Tuesday 28/6/16
9MD
P3
Well done on your paragraph writing yesterday in P5 everyone. I hope the story Wild Boy: The Journey of Brando Yelavich and the short film 'New Boy' got you thinking about being tough in a different way. Both characters certainly faced their challenges in a tough manner.
If you are working on Flowers for Algernon, I have shared a document with you and would like you to start work on this. You have two questions to reflect on, then you must choose one to develop into a SEXY paragraph. Both questions are based on quotes from Page 293. I will work with you while the others are working on their padlet.
Lesson Sequence
Silent Reading
Free Writing
1 The Coast League grand final is on....
2. I remember when....
3. Own choice
Padlet exploring our ideas about 'Being Tough'
Today we are going to continue our thinking and sharing of ideas about what 'being tough' means
To get our ideas going you are going to contribute your ideas to this Padlet.
Click here for the link to the Padlet
A theme is an idea which is developed throughout the story.
LI: To show understanding of the theme of 'being tough' in City Night
SC: I can identify key events in City Night which develop the ideas about what 'being tough' means.
SC: I can explain the significance of a relevant quote about what the boys think 'tough' is with my partner and write a SEXY paragraph together expressing our ideas.
Quotes
1. ' Tough isn't being able to push fellas around, that's called bullying'
2. 'I reckon it's when you gotta do something you don't wanna, but you still do it'.
3. I'd have been tougher if I'd said 'get stuffed'.
We will do this writing on paper and I would like you to have a go at using coloured pens to help you identify which part of the SEXY structure you are working on. At the top of your paper write the quote you have chosen and make sure that you have both your names written down.
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Monday, June 27, 2016
Monday 27/6/16
P5
Welcome back everyone. It is week 9 and we are nearly there to the holidays! We are going to continue our work in preparing for the Junior Exam in week 10. Responding to Text.
There was some excellent work in your paragraph writing last week, and we will have an opportunity today to complete that work.
Lesson Sequence
Silent Reading.
Today in preparation for our work tomorrow on what' being tough' means we are all going to read the story Wild Boy The Journey of Brando Yelavich. He most definitely is an example of what it means to be tough.
Completing our Paragraphs.
REMEMBER our steps for success.
Have your story out so you can re read to find specific evidence/quotes.
Re read the work that you have done so far.
Look at your plan for your next main idea and develop your statement.
Explain your statement with supporting evidence and examples.
Write whY you think it is important.
We need to spend some time completing our second paragraph about the main character in your story.
LI: We are learning to develop our key ideas about a main character and write a response using the SEXY structure.
SC:I have identified the (3) reasons why my character is important in the story.
SC:I have some key ideas and specific evidence to support my ideas.
SC: I have used the SEXY paragraph in my written response.
I would like you to finish the second paragraph, and complete the 3rd paragraph for home work.
Then we are going to watch a short film The New Boy and discuss as a class what examples of being tough can we see this character facing or dealing with.
P5
Welcome back everyone. It is week 9 and we are nearly there to the holidays! We are going to continue our work in preparing for the Junior Exam in week 10. Responding to Text.
There was some excellent work in your paragraph writing last week, and we will have an opportunity today to complete that work.
Lesson Sequence
Silent Reading.
Today in preparation for our work tomorrow on what' being tough' means we are all going to read the story Wild Boy The Journey of Brando Yelavich. He most definitely is an example of what it means to be tough.
Completing our Paragraphs.
REMEMBER our steps for success.
Have your story out so you can re read to find specific evidence/quotes.
Re read the work that you have done so far.
Look at your plan for your next main idea and develop your statement.
Explain your statement with supporting evidence and examples.
Write whY you think it is important.
We need to spend some time completing our second paragraph about the main character in your story.
LI: We are learning to develop our key ideas about a main character and write a response using the SEXY structure.
SC:I have identified the (3) reasons why my character is important in the story.
SC:I have some key ideas and specific evidence to support my ideas.
SC: I have used the SEXY paragraph in my written response.
I would like you to finish the second paragraph, and complete the 3rd paragraph for home work.
Then we are going to watch a short film The New Boy and discuss as a class what examples of being tough can we see this character facing or dealing with.
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Thursday 23/6/16
9MD
P1
Great work everyone yesterday, and once again thanks to those who are contributing to the discussions around our short story and in particular the work we are doing around a main character. We are going to develop this work further today by looking at key points for each reason that we came up with yesterday in our brainstorm. We will then begin to write a series of 3 paragraphs about this main character and explain why they are important.
Lesson Sequence.
