Film study: Boy Intro

Film Study: Techniques

Write that Essay

http://diag.wte.nz/rotoruagirls2018-9-11

Poem 5: Lyric or Narrative

Evaluation Questions

Evaluation - Complete once you have finished the inquiry.

Answer all of these questions as fully as possible

The value and reliability of your sources – how good was the evidence and how do you know?

Identify Successes in your research – what went well ie finding evidences, time allocation?

Identify difficulties you had during your research ie time allocation, distractions, finding suitable sources etc.

ONE important way in which the research/questions/method was refined or revised during your research – identify one aspect that required change or fine tuning and explain why.

Which Focussing question was the most difficult to cover, and why?

What directions would you recommend in future research in this topic, especially for future junior students?

Poem 4: Etheree or Concrete

Poetry Literacy Assessment: Poem 3

Blackout Poetry

Literacy Work Checklist!

Here is a checklist of all the literacy work that you should have completed so far and links to where this work is on the blog and the hand ins on the classroom. Please complete anything that you have not yet submitted or have received a Not Achieved for.

First priority is to have all the POETRY work completed. The rest should be done for homework or in spare time if you have completed all your other work.

Check the lists on the wall or your google classroom if you are not sure what you have or have not completed.

CHECKLIST

2x Reading responses from Inquiry 1 (Be the Change):

- Reading response assessment with links to templates
- Google classroom hand in

Formal writing from Inquiry 1 (Be the Change):

- Formal writing resources
- Formal writing assessment criteria
- Formal writing hand in on classroom

Commonwealth Games Source Analysis:

- Slides and google classroom hand in

Commonwealth Games Persuasive Writing:

- Persuasive Writing Braingym 1
- Persuasive Writing Braingym 2
- Persuasive writing ASSESSMENT instructions
- Persuasive writing planning resource
- Google classroom hand in

Poetry: Innovation and Invention Inquiry

- Introduction to Poetry
- Literacy Braingym Poetry Speed Writing
- Literacy Braingym Rap vs Shakespeare
- Poetry Reading and Analysis
- Writing poem 1: ASSESSMENT INSTRUCTIONS
- Google classroom hand in for poem 1

Inquiry period Tuesday 24th July

INVENTION / INNOVATION

I have put the invention booklets at the front of the room.  You need to ensure you have read booklet section one and started Section two:  Students need to finish the Venn diagram on inventions / innovation.  They need to provide a definition and examples of ecological sustainability.

Students can then start brainstorming around the following ideas to start thinking about inventions and innovations they might use or create later in the project.
- How can we reduce waste/pollution using technology?
- What app do you wish you could have that doesn't exist yet?
- What invention what make life easier?
- If you could change a law what would it be?
- How can we look after our trees?
- What is the most important resource and how can we look after it?
- What would you like to see changed?
- What would be a cool app to use?
-What ideas do you have for inventions?

Writing Poem 1

Transformational Geometry - Tuesday 3rd June

Poetry reading and analysis

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1K-o5OQvZnkHFh8WMXwo6O8u9wE5B05AQX1eqOC4choY/edit?usp=sharing

INNOVATIVE THINKING - Complete this task in 1 period.

INNOVATIVE THINKING:

Where do you start?

 Think about ways in which you can make a difference.

Start by identifying problems you are faced with every day.

Use existing methods to understand, test and provide solutions.

PART ONE

START WITH A SIMPLE PROBLEM

PART TWO

DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM

Numeracy skills

Intro to Poetry

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NDJ7008OX0VxxB9P2NIQA09nA2Bat_SWOYrgihpvcjA/edit?usp=sharing

Inventions and Innovations: Key concept Sustainability.

Sustainability

Sustainability is the ‘capacity to endure’ – in other words, something is sustainable if it can carry on for a
long period of time. For humans, sustainability is the potential to maintain our way of life over the long term.
This has environmental, economic and social consequences – to live sustainably we have to conserve the
ecosystem, plan responsibly and manage the Earth’s resources so we don’t run out of them.

However, living sustainably is easier said than done. Ever since people began to clear forests and plant crops,
they have exposed vulnerable soils, changed patterns of weather and created deserts.

