Year 7: show the year's reading in a portfolio
The capstone gathers evidence of every strategy from the year. Ākonga choose their best example of each and say why it shows the skill.
- Year 7 move: Portfolio selection with a one-line justification per strategy
- Evidence it produces: A portfolio where each artefact is matched to the strategy it demonstrates
Lesson 10: Year 7 Foundational Reading Capstone Portfolio & Reflection
Building confident, active readers through Te Ao Māori perspectives, comprehension strategies, and rich Aotearoa texts.
🎯 Ngā Whāinga Akoranga | Learning Intentions
Comprehensive synthesis of Year 7 reading strategies: predicting, context decoding, main ideas, inferencing, text structures, pūrākau analysis, bias detection, and synthesis.
Assemble complete Year 7 Reading Journal, conduct independent close reading of a novel Aotearoa text, and present reading portfolio reflection.
🎥 Media Anchor & Pedagogical Scaffold
Reading Comprehension & Reflection Synthesis
Video Clip: Year 7 English Lesson: Using Text as Evidence - EdPlace — EdPlace (Runtime: 11:32).
🧠 1. Before Viewing (Activate & Predict)
How has your identity as an active, critical reader grown across this 10-lesson journey?
👁️ 2. During Viewing (Watch With a Job)
- Pause @ 1:30: Review the full toolkit of active reading strategies used throughout the unit.
- Pause @ 3:30: Apply reading strategies independently to an unseen Aotearoa text passage.
- Pause @ 4:45: Complete reading self-reflection and goal setting for future reading development.
🗣️ 3. After Viewing & Kaiako Move (Process & Apply)
Kaiako Move: Host a Reading Celebration Showcase where students share their favourite journal entries and recommended books.
Immediate Task: Final Year 7 Foundational Reading Skills Portfolio Submission & Reflection Certificate.
⚡ Whakaoho | Do Now: Reading Warm-Up (10 mins)
Review key reading vocabulary, strategy definitions, and context clues for Lesson 10. Connect previous reading reflections to today's text analysis.
📖 Activity 1: Guided Reading & Strategy Practice (25 mins)
Read selected Aotearoa non-fiction, School Journal articles, or pūrākau passages in pairs. Apply active reading strategies, highlight text evidence, and complete graphic organisers.
📝 Activity 2: Year 7 Reading Journal & Reflection Scaffolding (20 mins)
Draft your formal Reading Journal entry for Lesson 10. Use specific text quotes and reading strategy terminology (e.g., schema, context clues, main idea, evidence-based inference, cause/effect, pūrākau metaphor, author bias, text synthesis) to justify your answers.
🏫 Kaiako Planning & Pedagogy Notes
Year 7 Curriculum Alignment: Te Mātaiaho English Phase 3 — Reading and Viewing for meaning. Builds core comprehension, critical literacy, and cultural connectedness through Aotearoa literature and pūrākau.