9W1 English
Weekly outline
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Opened: Monday, 18 March 2024, 9:00 AMDue: Friday, 29 March 2024, 2:00 PM
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N/A - Admin week & relationship building
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An introductory week where I learn about you, how you function as a class and get an insight into your current skillset as students of English.Success Criteria:
- I will be able to show my current stage of writing through completing the paragraph activity set out for me.
Activities:
- Paragraph Writing
- 'What is a text?' Worksheet
- Library
EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING... ancient civilizations with Mātauranga Māori to compare and contrast common practices, beliefs and spiritual figures
- We are EXPLORING... ancient civilizations by applying proper paragraph structure to communicate our findings
- We are EXPLORING... ancient civilizations by using our research and analysing skills
- We are EXPLORING... ancient civilizations by selecting relevant texts and applying our three levels of comprehension
In class we introduced the basics of 'History's Mysteries' and our overall learning intentions, and our goals going forward.
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Success Criteria:
- I will be able to showcase my understanding of grammar conventions in multiple writing formats.
Activities:
- Paragraph Writing - Grammar Conventions
- Mōku ake, ko ahau (all about me) Activity
- Introduction: Informational Writing
EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING... ancient civilizations by applying proper paragraph structure to communicate our findings
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Kia ora class, this week is continuing our focus on grammar punctuation conventions across different writing formats, completing our Mōku ake, ko ahau (all about me) activity and learning about the purpose of informational writing, and how you can best use this skill in future classes.
Success Criteria:
- I will be able to showcase an understanding of informational writing by explaining the history of my chosen ancient Egyptian God.
Activities:
- Mōku ake, ko ahau (all about me) activity
- Informational Writing
EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING... ancient civilizations with Mātauranga Māori to compare and contrast common practices, beliefs and spiritual figures
- We are EXPLORING... ancient civilizations by selecting relevant texts and applying our three levels of comprehension
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Kia ora 9W1, this week heralds our shift into stringent, tight focusing on texts as sources of information you need to be able to decode for your own purposes. Firstly, a second round of informational writing, focusing on a short story that challenges the reader to list and explain a variety of Te Reo words.
Visual texts will be part of your upcoming assessment, being part of the evidence you need to decipher. To this end, your task will be to learn about visual texts and how to properly break them down, as well continuing our term-long focus on grammar conventions and accuracy of writing.
Success Criteria:
- I will be able to answer a variety of questions on different kinds of texts, with a focus on visual texts and how they can be deciphered for information.
Activities:
- 'What is a text?' Part 2
- The Enchanted Stingray - Story
- Library
EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING... ancient civilizations by applying proper paragraph structure to communicate our findings
- We are EXPLORING... ancient civilizations by using our research and analysing skills
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Kia ora 9W1, this week is an extension of last week's work. You will be finishing last week's focus on analysing different text types, with a second task on video texts to bolster our visual text focus.
Success Criteria:
- I have successfully deciphered a variety of visual texts and clearly explained their meaning in correct conventions.
Activities:
- 'What is a text?' Part 3
Follow Up Tasks:
Summary practice - writing a summary of the book you have been doing for silent reading.EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING... ancient civilizations with Mātauranga Māori to compare and contrast common practices, beliefs and spiritual figures
- We are EXPLORING... ancient civilizations by applying proper paragraph structure to communicate our findings
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Kia ora, this is Part 1 of our Assessment Week, the forensic investigation task that we are doing over the course of two weeks. The associated material is below.
Success Criteria:
- I will show success by analysing the evidence provided to me and beginning to piece together a formal and grammatically correct description of the event.
Activities:
- Assessment Planning/Outlining
- Carrying out the Assessment - Description, Background and Beginning Evidence
EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING... ancient civilizations by using our research and analysing skills.
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We are continuing our Forensic Assessment - analysing evidence presented to them and how to properly write and summarise an evidence transcript, as well as tidying up our descriptions and really editing our paragraph structure to reflect our role as forensic investigators.
Success Criteria:
- I will be able to show a completed interview transcript, written in proper interviewing conventions.