Silent Reading
Free Writing: Choose from one topic,or you may continue to write on a particular piece.
9MD
P1
Great work everyone yesterday, and once again thanks to those who are contributing to the discussions around our short story and in particular the work we are doing around a main character. We are going to develop this work further today by looking at key points for each reason that we came up with yesterday in our brainstorm. We will then begin to write a series of 3 paragraphs about this main character and explain why they are important.
Lesson Sequence.
Silent Reading
Free Writing: Choose from one topic,or you may continue to write on a particular piece.
- The mist swirled around the base of the hills....
- The team huddled together, listening to their coach and...
- Own choice
Short Story - Main Character Work.
From our brainstorm yesterday we are going to work together to identify some key points under each reason why the character is important. We will then begin to write the paragraphs using the SEXY structure.
LI: We are learning to develop our key ideas about a main character and write a response using the SEXY structure.
SC: I have identified the reasons ( 3) why my character is important in the story.
SC: I have some key ideas and specific evidence to support my ideas.
SC: I have used the SEXY structure in my written response.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
22/6/16
9MD
P2
Well done every one for working hard yesterday on the SCASI and especially to those who are contributing to the class discussions. That's awesome. Keep it up.
Today we are going to work together to complete our SCASI table for City Nights. We will be looking at the style of the story - the way the author has written it. We will also explore the main characters a bit more and develop a brainstorm around the main characters and why they are important. This will become the work for next SEXY paragraphs and will be very useful practice for the exam.
Lesson Sequence.
Silent Reading
SCASI work on style
Character analysis brainstorm looking at all the reasons they are important in the story.
LI: We are preparing for the Junior exam by continuing to develop our analysis skills of the short story City Night
SC: I can contribute my ideas to the class discussion about style and character.
SC: I can make brief notes and identify supporting evidence from the story.
SC: I can contribute my ideas about why the main character(s) are important and develop this into a brainstorm.
9MD
P2
Well done every one for working hard yesterday on the SCASI and especially to those who are contributing to the class discussions. That's awesome. Keep it up.
Today we are going to work together to complete our SCASI table for City Nights. We will be looking at the style of the story - the way the author has written it. We will also explore the main characters a bit more and develop a brainstorm around the main characters and why they are important. This will become the work for next SEXY paragraphs and will be very useful practice for the exam.
Lesson Sequence.
Silent Reading
SCASI work on style
Character analysis brainstorm looking at all the reasons they are important in the story.
LI: We are preparing for the Junior exam by continuing to develop our analysis skills of the short story City Night
SC: I can contribute my ideas to the class discussion about style and character.
SC: I can make brief notes and identify supporting evidence from the story.
SC: I can contribute my ideas about why the main character(s) are important and develop this into a brainstorm.
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
21/6/16
9MD
Tuesday P3
Lesson Sequence.
Silent Reading
SCASI for City Nights
Flowers For Algernon - character description work
Well done everyone on working yesterday during P5. Some of you have made a good start to your visual SCASI and have included some specific evidence from the text to support your analysis.
We are going to work to complete this activity together today as this is an essential tool to help you prepare for your exam in Week 10.
LI:We are preparing for the Junior Exam by continuing to develop our analysis skills of the short story City Night.
SC: I can complete the SCASI model of the story using visual images, notes and supported by specific evidence and quotes from the story.
I have made some paper copies of the story which we will use to help us identify the specific evidence and quotes that we need. We also develop further our reading skills of skimming and scanning as we look closely at the text to identify the specific evidence that we need to complete the SCASI model. This will be our planning document which will really help with our SEXY paragraph writing.
If you are working on Flowers for Algernon, I would like you to continue to develop your 3 point character description using the SEXY paragraph structure Remember we discussed a paragraph about the physical appearance, personality, and the interactions/relationships with people, (but remember don't get carried away with dialogue, it is a SEXY paragraph.)
9MD
Tuesday P3
Lesson Sequence.
Silent Reading
SCASI for City Nights
Flowers For Algernon - character description work
Well done everyone on working yesterday during P5. Some of you have made a good start to your visual SCASI and have included some specific evidence from the text to support your analysis.
We are going to work to complete this activity together today as this is an essential tool to help you prepare for your exam in Week 10.
LI:We are preparing for the Junior Exam by continuing to develop our analysis skills of the short story City Night.
SC: I can complete the SCASI model of the story using visual images, notes and supported by specific evidence and quotes from the story.
