Week 1

Note-taking

Note-taking

Note-taking

Week 2: Retelling

Retell

This task is to be completed independently during reading time.

Task:

To retell the story of Moana using Powtoon, Slideshow or book track.

A retell must include:

Beginning

Middle

End

Characters and setting

Challenge:

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Can you summarise the story of Moana in a six word story. Then place this over an image.

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Example: Moana, struggles to discover her purpose.

Week 3 - 4 : Character Study

Character Studies

Describe Moana. What are they like inside and outside? How do you know. What line in the lyrics shows that?

Describe Maui. What are they like inside and outside? How do you know. What line in the lyrics shows that?

Describe Tamatoa. What are they like inside and outside? How do you know. What line in the lyrics shows that?

Choose one character from Moana

Be detailed.

• Describe how the character looks like (outside).
• Describe what the character’s personality ( what are they like on the inside?)
• Tell us why you think that.

Situation:

There has been a natural disaster at Motanui.

All the shelters are gone. How would your character react? What will they do?

Deep brown eyes

Problem solver - came up with solutions for her village

Compare and Contrast

Choose two characters from Moana.

Compare and contrast your characters using a Venn diagram.

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What is similar?

What is different?

Think about how they look.

Think about how they behave.

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Compare and Contrast: Timelines

Task 3:

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Create a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting one Moana character and a character you have chosen.

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What is different? What is similar?

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• Do they look alike?
• Do they have similar personality?
• Did they go through the same events/journey?
• Did they go through the same thing? Did they overcome the same challenges?

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Task 1:

Choose one character from Moana and create a timeline on what they did in the movie/book.

Timeline

Task 2:

Choose another book or movie character (not from Moana) and create a timeline on what they did in the movie/book.

Timeline

Challenges: Choose one

Task 1:

Create a song describing a character of your choice (lyrics and Chromelab/Incredibox)

Task 2:

Create a drama showing us what your character is like

Task 3:

Create a Screencastify comparing and contrasting 2 different characters

Task 4:

Make google slide picture and attach an Incredibox song to it - exactly how your Cybersmart is like. Describe how a character will react to a failure.

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Week 5 : Setting

Sequence

Reread their notes and write a caption for each one

Arrange these images in the correct sequence

Make connections

Text-to-Text and Text-to-Self

Opinion and justification

Which character did you admire, pity, love and why?

Does it remind you of character?

Which Moana character would have said this?

Example:

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Omg! I love gold and diamonds. They look perfect on me.

I’m so beautiful

Believe in yourself and who you are

Stay here - it is too dangerous to go too far.

I want to go with Moana but after drowning - I never want to get on a boat!

If I do this one more thing for the humans, they will love me.

I must do what others expect of me but I know this is not who I am

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I want my daughter to be happy