Literacy+-+Writing



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We have been spending about a week writing Mystery Storys. This gave us a chance to do some creative writing with our peers. We could of worked individually or in partners. Rosie and I worked together and it was great. We enjoyed our mystery a lot and are really happy with the outcome. We also needed to present the story using a different tool. We used iMovie :)

Here is our Mystery Story named Solved?

media type="custom" key="11433652" We have looked at the type pf poetry: Cinquain. We needed to create our own cinquain and add an image to it. The entire class had the theme: Life. Enjoy my poem :)

As apart of the poetry work we needed to find a ballad on the internet and select an image that goes with the poem. Below is the ballad I chose with the image:



This term we are focusing on poetry. At the start of term we read a poem: The Death of Ben Hall. We have had various tasks all based on this poem. This type of poem is a ballad. Basically, the poem is about an outlaw on the run (Ben Hall) who is betrayed by his friend so he can receive money. I know next to nothing about poetry so am enjoying this unit of work.

We needed to create a wanted poster for Ben Hall including the language we saw in the poem. Below is my wanted poster - I had a lot of fun with it! :)

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= Term 3: =

Procedure:
Procedure writing is where you will tell someone how to do something/go somewhere. We have been practising by writing various procedures. These are essential in procedure writing:

- Title - Goal - Requirements - Steps

Below is a procedure we had to write. The entire class had the same topic: Organising A Family Holiday At The Beach Here is my procedure...

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Exposition:
This term we had one last moderation assessment on exposition writing. The topic was: 'Are we old enough to stay home alone' I was against this and I scored a 5P. I was very pleased with this result and have definitely improved. Here is my exposition:

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Response Writing:
This term we are started our writing with Response Writing. This piece of writing is where you respond to something you have seen, heard, experienced. A response will usually have 3 paragraphs: Introduction, Overview and Opinion. The main part of a response is your opinion, hence a response. We started our response writing unit with focusing on the Titanic. We read Titanic Survival Stories and then wrote responses. Rosie and I were working together and below is our finished response.

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= Term 2: =

Expositions/Speeches
This Term we have begun with learning about Expositions. An Exposition is where you try to persuade the reader by focusing on one point of view (either For or Against). An Exposition has to include: - A Title - An Introduction - Paragraphs Justifying why you are for or against the topic - A Conclusion

At the end of this Term we will do an Exposition that will be assessed.

Just recently we finished our unit of work on Exposition Writing. As part of this unit of work we also had our annual speech competition. This year we had a choice: We could write our exposition as a speech or we could a separate exposition as well as a speech. I chose the second option. My Speech Topic was on: Positive Mental Attitude and my Exposition topic was: " Should our town provide more social options for teenagers" I haven't received my score for this yet. We have our syndicate speech finals on Thursday 9th June and from there 1 Y7 and 1Y8 progress to the next stage.

Mystery Writer Activity:
This week (Week 6) we have started another Mystery Writer Activity. We got to write creatively using 3 pictures we were given. We then go through the Mystery Writer process. Hopefully it will be a successful activity like last time.

We have recently finished this activity and it was a success. Our group was picked as being the best by the mystery writer which was great. Below is our group's winning story:

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Reports:
Today (20/6/11) we started our unit of writing on Reports. A report is telling the reader about something and is mainly facts, although you can have your opinion. You have 5 parts in the structure. These are:

- Title - Classification - Location - Dynamics - Description

Our class wrote a report together on the Christchurch Earthquake, including the 5 parts in the structure.

We then had to write our own reports in the space of a couple of weeks on a topic of our choice. We were being assessed on these. My topic was the iPad 2. I scored a 5P which is my first 5 in writing so am very happy. Below is my report:

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This term we have done many writing pieces. First we had to do Moderation Writing which is where we are given a Topic and get 10 minutes to plan, 20 minutes to write and 10 minutes to edit. We are then scored by the BPA system. We have done an exposition on whether our school should offer extra curricular activities. Mine hasn't been marked yet but when it has I will post my score here. We also had to write a recount for our school swimming sports. Here is my score.

Exposition Score: 4P Recount Score: 4A

4 Picture Story:
This is where we had 4 pictures chosen by our teacher and then we have had to write a story around it. This is my story here:

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The Mystery Writer:
When we had individually written our own 4 Pic Story, our teacher chose one and then we went into groups so we could author the story. The Mystery Writer then chose the one he/she liked the best. This is my group's story and below is the Mystery Writer's choice.

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Fractured Fairy Tales:
We have just finished Fractured Fairy Tales which was where we went into pairs and together we had to choose a fairy tale and then we had to bring in other characters from other tales. So in the end you have a Fractured Fairy Tale. Below is me and my partner's Fractured Fairy Tale. Enjoy!

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News Sheet:
At the moment we have been making News Sheets on Pages. This is a recount of Term 1. We used Pages and I have found many other ways to present work. This was a fun activity, below is my News Sheet. Please take the time to have a look and see what I have been up to.

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