11 March - 17 March

FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

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

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

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

                                                                                      Success Criteria:

• I can write map directions.
• • I can describe how I, as a reader, interpret the themes, ideas, and opinions in the text/s.
  • • 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.
    
    

                                                                               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.

KNOW: As a text creator, I can use stories to advocate for myself, for others, and to try to change my world.

Week 7 Learning Activities

                                                                                          Monday

• You will first watch the following   about asking for and giving directions.
  
• Then look at the map on slide 6 of the "Directions Slideshow." Then using the images of directions on slide 4 fill in the blanks on slide 7 of which directions to use and go for each place.
• Write the directions of how to get to different locations like in slide 7 of the "Directions Slideshow" but use different fictional names for the places.
  
• Finally, search one fictional map and write a description of what each of those places look like as well as what lives there. Then write a story of how characters go on a journey through those places to reach a certain destination for a certain purpose. The story should have a map which the characters use and write what directions the characters to take to go to places.

                                                                                              Thursday

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.