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Supporting student learning

A collection of resources and activities for students and their whānau. Students can use these independently or with the guidance of parents, caregivers, family, whānau or teachers. The resources are organised by year levels on the left of the page. To find out your child's level please consult the table under this list. In addition we have provided a means of filtering TKI's larger collection of quality assured resources. Select the level and learning area from the drop down menus below and click Go.

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Research Report: Unit Standard 8825 New Zealand resource icon

This English Online unit plan is for year 12 students, working at NCEA level 2. It involves students producing transactional texts in complex forms. Students develop research re...

http://englishonline.tki.org.nz/E...Research-Report-Unit-Standard-8825

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This English Online unit plan is for year 12 students, working at NCEA level 2. It involves students producing transactional texts in complex forms. Students develop research reports as pieces of transactional writing.
Keywords
NCEA, Report writing, Research skills, Transactional writing, Unit standards, Written Language - Writing and Reading
TKI level
Secondary, Upper secondary
Audience
Teachers
Resource type
Contributors
  • Fowler, Mike
  • UNITEC School of Education
Rights
Ministry of Education Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga

Heart of the Apocalypse New Zealand resource icon

Titiro ai tēnei paerewa, kaupae 8, mō te tau 13, ki te kaupapa o Civilisation me Savagery i tā Joseph Conrad 'Heart of Darkness' me te pikitia whakaata nei 'Apocalypse Now'.

http://englishonline.tki.org.nz/E...A-Level-32/Heart-of-the-Apocalypse

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Titiro ai tēnei paerewa, kaupae 8, mō te tau 13, ki te kaupapa o Civilisation me Savagery i tā Joseph Conrad 'Heart of Darkness' me te pikitia whakaata nei 'Apocalypse Now'.
Keywords
Close reading, Motion pictures, Novel, Pikitia Whakaataata, Pukapuka Pakiwaitara, Reo Tuhituhi - Te Tuhituhi Me Te Pānui, Transactional writing, Tuhituhi tauwhitiwhiti, Visual Language - Viewing and Presenting, Written Language - Writing and Reading, Āta Pānuitanga
TKI level
Kura Tuarua, Kura Tuarua - Reanga Tuakana, Secondary, Upper secondary
Audience
Teachers, Kaiako
Resource type
Contributors
  • Downs, Warwick
  • UNITEC School of Education
Rights
Ministry of Education Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga

Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement: Research on What Works in Schools

This web page from the Association for Supervision Curriculum Development(ASCD) provides chapter one of Robert Marzano's book in which he analyses the relationship between backg...

http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/a...948ecaff00VgnVCM1000003d01a8c0RCRD

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Full Metadata Record for ID TKI28717: Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement: Research on What Works in Schools

Description
This web page from the Association for Supervision Curriculum Development(ASCD) provides chapter one of Robert Marzano's book in which he analyses the relationship between background knowledge and new learning of students. Later chapters discuss teaching methods that help overcome the deficiencies in background knowledge that hamper many student's progress in school.
Keywords
EOTC, Economic conditions, Education - Research, Information literacy, Intelligence, Intelligence tests, Knowledge, Learning theories, Mentors, Parent education, Parenting, Reading skills, Student achievement, Student-centred learning, Vocabulary development
TKI level
Lower secondary, Primary, Secondary, Upper primary, Upper secondary
Audience
Teachers, School leaders, Professional development providers
Resource type
Contributors
  • Marzano, Robert J.
  • ASCD
Rights
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Theme Study: Unit Standard 8834 New Zealand resource icon

This resource from English Online is a guide for studying English level 1 unit standard 8834: Investigate a theme across a range of selected texts and evaluate the outcomes of t...

http://englishonline.tki.org.nz/E...l-3/Theme-study-Unit-Standard-8834

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Full Metadata Record for ID TKI27757: Theme Study: Unit Standard 8834

