Lockdown learning - Planning for persuasive writing

 

Features of a persuasive text 

•  Pros and cons - Michael 

•  convince readers to believe an idea  - Vaiola

•  words to convince the reader - Htoo Say Wah 

• trying to convince the writer - Junefia 

• Use statistics to back up what you say - Kelly 

• “Can you believe that only 60% of Auckland…”

• You can say 

• “I believe that”

• “You should vote yes because…”

• “you should vote me as student leader” - Michael 

Introduction should tell the reader what your opinion is. 

Persuasive words to use

• However 

• Although 

• Quite possibly 

• Evidence supports that…

• Furthermore 

• For this reason 

• On the other hand

• Effective 

• Guaranteed 

• To conclude 

• Expert

• Definitely 

• Proven

• Surely

• For example

• In conclusion

• For these reasons 

• In other words

• Introducing 

• Of course

• In this situation

• Additionally 

• Guaranteed. 

• Because.

• Promote

• Limited

• Discover

• I implore you (fancy way to say “I ask you”)

• I strongly believe that

• Compare

• I encourage you

• Exclusive

• In fact

• I urge you

• It is proven that

• 
  

•  Is it nesessary

• To

• Specifically 

• Because

• I am certain that

• the best result is this

• It has come to my attention that

• I am writing to…

• Imagine a world where…

• Do you..

• Would you...

• Have you ever...

• Unfair 

• In brief 

• Against 

• Besides

• As you can see

• As evidence...

I

Could look like

Title Intro Pro reason 1 Pro reason 2 Pro reason 3 Conclusion

Title  Intro  Con reason 1 Con reason 2 Con reason 3 Conclusion

Title Intro  Pro 1  Con 1 (that match/are opposites) Pro 2  Con  2  Pro 3  Con 3 Conclusion

WITHIN YOUR PARAGRAPH - 

Lead Sentence - 

Explanation - 

Example - 

Relevant or Important or Link - 

Title ideas

• Auckland's lockdown should be lifted now! 

• Vaccinations should be mandatory/compulsory for all people above the age of 12. 

• Where do people go if they have COVID-19?

Title: Auckland's lockdown should be lifted now!

PRO - AGREE/SUPPORT THE STATEMENT/USUALLY POSITIVE THINGS Lockdown should be lifted.  Statistics - ??% are double vaccinated already.  The goal of lockdown is to prevent the spread of covid, which can’t be achieved anymore.  EDUCATION Kids need to get back to school - they have missed 10 weeks of school now..  HEALTH  Social health - need to see people. People are going crazy!!! - mental health. During lockdown, rates of depression go up. FAMILY/FRIENDS/SOCIAL LIFE  Connect with family Having family over to celebrate birthdays. Have Christmas with your family! Implement curfew e.g. 8pm at night.  Implement limits eg. 10 people meeting at a time.  EXERCISE Run around your block with No Interruption? Play sports Team sports for children and adults  SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Lockdown should be lifted cuz people can just stay 2 meters away and wear masks. LOCKDOWN LIFE IS HARD Have food with no line - time consuming and frustrating.  It feels like a year to get inside. Lockdown should be lifted, so people can go to the warehouse or anywhere else, because some people don’t really want to use, CLICK an COLLECT. ECONOMY Lockdown costs businesses and NZ economy billions of dollars per week - we are getting into debt. Protesters calm DOWN! Lockdown should be lifted, so people can go to the warehouse or anywhere else, because some people don’t really want to use, CLICK an COLLECT. TRAVEL!  Unfair that rest of NZ is free, only Auckland (and some parts of Waikato) are trapped.  Lockdown should be lifted so people can travel and see their whanau in other countries.

CON - DISAGREE/DON’T AGREE WITH THE STATEMENT/USUALLY NEGATIVE THINGS  Lockdown should NOT be lifted.  Delta is still in the community, you still might catch it.  We are not at 90% vaccinated yet. More people will pass away Auckland will run low on money due to Businesses being closed And no orders T There are still lots of covid cases. You can still catch covid You never know... Children under 12 are not vaccinated yet, they could still catch it, get super sick, and Lots of people don’t wear masks when they go for a walk.. Lockdown might never end?  If you're vaccinated you still can’t think that you're safe you can still get it. Lockdown should not be lifted because there can be idiots that don't listen to the dam rules…

TIPS

• Don’t focus on trying to use fancy words or put in heaps of metaphors and stuff, just write in your own words from your brain. You can always add harder words afterwards. 

