5.+Literacy

To give an account of how or why things occur in scientific and technical fields. Many explanations include both causal and sequential relationships. __**What are the different forms?**__ 1. Explaining how e.g. How does a computer work? 2. Explaining why e.g. Why do plants need sunlight? __**How do we structure Explanations?**__ __**What skills also need to be developed?**__
 * __** ﻿ Why do we write Explanations?**__
 * Sequential** explanations describe a sequence of events involved in a process, eg how milk is produced.
 * Causal** explanations describe a sequence of events involved in producing a particular phenomenon and state why these occurred. These explanations are often about phenomena that can not be observed, eg how is hail formed?
 * Statement of Phenomenon - introduces what is to be explained. It may take the form of a definition, and sometimes includes background information about the topic.
 * Explanation Sequence - includes additional details about what occurs.
 * Concluding Statement
 * Accompanied by visual images, e.g. diagrams, flow charts.
 * __What are the main language features to be taught?__ **
 * **//Language of Cause/Effect//** e.g. Heavy rain **causes**floods.
 * **//Language to Indicate Time/Sequence//** e.g. **Soon after**, the water boils.
 * **//Language of Condition//** e.g. **If**it rains heavily, there will be a flood.
 * **//Technical Language//** e.g. peristalsis, modem, lava.
 * Researching
 * Interpreting visual images
 * Note taking
 * Summarising ||



Here is an interesting picture of a house. Your task is to write a literary description on the DISCUSSION page.

Week 6 Harry Potter Questions


 * Paradox || Make a timeline of the events in the book. Pretend you are Harry Potter and rank the events in the story from very sad to very happy. Now pretend you are Draco Malfoy and do the same. How does the order change? Can events be sad and happy at the same time? ||

A paradox is a statement or concept that contains conflicting ideas. A paradox is a statement that contradicts itself; for example, the statement "I never tell the truth" is a paradox because if the statement is true (T), it must be false (F) and if it is false (F), it must be true (T). In everyday language, a paradox is a concept that seems absurd or contradictory, yet is true.

Blake and wills procedure on how to make toast. media type="file" key="Male Voice

Here is a list of sites that can help you with your research on Pemulwuy [|Pemulwuy - justice or war?] [|Biography of Pemulwuy] [|Pemulwuy 1750 - 1802]

Harry Potter People

Here is an example of how the question should have been answered. All questions answered should be more than one line. 

Follow the links to the sites below. You are to read the biography and make a table in your book or use the one attached. After reading the following biographies fill in the Technical Language, Time Sequence and Evaluative Language. Sites for the text reconstruction of a biography linked [|**http://www.abc.net.au/schoolstv/australians/austs.htm**] [|**http://www.highlightingwriting.com/authorlinks.php**]

[|**http://www.catholic.net/RCC/people/mother/teresa/teresa.html**]

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Welcome to the wonderful world of Harry Potter, I hope you enjoy this unit of work. Above there is a link to the thinking questions you will be answering throughout the unit. The answers to the thinking questions go on your personal page and sometimes there is no right or wrong answer. Each week we will gather together and discuss the questions you are answering before you write anything on your page. Please do you own work and if you are having trouble come and see me.

A quick task to get you started is Unsual words. Here are 10 unsusal words used in the book. You need to develop definitions for each term. Have fun doing this. 1. Alohamora 2. Devils Snare 3. Goblins 4. Herbology 5. Hufflepuff 6. Nimbus 2000 7. Wingardium Leviosa 8. Transfiguration 9. Remembrall 10 Pertrificus Totalus

Literacy
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 * [|Writing Fun] This is the third of Jenny Eather's (an Australian teacher based in northern NSW) useful websites. Here children can explore all the text types we'll be focusing on this year. It includes detailed breakdowns as well as examples for each year level.
 * [|Spelling City] Spellingcity.com is a free spelling tool with online spelling games, spelling reviews and spelling quizzes. Simply enter in you weekly spelling words and select either **teach me**, **test me** or**play a game.**
 * [|SkillsWise]  Although this site was setup for adults it has some very helpful activities for children that can reinforce areas covered in the classroom. The site has two main sections: **WORDS** and **NUMBERS.**Under **WORDS** there are sections on**grammar, spelling, reading, writing, listening** and **vocabulary**. (For example under the tab for**spelling** you can explore **suffixes**, **prefixes** and **homophones** all of which we’ve covered during this year.) Under **NUMBERS** there are sections on**whole number, measuring/shape/space, fraction/decimal/percentage** and**handling data**.
 * [|Guys Read] This site contains wonderful recommendations for great books that will get young males interested in reading. The books are categorized as "Young Guys," "Middle Guys," and "Older Guys," covering interest levels from pre-school to high school.