Section outline

    • Welcome to Week 9 Term 3

      Learning intentions:

      • we are EXPLORING/FOCUSING on the olympics and understanding  that a biography is a piece of writing that tells the story of someone's life but is written by another person.Biographies also need to be engaging and descriptive to keep the audience interested.

      • we are EXPLORING/FOCUSING on the olympics and analysing biographical writing requires skills in investigation, analysing information, writing concisely and chronologically. 

      Success criteria: 

      • I can locate some key facts in a biography
      • I can identify the main features in a biography
      • I can use those features to write a biography

      Literacy activities

      • Assessment : Writing a Biography on a New Zealand olympian. Due this Tuesday

      • To Do Grammar Task 1 and 2 on GC

      • BrainPOP - Parts of Speech on GC