Section outline

  • Week 2

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY by reading the story of ‘The Lorax.’
    • We are EXPLORING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY by watching the movie ‘The Lorax.’
    • We are EXPLORING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY by discovering the impacts of environmental imbalance.
    • We are EXPLORING ELEMENTS OF VISUAL LANGUAGE by by observing and
 understanding symbols and examples

    • We are EXPLORING ELEMENTS OF VISUAL LANGUAGE by applying its elements to construct a Static
 Image based on Big Ideas of the context.

    • We are EXPLORING the connections between oral, written, and visual language by creating a
 collaborative text (STATIC IMAGE) 


    CONTEXT/BIG IDEA: Kaitiaki Kiwis - Tread Lightly- "Takahia Mama"

    Activities: 

    -Before Reading Discussion: 

    1. What does 'natural' mean? What is a natural resource? Who do they belong to? What are they used for? List natural resources e.g. forests, water, wool, milk. Find pictures of natural resources in magazines, photos, etc. and make a collage. Discuss with children the idea that we must look after our natural resources.

    2. What makes you behave in ways that are acceptable to the classroom group. What are the incentives to behave this way? What rules do we have in the classroom/school? What happens if we break the rules? Who decides the rules? Why? 

    3. Describe what you can see out the window. Describe your local area/town/city. (If possible have pictures to help with this, including factories, businesses, parks, houses, etc.). Describe what you would have seen. 

    -Reading the story 'The Lorax.'



    Resources: 

    'The Lorax' Story