National Current Events

This week as a group, we explored the national current events. In my group were Pouvi, Afa, Makaili and Sakina. Not only did we explore the current events, but we also learnt the different types of current events. Together we read articles about national news and which articles matched the best with each type of current events. On a google map, we plotted the locations of where the current event stories took place, with a short explanation of the article/story.

Summarising the Main Ideas

This week for current events we found an article and summarise the main ideas. After we summarised, to make it more succinct, we turned it into a 10 syllable sentences and also a 5 sentence summary. In this current events Sakina, Sela, Joel and I worked as a group and selected 1 of the topics which was “When the All Blacks defeated Ireland”. Below is the activity's that were with the article we found.

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Keyword Summary

Keywords from the title	Keywords from  sub- headings	New words I need to look up
All Blacks, Ireland, Rugby World Cup, semi-finals,	2019 Rugby World Cup, quarter-finals, All Blacks, Ireland	Scintillating - Clever/Smart

Summarising Text 

Write down 20 important words from the text	All Blacks, Ireland, Rugby World Cup, semi-finals, beat, quarter-finals, tries, defeat, Tokyo, England, victory, team, penalty, tournament, results, score, players, scintillating, lead, loss
Choose the 6 most important words.	All Blacks, Ireland, Rugby World Cup, defeated, Tokyo, quarter-finals
Use the 6 most important words to write sentences.	The All Blacks defeated Ireland in the quarter-finals, which took place in Tokyo.

Writing 5 sentences  

New Zealand has run away with the victory and has defeated Ireland in the quarter-finals at the Tokyo Stadium.

During halftime 3 tries were scored, 2 by Aaron Smith and 1 by Beauden Barret.

As a result the All Blacks defeated Ireland by 46-14.

An appalling and disappointment to Ireland on the night of the big upcoming game.

The All Blacks are now in the semi-finals playing against England later on in Tokyo.

Writing 10 syllable sentences 

New Zealand has won against Ireland.

The All Blacks won 46-14.

3 tries were scored by Aaron and Beauden.

The Irish team were then disappointed.

The All Blacks will now play against England.

International News: Mapping

This week Joel and I started to make our current events, but this time we are mapping the events that take place worldwide or international news. We used the same twelve current event sequences to help us make decisions about the international stories that are published worldwide. One of the stories that we have chosen to include in our map was about a- Teen mum who murdered her 4 month old baby. The court is making hard decisions whether they should charge her or she shouldn't go into custody for the wrong reasons. The examples that we used as a showcase of information were Kiwi Kids News, Radio New Zealand and New Zealand Herald. This map is an example of what our task was. We plotted the everyday continuing stories that happened internationally. In these 12 countries and cities.   

National Current Events

Every day, news editors make decisions every day about which current event stories they will run. We explored the different types of current events that are happening in NZ, thought about why the story made the news and plotted the location on a google map. Joel, Fui, Sakina and I researched about what national news there were in New Zealand and found different articles that we had never heard of before. On our map we found news in Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland and we were surprised that we didn't know about.

Provocation and Opinion

A provocation is an action or speech that triggers strong feelings about a topic. Recently a major supermarket chain announced it will no longer sell energy drinks to people under 16. My opinion is recorded in my DLO that shows both perspectives. What is your opinion and why?