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Be Careful

He's a crazy bike video to remind you to have fun over the summer

and

think before you try out the latest crazy stunts!

Films to Think About

These three films each contain a message for our life and learning.

If you could only use one word to sum up what each film was about what words would you choose?

Create - Imagine

Retell the story - What happened - What was this film about?
Did this story remind you of another story you know?

Think - Question

Retell the story - What happened - What was this film about?
Did this story remind you of another story you know?

Dream - Inspire

Retell the story - What happened - What was this film about?
Did this story remind you of another story you know?

What would life be like if you lived it in reverse?

What would life be like if everything was opposite?

Think of all the things that might be different or changed if some part of your world was backwards or in reverse?

Watch this short film and take note of the things that are different for this man's life.

Just notice small things.

// ArtFX OFFICIEL // Reverso from ArtFX OFFICIEL on Vimeo.

What happened in the end?

Writing and Thinking

Write a list of your reverse observations

Make a comic strip showing part of a day in the life...

Make a list of curious ideas, things that would be hard or easier

Invent your own reverse world idea

List all the jobs that you would be good at if this was you

List the disadvantages you noticed

Predict it..

Watch the first few second of this short film then try and predict what you think might happen next.

What is a PIXEL?

Watch the next few seconds to see if your were correct in your prediction.

Can you finish the story?

Pixels from Patrick JEAN on Vimeo.

This is Not My Hat

Who is telling the story?

Who is the story teller talking to?

Why did he steal the hat?

What happened at the end?

What's the moral of the story?

Where would you hide if you needed to get away from someone?

Write your own short story about something you might borrow or loan or take just a bit of.

Write as if you are having a conversation inside your head about what you've done.

Justify - give reasons for your actions

Explain your plan about how you could avoid detection - being found out.

Do you feel guilty?

should you feel guilty?

Explain it...

Watch these two explanation videos to help you to understand how to explain something.

We will work in a group again to:

talk about a new topic
plan ideas
write a draft
present your work to the class

Where does the Sun go at night?

Why do I have to brush my teeth?

Explain it...

Imagine that you meet a friendly alien at your local park. Some how this small alien has been left on Earth by mistake after his family dropped by for a visit to our planet.
You decide to smuggle this creature into your bedroom and look after him.

The alien is very intelligent and quickly learns your language, but does not understand many of the things that we do on Earth.

In a group talk about how you would explain some of the things we do on Earth.

Write a short explanation with your team and present what you have done back to the class.

Use the explanation rubric to help you make a really good explanation.

Topics - What is...?

Food, Music, Sleep, A Bicycle, A Bank, Farming, A Skateboard, Television, A Computer and the Internet, Christmas, A Birthday,

Floating and Sinking

Freezing Water
Lets try and understand why ice floats

Writing an Explanation

What is it?
How does it work?
Why does that happen?

Being able to explain something is a very valuable skill. The slide show below gives some tips about how to write an explanation and the sorts of words you need to include.

How to Write Excellent Explanations

Key Steps in Your Writing

Use an introductory sentence to say what the thing is

Give exaples of how this thing works

Or what it does

Elaborate with examples that tell about what happens in some detail use cause and effect

End with a conclusion that finishes off your idea or gives a summary or the big picture

Athletic Inspiration

Create a thinking page for our Athletic Sports in your learning journal - set some personal goals based on the athletic standards.

But first take a look at these videos.

High Jump

Shot Put

Discus

Long Jump

Sprints

Unbelievable or Crazy? BOTH!

Here's a news report video.

Take a look at this extreme event in the USA. The Guy in this video clip is from Nelson, New Zealand. He ended up coming second in this mountain bike competition.

This event didn't take place last year because too many people were badly injured the year before.

Click the picture to link to the video

Comments

Thoughts

How might he write this as a recount!

What information can you get from this logo that goes with the mountain bike event?

Recount Writing

Think of a memorable event to tell a buddy about.
Examples:
A trip, a holiday, a visit, an accident, something funny, something sad, something naughty or fun and exciting

Take a minute to think of your event.

Doughnut Circle 1 + 2

Use these questions and words to help your retelling.

INTRODUCTION
When was it?
What did you do?
Where was it?
What happened?
Who else was with you?

EVENTS
First
Next
Then
After that
Eventually
Finally

CONCLUSION
In the end I felt....

Welcome Back to Term 4

Newspaper Reports

Your key writing task this week is to write a report for a group newspaper.

Each person in your group will need to contribute one news report for your newspaper.

Your report can be about something that happened in the holidays or you can report on another event including a world or national news event.

If you work efficiently on your report you might have time to add extra items to your paper:

Weather
Cartoons
Crossword
Adverts
Recipe
Sport News
Fashion News

Step 1.

Brianstorm 10 ideas of things you could write a report about.

Step 2.

Select one of your ideas

Step 3.

Plan in detail - who, what, where, when, why, how

use the planning framework on the back of your contract.

Cormac's Kingdom

GAME I

Scores
King - Cormac = 80
Lord - Caleb and Mike = 28
Knights - Scott, Jaeha, Andrew, Jason = 16
Peasants = 4

THINKING - Think Pair Share

Who was the winner?
Who did the work?
Where did the wealth accumulate?
Was it fair?
Who had the power?
Who made the rules?
How were people rewarded?

Journal Thinking - Writing

If I lived in the Middle Ages I would have wanted to be
a lord, a knight, a King, a peasant

BECAUSE...
How many reasons can you think of?
I wouldn't want to be a ...

BECAUSE
How many reasons can you think of?
I think that the feudal system was (fair or unfair)

BECAUSE
How many reasons can you think of?

Monday Sentences - Simile

Similes

A simile is an analogy that compares two things that are alike in one way.

To help you identify a simile, know that the words “like” or “as” are always used.

Well-known similes are:

“cute as a kitten,” comparing the way someone looks to the way a kitten looks
“as busy as a bee” comparing someone’s level of energy to a fast-flying bee
"as snug as a bug in a rug" someone cozy to how comfortable a bug can be in a rug
"as agile as a monkey" implying someone can move as well as a monkey does
"as black as coal" comparing the color of something dark to the very-dark coal color
"as blind as a bat" indicating that the person cannot see any better than a bat can

Similes Add Depth to Language

Similes can make our language more descriptive and enjoyable.

Writers, poets, and songwriters make use of similes often to add depth.

Similes can be funny, serious, mean, or creative.

Treason and Torture

Middle Ages - Crime and Punishment

Treason:

was the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill or overthrow the sovereign (King) or government.

Torture:

methods used to hurt people to make them admit to a crime (that they might not have done).

Methods of torture inflicted great pain to force people to confess!

Timeline

How long ago was the Middle Ages?

The two timelines below give us an idea about how long ago some historical events were.

Are they to scale?

What key events from history can you think of? Brianstorm

Do you know when these events occurred?

Can you find out a year when they occurred?

Investigate some historical events - recent and ancient

Find out when they happened

Build a human timeline - go for a time walk

Place cones every 100 years

Barter

Bartering was a way of exchanging / swapping goods instead of using money. This was a common way of trading back in the middle ages. For this to work each person needed to agree on what would be a fair trade or swap.

Take a look at these pictures

then

Create your own visual notes in your learning journal to show this idea