English: End of Year Activity Bingo

You need to gain at least 8 points.

The tasks are designed to let you demonstrate skills you have learned this year, to give you a taster of
what you might do next year, or just to develop general skills that are useful, like critical thinking and
collaboration.

Choose tasks that play to your strengths and ones that you’re more likely to enjoy working on.

Creative 1: THIS TASK IS COMPULSORY AND WILL BE INTRODUCED BY TEACHER

Metaphor poem > 2 points
1) Write a metaphor poem about any single colour, using the same starter repeated.
2) Length:10 lines or more. See example below.

Blue

Blue is Waihi beach on a sunny day

Blue is summer blueberries in a white bowl

Blue is my favourite denim jacket

Blue is the colour of tranquillity and also melancholy

Blue is .....................................

3) Create a collage for your colour poem – copy 10 pictures that include your colour and paste them on a
word doc or other doc and then type and insert your poem in the middle or above the images.

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Creative 2: Personify an Object > 2 points
Choose an inanimate object – e.g. a table, a chair, a coat, a teddy bear – and personify it in a piece of
writing. What emotions might the object have? How might it respond to the way it’s treated by people?
How might you describe its shape or movement seem human? Does it have any hopes and dreams for
the future, or memories about the past? What might a typical day be like?
Your personification can be written as prose or poetry. It can be written in first or third person, and you
must write in present tense. Your personification should be at least 200 words. Your personification can
be typed or handwritten. You must include a picture of your object.

Creative 3: Being There > 2 points

Write a description of a specific place at a specific time – e.g. a beach in summer, a park in winter, a
sports stadium during a match, a shopping mall on Christmas Eve… or even just a place where you feel
happy. Your aim is to create a clear sense of atmosphere so the reader can imagine what it’s like to be
there. You should target all five sense (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste), and make use of a range of
figurative language and powerful vocabulary.
Your description should be written in present tense, and try to write in a third person omniscient voice.
Your description can be typed or handwritten, and must be at least 300 words. You can choose to add
visual elements to your description, e.g. pictures, symbols, font type/size/colour.

Formal 1: Environmental brochure/flyer > 3 points > paired task

Research a topical environmental issue that is important in New Zealand, e.g. eliminating plastic use,
reducing litter and waste. Produce a brochure/flyer that presents key information and encourages
people to make positive changes. The mailer needs to be visually appealing and informative. Try to make
use of a range of both visual and verbal technique, e.g. colour, pictures, text boxes, facts & statistics,
imperatives, personal pronouns, alliteration.
Your mailer should be A4 size, it can be a single sheet or in leaflet form (A3 folded). Your mailer can be
produced by handed or on computer.

Formal 2: Editorial Article > 2 points

Write an editorial article where you give your opinion on a topical issue you feel strongly about, e.g.
social media, child poverty, teacher shortage, school uniforms. Try looking on www.noted.co.nz for
inspiration. Or look at some of the editorials in the opinion section of www.nzherald.co.nz or
www.stuff.co.nz.
Your editorial needs a title that outlines your topic and your stance on the topic, e.g. ‘Why school
uniforms do more harm than good’ or ‘Why being a teenager today is harder than it’s ever been’ or
‘Why New Zealand needs to open its doors to more refugees’. You should make use of a range of
rhetorical devices to make your opinion convincing, e.g. repetition, listing, anecdotes, facts & statistics,
personal pronouns, imagery, hyperbole, pun.
Your editorial can be typed or handwritten and must be at least 250 words. It should be written in first
person.

Formal 3: Newspaper Front Page > 3 points

Produce the front page of a newspaper inspired by events in The Bone Tiki OR Tell the Moon To Come
Out OR Remember The Titans OR The Boy in the Striped Pajamas For example, a national paper
delivered to Boone’s house just after the Titans became the champions or when Boone got appointed as
part of the racial integration programme. Your front page should include: a masthead (newspaper
title), a date, a main headline and story, a (shorter) secondary story, reference to at least one other
story inside the paper, at least one photo, at least one advertisement. Headlines often make use of
alliteration, hyperbole, pun and/or imperatives. The lead story should be written in third person; it
should focus on an event and cover what happened, where it happened, when it happened, reactions
to what happened, consequences of what happened. See a sample newspaper for the format.
Your front page should be presented on A4 paper, it can be typed or done by hand.

