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= = = = = = = = =Eureka Stockade=  **Paraphrasing and Summarising**  **66 Words**

1. As a class discuss what makes a good summary.

2. Read the text with the subtitle- Causes of Anger on the Goldfields from the link above. 3. Open the pages document and make a table with 66 cells. 4. Individually students are to write a summary of the text in the table using 66 words or less. 5. Organise students into small groups. Each group is to merge their ideas to create a single summary in 66 words or less. If the group finds it hard to agree, each group member may have a turn at making the final decision about at least one sentence. 6. Have groups share their 66 word summary with the rest of the class. 7. Discuss what was included and why? 8. Discuss what was left out and why? 9. Individually complete summaries for the remaining texts in the link using the 66 word grid or the word count in pages.

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= = = = =Paragraph writing.= = How to use paragraph hamburger = > >
 * 1) Discuss the three main components of a paragraph, or story.
 * 2) The introduction (top bun)
 * 3) The internal or supporting information (the filling)
 * 4) The conclusion (bottom bun)
 * 5) Ask students to write a topic sentence that clearly indicates what the whole paragraph is going to be about.
 * 1) Ask students to write a topic sentence that clearly indicates what the whole paragraph is going to be about.
 * 1) Have students compose several supporting sentences that give more information about the topic.
 * 1) Instruct students on ways to write a concluding sentence that restates the topic sentence.

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=Writing experiences=
 * Superhero comic

=**20 Quick Writing Tasks (with extensions)**=

How convincing was my argument? /10 Did I mention relevant points? /10 Did I use a range of persuasive techniques? /10

Was the writer’s point of view clear?/10 Did the writer include at least 3 relevant points?/10 Did the writer give examples?/10

If you were the principal, would this letter make you change your mind?/10

6. Newspaper
=== Cut out an article from the newspaper and stick it in the writing section of your binder book. Draw a table, like the one below in your book and add words from the article into the appropriate columns. === ===||  Nouns Verbs || Adjectives ||===

Read the section below from ‘Storm Boy’ by Colin Thiele.
=== “Mr Percival,” Storm Boy whispered, “you’re the best friend I ever had.” Tea time came, the sun dipped down, and long shadows began to move up from the hollows. For a while the tops of high sandhills glowed golden in the evening light, but then they faded too and it was dark. Hide-Away didn’t light the lantern. Instead, the three of them stayed on in front of the little fire-place – Hide-Away, Storm Boy and Mr Percival – while darkness filled the humpy and the stars came out as clear and pure as ice. ===

9. Letter to the Editor
=== Cut out a ‘letter to the editor’ from a newspaper and stick in the writing section of your binder book. Highlight 10 persuasive words that the writer has used to make their point convincing. For each of the 10 words, use a thesaurus to find 2 synonyms for each. ===

Absolutes: Emotive language Statistics: Rhetorical question:

Pet Shop
=== Nick and Jess and Monica went to the pet store. Nick bot a big bag food for his dog. Jess looked at the turtles and sade, I wish I could take one home! Monica was feeding crackers to scarlet, a red parrot that talked. Before they left, everybuddy went over to play wiff the tiny kittens. ===

Pumpkin Patch
=== Yesterday Erica whent two a pumpkin patch with her family. she picked out a huge, orange pumpkin to tak home It weighed ovr 15 pounds? Erica stumbled as she were carrying it to the car. Do you know what happened next. She dropped it pumpkin and it splattered all ovr the grownd. Erica yelled, Oh no! ===

Spaghetti Dinner
=== last night my father mad us a spaghetti dinner. He macks the best meatballs in the world! I ate lots of spaghetti. My brother spill sauce on his white shirt. Whee all laughed. I love when My dad makes spaghetti ===

Extension: Write your own passage with errors and get a friend to correct.
13. Interview

=== Who is one person you would love to meet? Maybe a celebrity, a cartoon character, a passed away relative…. If you had the chance to meet them what would you ask them? Write down the 10 questions you would ask them if you had the chance. ===

16. Creative Writing
=== Pretend you had $1000, but you weren't allowed to keep it for yourself. You have to give it away to a charity or person. Who would you give the money to? What would you want the person to do with it? ===

Now you can write your story based on your plan.
20. Summarise

Think of your favourite book or movie. Now in 3 - 4 paragraphs summarise the main parts.
Extension: Cover your title and ask a friend to read it. Can they guess what book or movie you summarised?