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Paua Shells

Term 3

Kosini

Taraia

Andrew

Fetuao

Siokita

Pilinilose

Skye

Kei

Leatham

Eva

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The Cindy Limpics

VOCAB: ancient, pole vault, javelin, trough, barrier, tomato stake, stampede

Pre-Reading: If you were watching track and field events on the Olympics, what would you expect to see? Are there different events to the ones that we include at the PES athletics day?

Pg 23-Why did Cindy think it was all right for her to use the tomato stick as a javelin?

Pg 24-What happened that made Cindy’s toe hurt?

Pg 24-Why did Cindy have to get her shoe back from the water trough?

Pg 27-Why wasn’t Cindy able to compete in her class Olympics?�

After reading: What Olympic games were held in 2000? Where were they held? Why do you think Mrs. Simpson called the class competition the Lymics? (Cindy Lympics)

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Olympic Torch (from our writing page)

Facilitate as an extended text read

-5-10 minutes to read/explore each section of the site

-What did you find interesting? What was new to you?

-TPS the answers to the padlet questions

Follow Up Activity-With a partner answer the padlet questions

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Bumpy Road to Rio

Impeachment,

Pre-Reading: Would you want to go to Rio to see the Olympic games? What events would you be interested in seeing?

Provide step by step guided reading with this group, especially for those moved in for this week from the Bungy Jumpers.

BE MINDFUL THIS WEEK: Should any PS be tested to move up to WBF? (Kosini?)

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SPonsorship

Who is Natalie Coughlin? (Use Google to find out facts and share as a group)

Read article

Then:

Discuss Natalie Coughlin’s success as an olympic swimmer.

Discuss her routine, why does she need to train so much?

What would happen if she took time off?

How can she afford to train so much? Who pays her bills?

Why would companies want to sponsor her?

How does it benefit the companies?

What do they get out of it?

Read Panic for Phelps together and discuss the importance of the swim cap in regards to his sponsors.

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Sponsership #2

Discuss Taiwan footwear apparel boost to sales because of the Olympics/NBA All-Star Game

-Why does the company see an increase in sales around the time of the Olympics?

Look into the Official Olympic Sponsors. As a group, look into Coke...model what they will have to do with two other brands on the list.

Watch the various videos and look at what coke does to attract viewers from all over the world.

Read the article together. Why would Coke brand make a good Olympic sponsor? Does it only include the Coca-Cola drink?

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Sponsorship #3

Watch Video

Vocab: lavish, lucrative, undisclosed, garnering

Discuss the importance of choosing the best sponsors and how you should go about that.

Also talk about the difference between primary and secondary sponsors.

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Boost WALT: Find and use relevant parts of the text to accurately answer questions

Infer and interpret the author’s point of view

Pg.44 Why did everyone decide to get a tail after Zaza McKay?

Explain ‘Zaza’s’ character

What was happening to her?

Describe what the ‘Boosts’ are doing to her.

Pg.45 What did Nan want her to do?

Why was this helpful? Explain

Pg.46 What tells you she was proud of her scarf? Why was she proud? Explain

Why were Hine and the narrator back in the netball team?

Pg.47 What were the effects of boosting?

Justify if Boost was a good thing or not. Explain your reasoning

Explain Mrs Clark’s feelings about Boost. Why?

How did Boost make the other children behave?

Pg 48 What is the figurative language on this page?