Writing

  Writing for the Room 5 Amethysts is an essential part of our literacy programme and the Inquiry process.

We are constantly using our Thinking Books to note down ideas, suggestions, facts and questions or

wonderings. We have also added information gathered from class oral discussions, group discussions

and brainstorming. Term 4 - Persuasive Writing - we will learn how to write in ways to persuade the reader to agree with our findings/ opinion.   We aim to create a class newspaper - The Amethyst Times to share all of the different types of writing (genre) that we have learnt this year. Watch this space for different articles, stories, letters, reports, pictures, even advertisements.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #0e5337"><span style="COLOR: #0c24e4; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #23ac15"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: #010e13; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 130%; COLOR: #0e0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff8200"><span style="COLOR: #020109; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #15845b"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #0e5337"><span style="COLOR: #0c24e4; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #23ac15"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: #010e13; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 130%; COLOR: #0e0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff8200"><span style="COLOR: #020109; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #15845b"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #0e5337"><span style="COLOR: #0c24e4; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #23ac15"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: #010e13; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> Our main focus in writing is narrative writing.

For our Assembly we acted out the Legend of Kupe where he found and explored Aotearoa.

It also showed how the other men on board the waka became the other Maori chiefs in New Zealand.

We have found out already that narratives are stories that are written in an entertaining way. Narratives include: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends, <span style="FONT-SIZE: 130%; COLOR: #0e0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff8200"><span style="COLOR: #020109; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #15845b"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #0e5337"><span style="COLOR: #0c24e4; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #23ac15"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: #010e13; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> Myths, Fables and fictional stories.

We brainstormed in groups what fairy tales that we knew of. We have found out that Shrek isn't one fairy tale but a lot of the cool fairy tales put together.

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We are busy recreating Little Red Riding Hood on the Interwrite Board. The

children are preparing their own background setting. They will record their

story and replay it with the animation.

We have learned what type of information needs to be in a report. To write a report we researched a specific topic, put the information into our own language then report the information in a non-fiction factual format. Our topic was been on Bats - NZ Short Tailed Bat (Pekapeka). Did you know that Pekerau was meant to be called Pekapeka

School because the school is on the site that used to be the place of many bats. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 130%; COLOR: #0e0b0b; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff8200"><span style="COLOR: #020109; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #15845b"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #0e5337"><span style="COLOR: #0c24e4; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #23ac15"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: #010e13; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> The NZ Short-Tailed bat is an endangered species and only found in a few places in New Zealand. It is so small we

probably would not even notice it. They are about the size of a mouse.

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Reports can be presented in a variety of ways as long as it has all the important information.