Focus: developing vocabulary
Sharing news is important, but can be challenging if some students want to talk a lot and some don't have any news to share. You could use some of the following ideas from The Oral Language Book to support students with sharing their weekend/holiday highlights or lowlights, orally.
Focus: developing vocabulary
Using a video to motivate students for writing
Focus: to write a report and to use descriptive vocabulary
Focus: Anzac Day-themed writing