Students are provided with information about the structure of a haiku poem. They identify the syllables in another haiku poem, and then write their own.
Students prepare a 2 to 3 minute speech to inform, persuade, or entertain. A list of topics suitable for Year 7/8 students is provided. Assessment guides A and B are suitable for this task.
Students match descriptions of how many corners and sides 2-dimensional shapes have with their corresponding pictures and then describe one shape this way.
Task: Describe where water goes when washing is drying and from a swimming pool, and discuss factors that affect this process. Assessment focus: evaporation.
Students complete statements which explore the relationship between scale factor enlargements and length, area, and volume of 2 and 3 dimensional shapes.
From a list students select the compass direction or directions that children on a playground grid need to move to reach pieces of equipment or objects.
Students suggest why two girls of the same weight go down a slide at different speeds, and then identify the forces acting on the girls. The assessment focus is on the forces of gravity and friction.