Reading+Activities

= Reading Activities = Tools that you might find useful: [|Online Dictionary]

[|Snappywords] - A visual dictionary and thesaurus.

[|WORD OF THE DAY!]


 * Here is a list of activities to complete during class. **

__ What to do: __
 * 1) // Record all of your activities in your reading book. //
 * 2) // Remember to always record the date and title of your work //
 * 3) // Record the WALT //
 * 4) // Complete the activity to the best of your ability. Remember you may be sharing it with the rest of your reading group, or the class. //

Thinking

Activity 1: WALT - Think deeply and write descriptively

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 * Write vivid descriptions of this alien world.
 * Discuss why the robot is doing this. What makes him do it?
 * Write the story from 1st person or 3rd person point of view.
 * How does the robot get to this point in the story? What happened prior to us meeting him for the first time? Is he the only thing left alive on Earth?
 * Links with Science topic - Space

Touch Typing

Activity 1: WALT - Touch type

Activity: [|Touch Typing!]
Activity 2: Test yourself! WALT - Touch Type Activity: [|Cup Stacking]

Vocabulary Activities


 * Activity 1:Vocabulary upskilling **
 * WALT - increase our understanding of grammatical terms and as well as increasing our word base **

__** For each of the grammatical terms below: **__
 * 1) ** Record the "grammatical term" in your reading book **
 * 2) ** Write a definition **
 * 3) ** Write at least 5 examples **
 * 4) ** Then complete the games that follow **


 * Synonyms **


 * 1) What is a Synonym?
 * 2) Give at least 5 examples
 * 3) Play these games: [|Match the homophone to the synonym] [|Synonym memory]
 * 4) Harder games: [|Extension game 1] [|Extension game 2]


 * Homophones **


 * 1) What is a Homophone?
 * 2) Give at least 5 examples
 * 3) Play these games: [|Game 1][|Game 2][|Game 3]
 * 4) Harder games:[|Extension game 1][|Extension game 2]


 * Antonyms **


 * 1) What is an Antonmyn?
 * 2) Give at least 5 examples
 * 3) Play this game:[|Antonym match]
 * 4) Harder games (you may need to use an online dictionary for these): [|Line Match] [|Pick the Antonym]


 * Prefix's **


 * 1) What is an Prefix?
 * 2) Give at least 5 examples
 * 3) Play this game:[|Prefix match>]
 * 4) [|Prefix Division Game]
 * 5) Harder games (you may need to use an online dictionary for these): [|Divide the Prefix] [|Meaning Match]


 * Suffix's **


 * 1) What is a Suffix?
 * 2) Give at least 5 examples
 * 3) Play these games: [|Meaning Match][|Suffix Division Game]
 * 4) Harder games:[|Divide the Suffix][|Suffix Match] [|Suffix Meaning Match]


 * Activity 2: Vocabulary **
 * WALT - Increase the vocabulary that we use every day **


 * 1) Play the following game.[|Vocab game]
 * 2) Record at least 3 great words along with their definitions and try to use them in your writing.

Research Tasks:


 * Activity 1:Current Events (work with a buddy) **
 * WALT - Apply your knowledge and research skills to complete a digital research project. **

Choose one of the following topics below, or surf one of the sites below to find a current event of your choice. Then follow the criteria to complete your digital research project:

1. A recent scientific advancement 2. A current conflict 3. A current sporting event 4. A current political issue 5. A recent disaster or threat 6. A recent advance in technology

Useful Sites: [|Stuff NZ news] [|BBC World news]

Criteria: 1. Decide how you want to present your project : Key note animation, published A4 page or something else? 2. All your writing must be drafted in your draft writing books first. 3. Make sure you choose a writing structure that suits the purpose of this project, which is to inform. 4. Ensure that you find who, what, when, where, why and how 5. Use pictures or links to clips to support your project 6. Pick one of the questions from the "Blooms Questions" below to add another layer of quality thinking to your project 7. Publish and upload to the Completed research activities 8.Share with the class

Blooms Questions: 1. What other outcomes do you see as being possible? 2. Make a flow chart to show the critical stages 3.Construct a graph to illustrate the relevent information 1. Is there a better solution? 2. What is your opinion on the issue? List your reasons. 3. Conduct a debate about an issue and record both points of view. 1. Use this information to predict what will happen next and why. 2. Use images or links to clips to demonstrate a particular point. 3. Draw a diagram to show how something works.
 * Analysing: Comparing, attributing, organising and deconstructing.**
 * Evaluating **: **Checking, critiquing, judging and hypothesising.**
 * Applying: Implement, carry out and use.**


 * Activity 2: Write an article and publish it online! **
 * WALT: Choose the appropriate features to write and publish an article online. **

Kiwi Kids Online - is a website where kids send articles that they have written, from current events that they have read about from the newspaper or online.

Use the links below to find an article: [|Stuff NZ news] [|BBC World news]

1. Write your article - remember to answer the WHO, WHAT, WHERE and WHEN in the first 2 sentences. Write your draft into your reading book and proof-read thoroughly, as thousands of kids read these articles every week.

2. Go to these links below if you would like to read some examples that others have done. [|Kid written articles]

3. Remember to paragraph your work and choose an appropriate structure.

4. When your article is complete go to the link below and follow the instructions. [|Now send your article to Kiwi KIds News!]

Reading Comprehension:


 * Activity 1: Reading Comprehension **
 * WALT: Make responsible choices in our reading and gain meaning from text. **


 * This website has a series of text to read: **
 * 1) ** Select a text at a level that is right for you. You want a challenge. ( **** Lower, Middle or Upper Intermediate.) **
 * 2) ** Record the title of the article and the level, in your reading **
 * 3) ** Read the article. **
 * 4) ** Record your score in your reading book along with a reflection. **
 * 5) ** In your reflection you must include: **
 * ** Which question you found the hardest. **
 * ** Whether you made any silly mistakes (questions that you knew, but forgot) **
 * ** Anything else. **


 * [|Reading Comprehension text.] **

Teachers Reading Resources:


 * NZ Team profiles for hauora activity:**

__ Comprehension Practice: __ RECOMMENDED: Reading comprehension passages and questions, with answers: [|Click here] Web site with good, mixed reading activity ideas: [|Click here] For Teachers:Creates word scrambling activities: [|Word Scrambler worksheet creator - good for any topic!]

[|Worksheet maker]

Reading comp resources at all levels: [|English for everyone]

__ Novel Studies: __

Novel study ideas: [|Click here]

Vocab activities: [] A powerpoint explaining how to write a book report: A powerpoint with novel studies questions, based around blooms taxonomy: