3 June - 9 June

FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

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

We are EXPLORING speeches by analysing texts that have a range of audience/s and the context of this audience/s impacts the interpretation of the text/s.

                                                                                   Success Criteria:

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:

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.

Week 6 Learning Activities

                                                                                           Tuesday

• Firstly, you will watch this about why people fall for misinformation.
• Then find two articles on a news topic from different publications. Or find a news article and an opinion piece on the same topic. Make a Venn diagram comparing the similarities and differences.
• Explore a website together in pairs — perhaps a news website. Identify all the advertisements.
• Have a look at a fake website either as a whole class or in pairs/small groups. See if students can spot that these sites are not real. Discuss the fact that you can’t believe everything that’s online. Get started with these four examples of fake websites from Eric Curts.
• Practice skim reading— you will have one minute to read this article. Then discuss what stood out to you. Headings? Bold words? Quotes? You will have ten minutes to read the same article and discuss deep reading.

                                                                                            Wednesday

• Firstly, you will watch this   about top ten unexpected presidential decisions.
• Then you will look at this website of how to create a fictional world.
• Think of yourself as the highest authority position in the fictional world. Then think of what you would do with the situation/s which happened regarding the laws in your fictional world. Draw pictures of what that would look like in your fictional world or create a slideshow of images of what that would look like in your fictional world.
• Also, think of how people will react in your fictional world and draw them or create a slideshow of images of them.
• Finally, write descriptions of how people will react in your fictional world. Make it like an informative encyclopaedia, picture book or wiki like the Deltora Quest wiki.

                                                                                      Friday

• You will first watch this   about Greta Thunberg's speech about climate action
• You will also read Greta Thunberg's speech on this link and write in a minimum of 100 words in your English book why you liked or did not like Greta Thunberg's speech and whether or not you think it is important or not and why. Include quotes from the speech and what they are.
• Afterwards, you will draw, label and colour a picture of what John Kerry's speech looks like in your English books.
• After that, write your own speech about peace.
• Finally, create a slideshow with captions of what you want to see with world peace.