Agenda

1 November
Tomorrow is Day 4
Homework:
-Weekly Quiz
-Finish Venn diagram UOI lesson
-FOCUS ideas / script

Extra: Ted Ed

Notices:
"All about Fame" Wednesday 6:45

Reminders:
Year 9 Wellington letters

Signed:

Short Stories - Narrative

Literacy - Narrative Session 

Check out this workshop on storybird for so tips on how to create an effective opening:

First Lines Workshop

Your task for today is to write the opening of your short story. 

it can be beneficial to write more than one type of opening to your story.

Some different types of writing can be:
- Action
- Dialogue
- Reaction

-Begin by choosing a topic or theme for your writing.
Some examples of interesting themes are given below:
10 Short Story Ideas
25 Creative Writing Prompts

I would like you to choose one of these Harris Burdick pictures to base your writing on. Let's check them out!

The Mysteries Of Harris Burdickfv from aquaglia

When is Thanksgiving? Colonizing America: Crash Course US History #2

Questions

1 The United States of America was originally founded by white men and their families who traveled to a new land to escape religious persecution.

2. Which colony was set up by Sir Walter Riley?

3 In 1618, the Headright System started in Jamestown, Virginia. What was it?

4 By 1624, Virginia was producing _______ pounds of tobacco, and by the 1680's it was producing more than ________ pounds.

5 What was the second Chesapeake Colony?

6 Who helped the pilgrims that landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts?

7 Do you celebrate Thanksgiving? If so, how? If not, why?

31 October. 2016

31 October
Tomorrow is Day 3
Homework:
Weekly Quiz
Finish Venn diagram UOI lesson

Extra: Ted Ed

Notices:
Gold coin donation for FAME

Reminders:
Year 9 Wellington letters

Signed:

Venn diagram

HWEO

UOI6 - How We Express Ourselves - Tuning In

In your UOI book record all of the names and as much information as you can about the festivals mentioned in this video.

- On your Venn Diagram using the two circles (Cultural & Religious) categorise each of the festivals featured in this video. Remember some may fit into more than one category.
- Add any further festivals that you know of that are not mentioned in the video.
- Share your perspectives with your table group - One individual will be responsible for feedback to the whole class and adding to our collaborative diagram.

Relay Practice Preparation

Relay Practice Preparation

Check out the videos below, what do you notice about the Athlete's stance, positions, their movements as they run, and what they do with their head's as they cross the finish line?

Women's 100m final, Rio, 2016.

Go to 5m50s for the start of the race...

Here's a video of 2016 IAAF World U20s Championship, 4x100m relay. What do you notice about their baton changeovers? Go to 4m10s for the start of the race...

The Bike

Reliever

27th October, 2016

Block 1-TEAMING

Block 2 - Role, Informer, Maths
Group 1 - The Big Drip (One group will need to photocopy the resource)
Group 2 - The Big Drip
Group 3 - Finish mental multiplication strategies sheet. If finished complete your Floor planner of a structure, then calculate the area of a 1 metre wide path if it were go surround your structure. (Previous days learning)
-Show your working and be prepared to share next Maths session)

Block 3 -
UOI  - 20m finishing and sharing to the class your questions for unpacking Rituals and celebrations through the key concepts.

1 hour
Literacy - Students to have a go at describing a "Setting" (I.e. Painting a picture of the physical Environment)
You may use an image from google (dilapidated haunted house etc)
Annotate MODEL below and strive to achieve a language feature: For example:
1. Zooming in (Harlem can explain this one.
2. Complex sentences: Travis can explain this one.
3. Sophisticated Vocab: Bex can explain this

Short Story - Setting the mood - Intro

Writer's Workshop #4 - Setting the Mood (sourced from Storybird.com)

The Queens of the Tweens, have a writing exercise to help you set the mood. When you’re a filmmaker, setting the mood is pretty easy; all you need is a little bit of scary music to terrify your viewers! But when you’re a writer, you must use the most precise words to convey that same feeling of impending doom. Take a look at how Avi—a master writer and one of our favorite mentor authors—sets a mysterious, eerie mood at the beginning of his medieval fantasy novel, The Book Without Words: MODEL (ON Mr ASPDEN"S DESK) “It was in the year 1406, on a cold winter’s night, when a fog, thick as wool and dank as a dead man’s hand, crept up from the River Scrogg into the ancient town of Fulworth. The fog settled like an icy shroud over the town, filling the mud-clogged streets and crooked lanes from Westgate to Bishopsgate, from Three Rats Quay upon the decaying riverbanks to Saint Osyth’s Cathedral by the city center. It heightened the stench of rotten hay and offal, of vinegary wine and rancid ale. It muffled the sound of pealing church bells calling the weary faithful to apprehensive prayers. In a neglected corner of town, at the bottom of Clutterbuck Lane, with its grimy courtyard and noxious well, against the town’s walls, stood a dilapidated two-story stone house. The first-level windows were blocked up with stone. A single second-floor window was curtained.” Avi never tells his readers that this place has an ominous atmosphere, but we certainly feel it. Let’s dissect the different strategies he used to convey the mood in his paragraph of description. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Strategy: Avi uses two similes to describe the fog. It is not just a simple morning fog that clouds up the streets for a few minutes in the morning! It’s a fog that is blanketing the village in a not-so-pleasant way. Reading the words “dead man’s hand” in the first sentence of the novel immediately jars the reader. Examples: “… a fog, thick as wool and dank as a dead man’s hand…” “…fog settled like an icy shroud.” ADJECTIVES Strategy: Carefully chosen adjectives turn run-of-the-mill, innocuous items like streets, courtyards, and wells into the picture of gloom and doom. Examples: mud-clogged streets decaying riverbanks grimy courtyard crumbling city walls rotten hay rancid ale vinegary wine ancient town apprehensive prayers noxious well dilapidated two-story stone house neglected corner VERBS Strategy: Although Avi only describes the setting in this opening paragraph (we have yet to meet any characters), verbs make the village move, which only adds to its mystery! Examples: “…crept up from the River Scrogg…” “It heightened the stench of rotten hay and offal.” “It muffled the sound…” SENSORY DETAILS Strategy: Focus on what makes the setting unique by touching on the five senses. Examples: Sight: “The first-level windows were blocked up with stone.” Smell & Taste: “…the stench of rotten hay and offal, of vinegary wine and rancid ale.” Touch: “cold winter’s night” Sound: “the sound of pealing church bells” NAMES Strategy: Naming places in your story can be a lot of fun. The words “rats,” “clutter” and the sound of the word “Scrogg” have a certain connotation that gives the reader a sense of what this place might be like.  Examples: Three Rats Quay Clutterbuck Lane River Scrogg Now examine a paragraph of setting description that you’ve used in your story and try using these strategies to help you set the mood!

