Writing

= = = = =** Writing Task (Week 6 - 11) **=

=** Writing Ta **** sks (Week 1-5) **=
 * Task 3: Spelling **

=** Task 1: Teacher Focus Group **= =__** Become a Scriptwriter **__= It involves working in small groups to make decisions about how to create a performance back to the class of the main characters. Students create story for each character based on the storyline presented. Present the reading to an audience.

=** Task 2: **= __** What’s the Theme? **__ Reading a text, analysing it to find the main theme, and then making connections between the text and personal life experiences. Write about where you have seen these themes in your life or in the media (news). Create 2 columns one with the story one side, on the other your connections to the story. The types of themes could include crime, racial violence, gangs, guns, working parents, gender roles, war, peace, separation of families, racial violence or environmental issues.

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__** Vocabulary Squares **__ Spelling of difficult words used in their writing. In this activity students collect and complete a Vocabulary Square that involves recording information about a chosen word. 
 * Definition 1/Prefixes and Suffixes 3/Picture 4/Part of Speech 2 **

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__** Storyboard **__ Students to read a story then retell using a storyboard of between 6-9 panels. Need to be properly sequenced using the key points of the story. Expressed in their own vocabulary.

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= Writer's Notebook =

Writer’s Notebook provides students with an avenue for recording reflections, observations and thoughts about everyday events or social issues they believe should be addressed. These events may happen in school, in the community or at home; they may be seen on television or read about in a newspaper, and should concern things students feel are unfair or unjust. Students are encouraged to make regular entries in a writer’s notebook about these topics of concern.

Selected entries are then used as a stimulus for creating a plan of action around the topic or issue. Students can work individually or in groups to move forward with their action project by creating various texts for selected purposes and audiences.

=Writer's Notebook Picture Prompts=





Writer's Notebook SPROUTS - How can I write about my seed?