11 March - 17 March

This week you are off to camp on Wednesday! Enjoy your time there, challenge yourself with an activity that is new for you and enjoy getting to know Forest students and teachers!

We continue to write our 'I AM FROM' poems, reshaping, sharing in our group with buddies, making our words descriptive!

FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

• We are FOCUSING on choosing and selecting what is important in "Kainga waewae" - The place where we stand and belong' and identifying 4 aspects for our poems.
• We are FOCUSING on comparing exemplars to improve our writing.
• We are FOCUSING on discussing the form and shape of an "I Am From" poem so that we can write our own.

Learning Intentions: We are learning to (WALT)...

• construct a text that shows an awareness of purpose and audience through deliberate choice of language and text form.

• express language that tells the reader about what I am passionate about.

Success Criteria: I can/have...

• understand the form of the poem

• use language that is descriptive and paints a picture for the reader

• write content that tells about each individuals passion

• publish poems and present to the class/assembly

Activities:

Monday S1 and Tuesday S3: re share the model poems in your group and talk about the language used. Complete the task on google classroom.

• identify what is important to each of us in our lives, share in pairs, group and with whole class

• look at the set out of the poem, discuss impact of this form

• collaboratively write one verse as a class

• play with words, lines, share with partner

• teacher conference individually as students are writing, work with a group who have similar needs