Section outline

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                                                            FOCUS / ARONGA

                                                            PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI


                                                        FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:


    We are FOCUSING on rhyme schemes by explaining the effects of conventions in a written/visual text.

    We are PLANNING on designing a title page of "Spooky Mysteries."

    We are PLANNING creative writing by organising my own text so that my structures support my purpose/ meaning.


                                                                         Success Criteria:


    • I can identify the different uses of language in a range of text.
        • I can deliberately design texts for different audiences to share my ideas with different audiences, knowing that how I communicate my ideas can play a part in shaping society.
        • I can select and use structural features (eg. place, time and participants).


    Knows Covered:


    KNOW: As a text creator, I can contribute to national and global conversations through my original interpretations of texts and through the texts I create.

    KNOW: I can deliberately design texts for different audiences to share my ideas with different audiences, knowing that how I communicate my ideas can play a part in shaping society.

    KNOW: Structural elements can be arranged for deliberate effect to build up meaning across a text.


    Week 1 Learning Activities

                                                                                                 Monday


    • Firstly, you will watch this   about what is rhyme scheme?
    • Then on slide 6 of the "Rhyme Schemes Slideshow" you will see a list of different rhymes. You will need to write which rhyme scheme you think it is. That is, it will be “ABAB” or “AABB.”
    • Afterwards, create 8 of your own rhyme schemes just like the ones in the previous slide with the context being about spooky mysteries.
    • After that, look at this link about short stories to read online. Choose one short story and write it in the style of a rhyme scheme rather than the way it is originally written.
    • Finally, draw, label and colour what you have written about to AT LEAST A YEAR NINE STANDARD.


                                                                              Tuesday


    • Firstly, you will watch the following  on how to build a fictional world.
    • Then you will need to create your own character descriptions like in slide 6 of the "Creative Writing Slideshow 2" with a minimum of THREE characters in your creative story in your English books. Make sure you plan your work first using the template below.
    • Afterwards, you will need to write descriptively about the settings in your creative story.
    • Finally, think about how the plot of your creative story starts off, ends and what happens in the middle. Think about what the characters will do in the story, why they make those choices and if they will change as a result of what they have been through. Also, think about the setting of your story and the effect it has in your story. Then create a table like the one on the slide below and write the content of all that in the beginning, middle and end segments.

                                                                                    Thursday


    • First of all, you will watch this   about 5 of the creepiest unsolved mysteries.

    • You will have 2 minutes to talk to each other about what you know about spooky mysteries.

    • You will then share back as a class so that I can write on the whiteboard a brainstorm of what you already know about spooky mysteries.

    • Then you will create a title page for "Spooky Mysteries."