Sunday 26 November 2017

Persuasive blurb!

Country Living!

If you love the lifestyle of a farm, then I have the perfect house waiting for you. This stunning, barn-yard house has everything you would ever need. A two storied mansion with stained glass windows stands tall on a large flat section, bordered by mature, native evergreens. With 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, there is ample room for a large family. Not only that, a newly re-furbished kitchen, with all the latest 'bits and bobs' waits for a chef to spend some quality time with. The rest of the house just requires a 'bit of love', hence the reduction in price. This is sure to sell. Get in quick for a 'must see' viewing. 

Tuesday 14 November 2017

Questions for your Exhibition Group!

Prompts for teachers
Tell me about the problem you chose.
Tell me about your lines of inquiry.
What was the process that you went through?
What is the most important idea that you have learnt from your inquiry?
How do you know that?
Has your thinking changed? If so, how?
Is there more than one viewpoint about your issue?
What did you learn from other students in your team?
What do you think might happen with your issue in the future?
What would you like to see changed?
How have you recorded or sorted your information?
How does this learning connect with other subjects, topics or issues?

Can you suggest a solution?

Sunday 12 November 2017

13th November, 2017
Tomorrow is day 3
Homework:
Exhibition / Short story (Sentence stalking)
Notices:
Big. Day. Out Notice
Reminders:
Next Tuesday
signed.

Thursday 9 November 2017

10th Movember, 2017
Monday is day 2
Homework:
Write your Exhibition job here
Notices:
Exhibition Evening 5:50 - 6:30, 21st November (Tuesday), Week 6.
Reminders:
Signed:

Tuesday 7 November 2017

WALT - Build up before the climax -

Mereana liked the track and she could run all the way down without stopping, down the steep places holding on to the broom bushes to stop herself from sliding, over the rocky places, along the top of the bank, through the onion flowers. At the top of the bank she could climb-down using the footholds that the big children had made, but today she kept to the track so that she wouldn’t get dust on her clothes.
Sometimes she would stop there at the bottom of the track to watch the big children playing soccer with a tennis ball, but there was no one on the park today. She crossed the green and went up the path to where the Crescent began.
At the top of the path she stopped, looking out for the girls, but there was no one on the road, no one on the footpath. She began to hurry, not looking at gates, or people’s letterboxes, or people's houses, but just looking straight ahead. No one played hopscotch on the footpath, no one skipped on the road.
It was when she rounded the corner that she knew the two girls were there. They were sitting up on the terrace looking down.
‘It's her,’ she heard one of the girls say, and the other girl called out a name.
Mereana didn’t look at the girls, but walked quickly looking straight ahead the way her mother had told her.
Then one of the girls called, 'You’re not allowed past here,” and called her the name again.
Mereana didn’t look and didn’t stop, and the girl said, 'We’ll take your bag and throw it in the bushes if you go past here.
She kept going, looking straight in front of her. As she passed them the two girls came scrambling down the bank. The bigger one snatched the bag from her and ran ahead, pushing it into a hedge.
‘There,' the girl said. 'Leave it there. If you get it we'll cut you with glass!’
But Mereana was going to the shop for her mother. It was her mother’s bag, and the money was in the bag wrapped in a piece of paper. Anyway, the girls had run off now. They were climbing the bank again. She didn't look at them, and when she got to the hedge she pulled the bag out and walked quickly.
Then she heard the two girls scramble down the bank and come running up behind her. They pushed her over. One of them held her while the other one cut her with glass.

Monday 6 November 2017

Agenda

Block 1 - Exhibition - Sarah to lead

Block 2 - Teaming

Block 3 - Maths
20m IXL - Topic: Geometry

Theo's Group - Pythagoras Power Reision
F.I.O Level 4, Book 2 p14

TEACH
Thyme's Group -WALT - Recognising Angles
F.I.O - Level 3 / 4 "Sharp Corners"
p18 - Students need a protractor

TEACH
Requan's Group WALT - Recognising Angles
F.I.O - Level 3 / 4 "Sharp Corners"
p18 - Students need a protractor  Angles

Block 4: Short story Writing

-Students continue writing their short stories

Today's WALT - Creating suspense before the climax of your story.

Students are all at different stages / Previous learning has been

1 - Story openings

2 - Character description

3 - Using dialogue

Today students should be building up to the climax

Could Run a mini lesson - Revision for students (Class need) Complex sentences - Mechanically Inclined p 91

Sunday 5 November 2017

6th November, 2017
Tomorrow is day 4
Homework:
30m Short story
Notices: Tongariro forms - Due back Tuesday
Reminders:
Signed: