Memoir

Listening, Reading & Viewing Language Features-Shows an increasing understanding of how language features are used for effect within and across texts.
Indicators-identifies oral, written, and visual features used and recognises and describes their effects

Speaking, Reading & Presenting Purposes and audiences-Shows an increasing understanding of how to shape texts for different purposes and audiences.
Indicators-constructs texts that show an awareness of purpose and audience through deliberate choice of content, language, and text form

WALT: find significance in our writing

SC (see checklist link here)

Read Gavin Bishops 'Piano Rock' 

Once we have read the text we could then complete a cloze reading of it, analyzing it with a 3 level guide.

Isn't it just kids being kids 'doing nothing much?

Then we need to read the text to find the literacy of the text. What is the structure? What is the grammar? What is the punctuation common to the texts? (compare with James K Baxters This Town)

Here is what we found:(see photo right)

Once that is complete, we need to revisit our James K Baxter inspired poems.

• Where are the significant places? 
• What are the significant 'doings'?
• Are these things really to dissimilar from Gavin Bishops stories in his memoir?

Take each of the 'doings' and use those as a subheading. Write a bare bones/zero draft underneath (make sure it is only a few key words). 

When you begin to craft don't write too much detail, only the things of significance. You still need to show not tell thought! 

A good writer will link all stories together...can it be done?

Character Portrait 2: the sequel!

AO: LANGUAGE FEATURES-Use a range of language features appropriately, showing an increasing understanding of their effects.
INDICATORS:uses a range of oral, written, and visual features to create meaning and effect and to sustain interest & uses a range of vocabulary to communicate precise meaning

This term, our substantial writing topic is a character portrait. (I know! I know! We've done this before!) The difference is in the word substantial. Meaning its going to be a larger, a more considered, crafted piece of prose.

Choose a person who has had a powerful influence on your life one way or another: a person whom you have loved, respected, admired, been fascinated by or perhaps feared.

For example:
-a specially loved relative or neighbour
-a favourite teacher

Jot down the names of people who fit that list. Think about what you would need to include. Jot down what you need to remember. What can you find or recall that reminds you of that person?

Don’t choose a friend or a sibling, as you'll just get bogged down in the emotion. Perhaps complete this as a homework task and do some research at home. ask Mum, Dad, whoever, to help you. Click on the link below, make a copy and begin making a list of who it could be.
Character Intro

So that you have an idea of what the writing might look like, I have made a framework that will help you plan out your writing.

Character portrait framework
Describe-Planning Template

Mentor texts

WALT: Find the LITERACY of a Character Portrait
SC:Compare and contrast the Character Framework with Maurice Gee's work.

In the first book I picked up, A World around the Corner, By Maurice Gee I found this. How many of the things in the character portrait framework , does the author do?