Visual 1: Advertising Billboard > 2 points

Produce a billboard poster to advertise a new product of your creation. The product can be food,
clothing, technology – it needs to be believable, but doesn’t have to be realistic; it can’t simply be a
renamed version of something that already exists.
The advert must include the name of the product, at least one picture of the product, a slogan, a brief
comment about the product, e.g. why everyone needs one or how it will improve people’s lives;
optional extras to include are a brand name, cost, special offer, customer reviews. You should try to
make use of a range of visual and verbal techniques, e.g. colour, pictures, logo, font type/size,
alliteration, imperatives, pun, and superlatives.
Your billboard poster can be done by hand or on computer. It must be in colour, presented on A4 or A3
paper, and can be landscape or portrait.

Visual 2: Movie Poster > 2 points

Imagine it’s 50 years in the future and someone is making a biopic of your life. Produce a poster to
advertise the film. The biopic might reflect your actual goals or it could be completely obscure, but it
must reflect something real about your character. You need to come up with a title for the film and a
tagline, plus decide on a genre; you could also choose famous actors to cast. The film needs to include
at least one image, or a collage of images. Think carefully about your use of colour and font. Look
online at examples of film posters for inspiration.
The post can be done by hand or on computer. It must be in colour, presented on A4 or A3 paper, and
can be landscape or portrait.

Visual 3: Children’s Book > 4 points > paired task

Produce a children’s picture book to teach children about either: the alphabet, numbers, colours &
shapes, animals, or Te Reo Maori. Your target audience is children under 5 (babies, toddlers, pre-
school), which means they won’t be able to read by themselves. Young children need something bright
and entertaining, perhaps with an engaging character, a meaningful narrative, or a catchy rhyme.
Think carefully about your use of words, colour, font, images, etc. It needs to be fun and educational. If
you have time, pop into Whitcoulls and have a look at some of their children’s books.
You need a title for your book. It can be any size and shape – it might be a good idea to use card rather
than paper – and needs at least eight pages plus a cover (front and back). Think about how you will bind
the pages together. Your book can be done by hand or on computer.

Production 1: Music Video > 5 points > group task (2-4 people)
Choose an existing song, or write your own, and produce a music video for it; avoid simply copying an
existing music video. The song you choose must be appropriate for school in terms of language,
content and themes – if you’re unsure, check. You don’t need to sing, lip syncing is fine.
Think about the message of the song, and make sure the video reflects the message and the tone. You
will need to complete the filming, gather costumes and props, and put the video together. At least one
person in your group will need access to (and be able to use) editing software – e.g. iMovie, Adobe – on
their device.
Your music video must be at least 3 minutes long and no longer than 5 minutes.

Production 2: TV News Broadcast > 5 points > group task (2-4 people)
Create a news broadcast; it can be based on real events (now or in the past), events in the novel you
have studied in class this year or completely fictional events.
Your news broadcast can include any or all of the following: a top story, at least two other stories,
sports segment, weather forecast, at least one studio presenter, at least one outside broadcast. You’ll
need a title for the news programme; you may also want to include a theme tune, and made up names
for your reporters.
You will need to complete the filming, gather costumes and props, and put the broadcast together. At
least one person in your group will need access to (and be able to use) editing software – e.g. iMovie,
Adobe – on their device.
Your news broadcast must be at least 4 minutes long and no longer than 8 minutes.

Production 3: Invention Dramatisation > 5 points > group task (2-4 people)
Dramatize the story behind an important invention in human history, e.g. fire, the wheel, air travel,
computers, flushing toilet. The dramatization can be based on real events, which you’ll need to
research, or you can imagine your own version.
You’ll need to gather costumes, props and any set details. Your dramatization can be filmed or
performed live; if you choose to film it then at least one person in your group will need access to (and be
able to use) editing software – e.g. iMovie, Adobe – on their device.
Your dramatization must be at least 3 minutes long and no longer than 8 minutes.