9F1 English
Weekly outline
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English 2021
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Kia Ora Forest Ngahere Whanau
Welcome to English! Mrs Ismail is your English teacher and you will learn lots of interesting and relevant contexts this year. Our Year 9 Term 1 Context is~
Year 9 - ‘Kōkōkaha’ – Powered by Wind
Whakataukī: “Ko te pae tawhiti, whāia kia tata; ko te pae tata, whakamaua kia tīna”
Metaphorical: Seek out distant horizons and cherish those you attain
Literal: Strive to attain that which is out of your reach & make plans to achieve it, for a better future.
9F1 - Class code: nu6qgxz https://classroom.google.com/
u/0/c/MjU5NTUzODQ4MjE3 He waka eke noa -
We’re all in this together
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Kia Ora Students and welcome to Week 2 Term 1!
This week you will be~
1. Reflecting and writing your goals for writing and reading 2021.
2. Writing a personal profile about yourselves in your Writing Book.
LI- Follow the correct structure
Include your name, family, personal hobbies and interests, future goals/quotes, role models.
SC-3 paragraphs.
3. Library session- Orientation/Library Fun Challenges.
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Kia Ora Students and welcome to Week 3 Term 1!
This week you will be~
This week you will be~Monday-Wednesday
Let's Keep in Touch - Distance Learning Journal-complete activities from timetable and record evidence
Thursday-Friday
1. Writing a personal profile about yourselves in your Writing Book.
LI- Follow the correct structure
Include your name, family, personal hobbies and interests, future goals/quotes, role models.
SC-3 paragraphs.
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Kia Ora Students and welcome to Week 4 Term 1!
This week you will be~
Thursday-Library session -reading for enjoyment.
EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING oral, written and visual language features by recognising visual techniques
- We are EXPLORING oral, written and visual language features by observing and researching language of film, camera shots and angles
- We are EXPLORING authors viewpoints by analysing and interpreting messages/themes of texts
- See Google Classroom for Activities and Resources
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Kia Ora and Welcome to week 5!
Online learning this week due to Lockdown-
Please see plan similar to the one emailed to you.
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Kia Ora Students and welcome to Week 6 Term 1!
This week you will be~
Thursday-Having a Library session-reading for enjoyment
Must Do-
10 mins of silent reading at start of session-Library Books and recording in Book Log-at the back of English Book
FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:
- We are FOCUSING on using language features and increasing our vocabulary skills by describing key words in our film study
- We are FOCUSING on using language features and increasing our vocabulary skills by explaining key words in our film study
- We are FOCUSING on understanding the authors viewpoint/message of our visual text by identifying and discussing/ Kōrerorero, the main ideas of our visual text
See Google Classroom for activities/resources
Start viewing Movie-"The Boy who Harnessed the Wind".
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Kia Ora Students and welcome to Week 7 Term 1!
This week you will be~
Continue plan from last week
Must Do-
10 mins of silent reading at start of session-Library Books and recording in Book Log-at the back of English Book
FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:
- We are FOCUSING on using language features and increasing our vocabulary skills by describing key words in our film study
- We are FOCUSING on using language features and increasing our vocabulary skills by explaining key words in our film study
- We are FOCUSING on understanding the authors viewpoint/message of our visual text by identifying and discussing/ Kōrerorero, the main ideas of our visual text
See Google Classroom for activities/resources
1. Watch Ted talks interviews on William K-then/now. Listen to his story.
2. Complete a Character brainstorm on William K-
3. Record notes on~
a.Themes/messages
b.Authors purpose for creating this text
c.Challenges/conflicts that William faced
d.List meaningful quotes from the story-explain them
4. Kahoots on The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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Kia Ora Students and Welcome to Week 8!!
PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:
- We are PLANNING to show an increasing understanding of how language features are used for effect within and across texts so that we can prepare, collaborate and share ideas on our film study
- We are planning to identify oral, written and language features from our visual text so that we can plan/Tātai, and apply/Whakahāngai, our knowledge when completing our Film Study Response to Text assessment
Activities:
1.Students are finishing reading comprehension questions from last week on their visual text-"The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind and participating in quizzes.
2. Students are starting their Assessment 1 this week- Film Study Response to Text.
Resources are on Google Classroom.
Thursday -Library session this week-Reading for enjoyment/Completing a Book Review/Small group conferencing with Teacher
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Kia Ora Students and Welcome to Week 9!!
PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:
- We are PLANNING to show an increasing understanding of how language features are used for effect within and across texts so that we can prepare, collaborate and share ideas on our film study
- We are planning to identify oral, written and language features from our visual text so that we can plan/Tātai, and apply/Whakahāngai, our knowledge when completing our Film Study Response to Text assessment
Activities:
1.Students are finishing reading comprehension questions from last week on their visual text-"The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind and participating in quizzes.
2. Students are working on their Assessment 1 this week- Film Study Response to Text.
Resources are on Google Classroom.
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Kia Ora Students and Welcome to Week 10!!
PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:
- We are PLANNING to show an increasing understanding of how language features are used for effect within and across texts so that we can prepare, collaborate and share ideas on our film study
- We are planning to identify oral, written and language features from our visual text so that we can plan/Tātai, and apply/Whakahāngai, our knowledge when completing our Film Study Response to Text assessment
Activities:
1.Students are finishing reading comprehension questions from last week on their visual text-"The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind and participating in quizzes.
2. Students are completing their Assessment 1 this week- Film Study Response to Text.
Resources are on Google Classroom.
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Kia Ora and welcome to Week 11. (last week of Term 1 )
Students are continuing working on their assessments this week.
Monday-Takapuna Water safety Trip
Tuesday-Celebration Assembly.
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Kia Ora and welcome to week 1 Term 2!!
Students are handing in their assessments this week Thursday 3pm.
REFLECT / WHAIWHAKAARO learning intentions:
- We are REFLECTING our choices of Film Study Response to Text and it's effects by reviewing our work
- We are REFLECTING on our Film Study Response to Text by critiquing our work and evaluating it's theme/message and impact
- Success Criteria-
I can reflect on a range of response to text elements in my assessment and explain the effectiveness and impacts of these techniques
P-PLUS POINTS
M-MINUS POINTS
I-INTERESTING POINTS
I can reflect on my one pager assessment and justify my choices
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Kia Ora Students and Welcome to Week 2!!
This week you will be~
1. Completing a PMI/SELF REFLECTION ON your English assessment 1
2. Library Session-Reading for Enjoyment.
3. LI-Create a fact file on William Shakespeare
SC-I can:
-Research information with key words
-Skim and scan for information
-Record notes
Complete Activity
Name:
D.O.B-
Schooling-
Country-
Achievements-
Questions-
1. List plays that he wrote.
2. What were the common themes of his plays?
3. What inspired him to become an author/poet?
4. Why were women not initially allowed to perform in plays back then?
4. Uploading evidence onto your Great Learner Evidence Website.
Thursday-Teacher Only Day
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Kia Ora and Welcome to Week 3!
New Skills - Ngā Pukenga Hou - Term 2
- ENG/Speaking, Writing and Presenting/L5/Processes and strategies
- ENG/Speaking, Writing and Presenting/L5/Structure
- ENG/Speaking, Writing and Presenting/L5/Idea
EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING storyboard ideas by observing and discovering the structure of the procedural text
- We are EXPLORING the definition and meaning of a storyboard by finding and interpreting the main ideas
Education Perfect Tasks-Describing a process
View video links on story board from teacher-view/discuss
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Kia Ora and Welcome to Week 4!
Library Session this week.
FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:
- We are FOCUSING on using thinking strategies by brainstorming, discussing and developing our ideas for our storyboard
- We are FOCUSING on using the correct structure of writing by choosing and selecting vocabulary to sequence our ideas
- We are FOCUSING on using visual text elements by describing our scenes and identifying camera techniques/angles
Activities:
Students organise their groups of 3, they brainstorm storyboard ideas in English Book.
Draft out their plan in 6 boxes in their English Books.
Hand out Storyboard template to record their story ideas in sentences with illustrations, and choice of camera angle/shot. (Use of correct punctuation in writing)Look at examples of student work.
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Kia Ora and Welcome to Week 5!!
PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:
- We are PLANNING to apply our storyboard skills so that we can create a movie.
- We are PLANNING to collaborate our ideas so that we can produce and present our movie.
- We are PLANNING to share our ideas so that we can apply our film techniques/ camera angles and shots.
Students are working to groups to finish their Storyboard plan on teaching a new skill, this week. They will make and produce their video in groups, with effects such as voiceover, music.
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Kia Ora and Welcome to Week 6!!
Library session on Wednesday.
REFLECT / WHAIWHAKAARO learning intentions:
- We are REFLECTING on our news skills video by critiquing/evaluating our Storyboard skills and ideas
- We are REFLECTING on our Storyboard planning by reviewing our processes and strategies to identify camera shots and angles
Activities-
Library sessions -update Book review on doc from Google Classroom.
Reflections on Storyboard planning and new skills video (after presentations).
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Kia Ora and Welcome to Week 7!!
We are finishing up with reflections and presentations from last week, then moving onto exploring our speeches topic.EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
We are EXPLORING the correct structure of a speech format by observing and analysing examples
We are EXPLORING processes and strategies by discovering elements of speechmaking
Activities/resources on Google Classroom
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Kia ora and welcome to Week 8.
This week you have Library session (Monday)and Reading e-asttle(Wednesday).
Continue with last weeks Explore plan.
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Kia Ora and welcome to Week 9!
FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:
- We are FOCUSING...on our oral presentation skills by discussing and identifying the key elements of a formal speech
- We are FOCUSING...on our speech making skills by choosing our own topic and brainstorming and developing our ideas
- We are FOCUSING...on using the TEXAS WrIting structure by adapting it to our topic transforming our ideas into a speech
- Activities/resources are on Google classroom.
- https://www.brainpop.com/english/studyandreadingskills/publicspeaking/
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Kia Ora and welcome to Week 10!
PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:
- We are PLANNING... to follow the correct structure of a formal speech so that we can...prepare our speech
- We are PLANNING to practise our speech so that we can present and perform in front of an audience and share information
- Activities/resources are on Google classroom.
- https://www.brainpop.com/english/studyandreadingskills/publicspeaking/
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Term 2 Holidays
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Term 2 Holidays
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Kia Ora and welcome to Week 1 Term 3!!
Your written speech assessment is due this Friday, 30th July, 4pm.
Continue with:PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:
- We are PLANNING... to follow the correct structure of a formal speech so that we can...prepare our speech
- We are PLANNING to practise our speech so that we can present and perform in front of an audience and share information
- Activities/resources are on Google classroom.
- https://www.brainpop.com/english/studyandreadingskills/publicspeaking/
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Kia Ora and Welcome to Week 2!!
This week you will be presenting your speeches and reflecting on them.
REFLECT / WHAIWHAKAARO learning intentions:
- We are REFLECTING...on our speech assessment so that we can review our presentation and evaluate ourselves
Success Criteria:
I can reflect on my oral presentation techniques and speech delivery
PMI
Plus points
Minus points
Interesting points
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Kia Ora and Welcome to Week 3!!
Our context this term is "Inclusiveness and Energy"!!!
Library sessions this week-Monday
EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING a range of language features by observing and recognising them in a variety of texts
- We are EXPLORING new words by researching and finding out what they mean
- We are EXPLORING reading comprehension strategies by interpreting and analysing news articles
Activities/links on Google Classroom.
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Kia Ora and Welcome to Week 4!!