Activities:
- Forensic Assessment - Evidence & Transcript
- Forensic Files Detour - How do forensic investigators complete a job?
- Library time - mental break
EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING... ancient civilizations by using our research and analysing skills
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Last week of our assessment - this week will primarily be about tidying up, with one class set aside for clearly laying out the expectations of the marking rubric now that you have completed a significant portion of the assessment. This will give you all the keys towards successfully achieving this long task.
EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING... ancient civilizations by using our research and analysing skills
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EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING... ancient civilizations with Mātauranga Māori to compare and contrast common practices, beliefs and spiritual figures
- We are EXPLORING... ancient civilizations by applying proper paragraph structure to communicate our findings
- We are EXPLORING... ancient civilizations by using our research and analysing skills
- We are EXPLORING... ancient civilizations by selecting relevant texts and applying our three levels of comprehension
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EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING... ancient civilizations with Mātauranga Māori to compare and contrast common practices, beliefs and spiritual figures
- We are EXPLORING... ancient civilizations by applying proper paragraph structure to communicate our findings
- We are EXPLORING... ancient civilizations by using our research and analysing skills
- We are EXPLORING... ancient civilizations by selecting relevant texts and applying our three levels of comprehension
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Week 1
EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
-We are exploring......Let the force be with you: Space by watching the film ‘Zathura: A Space Adventure.’ -We are exploring……..Let the force be with you: Space by analysing the themes in the film ‘Zathura: A Space Adventure.’
-We are exploring……..Let the force be with you: Space by discovering the Sci-Fi genre in the film.
-We are exploring.......Film Study (Visual Text) by observing the elements of Film Making in the film ‘Zathura: A Space Adventure.’Ako: Learning and Thinking Strategy
Awhinatanga: Positive Partnerships
Awhinatanga: Resilient Mindset
CONTEXT/BIG IDEA: Let the Force Be With You: Space
Activities:
-This term we will be doing film study, ‘Zathura: A Space Adventure.’
-Completing the pre-watching questions this week:
-DO YOU HAVE ANY SIBLINGS? ARE THEY OLDER OR YOUNGER TO YOU?
-WHAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP DO YOU HAVE WITH YOUR SIBLINGS?
-WHAT IS ‘CONFLICT?’ WHAT ARE INTERNAL & EXTERNAL CONFLICTS?
-WHAT KIND OF CONFLICTS DO YOU USUALLY HAVE WITH YOUR SIBLINGS?
-HAVE THERE BEEN ANY INCIDENTS/EVENTS/PROJECTS WHERE YOU NEEDED TO WORK ALONG WITH YOUR SIBLINGS DESPITE YOUR CONFLICTS? EXPLAIN HOW DID YOU RESOLVE YOUR CONFLICTS? -
WEEK 2
EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
-We are exploring......Let the force be with you: Space by watching the film ‘Zathura: A Space Adventure.’ -We are exploring……..Let the force be with you: Space by analysing the themes in the film ‘Zathura: A Space Adventure.’
-We are exploring……..Let the force be with you: Space by discovering the Sci-Fi genre in the film.
-We are exploring.......Film Study (Visual Text) by observing the elements of Film Making in the film ‘Zathura: A Space Adventure.’Ako: Learning and Thinking Strategy
Awhinatanga: Positive Partnerships
Awhinatanga: Resilient Mindset
CONTEXT/BIG IDEA: Let the Force Be With You: Space
Activities:-Watching the film: ‘Zathura: A Space Adventure.’
-Summarising the film's story in our own words.
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EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
-We are exploring......Let the force be with you: Space by watching the film ‘Zathura: A Space Adventure.’ -We are exploring……..Let the force be with you: Space by analysing the themes in the film ‘Zathura: A Space Adventure.’ -We are exploring……..Let the force be with you: Space by discovering the Sci-Fi genre in the film.-We are exploring.......Film Study (Visual Text) by observing the elements of Film Making in the film ‘Zathura: A Space Adventure.’Ako: Learning and Thinking Strategy
Awhinatanga: Positive Partnerships
Awhinatanga: Resilient Mindset
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