Description
This resource from English Online is a guide for studying English level 1 unit standard 8834: Investigate a theme across a range of selected texts and evaluate the outcomes of the investigation. Includes samples of entry logs and sample responses with evaluations.
Keywords
ESOL, Ingarihi Hei Reo Mō Kaikōrero Reo Kē, Literary themes, NCEA, NESB, Oral Language - Listening and Speaking, Paerewa Whakaakoranga, Reo Ataata - Te Mātaki me Te Whakaata, Reo Tuhituhi - Te Tuhituhi Me Te Pānui, Reo ā-Waha - Te Whakarongo me Te Kōrero, Taumata Mātauranga Ā-Motu kua Taea (NCEA), Unit standards, Using texts, Visual Language - Viewing and Presenting, Written Language - Writing and Reading
TKI level
Kura Tuarua, Kura Tuarua - Reanga Tuakana, Secondary, Upper secondary
Audience
Teachers, Students, Ākonga, Kaiako, Student ready
Resource type
Contributors
  • Fowler, Mike
  • Holden, Trish
  • UNITEC in Schools
Rights
Ministry of Education Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga

Seeing, storms and madness: King Lear New Zealand resource icon

A play often described as 'the best work of literature ever' could be a little daunting to teach. This unit offers strategies to bring this behemoth to life, both in the classro...

http://englishonline.tki.org.nz/E...eeing-storms-and-madness-King-Lear

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A play often described as 'the best work of literature ever' could be a little daunting to teach. This unit offers strategies to bring this behemoth to life, both in the classroom and in the minds of students. Relates to AS90722(English 3.3) REspond critically to Shakespearean drama studied (Formative assessment as this achievement standard is assessed externally).
Keywords
Achievement standards, Aromatawai, Assessment, Formative assessment, Reo Tuhituhi - Te Tuhituhi Me Te Pānui, Rurutao, Wiremu - Whakaari, Shakespeare, William - Drama, Taumata Paetae, Transactional writing, Tuhituhi tauwhitiwhiti, Written Language - Writing and Reading
TKI level
Kura Tuarua - Reanga Tuakana, Upper secondary
Audience
Teachers, Kaiako
Resource type
Contributors
  • Osborne, Mark
  • Ministry of Education Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga
Rights
Ministry of Education Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga

Violent Delights and Violent Ends: Romeo and Juliet New Zealand resource icon

Ko tēnei kōwae mō ngā taumata 6-8, e hāngai ana mō ngā tau 12, ā, e tāute ana i ngā tauira ki te whakaari mō Romeo rāua ko Juliet.

http://englishonline.tki.org.nz/E...-and-Violent-Ends-Romeo-and-Juliet

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Full Metadata Record for ID TKI355: Violent Delights and Violent Ends: Romeo and Juliet

Description
Ko tēnei kōwae mō ngā taumata 6-8, e hāngai ana mō ngā tau 12, ā, e tāute ana i ngā tauira ki te whakaari mō Romeo rāua ko Juliet.
Keywords
Acting, Drama, Globe Theatre (London, Great Britain), Mahi Whakaari, Ngā Mahi a Te Rēhia, Rurutao, Wiremu, Rurutao, Wiremu - Hanga Me Te Tohutohu Hanga, Rurutao, Wiremu - Whakarite Ātāmira Me Ngā Taonga Whakaari, Shakespeare, William, Shakespeare, William - Production and direction, Shakespeare, William - Stage setting and scenery, Ātāmira whakaari a Rurutao
TKI level
Kura Tuarua, Kura Tuarua - Reanga Tuakana, Secondary, Upper secondary
Audience
Teachers, Kaiako
Resource type
Contributors
  • Coogan, Phil
  • UNITEC School of Education
Rights
Ministry of Education Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga

Planning and Writing an Essay: London Grid for Learning

This resource contains step-by-step fully explained guidelines for students writing essays. Includes examples of the processes and uses of tools such as mindmaps, a glossary of...