I have made some paper copies of the story which we will use to help us identify the specific evidence and quotes that we need. We also develop further our reading skills of skimming and scanning as we look closely at the text to identify the specific evidence that we need to complete the SCASI model. This will be our planning document which will really help with our SEXY paragraph writing.
If you are working on Flowers for Algernon, I would like you to continue to develop your 3 point character description using the SEXY paragraph structure Remember we discussed a paragraph about the physical appearance, personality, and the interactions/relationships with people, (but remember don't get carried away with dialogue, it is a SEXY paragraph.)
Monday, June 20, 2016
20/6/16
9MD
P5
Welcome to week 8. This week and next week we will be concentrating on preparing for the junior exam which is based around the short story study, either 'City Night' By Steve Dickinson or 'Flowers for Algernon' by Daniel Keyes.
We will now work to continue to develop our written skills when responding to questions about the characters, or the setting or the main ideas in the texts using the SEXY paragraph structure.
Today in P5, I will be working with the 'Flowers for Algernon' group and the rest of the class will be working to create a visual SCASI of 'City Night' using images and notes supported by specific evidence from the text. I have made model to help you understand what is required for this text, which we will go over together.
LI: We are preparing for the Junior exam by continuing to develop our analysis skills of a short story.
SC: I can complete the SCASI model of the text using visual images, notes and supported by specific evidence from the story.
Lesson Sequence.
Silent Reading
SCASI work for City Night
9MD
P5
Welcome to week 8. This week and next week we will be concentrating on preparing for the junior exam which is based around the short story study, either 'City Night' By Steve Dickinson or 'Flowers for Algernon' by Daniel Keyes.
We will now work to continue to develop our written skills when responding to questions about the characters, or the setting or the main ideas in the texts using the SEXY paragraph structure.
Today in P5, I will be working with the 'Flowers for Algernon' group and the rest of the class will be working to create a visual SCASI of 'City Night' using images and notes supported by specific evidence from the text. I have made model to help you understand what is required for this text, which we will go over together.
LI: We are preparing for the Junior exam by continuing to develop our analysis skills of a short story.
SC: I can complete the SCASI model of the text using visual images, notes and supported by specific evidence from the story.
Lesson Sequence.
Silent Reading
SCASI work for City Night
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Tuesday 14/6/16
P3
9MD
Today we are going to continue our work on learning how to analyse a short text. For this task you will be using the excerpt form City Night, Chapter 8. A copy of the story in your Hapara workspace.
Last week we read the story, and today we are going to develop a coggle to help us identify the main ideas in the story and identify specific evidence/quotes from the story to support our ideas.
Then we are going to look at 1 aspect - THE SETTING of the story, discuss and write about how this is important.
LI: We are learning to analyse a short story and respond to a question using the SEXY paragraph structure.
SC: I can read the story, participate in the class discussion, to share my ideas.
SC: I can select a question and use the SEXY structure to write my paragraph.
Lesson Sequence.
Silent Reading. Today I want you to read the text we are going to be working with.
Click here for the link to City Night text in Hapara.
We will discuss and share our ideas about the story. You will create a coggle to record your ideas. Some of you have already made that coggle. and have the link.
The next task is to use the text, and the SOLO questions about setting to write a SEXY paragraph. We will work from A3 paper, but there is also a copy of this in your Hapara workspace
Click here for electronic copy of the SOLO questions for setting.
P3
9MD
Today we are going to continue our work on learning how to analyse a short text. For this task you will be using the excerpt form City Night, Chapter 8. A copy of the story in your Hapara workspace.
Last week we read the story, and today we are going to develop a coggle to help us identify the main ideas in the story and identify specific evidence/quotes from the story to support our ideas.
Then we are going to look at 1 aspect - THE SETTING of the story, discuss and write about how this is important.
LI: We are learning to analyse a short story and respond to a question using the SEXY paragraph structure.
SC: I can read the story, participate in the class discussion, to share my ideas.
SC: I can select a question and use the SEXY structure to write my paragraph.
Lesson Sequence.
Silent Reading. Today I want you to read the text we are going to be working with.
Click here for the link to City Night text in Hapara.
We will discuss and share our ideas about the story. You will create a coggle to record your ideas. Some of you have already made that coggle. and have the link.
The next task is to use the text, and the SOLO questions about setting to write a SEXY paragraph. We will work from A3 paper, but there is also a copy of this in your Hapara workspace
Click here for electronic copy of the SOLO questions for setting.
Monday, June 13, 2016
Monday 13/6/16
9MD
P5
The start of week 7 everybody! Time is flying by.
Well done for all of your efforts in our quiz last week, we may have to look at building in a time so we can complete the second section of it, but we will discuss this.
