Week 13: Preparing for the assessment
Today I handed out a sheet that covers all of the concepts that we learnt this term. I won't go into great detail here, but I HIGHLY encourage you to make sure that you understand all of the key concepts that are explained on the sheet. On the other side of the sheet are some link to different Blookets that cover the vocabulary, general ideas, and skills/stories. This is a very valuable tool, so please use it!!! You can find a link to the PDF file below if you need another copy.
Homework tonight is to complete pages 12-14 in your Guiding Notes and hand it in tomorrow, 13/6.
Homework tonight is to complete pages 12-14 in your Guiding Notes and hand it in tomorrow, 13/6.
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Week 12: Making inferences
It's been a few weeks since weve had a "regular" lesson, with term break and then many students absent on the study tour. Today we learned about what an inference is. An inference is like a guess, but it is based on evidence and a conclusion you can make. The video below does a great job giving an example of an inference.
We also discussed the differences in life now and life on a farm in America 100 years ago. When we read realistic fiction stories about life a long time ago, we need to use inferences to have an idea about what the author is writing about, since a lot of the things we can't relate to.
Homework is to complete the vocabulary page in your Guiding Notes (p.10) and hand it in tomorrow, June 6.
Homework is to complete the vocabulary page in your Guiding Notes (p.10) and hand it in tomorrow, June 6.
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Week 8 - Onomatopoeia
Today we learned about onomatopoeia. We've actually learned about it many times before, but it's always good to be reminded how important it is to include it in our writing. Homework is to write a poem that has onomatopoeia in it. You can write any kind of poem that you like - rhyming, haiku, acrostic, non-rhyming - as long as you use onomatopoeia in it. Homework is to complete GN p.2-5 and hand it in on Thursday.
Week 7: Writing from experience
In today's lesson (Tuesday), we read the story Sheila the Great, and discussed adjectives to describe her and Marty (see below). For the writing part of today's homework, GN p.8-9 (due Friday), I want you to think about a situation where you were forced to do something that you did not want to do and write about it. Were you tricked into doing it? Remember, you should write in the past tense.
Week 7: Realistic Fiction
This is a topic that we learned a lot about in the past, but we're talking more about it again. Today we learned about the author Judy Blume, and a bit about the controversy surrounding her writing. In realistic fiction, characters are relatable to our lives, and sometimes the topics that authors write about are topics that we are afraid to talk about. Judy Blume is famous for this. judyblume.com/
We only introducted the vocabulary, so today's homework is to complete pages 6 and 7 in your Guiding Notes and hand it in tomorrow.
We only introducted the vocabulary, so today's homework is to complete pages 6 and 7 in your Guiding Notes and hand it in tomorrow.
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Week 6: Fantasy and Reality in writing
I want to start by saying how VERY impressed I was with your first drafts of Wonka's new room. Every single one of you used so many fantastic literary devices, together with effective dialogue and narration. I am so proud of the writers that you are becoming and your effectiveness at storytelling!!!
In today's lesson, we looked at the Roald Dahl story The BFG and talked about the differences between fantasy and reality. We worked on the homework in class while I discussed the first draft of Wonka's new room with each student individually. I wasn't able to talk to everbody today, so I will continue in the next lesson. Homework is to complete pages 15-19 in your Guiding Notes and hand it in on Thursday. Most of you wee able to finish most of the homework in class, and the assignment is pretty self-explanitory.
In today's lesson, we looked at the Roald Dahl story The BFG and talked about the differences between fantasy and reality. We worked on the homework in class while I discussed the first draft of Wonka's new room with each student individually. I wasn't able to talk to everbody today, so I will continue in the next lesson. Homework is to complete pages 15-19 in your Guiding Notes and hand it in on Thursday. Most of you wee able to finish most of the homework in class, and the assignment is pretty self-explanitory.
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Week 5: Descriptive literary devices
This week we talked about the importance of using descriptive language in our writing. We completed a worksheet in class highlighting some devices in a passage called Troll by JK Rowling. These devices include:
Finally, we watched a video with some candy machines making candy. Use these to inspire your writing! You can watch the video again below.
- descriptive adjectives, nouns, and verbs.
- adverbs
- similes
- metaphors
- onomatopoeia
- personification
- interesting dialogue and narration
Finally, we watched a video with some candy machines making candy. Use these to inspire your writing! You can watch the video again below.
Week 3: Planning your writing for the second continuous assessment
Unfortunately I was sick for the double lesson yesterday, but today we were still able to get through what I wanted to teach you before the Easter break.
So today we talked about DESCRIPTIVE WRITING. There are many types of descriptive writing strategies, and you can find them all on the back page of the Term 3 Continuous Assessment handout (see the image below).
Roald Dahl uses many different descriptive styles in his writing, and today we discussed some of them that he used in the passage in your Daybook:
Your homework over the holiday is to complete the Pre Writing Planning Worksheet. You are creating a NEW room in Wonka's Chocolate Factory.
On the first page of the worksheet, you should think about the theme of the room, what kind of machines are in the room, other design elements in the room (plants, machines, etc), and what the room represents (does it teach any morals, values, etc).
On the second page, you should draw some of the features in the room or simply draw the room itself.
On the last two pages, you need to fill out the brainstorm word webs for three different elements in your room using DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE TOOLS.
This worksheet will help you when you start your descriptive writing, so please take it seriously!
So today we talked about DESCRIPTIVE WRITING. There are many types of descriptive writing strategies, and you can find them all on the back page of the Term 3 Continuous Assessment handout (see the image below).
Roald Dahl uses many different descriptive styles in his writing, and today we discussed some of them that he used in the passage in your Daybook:
- metaphor - "the nerve center..."
- adjectives - "green meadows, brown river, tremendous, etc"
- descriptive verbs - "curled and rolled"
- descriptive nouns - "froth and spray"
- onomatopoea (sound words) - "suck suck sucking"
- personification - "weeping willows"
- hyperbole - "enough chocolate to fill every pool and bathtub..."
Your homework over the holiday is to complete the Pre Writing Planning Worksheet. You are creating a NEW room in Wonka's Chocolate Factory.
On the first page of the worksheet, you should think about the theme of the room, what kind of machines are in the room, other design elements in the room (plants, machines, etc), and what the room represents (does it teach any morals, values, etc).
On the second page, you should draw some of the features in the room or simply draw the room itself.
On the last two pages, you need to fill out the brainstorm word webs for three different elements in your room using DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE TOOLS.
This worksheet will help you when you start your descriptive writing, so please take it seriously!
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Week 2: Descriptive Writing
Today I introduced the class to the next continuous assessment - Describing a new room in Wonka's Factory. I've handed out the packet explaining the assessment and asked the class to read it more thorougly at home tonight. The packet looks like this 👇
We also discussed descriptive writing and brainstormed some ideas about what writers can do to write more descriptively. You can have a look at the back page of the Term 3 Continuous Assessment packet, and you can also look at the picture below.
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