• You don’t have to write your introduction first if you find it really hard. 

• Set yourself a timer challenge - 5 minutes per paragraph, see how much you can write about that topic for 5 minutes. 

• Stand up and walk around if you’re feeling tired, sleepy - it wakes up your brain. 

Lockdown Learning - Mata and the Whale

 

Mata and the whale retelling. 

Connections

• Pinocchio and the whale 

• Finding Nemo - 

• Aquaman - they hid in a whale to escape the a bad guys 

• Jonah and the whale - from the bible. Jonah was eaten by a whale for disobeying God, in the end he does what God asked him to do and escaped from the whale. 

• Paikea and the whale // Whale Rider 

• Tonga has a lot of whales that visit during the breeding season. 

5 minute summary for Mata and the Whale. 

Miss Ashley - Mata and the whale is a traditional Niuean story. Mata is a young girl who was making tapa on the beach, using shells to create patterns on the tapa cloth. She saw a whale and teased it saying it had a funny shaped head. The whale came up onto the beach and ate her in punishment. As the whale swam to Tonga (allegedly for breeding season) Mata cut her way through the whales stomach using her shell. She is found on a beach in Tonga, and the local chief marries her and they have a baby. Tonga at that time cut babies out of their mothers stomach as there was no hospitals, but Mata taught them how to have a baby without cutting the mothers. 

Mariah - Mata lived in a little village by the sea in Niue and for a living she made beautiful tapa cloth and all the people loved her cloth but one day she saw a whale and she made the whale bad because she teased its saying that it had a funny shaped head.

Htoo Say- Mata lived in a village in Niue by the sea. She made beautiful tapa cloth and everyone loved them. She then saw a whale and said that he had a big head. The whale was upset so the whale went and swallowed mata whole, the whale swam deep down the sea. The whale was very hurt because mata was still alive and she was cutting her way out of him and came on tonga, she then was found by   

Eh Htoo - there was a girl named mata she lied in niue made very beautiful tape and one day she was on the beach making tapa with a shell when she saw a whale and said you have a funny head and the whale felt sad and angry so the whale came up to the each and slowed her up and died back into the sea ut mate was still alive and was cutting the inside of the whale so the whale went to.    

 

Michael L-Once upon a time there was a girl/woman called Mata, Mata lived in Niue by the sea. She makes tapa on the beach only using shells to create different kinds of patterns. She saw a big whale and teased it, she said that it had a funny looking head. The whale came in with anger and swallowed her up like a fly. The whale took her to tonga.

Vaiola- Mata lived in Niue. She made beautiful tapa cloth. When she was sitting by the beach and making tapa cloth Mata looked up and saw a Whale swim by “you have a funny head” said Mata. The whale was really upset and

Abi -Mata lived in Niue. And she made tapa cloth while she was sitting on the Beach. Then she saw a Whale swim by. Then mata started to laugh “your head looks funny”, and the whale was very upset and swallowed her then the whale went deep into the water. Later on the whale’s belly started to feel painful “Ow Ow!” Cried the whale. Mata was still alive; she used the shell to cut the whale's belly. By the time they Stopped by the Rocks of Tonga. Then mata cracked the whale’s belly and Climbed out.Then the Whale away feeling much better. Later on she was sitting on the beach making her Beautiful tapa cloth. Then Mata and The Chief got Married. 

Mathew

Lily U - Mata lived in a village in Niue by the sea, she made beautiful tapa cloth and everyone loved her design. One day she sat on the beach still designing her tapa cloth patterns drawing lines on the tapa cloth. Mata looked up at the whale swimming and said “You have a funny head”! She then laughed at the whale but the whale was very upset with her and he swam right up and swallowed Mata.

Davlyn-once upon a time there was a game named Mata she lived in a little village by the sea, one day she was sitting on the beach she was using a shell to draw the lines on the tapa cloth. Mata looked up and saw a weird whale and said “you have a funny head” then she laughed at the whale, the whale was not happy so the  whale swam right up to the beach and swallowed and swallowed her whole. The whale swam down to the depths of the ocean. Mata was inside the whale cutting the inside of the whale with the shell. To be continued...

Jordan

Nitika-Mata is a niuean girl who dose traditional tapa cloth pattern by using a shell by one day she saw a lonely whale who was swimming around the oceans and started to teased the head of the whale for it shape and size.After Mata finish teasing the whale the whale ate her right up on the spot and swam right back into the ocean after swallowing Mata.when the whale went back into the ocean Mata used her shell and try to cut the whale belly open and found her way on a beach of a island named tonga.After when Mata was washed on the beach the chief of tonga found her sitting on the island so they got married.        

