Section outline

  •                                                                  EXPLORE / TŪHURA                

                                                                     FOCUS / ARONGA                                 

                                                                 PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI

                                                        FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

    We are PLANNING poetry by choosing language that is appropriate to the topic, audience, and purpose.

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

    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.

                                                                             Success Criteria:


      • I can identify the different uses of language in a range of text.
        • I can examine how the themes, messages and opinions of a text can be experienced by different readers in different ways.
      • I can compose a range of text using language features effectively while sustaining a writing style which is appropriate for my audience.

    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: Language works at both denotative and connotative levels. There is a gap between the language we choose to convey an idea and how the idea is understood. Our language choices and how we interpret language can reveal our values and beliefs.

    KNOW: Codes, conventions, and features of different types of texts are often subtle and able to be flexibly applied. Recognising them and the effects they have in different types of texts supports the analysis and crafting of texts.

    Week 5 Learning Activities

                                                                                 Tuesday


    • Firstly, you will read the poem "A Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe on slides 3 and 4 of the "Poetry Analysis Slideshow."
    • Then you will look at this link about the analysis of “A Dream Within A Dream.” Summarise the main points in your English book and write what themes are in the poem.
    • Afterwards, you will need to look at the poetic features on the next slide and write examples of which poetic features there are from the poem into your English books.
    • After that, you will write a poem which has the same or similar themes to “A Dream Within A Dream” into your English books.
    • Finally, you will draw, label and colour in a picture of what the poems are about into your English books to AT LEAST A YEAR NINE STANDARD.

                                                                                 Wednesday


      • Firstly, you will watch this   about grammar and verb tenses.
      • Afterwards, on slide 6 of the "Grammar Slideshow 2" you will see a list of sentences with wrong grammar in them. Write the sentences with the correct grammar into your English books.
      • After that, you will create a piece of writing with the words, phrases and sentences you wrote from the "Grammar Terms Worksheet."
      • Finally, you will draw, label and colour a picture of what you have written to AT LEAST A YEAR NINE STANDARD.

                                                                                      Friday

    • 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.