6 May - 12 May

FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

We are EXPLORING by analysing multiple and sometimes competing interpretations of a text, including my own, using analytical lenses to make informed judgments about the text.

We are PLANNING a debate to create text that can contribute to national and global conversations through my original interpretations of texts and through the texts I create.

                                                                                     Success Criteria:

• I can examine how the themes, messages and opinions of a text can be experienced by different readers in different ways.
• 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.
  

Knows Covered:

                                                                                             Tuesday

• First of all, you will watch this   about changing the world.

• You will have 2 minutes to talk to each other about what they know about Forces In Motion.

• You will then share back as a class so that I can write on the whiteboard a brainstorm of what they already know about Forces In Motion.

• Then you will create a title page for "Forces In Motion."

                                                                                               Wednesday

• You will sit down on the green chairs when you first come into the library.
• Then you will listen as I will tell you about the expectations and rules you need to follow in the library.
• Afterwards, you will choose books to read and sit down quietly to read the books which you will issue afterwards.

                                                                                       Friday

• You will first watch this  about an introduction to debating skills.
• Then you will look at this website about debating topics and choose one of those topics. Draw a table like on slide 5 of the "Debating Slideshow" and write down reasons for why you are affirming (for) or negating (against) that topic.
• Afterwards, you will write a debate of points of being on the affirmative side or the negative side from a topic of your choice from this website. Using the 4 styles you will add a tally of how many points you can get. (2 for dragon/reptile, 1 for thunder/pyro).
• Finally, you will draw, label and colour a picture of the debating topic you chose in your English books to AT LEAST A YEAR NINE STANDARD.