See below Easter Island before and after deforestation.

Whilst human numbers were small and our technology limited to hand tools, the damage we caused to the environment did little to upset the overall balance of nature. Unfortunately, during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the size of the human population rose dramatically. At the same time, technological advances raised people’s standard of living, meaning that each person was using more of the Earth’s resources than ever before. With ever more people using ever more resources, pollution and other forms of damage to the environment became increasingly widespread.





One of the most dramatic ways in which we are altering the world around us is by increasing the greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere traps some of the Sun’s heat energy, warming the planet. Without any carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the temperature of the Earth’s surface would be -40˚C.

Burning fossil fuels releases more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, causing it to trap more heat and
warm up further. Over the twentieth century, the average temperature of the Earth’s surface rose by 0.7˚C.
As the Earth’s temperature increases further, we can expect the polar ice caps and mountain glaciers to melt.
This will cause sea levels to rise, causing flooding of low-lying areas, destroying people’s homes, farm land, and
the habitats of many plants and animals.

Achieving sustainability is not just about being nice to trees: it is about enabling the Earth to continue
supporting human life as we know it.

TASK:

1. Identify all new words from this piece of writing and place into the Vocab section of the Literacy wall.
2. List at least 10 negative impacts people have on the environment in New Zealand.
3. Create a collage of images showing the negative impact humans have caused on the natural environment.

Invention and Innovation

LINK TO PRESENTATION HERE

Media Coverage in Sport - Equality

Inquiry - Equality Presentations

Rap vs. Shakespeare

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yjH0bTXMGaVYN500Xo-7w6HT8nSQzPRTZhMaJwJbh8A/edit?usp=sharing

Persuasive Writing

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vTuM1Mbp7T45XMPKfXNZ8ksWtdl1U9TBCgxrtfLxFlzlFHahc3lQf1GUiqstjkqC2Ku-eH0uw5_Da7_/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

Braingym Poetry Reading Links for Speed Writing

Read the poems then choose one to write about.

You need to write about:
- What you think the poem is about
- Any language features you have noticed the poet has used e.g. rhyme, metaphor, simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia etc etc.
- How the poem made you feel
- How you can relate the poem to your own life or things you have learnt
- Why you think the poet wrote the poem

Still I Rise
Telephone Conversation
Sad Joke on a Marae
Rain

Literacy Assessment Inquiry 2

Literacy braingym - persuasive writing 2

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1luXRQ0J57uoCw8Dgq2V1lB_HqvRVRQv3M-8yz6bKGkI/edit?usp=sharing

Commonwealth Games - Inquiry 2 Instructions

COMMONWEALTH GAMES Numeracy skills

This slide show contains the measurement skills.

1. Please watch the attached demonstrations of how to use and calculate each skill.   
2. There is then a selection of links to practice tasks for you to have a go at on slide 10.
3. Once you have then completed this, you are to complete the Applied Tasks on Slide 12

After you have completed this presentation I will upload the geometry skills with applied tasks.

You will then have a practice task using both measurement and geometry skills.

The assessment for this unit on the Commonwealth Games will be creating a scale diagram of the track and field stadium using basic and compound shapes with accurate measurements.

You may choose to do this using an online tool, a hand drawn diagram or a 3D model.

COPY OF THE ASSESSMENT BOOKLET

Literacy - Persuasive Writing

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dtJPYw-drgSVACh3x0-9EHeAoZcPzzyDTOat0h61ZGM/edit?usp=sharing

Inquiry 2: Commonwealth Games Stimulus

 TASK: Create a personal copy of this powerpoint from previous post from Miss Fleming.

 This powerpoint has the 3 key questions on slide 4.

 You do not need to create any new key questions or research questions. Simply read the information given, take notes on what this might mean for each of the questions and complete the tasks given such as the Bingo on slide 12 and the analysing task on slide 18. Add you own ideas, notes and information as new slides in your copy of the powerpoint.

Commonwealth Games Intro to Key Questions - Thinking

INTRODUCTION TO THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES

NEW ZEALAND AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES

KEY COMPETENCIES:
• Thinking
• Using language, symbols, and texts
• Managing self

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Students will:
• Understand the involvement of NZ athletes in past Commonwealth Games
• Find out more about past sporting NZ sporting achievements
• Understand the value of Excellence in NZ sport by researching specific teams/individuals

DO NOW:

Thinking and Discussion. 

