Name: Year: 5 Week: 1, 2 Term: 1 2016Study Text: Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson My Interest Text:

Units of Work: Identity and Values - Built Environments Artventure -

My presentation day this week is ____________________________________ My writing workshop day this week is ________________________________________

Reading – Study Text Reading - Interest Text Writing Spelling (Suffix – ious) Self-Guided Learning

Must Do Activities

Read chapters 1 and 2 (Week 1) Read Chapters 3, 4 and 5 (Week 2)

Dis, Va

Read as many chapters through the week as you’d like.

Dis, Va

Construct a display about yourself. The information on the display should include information, pictures and subheadings. Some ideas include a poster/monologue/PowerPoint/prezi/wordle/.

SP, FC, RA, Tr

Write the following words into your English book and write your own definition of each word.

furious, obvious, glorious, previous, serious, mysterious

Va

Create a Goodreads account. Use your school email address only. See back of matrix for instructions.

RA, Org, Tr

Knowledge

Look at words in the book that describe (adjectives) the city of Newcago. Write a list of 10-15 of these words. Now use these words to write a letter to a friend describing Newcago.

Co, HoT, RA

Describe the setting and characters of the book by writing dot points as your read a chapter.

Ab, MI

Research what the following character types are ..

mage warrior healerThen see Mr Welham and create a Classcraft character.

SP, RWP

Recall what you did in the holidays by writing a Recount (see back of matrix for template).

SP, PR, RA

Comprehension Construct a picture timeline of events in the chapter. You may like to include key words or key phrases.

Org

Create a mini comic strip (8-12 panels) illustrating the beginning of the book.

FC, PR, Va

Write down as many variations of your spelling words as you can find. Hint: Think about suffixes and prefixes.

Org, Dis

Application

Illustrate the main character at this point in time in the book. Make a list of his/her features. Write a paragraph about what you think will happen to this character.

HoT, Dis, PR

Write a short oral presentation that explains the theme of the book. Present this presentation to the class or to another student.

Co, HoT, Dis, RA

Make a list of all your interests and hobbies in your English book. Next to each one, write a sentence explaining it further.

Org

Create a tongue twister using the sound of the week.

HoT

Analysis Compare the differences between the Epic in the book and a superhero of your choice.

Va, MI, PR

Investigate the author of the book. Find and display information about other texts, personal information etc.

Tr, Dis, SP

Using a thesaurus (online), find words that are similar to your weekly spelling words.

Ab

Read the Classcraft rules. Ask Mr Welham for any clarification.

Ab

Synthesis

Illustrate the main character at this point in time in the book. Make a list of his/her features. Write a paragraph about what you think will happen to this character.

PR, OP, RWP

Imagine you are the main character of the book. Illustrate a sketch of the clothes you would wear.

SP, PR, Tr

Create a cartoon that has at least 4 boxes. Write a caption under each image that includes a list word.

FC

Evaluation Write a chapter summary of the chapter from your interest text.

Ev, Tr

Discuss the initial chapters of the book you are reading with 2 different people.

Ev, GI, SP

Practise your presentation to share with the class.

Completion Checklist 1 +5xp 2 +5xp 3 +5xp 4 +5xp 5 +5xp 6 +10xp 7 +10xp 8 +10xp 9 +10xp 10 +10xp 11 +20xp 12 +20xp 13 +20xp 14 +20xp 15 +30xp

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HoT (Higher Order Thinking) OP (Open Ended Process) Dis (Discovery) PR (Proof and Reasoning) FC (Freedom of Choice) GI (Group Interactions)

RWP (Real World Problems) RA (Real Audiences)EV (Evaluations) Tr (Transformation)

Information for this week …

Goodreads Account Recount Writing

Created by Mr Welham 2016

1. Go to www.goodreads.com2. On the home page, enter your first and last name, school email and a password (must be longer than 6 characters in length).3. On the next page that says ‘Get book recommendations from your friends!’, click the button Skip this step.4. Set a reading goal for this year (keep it realistic) and click Take the Challenge.5. Choose all your favourite genres then click Continue.6. On the page titled ‘Rate the books that you’ve read’, just click at the top I’m finished rating.7. Up the top corner, click the down arrow then Edit Profile. Fill out your profile.

8. Up the top corner, click the down arrow then Groups.

9. Click the words All Groups.10. In the search bar, type Mr Welham11. Click on Mr Welham's Group of Awesome 2016 then the button Join Group.

Created by Mr Welham 2016