Lockdown Learning - Acrostic poems about the holidays

 Miss Ashley

Poem #1 

Harry Potter audiobooks

Ordering books online, spending too much money

Lying out in the sun falling asleep

I miss seeing people and having a social life 

Daily walks around the street

Avoiding watching the 1pm Press Conferences 

Youtube keeping me entertained 

Saw my parents and in-laws for the first time in 2 months

#2

Loving sleeping in everyday

Only in Auckland 

Counting down, 68 days till Christmas 

Kelly not there to make me laugh every morning

Delicious homemade dinners

Online browsing cars to buy

Walking around Ambury Farm 

Netflix and Neon my new best friends 

Name: Michael

How is it still lockdown….

Our family cleaned our backyard.

Lockdown is SO boring like bruhh.

Inside my house is so quiet, I'm so bored.

Dope staying home is totally dope “sarcastic”

Always HOPING that lockdown would finish, but it keeps going on.

Years it feels like years till this lockdown ends.

Social distancing when going on walks, more like 10 meters hahaha.

LOL LOCKDOWN IS STILL ON

OMD 

CAN WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE

KFC IS SO NICE LIKE OMG

DONE IM DONE I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE.  

OMD I HAD LASAGNA.

WHY IS IT STILL LOCKDOWN WHYYY!!!

NEVER SAY NEVER, WE WILL FIGHT LOCKDOWN FOREVER, SO MAKE IT RIGHT. BY MICHAEL BIBIER

Name: Eh htoo

Hot food 

O god it is boring

Left the house a few times

I saw three birds nest and the total of egg is 11

Dad made our garden bigger and put a lot of seed

A lot of work in the house to do

Yoke from egg it not good because it is dry

Some time on cooking

Lock down

Ok just die covid-19 

Call my grandpa

Kick covid-19 in the butt

Did some work in lock dow

Oman I want sushi

Went to eat sushi

New anime seasons to watch 

Name: Htoo say wah 

Hours of house

Oh lockdown!!!

Locked inside my house

I miss my friends

Days feel like years

Annoying brothers

Yay more books to read

Sleeping forever

Name: Vaiola

H

Over 

L

I miss school

Doing cleaning everyday 

Annoying siblings

Y

Staying up 

Name: Junefia

Poem #1

How am I going to get out of lockdown?
Out of excitement for CHRISTMAS
Lonely in the house, surrounded by noisey brothers
I am bored in the house and I’m in the house bored
Days and days of eating burgers! UNHEALTHY
Angry at COVID for not letting me learn PROPERLY...
Yelling at my brothers for being annoying
Singing really ugly to make my brother be QUIET!!

#2

Learning how to cook eggs from GEORGE

Online learning with classmates and teachers
Cleaning the house
Kicking challenges with brothers to see who is stronger.
Dreaming about school
Outside fitness- TOO MANY BURGERS!
Watching Youtube when bored
No friends… no FUN

Name: someone

How long have I been here

Out of things to do

Lying on the couch

It feels like 20 years, i'm 32 now

Dying alone 

A lot of boredom

Y am i still here

Sometimes I go on walks 

Losing my sanity

Our house is so loud

Counting the days

Kicking my brothers t wake up

Dine and dance is gone i was only going for the dine anyway

Opening the fridge hoping something else would appear

Why am I still here

No fun

Name: riah

Had family game evening outside

Only walking with family out and about

Loving my mum homemade food 

I have no idea

Doing shopping

And learning boxing

YouTube 24/7

Some people coming over

#2

Losing it

Off my bed
Counting coins out of boredom
Kicking the air for fun
Doing work out with fam
On netbook 24/7
Walking by the mountain
No one to play with at home besides michael

Name: Kymani

Having A problem About Pokemon 

Only Being the child home

Life is boring At home

I just Ignore my siblings

Dad give me more Vbucks

At the doctors Getting Vaccine

Youtube gives me hacks

SO BORED AT HOME!!!!

#2

Lost a Fortnite Tournament

Opening a Package My Brother bought for me
Copying my Brother in Fortnite
Kicking my Brother
Dead the Whole Holidays
OMG I got Nike 270 Red/White
Wining A bet to my brother
NOPE LOCKDOWN IS THE BEST!!! 🤣🤣🤣