Week 2
Emails from Greenland
Information Report
WALT: Write an information report.
WILF: Using an email structure to form back and forth communication based on arrival to Australia from England in the 1800s.
WILF: Using an email structure to form back and forth communication based on arrival to Australia from England in the 1800s.
- From
- Date
- To
- Subject
- Information
- Sign off
Fluency
Rally Read:
a) Person A reads for 2 minutes. Person B completes the checklist.
b) Person B reads for 2 minutes. Person A completes the checklist.
c) Switch until teacher says stop.
Rally Read Checklist:
1. Pace
2. Expression
3. Accuracy
a) Person A reads for 2 minutes. Person B completes the checklist.
b) Person B reads for 2 minutes. Person A completes the checklist.
c) Switch until teacher says stop.
Rally Read Checklist:
1. Pace
2. Expression
3. Accuracy
Vocabulary
Celcius
Native Born
Inuits
Sledding
Strenuous
Aurora Borealis
Native Born
Inuits
Sledding
Strenuous
Aurora Borealis
Text Focus
Task
Why do you think the writer said 'My heart is Green'?
The writer said 'My heart is green' because I think he is implying that ....
What was the purpose of the initial email?
The purpose of the initial email was to ...
Why would the two individual communicate via email rather than send a handwritten letter?
The two individuals communicated via email because .......
Why do you think the conversations are brief?
The conversations are kept brief because ...
The writer said 'My heart is green' because I think he is implying that ....
What was the purpose of the initial email?
The purpose of the initial email was to ...
Why would the two individual communicate via email rather than send a handwritten letter?
The two individuals communicated via email because .......
Why do you think the conversations are brief?
The conversations are kept brief because ...
Week 3
The Green House Effect
Scientific Report
WALT: To analyse information within a scientific report.
WILF: Through watching informative videos and reading the scientific report answer the comprehension questions below.
WILF: Through watching informative videos and reading the scientific report answer the comprehension questions below.
Fluency
Rally Read:
a) Person A reads for 2 minutes. Person B completes the checklist.
b) Person B reads for 2 minutes. Person A completes the checklist.
c) Switch until teacher says stop.
Rally Read Checklist:
1. Pace
2. Expression
3. Accuracy
a) Person A reads for 2 minutes. Person B completes the checklist.
b) Person B reads for 2 minutes. Person A completes the checklist.
c) Switch until teacher says stop.
Rally Read Checklist:
1. Pace
2. Expression
3. Accuracy
Vocabulary
enhancement
droughts
affect
absorb
prevent
droughts
affect
absorb
prevent
Text Focus:
Watch the link below.
In 3/4 sentences explain what the green house effect is?
The green house effect is...
What do you think the impact on the environment the green house effect will have in the future?
In the future, I think that the impact our environment will be ____________________ due to the green house effect.
As a reader explain how you feel about global warming?
As the reader I feel...
The green house effect is...
What do you think the impact on the environment the green house effect will have in the future?
In the future, I think that the impact our environment will be ____________________ due to the green house effect.
As a reader explain how you feel about global warming?
As the reader I feel...
Watch the link below.
What do green house gases include?
1.
2.
3.
What would happen to all of the water on earth if we didn't have green house gases?
If we didn't have green house gases in the atmosphere...
1.
2.
3.
What would happen to all of the water on earth if we didn't have green house gases?
If we didn't have green house gases in the atmosphere...
Week 4
Why are most plants Green?
Explanation
WALT: To create an explanation/information report on why most plants are green.
WILF: Correctly identify the correct text structure of an explanation text.
WILF: Correctly identify the correct text structure of an explanation text.
Fluency
Rally Read:
a) Person A reads for 2 minutes. Person B completes the checklist.
b) Person B reads for 2 minutes. Person A completes the checklist.
c) Switch until teacher says stop.
Rally Read Checklist:
1. Pace
2. Expression
3. Accuracy
a) Person A reads for 2 minutes. Person B completes the checklist.
b) Person B reads for 2 minutes. Person A completes the checklist.
c) Switch until teacher says stop.
Rally Read Checklist:
1. Pace
2. Expression
3. Accuracy
Vocabulary
photosynthesis
minerals
carbon dioxide
cells
chlorophyll
Are the words in our vocabulary focus T2 or T3 words? How do you know?
minerals
carbon dioxide
cells
chlorophyll
Are the words in our vocabulary focus T2 or T3 words? How do you know?
Text Focus:
The ’Explanation Game’
With your shoulder partner, use the phrases:
Because
As a result of
Therefore
Be creative in explaining these things…
Why bananas are curly.
Why trees have bark.
Why rainbows don’t wobble in the wind.
Why the moon changes shape.
Why it gets colder when you go up a mountain.
Don’t worry about facts or the truth, be creative and use the language!
Be ready to share!
With your shoulder partner, use the phrases:
Because
As a result of
Therefore
Be creative in explaining these things…
Why bananas are curly.
Why trees have bark.
Why rainbows don’t wobble in the wind.
Why the moon changes shape.
Why it gets colder when you go up a mountain.
Don’t worry about facts or the truth, be creative and use the language!
Be ready to share!
Task
What is the explanation text trying to explain?
'Why are most plants green' By Dianne Bates is about ...
Create a flow chart of the steps/process of the life cycle of a plant.
Draw the step by step process a plant goes through when growing.
'Why are most plants green' By Dianne Bates is about ...
Create a flow chart of the steps/process of the life cycle of a plant.
Draw the step by step process a plant goes through when growing.
Week 5
A Robin Hood Tale ... The stranger on the bridge
By Robert Leeson
Narrative: Traditional Fiction
Fluency
Rally Read:
a) Person A reads for 2 minutes. Person B completes the checklist.
b) Person B reads for 2 minutes. Person A completes the checklist.
c) Switch until teacher says stop.
Rally Read Checklist:
1. Pace
2. Expression
3. Accuracy
a) Person A reads for 2 minutes. Person B completes the checklist.
b) Person B reads for 2 minutes. Person A completes the checklist.
c) Switch until teacher says stop.
Rally Read Checklist:
1. Pace
2. Expression
3. Accuracy
Vocabulary
roamed
roughly
wagged
unslung
scornfully
hastened
spluttered
wavering
rood
outlaws
shrewdly
roughly
wagged
unslung
scornfully
hastened
spluttered
wavering
rood
outlaws
shrewdly
Text Focus
Task
Write a paragraph that changes one element of the story you have just read.