Our context this term is "Inclusiveness and Energy"!!!
Continue with Explore this week.
EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING a range of language features by observing and recognising them in a variety of texts
- We are EXPLORING new words by researching and finding out what they mean
- We are EXPLORING reading comprehension strategies by interpreting and analysing news articles
Activities/links on Google Classroom.
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Kia Ora and Welcome to Week to Week 5!
(Lockdown week-stay safe!!)
FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:
- We are FOCUSING on reading comprehension skills by selecting, identifying, discussing, clarifying and explaining main ideas.
- We are FOCUSING on figurative/poetic language by selecting, identifying, discussing, clarifying and explaining main ideas and key words
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Kia Ora and Welcome to Week 6!
Lockdown Activities~
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Kia Ora and Welcome to Week 7!!
Lockdown FOCUS activities:
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Kia Ora and Welcome to Week 8!!
Lockdown FOCUS continued from last weeks activities:
Maori Language week!! We will have a Kahoot quiz for Maori Language week on our Google Meet-Tuesday.
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Kia Ora and welcome to Week 9!
(Lockdown week)FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:
- We are FOCUSING on reading comprehension skills by selecting, identifying, discussing, clarifying and explaining main ideas.
- We are FOCUSING on figurative/poetic language by selecting, identifying, discussing, clarifying and explaining main ideas and key words
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Kia Ora and welcome to Week 10!
(Lockdown week)FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:
- We are FOCUSING on reading comprehension skills by selecting, identifying, discussing, clarifying and explaining main ideas.
- We are FOCUSING on figurative/poetic language by selecting, identifying, discussing, clarifying and explaining main ideas and key words
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Term 3 Holidays
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Term 3 Holidays
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Kia Ora and welcome to Week 1, Term 4!
(Lockdown week)
FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:
- We are FOCUSING on reading comprehension skills by selecting, identifying, discussing, clarifying and explaining main ideas.
- We are FOCUSING on figurative/poetic language by selecting, identifying, discussing, clarifying, explaining and analysing main ideas and key words
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Kia Ora and welcome to Week 2, Term 4! Online learning continues with Level 3 lockdown.
PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:
- We are PLANNING to use the correct structure, language and ideas so that we can create our own poetry
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Kia Ora and welcome to Week 3, Term 4! Online learning continues with Level 3 lockdown.
REFLECT / WHAIWHAKAARO learning intentions:
- We are REFLECTING on our learning by reviewing what we have learnt and self assessing on our use of reading/writing skills, strategies, ideas and use of language/figurative language
Success Criteria:
Complete Plus, Minus, Interesting-reflections
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Kia Ora and welcome to Week 4, Term 4! Online learning continues with Level 3 lockdown.
EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING natural disasters by classifying the different types and researching and collecting information
- We are EXPLORING the methods of surviving lockdown by collaborating our ideas.
- We are EXPLORING the concept of natural vs manmade disasters and classifying our research information
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Kia Ora and Welcome to Week 5!!
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Kia Ora and welcome to Week 6!!
CAT English this Tuesday!! All the best!!
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Kia ora and Welcome to Week 7!
FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:
- We are FOCUSING on reading comprehension skills by selecting, identifying, discussing, clarifying and explaining main ideas.
- We are FOCUSING on written language features by selecting, identifying, discussing, clarifying and explaining main ideas and key words
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Kia Ora and Welcome to Week 8!
PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:
- We are PLANNING to use the correct structure and ideas so that we can create our own research report/slide presentation on a chosen Disaster
- We are PLANNING to use our ideas so that we can discuss and list our survival plan and toolkit for a chosen disaster
- We are PLANNING to collaborate and plan our own Inquiry so that we can present and share our ideas
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REFLECT / WHAIWHAKAARO learning intentions:
- We are REFLECTING...
- on our learning by reviewing what we have learnt and self assessing on our use of reading skills, strategies and use of written language techniques to write a report
- We are REFLECTING...
