Terrific ideas for preparing for 2014 English from the awesome Lizzie Chase

Lizzie Chase shared: 2014 Stage 3 & 4 blogs

 – From Week 3 each term, for 5 weeks

 Term 1: Raft, river, rainbow - All about me blog - http://rapblog14.edublogs.org/ - AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL blog Click on 1.CHEST for Week 1 student writing

  Term 2: Band of heroes QUEST blog FANTASY blog [See 2013 version at http://rapblog15.edublogs.org/ - Click on 1.BAND for Week 1 writing

  Term 3: Hats, boxes, magic, moon - IMAGE based writing - Using images to inspire narrative writing http://hatsboxesmagicmoon.edublogs.org/ - Click on 1.HATS for Week 1 writing, etc]

  Term 4: Super 6 plus blog - DIFFERENTIATED tasks - http://super6plus.edublogs.org/ Minimum requirements: Students complete ONE task per week from the CONNECT, PREDICT, QUESTION, SUMMARISE and VISUALISE tasks. Enrichment options: Students complete as many tasks as they like, including the CRITIQUE, CREATE and ACT options.

  What are the Super 6 skills? Connecting, predicting, questioning, monitoring, summarising and visualising – these six ‘super’ skills form a repertoire for actively processing text and making meaning.
 When we share these skills with students – and name the skills so students can name and use them independently – students greatly improve their reading comprehension and inferential reading skills. - Click on 1.CONNECT for Week 1 writing and as if that is not wonderful enough Lizzie also shared:

BOOK WEEK ART: I have built a website featuring Samira Chami's Book Week art work at http://bookweekartsms.weebly.com As of yesterday, this site now has DOWNLOADABLE teaching notes!!
Last go through EVER - Stage 3 & 4 Fiction with a twist blog, starts Week 3, Term 4 - goes for 5 weeks at http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/raps/twist13/index.htm 

 Check out Super 6 based activities at:

 1. http://super6cards.weebly.com
 2. http://wiesnerfun.weebly.com [David Wiesner picture book activities]
 3. http://emilyfun.weebly.com [Emily Gravett picture books activities]