Some Thoughts From Room 13

 COVER ANALYSIS

Some of our thoughts about the cover of the text...

"Gold fever is sweeping." I thought this could indicate that everyone was catching 'gold fever ' meaning everyone wanted to go find gold and that this thinking was spreading like a fever. What did you think this phrase means and why?  (Brooky)

There is a dark figure across from the hotel. I think that this figure may someone who will be of significance in the story because he is running around in the darkness - hidden.  What do you think about this character and why?  (Brooky)

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We look forward to hearing your thoughts about the cover and wonder if you have any of the same thoughts as us.

BLURB

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Invitation To Post!

  Hey #NZreadaloud team.

We are using Blogger again this term in the hope it becomes a bit more interactive than previous terms.

 With our 'go-to' platform Edmodo closing down, we need to find another place for our students to participate in critical literary discussions and I think Blogger has the potential to be used in a similar way. 

This will be successful if we give students time to engage with the platform. 

Incorporate blog reading and replying into your programme. Teach your students HOW to end their post with a question to encourage others to come in and reply. This is all great literacy learning and it is this dialogic discussion between students that we want to encourage.

The blog is also a space for you and your class to share any learning they are doing during the reading of our Term 1 book.

This could be photos of their sketch-noting, predictions and / or connections they are making, questions they want to put to others, words and language features they have investigated or research they have done.

When students post something, ask them to explain the learning they have done from the work. Get them to complete their post with a question which others can come in and reply or comment on.

Here We Go!

  Our book for the term is

Children of the Rush 

by

James Russell

This book won a Storylines Notable Book Award in 2022.

Students are going to love reading about Atarangi and Michael and what life is like in Otago 1861.

Here is the Chapter breakdown:

Pre-reading activities start Week 3 Term 1 (Monday 13th February)

Reading starts Week 4 Term 1 (Monday 20th February)

Week 1: 13 - 17 February: Pre-reading activities

Week 2: 20 - 24 February: Chapters 1 and 2 (pages 7 - 35 / 28 pages altogether)

Week 3: 27 - 3 March: Chapters 3 - 7 (pages 36 - 62 / 27 pages altogether)

Week 4: 6 - 10 March: Chapters 8 - 12 (pages 63 - 90 / 33 pages altogether)

Week 5: 13 - 17 March: Chapters 13 - 17 (pages 91 - 121  / 30 pages altogether)

Week 6: 20 - 24 March: Chapters  18 - 22 (pages 122 - 158 / 36 pages altogether)

Week 7: 27 - 31 March: Chapters 23 - 29 (pages 159 - 192 / 33 pages altogether)

Week 8: 3 - 7 April: Epilogue (pages 193 - 197 / 5 pages altogether) Post-reading activities

Why Blogger?

 I would love to see some comments on how you all plan to incorporate Blogger into your programme during #NZreadaloud. 

Let's share some great practice:)