Today we are going to look at some visual texts that will help you to think more deeply about some of the main issues in our short story study. These are the issues, of belonging, fitting in, being popular and the impact of peer group pressure. Tomorrow we will look at these issues and how they impact on the characters in City Night. Some of you will be able to make a connection between the boys experiences and Faith's experience from Oakley Creek.
Lesson Sequence for today.
Silent Reading
Free Writing
Livewire Learning. Punctuation Skills
Click here for the link to Livewire Learning
Then we will be looking at some short visual texts to help us understand the big ideas in our short story study.
9MD
P5
The start of week 7 everybody! Time is flying by.
Well done for all of your efforts in our quiz last week, we may have to look at building in a time so we can complete the second section of it, but we will discuss this.
Today we are going to look at some visual texts that will help you to think more deeply about some of the main issues in our short story study. These are the issues, of belonging, fitting in, being popular and the impact of peer group pressure. Tomorrow we will look at these issues and how they impact on the characters in City Night. Some of you will be able to make a connection between the boys experiences and Faith's experience from Oakley Creek.
Lesson Sequence for today.
Silent Reading
Free Writing
Livewire Learning. Punctuation Skills
Click here for the link to Livewire Learning
Then we will be looking at some short visual texts to help us understand the big ideas in our short story study.
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Wednesday 8/6/16
9MD
P2
Today I have the remaining students to see and then all of the individual conferencing about your next steps for learning in our short story/ paragraph writing will be complete. I am looking forward to reading and sharing you completed SEXY paragraphs about Oakley Creek or Flowers for Algernon. This has been a very worth while exercise in learning to craft your writing.
As discussed in class yesterday, you will have time to complete your SEXY paragraph and THE INFORMATION HUNT for the real Oakley Creek. Both tasks must be completed today.
REMEMBER THE QUIZ on Thursday 8/6/16 P1. The Winners take all! It will be based around The Information Hunt task.
The second half of the period will be spent reading our new short story, an excerpt from 'City Night' by Steve Dickinson - a story of the Friday night adventures of a group of young New Zealanders in the city center of Auckland. OR you will continue to work on the extended text 'Flowers for Algernon'. If you are working on this text, a document has been shared with you.
A copy of the text can be found in your Hapara workspace, and if you are working on 'Flowers for Algernon' there is a link for the text.
Click here for the link to Hapara Workspace.
9MD
P2
Today I have the remaining students to see and then all of the individual conferencing about your next steps for learning in our short story/ paragraph writing will be complete. I am looking forward to reading and sharing you completed SEXY paragraphs about Oakley Creek or Flowers for Algernon. This has been a very worth while exercise in learning to craft your writing.
As discussed in class yesterday, you will have time to complete your SEXY paragraph and THE INFORMATION HUNT for the real Oakley Creek. Both tasks must be completed today.
REMEMBER THE QUIZ on Thursday 8/6/16 P1. The Winners take all! It will be based around The Information Hunt task.
The second half of the period will be spent reading our new short story, an excerpt from 'City Night' by Steve Dickinson - a story of the Friday night adventures of a group of young New Zealanders in the city center of Auckland. OR you will continue to work on the extended text 'Flowers for Algernon'. If you are working on this text, a document has been shared with you.
A copy of the text can be found in your Hapara workspace, and if you are working on 'Flowers for Algernon' there is a link for the text.
Click here for the link to Hapara Workspace.
Tuesday 7 June
P3
9MD
A short week this week 9MD. This is week 6 and there are 10 weeks in this term, so not long to go to the next lot of holidays.
Today I am going to finish conferencing with a few students and then all of you have had time with me where we have discussed the next steps you need to take to complete or improve your SEXY paragraph, either about Oakley Creek or Flowers for Algernon.
Thank you all for taking personal responsibility and getting on with your own work while I spend time with individual students. This is a good way to support each others learning.
Today you will have 2 tasks that need to be completed.
TASKS
1. Is your own individual work paragraph work either for Oakley Creek or Flowers for Algernon.
It is your top priority and I'd like you to finish these tasks or improve them.
THEN
2. You may work to ensure all your work for THE INFORMATION HUNT for the real Oakley Creek is completed.
REMEMBER the team QUIZ is on these questions and is also based around these web sites. I will check to see how much work has been done, before I set the quiz. There is an expectation that you complete this quiz in class today and also for homework. I am happy to let you work on this quiz on Wednesday in P2 then you must submit your work. I am aiming for the quiz to happen P1 on Thursday 9/6.