Block 4: ROOM 13
-Finish in this order:
1. Publish Exhibition Reflection entry and upload to your site.
2. Finish Floor planner and calculate
a.  volume of your bathroom
b. Area of a 1 metre wide path if it were to surround your structure (previous days learning)

Contents page

Agenda

25th October
Tomorrow is day 5
Homework: Unpack the central idea using the key concepts.
Rituals and celebrations.
Notices:
Reminders:
Signed:

Exhibition

25 Most Insane Festivals From Around The World

Something Wild - Lindsey Stirling (Lyrics)

Sia - The Greatest (Lyrics)

OneRepublic - I Lived (Lyric Video)

Agenda: 21st October

21st October
Monday is day 3
Homework:
Site Entry - Make a UOI 6 Entry
-Minimum exhibition reflection
Notices
Reminders: Teaming
YEAR 9 - start selling
Signed:

Exhibition Prompts

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?

Prompts for the student viewers

Tell me about the problem you picked.

What have you enjoyed the most about the exhibition process?

Tell me about the hardest part of exhibition.

What type of ‘action’ has come from your inquiry?

What is it most important thing that I know about your inquiry?

PYP Exhibition

           

Agenda

17th October
Tomorrow is day 6
Homework:
Exhibition
Thursday 5:30 - 6:30

Notices:
Fame practices update (YEAR 9's)

Reminders:
Teaming

Signed:

Short Story - Setting the mood - Intro

Writer's Workshop #4 - Setting the Mood (sourced from Storybird.com)

The Queens of the Tweens, have a writing exercise to help you set the mood. When you’re a filmmaker, setting the mood is pretty easy; all you need is a little bit of scary music to terrify your viewers! But when you’re a writer, you must use the most precise words to convey that same feeling of impending doom. Take a look at how Avi—a master writer and one of our favorite mentor authors—sets a mysterious, eerie mood at the beginning of his medieval fantasy novel, The Book Without Words: “It was in the year 1406, on a cold winter’s night, when a fog, thick as wool and dank as a dead man’s hand, crept up from the River Scrogg into the ancient town of Fulworth. The fog settled like an icy shroud over the town, filling the mud-clogged streets and crooked lanes from Westgate to Bishopsgate, from Three Rats Quay upon the decaying riverbanks to Saint Osyth’s Cathedral by the city center. It heightened the stench of rotten hay and offal, of vinegary wine and rancid ale. It muffled the sound of pealing church bells calling the weary faithful to apprehensive prayers. In a neglected corner of town, at the bottom of Clutterbuck Lane, with its grimy courtyard and noxious well, against the town’s walls, stood a dilapidated two-story stone house. The first-level windows were blocked up with stone. A single second-floor window was curtained.” Avi never tells his readers that this place has an ominous atmosphere, but we certainly feel it. Let’s dissect the different strategies he used to convey the mood in his paragraph of description. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Strategy: Avi uses two similes to describe the fog. It is not just a simple morning fog that clouds up the streets for a few minutes in the morning! It’s a fog that is blanketing the village in a not-so-pleasant way. Reading the words “dead man’s hand” in the first sentence of the novel immediately jars the reader. Examples: “… a fog, thick as wool and dank as a dead man’s hand…” “…fog settled like an icy shroud.” ADJECTIVES Strategy: Carefully chosen adjectives turn run-of-the-mill, innocuous items like streets, courtyards, and wells into the picture of gloom and doom. Examples: mud-clogged streets decaying riverbanks grimy courtyard crumbling city walls rotten hay rancid ale vinegary wine ancient town apprehensive prayers noxious well dilapidated two-story stone house neglected corner VERBS Strategy: Although Avi only describes the setting in this opening paragraph (we have yet to meet any characters), verbs make the village move, which only adds to its mystery! Examples: “…crept up from the River Scrogg…” “It heightened the stench of rotten hay and offal.” “It muffled the sound…” SENSORY DETAILS Strategy: Focus on what makes the setting unique by touching on the five senses. Examples: Sight: “The first-level windows were blocked up with stone.” Smell & Taste: “…the stench of rotten hay and offal, of vinegary wine and rancid ale.” Touch: “cold winter’s night” Sound: “the sound of pealing church bells” NAMES Strategy: Naming places in your story can be a lot of fun. The words “rats,” “clutter” and the sound of the word “Scrogg” have a certain connotation that gives the reader a sense of what this place might be like.  Examples: Three Rats Quay Clutterbuck Lane River Scrogg Now examine a paragraph of setting description that you’ve used in your story and try using these strategies to help you set the mood!

Short Stories