Reading skills: select, read & assess to gain information

This week we are practising our skills at selecting, reading and assessing texts.  I have created a page of prompts to help you identify your own topic and key question before you choose a text, and then questions to ask yourself before, during and after reading your text.

This year we are going to record our responses to the texts we read, both for our practice and for our actual assessment.  In the weekend I had a go at this process myself:

  If I can do it, so can you!

Researching conflict in New Zealand history

Last week we watched part of two films on the 1981 Spring Bok tour.

Do now: Write down everything you can remember about the tour and the issues around it.  In your English folder, make a doc called "Reading skills" and then put today's date and the heading "The 1981 Spring Bok Tour in New Zealand"

Our learning goal is to gather our information from last week, to put it into words and to identify the next lot of information that we need to answer our big question:

What happened in the Hamilton game and why was it important?

Reflecting on Under the Bridge & protest preparation

Today we finished thinking and talking about 'Under the Bridge.'  We talked about what an ERO report is, how the decile system works and what we saw as the strengths and weaknesses of Papakura High from the film 'Under the Bridge.'

Then we started our introduction to the 1981 Spring Bok tour, with our first go at a neutral chair debate.  Tomorrow we will watch a film on the tour.  We made progress articulating our opinions and listening to others.  See you tomorrow!