This work is in your Hapara workspace.
Click here for THE INFORMATION HUNT for Oakley Creek in Hapara.
P3
9MD
A short week this week 9MD. This is week 6 and there are 10 weeks in this term, so not long to go to the next lot of holidays.
Today I am going to finish conferencing with a few students and then all of you have had time with me where we have discussed the next steps you need to take to complete or improve your SEXY paragraph, either about Oakley Creek or Flowers for Algernon.
Thank you all for taking personal responsibility and getting on with your own work while I spend time with individual students. This is a good way to support each others learning.
Today you will have 2 tasks that need to be completed.
TASKS
1. Is your own individual work paragraph work either for Oakley Creek or Flowers for Algernon.
It is your top priority and I'd like you to finish these tasks or improve them.
THEN
2. You may work to ensure all your work for THE INFORMATION HUNT for the real Oakley Creek is completed.
REMEMBER the team QUIZ is on these questions and is also based around these web sites. I will check to see how much work has been done, before I set the quiz. There is an expectation that you complete this quiz in class today and also for homework. I am happy to let you work on this quiz on Wednesday in P2 then you must submit your work. I am aiming for the quiz to happen P1 on Thursday 9/6.
This work is in your Hapara workspace.
Click here for THE INFORMATION HUNT for Oakley Creek in Hapara.
Thursday, June 2, 2016
Thursday 2/6/16
P1
9MD
Another beautiful day, a cold and frosty one!
It was good to have the opportunity to conference individually with you, about your next steps for learning in paragraph writing. This will continue today. Thanks to you all for being responsible and getting on with your work, as I talk and work with individual students. That is a very real way to support each others learning.
Today we are going to continue with your reading task - The Information Hunt about the real Oakley Creek. REMEMBER we are going to have a quizz next week on this. May the best team win!
Lesson Sequence.
Silent Reading.
Free Writing Sample for your Writing Portfolio.
A sample of free writing that you are going to do, from a choice of 3 sentence starters on the whiteboard.
This work is to be in your Writing Portfolio Term 2.
Make a document in this folder and call it Free Writing Term 2.
Information Hunt Task, called Reading Exercise for Oakley Creek
Click for the link to Hapara for this work.
As you work on this task, I will continue to work with individual students conferencing with them about their paragraph writing.
P1
9MD
Another beautiful day, a cold and frosty one!
It was good to have the opportunity to conference individually with you, about your next steps for learning in paragraph writing. This will continue today. Thanks to you all for being responsible and getting on with your work, as I talk and work with individual students. That is a very real way to support each others learning.
Today we are going to continue with your reading task - The Information Hunt about the real Oakley Creek. REMEMBER we are going to have a quizz next week on this. May the best team win!
Lesson Sequence.
Silent Reading.
Free Writing Sample for your Writing Portfolio.
A sample of free writing that you are going to do, from a choice of 3 sentence starters on the whiteboard.
- The frost sparkled like stars.......
- Its a long weekend, thank heavens......
- Own choice.
This work is to be in your Writing Portfolio Term 2.
Make a document in this folder and call it Free Writing Term 2.
Information Hunt Task, called Reading Exercise for Oakley Creek
Click for the link to Hapara for this work.
As you work on this task, I will continue to work with individual students conferencing with them about their paragraph writing.
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Wednesday 1/6/16
P2
9MD
Well done everyone for your work on your SEXY paragraphs from the story Oakley Creek or Flowers for Algernon. I have made some comments about your work and today I would like to be able to conference individually with all of you about your work and the next steps for your learning.
To be able to spend time with you all individually to discuss your work, I have developed a reading exercise based around the real Oakley Creek. This work is in your Hapara dashboard and will be submitted on Friday. You will have time in class over the next couple of English periods to work on this as well as complete your SEXY paragraphs after I have given you all some individual feedback on ways to improve your work.
P2
9MD
Well done everyone for your work on your SEXY paragraphs from the story Oakley Creek or Flowers for Algernon. I have made some comments about your work and today I would like to be able to conference individually with all of you about your work and the next steps for your learning.
To be able to spend time with you all individually to discuss your work, I have developed a reading exercise based around the real Oakley Creek. This work is in your Hapara dashboard and will be submitted on Friday. You will have time in class over the next couple of English periods to work on this as well as complete your SEXY paragraphs after I have given you all some individual feedback on ways to improve your work.
Lesson Sequence
Silent Reading
Then we will be spending some time on livewire learning and today we will be working on the punctuation section.
Reading Task for Oakley Creek
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