L3 Written topic: Synthetic Drugs Te Taru Kino o Te Matuu Horihori

After much discussion and brainstorming we decided on a written topic inspired by what was going on in the latest news items. Synthetic Drugs. We watch the news items over and over again discussing the main points ideas and sharing our thoughts on the outcomes for these rangatahi and pakeke. Good soul searching stuff.

We put together a list of main ideas that the students felt they should target and cover in their writing piece but the biggest item of all was the vocab list. Students need something to build their language and knowledge on especially in an area they may not usually write about. CHALLENGE. We than set about putting together a list of vocab that they felt was an essential list to help develop craft and draft their piece of L3 Tuhituhi on.

Ka mau te wehi there was no stopping them after that.

Strategy: spend a little bit of time at the beginning opening up discussion (they know a lot) help them set up their resources and let them go for it. Ka mau te wehi.