Caring for pets 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Further Resources This task is about writing sentences from ideas in a brainstorm. You have been part of a group that has brainstormed ideas about how to take good care of pets. The diagram above shows the group's ideas. Question 2Change answer Write six sentences about how to take care of pets. Use the ideas from the brainstorm. You don't need to use all the ideas from the brainstorm. Write six sentences about how to take care of pets. Use the ideas from the brainstorm. You don't need to use all the ideas from the brainstorm. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online. Copyright: Graphic source: Clker Level: 3 Curriculum info: English, Creating meaning, Writing Key Competencies: Thinking, Using language, symbols, and texts Keywords: instructions, sentences, mind map, information skills, sentence structure Description of task: Students use the ideas from a brainstorm to write six sentences about caring for pets. Curriculum Links: This resource can be used to help to identify students’ ability to create texts to meet the writing demands of the New Zealand Curriculum. Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing: This resource helps to identify students’ ability to: choose effective content, language, and text structure create content that conveys ideas relating to the topic with some details use a variety of sentences that are grammatically correct as described in the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing at: http://www.literacyprogressions.tki.org.nz/The-Structure-of-the-Progressions Learning Progression FrameworksThis resource can provide evidence of learning associated with Using writing to think and organise for learning, set 3Writing meaningful text: text features, set 4 within the Writing Learning Progressions Frameworks.Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks. Answers/responses: Y6 (05/1998) Each sentence should: be in sentence form. raise a new point about caring for pets. be drawn from the mind map. Example: Make sure that your pet gets plenty of exercise/daily exercise or Pets need exercise. Provide good shelter for your pet or Give your pet somewhere warm to sleep or Pets need shelter. (You should) take your pet to the vet if it gets sick. 6 sentences – difficult 5 sentences – easy 3-4 sentences – very easy Consistent, appropriate use of capitals and fullstops. (Up to one error or omission acceptable across all sentences.) difficult Using commas