Learning to Throw the Discus


Step 1
Using a plastic discus throw and catch with a buddy - get the discus to spin


Step 2
Make a claw with your throwing hand slot the discus into your clawed fingers.  
Bowl / roll the discus along the grass to your buddy
The discus should roll along on its edge in a straight line.



Step 3
Last step before you throw.
Stand side ways - feet pointing 90 degrees away from the direction you are going to throw.
Hold the discus with your claw hand - arm hanging down at your side
Use your other are to point in the direction you will throw
Rotate and lift the discus up to the pointing hand
Up and hold
back down
Up and hold

Instructions

This week's key writing task is to create a set of instructions that someone could use to make something or to do something like an experiment.

The main criteria for a clear set of instructions include:

Title
A list of ingredients or materials required
Diagrams - pictures of different stages to show how or what to do
A clear sequence and order with numbers to help people to follow the steps
A short easy to follow description of what to do at each step

Here are some examples:

Here are the instructions for the
balloon experiment we did last week.




Step 1
Decide on what you would like to explain how to do
Cooking - How to Make...
Science Experiment
Job Around the House
How to do the..
How to clean a...
How to Fix...
How to Make a...

Step 2
Make a sketch plan of your idea including all the key steps for how to...
Draw some quick draft diagrams
List ingredients and materials
Identify the main steps

Step 3
Write the instructions for each step identified in your plan


Remember Keywords:
Just like writing a recount words like next, then, after that, eventually, when, finally all help to sequence your ideas.



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 rugsomeone  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 Research

To help you find out the dates of events in the past for your History Timeline -

Investigate these interactive timelines

Just click on the image below - remember to make some notes in your journal so that you can use the information you find on your own timeline.

You need to add between 10 and 20 dates to your timeline with a title and a small icon or picture to show the event





Medieval Europe

Ancient Egypt



Inventions







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