Literacy

What can you see? What do you think happened? First link  to read on and find out. Then...  Read about Tangiwai  from this link then ... Add your great questions - no skinny questions! Choose  a  question  to  do  some research to find the answer  to  share with class (how eill you share it)   Identify the key words  in  the  question   and  use  these  for  your  search  terms  in  Google. Then... You are a reporter and you are reporting on the Tangiwai disaster. Find out what you need to put in your report. Are you a reporter for the radio, TV, internet? How will you report your information?

Text here Make a list of any words you do not know on your first read.

Kauri and Rimu.

Link here- for question map - scroll down

The River Boy on a Bike

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Read this ... Write the title of the article in this link and then use the orange sentence starters to answer these two questions. Think about the problem - what is the problem? The problem is ... Explain how this new idea or innovation solves the problem. This problem of ................... has been solved by ......

Learning about conventions

This is your task outline- work through it with 2-3 people and do as it tells you to do! There is a journal to go with this. Thinking like a scientist. Argo floats Argo Floats 2  Argo floats 3

Text here Read this story- Find the funny bits. e.g.  “And let’s not forget noses. I invented those for health and safety reasons.”  ILLUSTRATIONS A writer and/or illustrator can use illustrations to clarify meaning and extend the text. Which pictures help you understand story?  TONE The tone the writer uses in the dialogue and the way their characters think can suggest how they feel about each other and the nature of the relationships between them. For example, a warm, chatty tone full of colloquialisms and figurative language can imply a warm familial relationship.  UNATTRIBUTED DIALOGUE A writer sometimes uses unattributed dialogue to speed up the action, add interest, and stop the writing from becoming repetitive. You can follow unattributed dialogue by looking for the usual conventions of dialogue that tell you when someone new is speaking, by reading for meaning, and by looking for responses and other links between passages of speech.

Save Our Sand Dunes lesson Read and think about what the author wants you to think about and what the author  says to try and persuade you.

Read this and think about what the main idea is.What is the problem and what solution is suggested?

Coronation Forest text here

Read this link  L2 October 2013 Questions CLOZE Teacher lesson

EELS 1 Discuss What do you know about eels? What question do you have? 2 Watch and take notes Watch this and find out more. Think about: Habitat – where do they live?  Diet – what do they eat?  Enemies – what other animals eat or threaten them? Mentioned in video? Physical features – what does it look like? How have they adapted to their environment? What are the 5 most important things you have learnt? Record in your Inquiry book- compare with 2 other people and decide on what is the 5 most important things together by discussing. 3 Read, think and write What is main idea and how to we decide on what is the main idea? Click the main idea link and learn how to find the main idea then ... watch this. What is the main idea of the eels video? What does the author want us to know and understand?

Goals:  Consider:  the rights and wrongs of a bold decision  the theme of fairness when sharing a scarce and essential natural resource  infer meaning and consider more than one interpretation  has an open ending - decide what happens next. 1. Thirst text here  or use journal Read the text then ... 2. Thirst Book Club questions In a group of 3-4 work through these questions, discuss each one. Make sure everyone gets a turn to give their ideas. 3. Move on to activity sheet when finished discussing questions above.

The Gulls of Sulphur Bay Click here for audio file- listen and read Sulphur Bay, at the southern end of Lake Rotorua, is a wildlife reserve. Its hot springs make the area popular with many water birds, but the sulphur in the springs also causes some problems for them. This article describes how the gulls live in this unique environment. 1. Use these sentence starters to write about what you have read. Write the title of the article and the author in your Literacy book. Sulphur Bay is a good place/is not a good place for the gulls to live because ...  This area has/is ... The gulls can ... This means ... Overall, I think Sulphur Bay is a good place/is not a good place for gulls because ... What is something interesting that you found out about these gulls? Draw a gull.

Reading a boat Link above for text. Read it to yourself silently-  read the title and look at the photographs to predict where the story will go ... ... then read and   think about how signs are important in the story. Learning goals: To find out what happens when the characters’ interest in signs develops into an investigation of signs To form their own opinion of the importance of the signs the characters don’t agree on  To evaluate which signs are important in different places.

Rising Seas text Read text through first - think about what is important. then ... choose some tasks from Depth and Complexity guide.

Surge poem Read it with your group - what is happening?

1. BEFORE you READ What do you know about seals? What questions do you have about seals? Discuss these two questions with a partner. 2. Read the text  Seals text is here and then listen to it ... Listen to story here - read from the journal. 3. Reading Response Write the date and the title and author of article. What is special about seals? How have they adapted to their environment?

Write title and author into your literacy book. LG. identify how language features are use for effect- to engage the reader. As you read add any questions you have. Text is here- Maui  or get a journal. Look for examples of 'show not tell'... figurative language. As you read think about what is happening in the family. How do the family work together? The family is sad.  Why is this? Make some inferences- look for the clues. What similarities can you see between the dolphins and the mother. What does the author want you to think or feel? Were there parts that confused you? What did you do to help yourself understand?

Tiakina and Tangaroa School Journal Level 2, October 2011

Sound file - read and listen.

Robot Text - read journal and answer Book Club questions as you go. Groups of 4-5. Choose which question you would like to focus on in each section. What do you need to do to make your group work well? Discuss and share your responses. Book C lub questions Complete Robot Cloze When complete Robot  activity sheet.