Taha Moana - The Sea
Teacher Anne Girven
| YEAR
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LEVEL
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DURATION
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| 5-6
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3
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6 weeks
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| Achievement Objective Being Assessed
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Learning Outcomes
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| Close Reading
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Discuss language, meanings and ideas in a range of texts related to the sea.
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| Transactional Writing
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Write instructions, explanations, arguments and factual accounts, express personal viewpoints on topics related to the sea.
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| Processes
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| Exploring Language
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Explore the language used in different texts.
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| Thinking Critically
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Identify and talk about the meanings in written texts.
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| Processing Information
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Identify, gather, select, record and present relevant information.
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| Supporting Achievement Objective
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Learning Outcomes
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| Speaking and Listening
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Listen to and interact with others in a group or class discussion.
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Teacher background reading
Teaching and learning activities
Select and adapt these learning activities to best meet the needs of your students, and to fit the time available:
Learning task 1
Learning task 2
Learning task 3
Learning task 4
Links for students
Collaborative online projects:
Assessment
Assessment Task
Write an argument - students to reflect on ideas, concerns that have been explored during the unit.
Students present their own ideas based on the theme Taha Moana.
assessment (RTF 12KB)
self_assessment (RTF 231KB)
exemplars (RTF 2MB)
Resources
- Ministry of Education (1996). The Learner as a Reader, Developing Reading, .
- Ministry of Education (1996). Exploring Language
- Jan, Lesley Wing. Write Ways, Modelling Writing Forms
- Derewianka, Beverly. Exploring How Texts Work
- Gawith, Gwen. Action Learning/Information Alive
- School Journal Catalogue, Learning Media N.Z.
- Resources from National Library
, MOTAT
, Auckland Museum
- The Whale Song, Big Book and Tape
- School Journals
Websites
Educational whale sites:
Whaling and conservation:
Whale links: