HOMEWORK

** Week ~8 Room 16 Homework** ** __FOR WEDNESDAY ~ POSTER__ ** - Create a montage' poster about yourself - include: interests, hobbies, things you are good at   Fill a 2cm wide frame with words depicting: your personality, skills, interests, characteristics, beliefs, dreams, goals, fears, concerns ** __Journal writing__ ** - will include new, original articles, letters, poems, instructions / procedures, narratives, recounts, plays and comics ** __Careers__ ** We will be starting our careers study this week **__REMINDERS__** Library books Money for Dance and Big Day Out

All students need to be in the street by 6:50
 * __ODYSSEY__** is open for parents to view student's work from 6:30 - 7

Keynotes -- Expectation – we expect the best – nothing less!

Keynote: Make sure you make up cue cards! - Definition explain what ALJ means fully!! - Term one - Pictures about poverty (picture to back up the point) - Term two –say why you choose the topics you did in term two. - Interesting facts as bullets – to use with cue cards - Term three – thinkers keys - Term four - Then a link to your blog! – You should know how to orientate others around your blog. EG: here is a video about our topic – here are our possible solutions – get parents to write on your blogs!
 * Odyssey night is Tuesday !!! HOW READY ARE YOU? **

Add to your blogs – how has our learning impacted on our lives: Blog discussion ends with students asking the parent about a problem they aren’t facing – get parents to think about something they keep putting it off or something they are passionate about!  **__Wikis__** You should have a decent paragraph of reflective writing describing the learning that took place __around each item__ / page on your wiki If possible turn your speech or narrative into a **__pod cast__** using a microphone **__Blogs ~__** spend at least 30 minutes this week on the following **__:__** ~ **Introduction** – Why have they chosen to focus on this issue? Are you part of the problem or part of the solution? ~ **Define-** One or two paragraphs about why the global issue is a issue in the world –find links to NZ – is it happening here? ~ **Video** - Include 2 or 3 youtube clips supporting the global issue – these must not just be music – they must highlight the global issue they are covering. ~ **Facts** - Provide 5 Statistics highlighting why this is a problem – this needs to be in their own words.

**__Poetry on your Wiki__** · H ave you posted poems you have written with an explanation onto your wiki?

**__NO Spelling this week !!__**

**__Current Events__** Be prepared to discuss a recent item of news

**__Reminders__** Maths Home work to be completed **__Coming up this Week__**

**__POSTER__** - Create a montage' poster about yourself - include: interests, hobbies, things you are good at Fill a 2cm wide frame with words depicting: your personality, skills, interests, characteristics, beliefs, dreams, goals, fears, concerns Start thinking about how you will be creating and presenting your own original book. It will include new, original articles, letters, poems, instructions / procedures, narratives, recounts, plays and comics We will be starting our careers study this week if we manage to fit it around preparing for Odyssey night

Complete all word study activities Learn list words and meanings ** Use at least 5 of your list words in each of the activities listed on the weeks task sheet **
 * You will be given 2 x 30 minute lesson blocks to work on these but you will need to completed some of the tasks at home **
 * Make sure that the sentences fully explain the meaning of the list words you choose. **


 * Week ~ Room 16 Homework **