What does excellence look like?

What type of attributes does a person need to excel at something?

STUDENT TASKS:

Read through the pdf sheets attached below and complete the tasks in order 1-4.  

Complete task 1 on a slide.

Complete the timeline using the app suggested.

Complete the athlete inquiry on an online tool or on paper

Complete task 4 on quizlet

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS ACTIVITY

10 Mana Seating plan for next week Monday 5th March - Friday 9th March

Ok ladies - as per our discussion earlier this week here is our seating plan for this week.  We have tried to ensure that you are sitting next to students.

We will trial how this works for the week 

Now that our classroom has had a tidy up - it is up to all of you to ensure that it stays this way!

If you're not sure which table is which - feel free to ask those girls who were here on Friday who helped put the seating plan together.

Tables	Names
Four squares - Blue (4)	Dekoda, Ruth, Ada, Pipi
Big Green (3)	Shayde, Reeko, Nisha
Half Moon (blue & green)  (4)	Malikyh, Rebecca, Jaya, Raukawatia
Couch (2)	Cassandra, Raiha
Mickey mouse (3)	Marama, Jahzell, Karly
Bubbles - green & wood (4)	Aaliyah, Louise, Teagan, Teina
4 Squares - Orange (4)	Khatana, Summer, Haylee, Mindy
Blue Moon (1)	Brooke
Mix ups (4)	Sharnikah, Jorja, Ani
Small Brown (2)	Maea, Aimee

PPDAC - Statistics

Literacy assessment inquiry 1

Action Planning information

Here is the information for what is expected for the next step in your inquiry.  Read through the slides and fill in the template for where to next.






Action planning template

Science Skills/Theory so far...

So far this year we have learnt to:

1.    Describe the structure of an atom.

2.    Define the term element.

3.    Name and write the correct symbols for a selection of elements.

4.    Understand how the elements are grouped to form the periodic table.

5.    Investigate some physical properties of metals and non-metals.

In your inquiry you need to consider a science aspect of your context. This should be discussed with Mr Groot.

PPDAC

TASK 1: PROBLEM

Create a question for your statistical investigation.

Think of it as a SMART GOAL.

• It must have two variables (things you are investigating)
• It must be measurable
• It must be something you can realistically collect information on

TASK 2: PLAN

• How can you find this information?
• Who is your target group? ( year level, school, community)
• How will you collect a big enough sample? (at least 30 pieces of data)
• How will you collect the data? (google form, experiment etc)
• How will you record the data? (Table, chart, spreadsheet etc)

Create your questions, experiment, and target group you plan to  ask.

Draw up a table and chart for your results.

You need to submit this part of your PPDAC to the google classroom, then you may start collecting your data.

Braingym 2: Making sense of sentences.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1CPJy9ojvnp4F1rIO9mLyVpgLbJtsufUP8TTWiiJq72Y/edit?usp=sharing

Be the change: Investigating

Statistics Introduction

Task 1:  VOCAB SCAVENGER HUNT

Find the definition for the following words on the Maths is fun website or our FFL Website

1. What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative data?
2. Sample
3. Mean, Median, Mode, Spread, Range
4. Distribution

TASK 2: Complete the following activities on the link provided.

Statistics Khan Academy

Task 3: Interactive Learning

 Use the FFL Website Click here to complete the Planning a statistical Investigation Level 4 section of the Statistics page

Task 4:  Exercise book practice.

Working with data.  Page 438 - 446

Create an infographic or piktochart

Be the Change

Create and inspiring infographic that will be used to inspire change in on of the areas you have identified for people, environment or technology.  Eg A reduction in pollution.

This is a snapshot of what you already know and whats interesting about this topic.

It must include:
Who has control over changing your life?
Why do people chase the these aspirations?
What is the motivation for people to change this aspect of themselves?
Find at least 2 primary sources of information.

2018 PROJECT ONE: Be the Change

INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT ONE:

STUDENT TASK:  Read the slides and answer the questions using a digital tool.