Section outline

  •                                                                EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    We are     EXPLORING articles by recognising texts that have multiples purposes and knowing the context of the creator helps us understand the purpose.

    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.

                                                                                      Success Criteria: I can...


    I can identify the text’s creator and why the text has been created (purpose).


    Week 5 Learning Activities

                                                                                               Monday

    • Firstly, you will read this article about how travel should be considered an essential human activity. on slide 2 of the "Essential Travel Articles Slideshow."
    • Afterwards, you will answer the multiple choice questions.
    • After that, you will answer the short answer questions.
    • The long answer questions will be answered following that.
    • You will then write 3 things you learned from the article.
    • You will need to write 2-3 things you notice and 2-3 things you wonder.
    • Finally, you will fill in the connecting bubbles with concepts, ideas, questions, and details that connect the image to the reading.

                                                                                               Wednesday

    • Firstly, you will read this article about why travel is bad for the world. on slide 2 of the "Bad Travel Articles Slideshow."
    • Afterwards, you will answer the multiple choice questions.
    • After that, you will answer the short answer questions.
    • The long answer questions will be answered following that.
    • You will then write your reflection in response to the article.
    • You will need to write 2-3 things you notice and 2-3 things you wonder.
    • Finally, you will fill in the connecting bubbles with concepts, ideas, questions, and details that connect the image to the reading.

                                                                                            Friday

    • Then you will read the article about tourism travel on slides 3 to 7 of the "Tourism Travel Vocabulary Slideshow." Highlight the words for "Task 1" on the article on the slideshow.
    • Afterwards, you will see a table of the words from “Task 1.” Draw the table into you books. Then write as many different words you can which have the same meaning as those words using the Thesaurus.
    • After that, write your own story about tourism travel using the words from task 2.
    • Finally, draw, label and colour a picture of what you have written about in your English books to AT LEAST A YEAR EIGHT STANDARD.