4 March - 10 March

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

We are EXPLORING on punctuation by organising my own text by revising and editing and proofreading the text to check the grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

                                                                                      Success Criteria:

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

                                                                               Achievement Objectives:

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.

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

Week 6 Learning Activities

                                                                                          Wednesday

• You will first watch this   about how to use punctuation correctly.
• Then talk to the people around you about why we have punctuation in writing and what would happen if we didn’t have it.
  
• On slide 5 of the "Punctuation Slideshow" you will see a table for punctuation marks. Write and label the punctuation marks in your English books and write the purpose of each one as well as an example of them.
  
• On slide 7 of the "Punctuation Slideshow" you will see a work of writing with no punctuation in it. Write the excerpt into your English books and put in the correct punctuation.
  
• Afterwards, search up a piece of writing with the wrong use of punctuation. Write that piece of writing into your English books and then write the writing with the correct use of punctuation. Then write about what effect there is with the wrong use and if we should do it or not.
  
• Finally, create your own piece of writing like in slide 7 of the "Punctuation Slideshow" with the wrong use of punctuation. Then give it to the person sitting next to you and get them to write the correct punctuation in it. You can record the right answers yourself beforehand to mark them right or not.

                                                                                            Thursday

• 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 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.
• But firstly, you will watch this  of the many different versions of Cinderella.
• Write in your English books about the main differences that you see from each of the versions. Then write which one you like the best and why. You can draw it up in a table if you would like to.
• Each person from each group who has different roles in the Literature Circles will role play as Cinderella from each country and then have a debate about why their story and why they are the best Cinderella.
• After that, you will have a debate about why their role within the Literature Circles is the best and why.
• Finally, you will research different versions of fairy tales around the world and write about which versions are the best and debate with the people in your group about why it is the best.