Welcome Back to the Start of Term 4 - 13 October 2014
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I hope you had a nice restful break over the school holidays and have returned ready to achieve great results in English and see out the year on a high.
We will begin the term with a Personal Response to Poetry, before embarking on our research report in Week 3. Please see a wee blurb about the late Hone Tuwhare below, a button link to Wikipedia information about Hone Tuwhare and finally, a YouTube clip of Hone Tuwhare marching in the 1975 Land March, with a voice over of his poem dedicated to this political occasion.
I hope you had a nice restful break over the school holidays and have returned ready to achieve great results in English and see out the year on a high.
We will begin the term with a Personal Response to Poetry, before embarking on our research report in Week 3. Please see a wee blurb about the late Hone Tuwhare below, a button link to Wikipedia information about Hone Tuwhare and finally, a YouTube clip of Hone Tuwhare marching in the 1975 Land March, with a voice over of his poem dedicated to this political occasion.
Hone Tuwhare (21 October 1922 – 16 January 2008) was a noted New Zealand poet of Māori ancestry. He is closely associated with The Catlins in the Otago region of New Zealand, where he lived for the latter part of his life.
Early years Hone Tuwhare was born in Kaikohe, Northland, into the Nga Puhi tribe (hapu Ngati Korokoro, Ngati Tautahi, Te Popoto, Uri-o-hau). Following the death of his mother, his family shifted to Auckland, where Hone attended primary schools in Avondale, Mangere and Ponsonby. He commenced a boilermaker apprenticeship with the New Zealand Railways and had to attend night classes in Mathematics, Trade Drawing and Trade Theory which he did at Seddon Memorial Technical College in Auckland (1939–41), and Otahuhu College (1941).[1] Tuwhare spoke Māori until he was about 9, and his father, an accomplished orator and storyteller, encouraged his son’s interest in the written and spoken word, especially in the rhythms and imagery of the Old Testament.[2]
Early years Hone Tuwhare was born in Kaikohe, Northland, into the Nga Puhi tribe (hapu Ngati Korokoro, Ngati Tautahi, Te Popoto, Uri-o-hau). Following the death of his mother, his family shifted to Auckland, where Hone attended primary schools in Avondale, Mangere and Ponsonby. He commenced a boilermaker apprenticeship with the New Zealand Railways and had to attend night classes in Mathematics, Trade Drawing and Trade Theory which he did at Seddon Memorial Technical College in Auckland (1939–41), and Otahuhu College (1941).[1] Tuwhare spoke Māori until he was about 9, and his father, an accomplished orator and storyteller, encouraged his son’s interest in the written and spoken word, especially in the rhythms and imagery of the Old Testament.[2]
1975 Land March Poem by Hone Tuwhare - YouTube
Assessment Instructions
As per the instructions on the board:
- You are to write 1 paragraph per poem
- There are 3 poems to deconstruct - A Death by Sea, Papatuanuku & Martin Luther King
- You must - Describe what you thought of when you read each poem. Discuss your feelings/emotions towards the poem and then explain why you felt the way you did
- Due date Friday 17 October 2014
Monday 20 October 2014
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It's hard to believe that we are already starting Week 2 of Term 4, but we are! What this should mean to you, is that there won't be a lot of flex with 'due dates' this term and that we will be operating under a heightened level of intensity which will require that you submit assessments on time.
On that note...due to the Inter-house Haka Competition last week, I have shifted the due date for the personal responses to Hone Tuwhare's poems to Wednesday 22 October 2014 :)
To help you along...please see an example of two draft personal responses for Papatuanuku and A Death at Sea below. They are deliberately written to reflect the level of writing one would expect from a Year 9/10 Student.
It's hard to believe that we are already starting Week 2 of Term 4, but we are! What this should mean to you, is that there won't be a lot of flex with 'due dates' this term and that we will be operating under a heightened level of intensity which will require that you submit assessments on time.
On that note...due to the Inter-house Haka Competition last week, I have shifted the due date for the personal responses to Hone Tuwhare's poems to Wednesday 22 October 2014 :)
To help you along...please see an example of two draft personal responses for Papatuanuku and A Death at Sea below. They are deliberately written to reflect the level of writing one would expect from a Year 9/10 Student.
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Tuesday 28 October 2014Kia ora Whānau
It's hard to believe that we are already starting Week 2 of Term 4, but we are!
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I hope you had a relaxing Labour Weekend and are keen to start our new assessment for Week 3 of Term 4. They say 'a picture is worth a thousand words', so what I thought that I would do, is upload a few images of 3 research projects completed by Year 9 stutdents in the past, for you to (hopefully) gain inspiration from.
You will notice, that these students have been extremely creative and professional in their attention to detail. Whilst presentation is not reflected in the marking schedule, it is always important to remember that first impressions do count, as they often indicate a students work ethic and (due to eye catching aesthetics), set a positive tone.
I hope you had a relaxing Labour Weekend and are keen to start our new assessment for Week 3 of Term 4. They say 'a picture is worth a thousand words', so what I thought that I would do, is upload a few images of 3 research projects completed by Year 9 stutdents in the past, for you to (hopefully) gain inspiration from.
You will notice, that these students have been extremely creative and professional in their attention to detail. Whilst presentation is not reflected in the marking schedule, it is always important to remember that first impressions do count, as they often indicate a students work ethic and (due to eye catching aesthetics), set a positive tone.
Instructions
Research
A famous person
Who has achieved something truly positive
Publish on A3
Include an Introduction
3 x Rich Questions
A Conclusion
&
A Bibliography
6 x Internet Sources
1 x Library Publication
Due - Friday 14 November 2014
Research
A famous person
Who has achieved something truly positive
Publish on A3
Include an Introduction
3 x Rich Questions
A Conclusion
&
A Bibliography
6 x Internet Sources
1 x Library Publication
Due - Friday 14 November 2014
English Exam - Essay
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Today you will sit your written exam for English. The exam question will be something like 'Decribe an important event in the text you studied. Explain why this event is important'. I've scaffolded ideas for the short story The Seahorse and the Reef written by Witi Ihimaera. Use the starter sentences to unpack the story and explain why the 'event' was important to the story. Good luck boys...you can do this!
Today you will sit your written exam for English. The exam question will be something like 'Decribe an important event in the text you studied. Explain why this event is important'. I've scaffolded ideas for the short story The Seahorse and the Reef written by Witi Ihimaera. Use the starter sentences to unpack the story and explain why the 'event' was important to the story. Good luck boys...you can do this!