Term 2 Writing task hboard

Each week after you have

completed the set writing

task, select one of the tasks

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When finished save you

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PoetryNarrativeRecountReportAgree or disagreeExplain itGive me the detailsFantasy time

Poetry timeA diamante is a seven line poem,

shaped like a diamond.Here are 2 examples of diamante poems- look at the structure.The poems compare 2 opposite ideas related to a topic

NIGHT

Starry, TheatricalHaunting, Sleeping, ReadingPARTY, MOON, SUN, BIRDS

Running, Surfing, PlayingBright, Beautiful

DAY

SMOOTHSilky, soft

Sliding, Soothing, StrokingGLASS, MILKSHAKE, SPLINTER, GRAVEL

Scratching, Pricking, StumblingLumpy, Rocky

ROUGH

• http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/diamante-poems-30053.html

Your writing These are lots of fun to writeSelect one of the below or come

up with your own pairs of antonyms related to this unit and create your own diamante poem

• Old/ new• Rich/ poor• Young / old• Work/ play

NarrativeSelect one of the phrases to include in your

writing1.the candle burned brightly2.as the snow fluttered to the ground3.banged furiously against the broken gate4.slipped lazily into the murky water5.like a hairy spider crawling on skin

RecountHolidays!!!!

School holidaysLong weekends

Easter Christmas

Think about your favourite holiday ever and recount the events of this holiday.

Remember the when, where, who, what and even why.

Report• Headline • Wren Rescues Ringtail• By-line author & location‑• Ollie Jones in Brisbane• Lead - summary of the most important information – who and what• Twelve year old student, Jilly Wren climbed 30 feet to rescue a Ring-tailed

Possum today.• Next most important information - more details about when, where, why and

how• introduces people who are less important to the story• • Tree loppers had been removing trees at West Bank School to create a new

concrete play area. During morning tea, students spied the possum peering out from a lopped hollow branch.

• “Jilly just shimmied way up the tree with her school bag and came down with a little possum thumping around inside it,” said school mate, Jack Komninos.

• Next most important information - more details • resolution – the possums are safe and well – plan for their future welfare

suggested• Principal, Ms Anne Watson, alerted National Parks and Wild Life. With the help of

the tree loppers, the wild life officers rescued six more ring-tailed possums from hollows in trees lopped for felling.

• All the possums are reported to be ‘in good condition’ and are being cared for at the Brisbane Forest Park. A suggested plan to relocate the possums in the school environs will involve refashioning of the hollowed tree trunks as part of an environmental sculpture project.

• Less important information • Mr Harry Bean, who was on play ground duty when Jilly Wren climbed the tree,

fainted and is receiving medical attention for concussion and stress.• Jilly Wren used a coconut tree climbing technique know as the ‘frog’ to rescue

the possum.• Resolution of sorts – Jilly is on detention, but a heroine• The young heroine was unavailable for interview. According to Jack Komninos,

Jilly was on detention for being in a ‘strictly out of bounds’ area.

Use the example to help you write a newspaper report about an imaginary event that could have happened to one of the below

• You• Your family• An early settler• An aborigine watching the arrival of the first fleet

Agree or disagree- persuasive text

It is not fair that we have set times to use the turf

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DiscussRemember the text needs to clearly define your point

of viewhave at least 4 supporting arguments

have a conclusion that brings your argument togetherhttp://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/persuasion_map

Explain itYou are living in the early 1800sThere is no electricity, no gas,no carsno trains, trams or planes

Explain how you would send a message to a friend who has settled in new South Wales while you are settled in Victoria

Give me the detailsProcedural text

Using no more than 10 match sticks and a small piece of cloth, make a gold miners tent

Now write a detailed procedure outlining exactly how you made this model

Create your own fanatasy (narrative)Remember this is a narrativeIt needs to have a plot with a complication

and resolution

Fantasy timeFairies

Trolls

Gnomes

Orcs

Aliens

Your choice, your

imagination!!!!