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I created this model to teach the following skills using a whole text approach: sizzling starts, five senses description of setting, mirror technique description of protagonist, dialogue creating rising tension using pebble - brick - boulder strategy, resolution, use of continuous metaphor or motif, and use of theme. It has worked wonderfully well across grades from year 3 right through to year 8. Please note on the second page the typo "conform" instead of "confirm". I used this to reinforce pr

I like to begin each year by orienting students to their class, their teacher, and their school, by incorporating a presentation that empowers them with information to keep them safe and happy while at school and in class, and also think about the big questions of "why" we're here and what we want to get out of the experience. By the end of the presentation we usually have a class agreement formed, we have goals that students have set themselves, and we have a dream board which sets out out ulti

I have created a sheet for students to paste into their technology books. This sheet indicates all the lessons for the Codemonster section of the free online coding lessons at Crunchzilla.com. The sheet outlines the connection to NESA syllabus outcomes, and provides instructions for students on how to use it. Students work through the lessons at their own pace, noting the date they complete each section and then writing a reflection in their books. It has worked wonderfully well. Students have