http://www.lgfl.net/dbmaterial/we...iting%20an%20essay/home/?verb=view

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This resource contains step-by-step fully explained guidelines for students writing essays. Includes examples of the processes and uses of tools such as mindmaps, a glossary of terms often used in essay topics, and sample paragraphs and essay structures. The site requires JavaScript and some parts require Flash.
Keywords
Draft writing, Essay, Reo Tuhituhi - Te Tuhituhi Me Te Pānui, Report writing, Transactional writing, Tuhi rīpoata, Tuhinga roa, Tuhituhi tauwhitiwhiti, Writing (Composition), Written Language - Writing and Reading
TKI level
Kura Tuarua, Kura Tuarua - Reanga Teina, Kura Tuarua - Reanga Tuakana, Kura Tuatoru, Lower secondary, Secondary, Tertiary, Upper secondary
Audience
Teachers, Students, Ākonga, Kaiako
Resource type
Rights
LGfL

National Curriculum in Action - Out of this World

This learning example from the National Curriculum in Action (United Kingdom) website demonstrates how ICT can be integrated with the arts. Students worked with a sculptor to de...

http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/key-...oSearch.x%3D27%26btnGoSearch.y%3D5

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This learning example from the National Curriculum in Action (United Kingdom) website demonstrates how ICT can be integrated with the arts. Students worked with a sculptor to develop and design a 3D recycled fantasy robot. They also created a 2D version of the robot by sketching a design then scanning and manipulating it using image-editing software. Colour, photographs of scrap materials, and background were added.
Keywords
Collage, Colour, Computer graphics, Computers, Computers in education, Decision making, Design, Digital cameras, Drawing, EfS, Fantasy, Image editing software, Information and Communication Technology, Learning technologies, Machines, Photography, Professional Development, Recycling (Waste), Robots, Sculpture, Visual arts, Waste products
TKI level
Primary, Upper primary
Audience
Teachers, Professional development providers
Resource type
Contributors
  • Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
Rights
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, UK

Death in the USA New Zealand resource icon

This web page from the Amnesty International website provides facts about the number of prisoners who have faced the death penalty in the United States over the last six years....

http://www.amnesty.org.nz/Publicd...4/f5fbfe040e3db4b0cc256715000363d2

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Full Metadata Record for ID TKI19875: Death in the USA

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This web page from the Amnesty International website provides facts about the number of prisoners who have faced the death penalty in the United States over the last six years. Suitable for secondary level.
Keywords
Death penalty, Death row, Human rights, Mōtika Tangata - Ture Me Te Whakature, Social Organisation, Social action, Social justice, Social responsibility, Whakaritenga Pāpori
TKI level
Kura Tuarua, Kura Tuarua - Reanga Teina, Kura Tuarua - Reanga Tuakana, Lower secondary, Secondary, Upper secondary
Audience
Teachers, Students, Ākonga, Kaiako
Resource type
Rights
Amnesty International

The Special Education Grant: Examples of Good Practice New Zealand resource icon

This 2006 report from the Education Review Office (ERO) presents examples from a range of six New Zealand schools that were using their Special Education Grant (SEG) funds effec...

http://www.ero.govt.nz/ero/publis...438d9cc2571d800051f69?OpenDocument

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This 2006 report from the Education Review Office (ERO) presents examples from a range of six New Zealand schools that were using their Special Education Grant (SEG) funds effectively to improve student outcomes. These schools match the framework used for the evaluation report, 'An Evaluation of the Special Education Grant'.
Keywords
Arotakenga Whakaakoranga, Education Review Office (ERO), Educational evaluation, Funding, Inclusive curriculum, Individualised Education Programmes (IEPs), NAG Four (Finance), NAG One, NZ research collection, NZresearch, ORRS, Special Education, Tari Arotake Mātauranga, Teaching strategies, Whakaakoranga Motuhake
TKI level
Kura Tuarua, Kura Tuarua - Reanga Teina, Kura Tuarua - Reanga Tuakana, Kura Tuatahi, Kura Tuatahi - Reanga Takawaenga, Kura Tuatahi - Reanga Teina, Kura Tuatahi - Reanga Tuakana, Lower primary, Lower secondary, Middle primary, Primary, Secondary, Upper primary, Upper secondary
Audience
Teachers, , School leaders, Parents, family and whānau, Kaiako, Kaitātaki ā-kura, Whānau
Resource type
Contributors
  • Education Review Office
Rights
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