novel you had chosen and issued out last week. You will need to divide the roles with your group. The description of the roles are on slide 4 of the "Literature Circles" slideshow.


                                                                                                Thursday


    • Watch this   about how to write introductions and conclusions on slide 2 of the "Explanation Writing Slideshow 3."
    • Look at this link and write an introduction about the 3 TEXAS paragraphs you wrote in the last lesson.
    • Look at this link and write a conclusion about the 3 TEXAS paragraphs you wrote in the last lesson.
    • Write an introduction for an explanatory essay of your choice. Then write the TEXAS paragraphs which follow. Finally, write the conclusion of your essay.
    • Draw, label and colour in a picture of what you have written in your English books to AT LEAST A YEAR NINE STANDARD.