Thursday 26 June 2014
Saturday 21 June 2014
Animal Project - How is your Newspaper coming together??
Animal
Newspaper Project
Your latest project is based in our Ngā Kararehe unit of
work. You will be creating a two sided newspaper based on Animal News.
Key Details
DUE: Wednesday
2nd July 2014 -9am
Medium:
Handwritten or typed two sided A3 Newspaper
Requirements: Minimum
of five articles, two advertisements and two hand drawn images.
Audience: You
will be writing this newspaper for an imaginary Animal Kingdom – all of whom
can read at a human adult level.
You will be given little time in class to complete your
project, (if you complete all in class tasks then you can work on your
project). You can use any paper from class you wish – please ask first. If you
would like any thing printed out, please speak to Ms D or Mr T before Friday
Week 8 (27th June) (ie: nothing
will be printed out in Week 9).
If you would like any help at all, please speak to one of
your teachers a.s.a.p.
When we know you want/need help we can put plans in place
to help you.
Outline of each task:
Out of your five articles, you will need to include:
1.
At least one biography of one animal.
2.
At least one news article about a fictional event
in the animal kingdom.
3.
At least one sports article about an upcoming
interspecies boxing match.
Your two advertisements will need to include:
4.
One advertising body enhancement for a specific
animal. (Think of it like a gym advert, making a human fitter and healthier.
E.g.: What might a Panda need to develop? Jaw strength for chewing Bamboo or…?)
5.
One advertising a support group for several species
that may have the same problem/issue.
Your two hand drawn images may be part of your articles or
your advertisements.
Newspaper conventions (We will cover these in class in
week 6)
You will need to include columns and :
RUBRIC Animal Newspaper Name:___________________
Date handed in: ________
OVERALL PRESENTATION
1 5 10
Lacks Care Minimum
Expectation Above Expectation
1
|
3
|
5
|
|||
Biography
|
One of 5/5 list
|
Three of 5/5 list
|
Includes classification; life stats (age weight
etc); food sources; predator/prey techniques; and, habitat
|
||
Fictional
Event
|
Includes info about 1 Adaptation to environment
that an animal has made
|
Includes info about 3 Adaptations to environment
that an animal has made
|
Includes info about 5 or more Adaptations to
environment that an animal has made
|
||
Sports
Article
|
Includes 3 physiological characteristics
|
Includes 6 physiological characteristics
|
Includes 10 or more physiological characteristics
|
||
Body
Enhancer Ad.
|
Fails to identify a decent weak characteristic in
a species
|
Targets a weak characteristic in a species
|
Innovatively Targets a weak characteristic in a
species with clarity
|
||
Support
group Ad.
|
Identifies two different species of animal that
share a common ‘problem’
|
Identifies a few different species of animal that
share a common ‘problem’
|
Innovatively identifies several different species
of animal that share a common ‘problem’
|
||
Hand
drawn images
|
Rushed images
|
Good images
|
Quality images, care evident
|
Comment on Writing:
Strengths:
Work-ons:
Tuesday 17 June 2014
Three Way Learning Conferences
Here is a video from two years ago that outlines the process of 3 Way Learning Conferences - which are coming up in two weeks!
Friday 13 June 2014
Thanks Mrs Whalen, Anne and Mr Jago!
It was National Support Staff day on Wednesday - In Kākāpō we know that many people make our day at school better in a myriad of ways... Matthew, Cameron and Rachel put together these videos -
"A Day in the life of...." was our goal but we ran out of time and it was raining a bit too much to film Mr Jago doing all he does!
"A Day in the life of...." was our goal but we ran out of time and it was raining a bit too much to film Mr Jago doing all he does!
Wednesday 11 June 2014
Book week visitors today...
Today we had two visitors from Orchestra Wellington - who read 'The Violin Man' to us and then played some different pieces of music on the violin.
We were also lucky enough to have Kirsty Louden talk to us about her love of reading and then she shared some great books...
Kakapo visit the Petone Library
We were lucky to have a session with Jonathan from Petone Library on Tuesday. He remembered many of us from last year when Mrs McNeil took Pukeko to the Library each fortnight.
Sunday 8 June 2014
Brilliant Bookweek has Begun!!
We launched into Bookweek today by listening to Jen Boland ( from The Settler's Museum)- share some great stories with us. We especially enjoyed 'Press Here'!
This afternoon we spent some time in the Library- reading with our Buddy Class (Kereru) for 20mins. Then we looked at the Bookfair books, browsed through the 'ideas for book character' books & chose a book each to read in class this week (& maybe at home too?)
This afternoon we spent some time in the Library- reading with our Buddy Class (Kereru) for 20mins. Then we looked at the Bookfair books, browsed through the 'ideas for book character' books & chose a book each to read in class this week (& maybe at home too?)
Our Bookweek Homework = 60mins reading a day! Eg. 2x 30mins or 4x15mins. GET READING KAKAPO!!
Kakapo Class Learning how to set out a Newspaper
Great Game Girls!!
The Yr 7&8 netball team played a hard-fought game against Muritai on Saturday. Great team work, straight line play, varied passing & defence. The score (9-10) reflected the close game that it was! Tori won 'Player of the Day' for fantastic defence.
Keep up the great games & RISE values girls :-)
Our landscapes...
We remembered to use 'thirds' in our landscape and also tested out some of the ideas shared by Mrs Whalen ...
'portrait' style paper
warm colours closer
cooler colours further away
something on the side (at the front)
miixing colours
odd numbers in groupings ...
Though this was a "quick sketch & paint" we are pretty happy with the results.
Thursday 5 June 2014
Landscape Painting - visiting artist...
Today we had artist Janet Whalen (Petone) visit us!
We found out lots of things about her as an artist and also some good techniques.
We also found out that she is a member of the NZ Watercolour Association - we'll be looking out for her at the exhibition!
Thanks Mrs Whalen!
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