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Monday, May 30, 2011
News Study - Term 2, Week 5
Monday, Term 2, Week 5
Today the piece of news that we discussed was from the website stuff.co.nz
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Making Connections to the Title
We made connections using our prior knowlede about
what a VICTIM and SURGERY are and used key words
(or parts of a key word) to give us this clue.
Who, What, When, Where, Why We highlighted these elements of the article(to be seen to the right hand side).
Discussion CommentsA lot of discussion came from reading this article closely.We have also included comments from class members about this article.
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Who, What, When, Where, Why We highlighted these elements of the article(to be seen to the right hand side).
Discussion CommentsA lot of discussion came from reading this article closely.We have also included comments from class members about this article.
**Once on the webklipper webpage click on the Tool Bar to the right and choose
Expand All Comments to view the comments made.
Who, What, When, Where, Why
We highlighted these elements of the article
(to be seen to the right hand side).
Discussion Comments
A lot of discussion came from reading this article closely.
We have also included comments from class
members about this article.
**Once on the webklipper webpage click on
the
Tool Bar to the right and choose
Expand All Comments to view the comments made.
Monday, May 23, 2011
News Study - Term 2, Week 4
Monday, Term 2, Week 4
Today the piece of news that we discussed was from the website stuff.co.nz
'Telethon Brings Kiwis Together'
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Making Connections to the Title
We made connections using our prior knowlede about what a TELETHON is,
which country the news was in and which key word
(or parts of a key word)gave us this clue.
Who, What, When, Where, Why We highlighted these elements of the article
(to be seen to the right hand side).
Discussion CommentsA lot of discussion came from reading this article closely.
We have also included comments from class
members about this article.
Who, What, When, Where, Why We highlighted these elements of the article
(to be seen to the right hand side).
Discussion CommentsA lot of discussion came from reading this article closely.
We have also included comments from class
members about this article.
Who, What, When, Where, Why
We highlighted these elements of the article(to be seen to the right hand side).
Discussion Comments
A lot of discussion came from reading this article closely.We have also included comments from class
members about this article.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
News Study - Term 2, Week 3
Monday, Term 2, Week 3
Today the piece of news that we discussed was
'Storm to Sweep Country'
Making Connections to the TitleWe made connections using our prior knowledge about what a storm is and which country the news was likely to be about.When attempting to make connections to the title given to us we also had to find out a little bit of information about the word 'sweep' to help us out.
Who, What, When, Where, Why We highlighted these elements of the article(to be seen to the right hand side).
Discussion CommentsA lot of discussion came from reading this article closely.We have also included comments from class members about this article.
Linking to Other Curriculum AreasWe made a link to our latest topic 'Hazards' by recognising that Metservice is a service that has been developed to inform people about what is happening with weather patterns internationally.
'MetService, together with our international commercial subsidiary, Metra, is a global leader in providing relevant, timely and accurate weather information services, benefitting billions of people throughout the world.' - metservice.com
View the Metservice website here to view how the service supplies informations in regards to weather nationally, in towns and cities, rural and marine, in order to minimise people getting into hazardous situations.
(Click on the picture below to
view our news study enlarged.)
Making Connections to the TitleWe made connections using our prior knowledge about what a storm is and which country the news was likely to be about.When attempting to make connections to the title given to us we also had to find out a little bit of information about the word 'sweep' to help us out.
Who, What, When, Where, Why We highlighted these elements of the article(to be seen to the right hand side).
Discussion CommentsA lot of discussion came from reading this article closely.We have also included comments from class members about this article.
Linking to Other Curriculum AreasWe made a link to our latest topic 'Hazards' by recognising that Metservice is a service that has been developed to inform people about what is happening with weather patterns internationally.
'MetService, together with our international commercial subsidiary, Metra, is a global leader in providing relevant, timely and accurate weather information services, benefitting billions of people throughout the world.' - metservice.com
View the Metservice website here to view how the service supplies informations in regards to weather nationally, in towns and cities, rural and marine, in order to minimise people getting into hazardous situations.
(Click on the picture below to
view our news study enlarged.)
Making Connections to the Title
We made connections using our prior knowledge about
what a storm is and which country the news was likely to be about.
When attempting to make connections to the title given to us we also had to
find out a little bit of information about the word 'sweep' to help us out.
Who, What, When, Where, Why
We highlighted these elements of the article
(to be seen to the right hand side).
Discussion Comments
A lot of discussion came from reading this article closely.
We have also included comments from class
members about this article.
Linking to Other Curriculum Areas
We made a link to our latest topic 'Hazards' by recognising that
Metservice is a service that has been developed to inform
people about what is happening with weather patterns internationally.
'MetService, together with our international commercial subsidiary, Metra, is a global leader in providing relevant, timely and accurate weather information services, benefitting billions of people throughout the world.' - metservice.com
View the Metservice website here to view how the
service supplies informations in regards to weather nationally,
in towns and cities, rural and marine, in order to
minimise people getting into hazardous situations.
(Click on the picture below to
view our news study enlarged.)
view our news study enlarged.)
Monday, April 11, 2011
News Study - Week 11
Monday, Week 11
Today the piece of news that we discussed was
'Taranaki Hot-bed of Skin Cancer'
Making Connections to the TitleWhen attempting to make connections to the title given to us we had to find out a little bit of information about the words 'hot-bed' to help us.
We found that the definition of hot-bed is: An environment conducive to vigorous growth or development, especially of something undesirableSourced at thefreedictionary.com
Who, What, When, Where, Why We used features of Webklipper to highlight these elements of the article.We have colour coded our findings. Can you work out which are which?
Discussion CommentsA lot of discussion came from reading this article closely.We have also included comments from class members about this article.
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Making Connections to the Title
When attempting to make connections to the title given to us we had to
find out a little bit of information about the words 'hot-bed' to help us.
We found that the definition of hot-bed is: An environment conducive
to vigorous growth or development, especially of something undesirable
Sourced at thefreedictionary.com
Who, What, When, Where, Why
We used features of Webklipper to highlight these elements of the article.
We have colour coded our findings.
Can you work out which are which?
Discussion Comments
A lot of discussion came from reading this article closely.
We have also included comments from class
members about this article.
(Click on the picture below to view larger.)
Monday, April 4, 2011
News Study - Week 10
Monday, Week 10
Today the piece of news that we discussed was
Making Connections to the Title
When attempting to make connections to the title given to us we had to find out a little bit of information about the words audit and slavery to help us.
We found out that SLAVERY meant The state or condition of being a slave; a civil relationship whereby one person has absolute power over another and controls his life, liberty, and fortune. (sourced at dictionary.com)and that AUDIT meant An official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts of a business (sourced at dictionary.com)
Who, What, When, Where, Why We used features of Webklipper to highlight these elements of the article.We have colour coded our findings.
Can you work out which are which?
Discussion CommentsA lot of discussion came from reading this article closely.We have also included comments from class members about this article (to the right.)
(Click on the picture below to view larger.)
Making Connections to the Title
When attempting to make connections to the title given to us we had to
find out a little bit of information about the words audit and slavery to help us.
We found out that SLAVERY meant
The state or condition of being a slave; a civil relationship whereby one person has absolute power over another and controls his life, liberty, and fortune. (sourced at dictionary.com)
and that AUDIT meant
An official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts of a business (sourced at dictionary.com)
Who, What, When, Where, Why
We used features of Webklipper to highlight these elements of the article.
We have colour coded our findings. Can you work out which are which?
A lot of discussion came from reading this article closely.
We have also included comments from class
members about this article (to the right.)
(Click on the picture below to view larger.)
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