Week 8???

Spelling words this week are:
actively
government
creature
surgeon
entertaining
cheerful
speechless
mountain
module
anticipated
paleness
culture
treasure
catering
leisure

this week

Today you need to -

1 do the spelling activities (see Week 6 spelling posting)
2 Begin to type up your Peter Blake article (in Word)
3 Complete/work on your Powerpoint Heroes presentation

Email me your work if you want it checked
shazzandrob@surf.co.nz

Transactional writing

This is the main assessment for this term. There will be 3 pieces submitted.
1) a film review (Pirates of the Caribbean)
2) a research report (about your chosen NZ hero)
3) an article about Peter Blake

The article will be written in news reporting style with an introduction, 3 key points of one full paragraph each, and a conclusion.

Peter Blake Article/Draft 1
Introduction: Write 5 sentences that give an overview of how you see Peter Blake
Key points: choose 3 main areas/aspects of his life/death
For each of these you need to be able to write 5 sentences which expand the idea of the key point
Conclusion: summarise what you have written andfinish with a concluding statement

Spelling week 6

Spelling words this week are:
language
emphasise
shaping
tourism
government
achievement
pursuit
interview
commercial
official
Write 5 of the words into complex sentences
Choose 3 of the words to write an ANAGRAM
Choose 1 word to see how many others you can create from it
Use the last word in a paragraph

NZ Heroes page

Go to this website http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/ and choose your 'hero'.

You can choose to create EITHER a blogsite (www.blogger.com) or a powerpoint presentation about your hero.

WHICHEVER one you decide on you must SAVE YOUR WORK.

You need to find(and include a record of where you found it)

1) 3 pictures of this person
2) A collection of facts about this person
3) archival video footage where possible
4) interesting points of note
5) sound recording of their voice (look on the radio NZ website)

Other sites to search for information - NZ herald; NZ Listener; INNZ (National library website)

Above all, make sure your presentation is interesting and informative.

Pirate stuff

What kind of pirate am I? You decide!
You can also view a breakdown of results or put one of these on your own page!
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Wednesday again in B3

Finish yesterday's work using this week's words and learn your spelling words for Friday.
Have it signed off by the teacher and then you can go to the site the teacher puts on the white board.
Here's a place to go for English revision games - try and few and email me to tell me which are your favourites.
http://www.englishpage.com/games/games.html
You need to copy and paste this into the url space.
My email is sharonh@mmc.school.nz