List Poem

 LI: To write a list poem that describes a topic by painting a picture with your words.

Story Setting

 LI: To write a cinquain poem that describes a character from your favourite online game

Luffy    

Kind, clumsy

Punching, kicking, fighting

King of the Pirates

Conqueror

To continue our Distance Learning our new topic was Manga and Anime. For our Writing we had created a Cinquain poem based on an Anime or Manga Character. Our character was Monkey D Luffy from the manga series One Piece. It was a fun and interesting task to do as we were able to write about our favorite characters as well as being able to collaborate with friends. 

6 Sentence Story

L.I. Use 6 sentences to set up the structure of a narrative

List Poem

LI: To write a list poem that describes a topic by painting a picture with your words.

Today we wrote list poems about a topic we connected with. Our challenge was to use desacriptive language features to paint a clear picture with our words.

Sadness

 LI: To write an abstract noun senses poem.

For our writing task this week we are working on poems and metaphors. Our metaphor poem was about sadness. A metaphor is describing something as something else without using “like” or “as.” an abstract noun is a noun describing an idea, for example see, taste, feel, smell and hear. We  worked on this task as a group. After coming up with our poem we create a DLO.

This task was fun because we learned how much creativity we have.

Cinquain Poem

 LI: To write a cinquain poem to describe a sports star

We have been learning to write cinquain poems to help us strengthen our connections to description. A cinquain poem has 5 lines. Each line has a different purpose. Line 1 is a noun which is a name. Line 2 has 2 adjectives taht describe the noun. Line 3 has 3 verbs that end in ‘ing’ and describe the actions. Line 4 is a noun phrase which is a group of words (not a sentence) that go together to describe the noun. Line 5 is a synonym which is a word with a similar meaning to the noun.

I enjoyed this activity because I got to use powerful words to describe my favourite sports star.

A Moment in Time Poem

 LI: To use the language features and structure of published poem to help use write our own poem.

Publish your group poem on your blog

We looked at the language features and structure of a poem called ‘A Moment in Time’ and used our experiences from camp to follow the structure and collaboratively create our own moment in time poem.

To describe what we heard, what we saw, how we felt and what we wondered we used our senses, adjectives and adverbs.

Ajectives are describing words.

Adverbs are a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective.

I found this interesting because I enjoyed working together with my group.

Settings

 LI: To use powerful words to describe a setting so that it paints a clear picture in the mind of the reader

                                                                                                                                                                           

I thought it was a perfect day to take a walk along the concrete jungle, as I got closer to the park I felt very lonely and cold. It felt like I was isolated alone, it was depressing. I strolled along the friendless seats and I saw one particular seat, it looked very harsh. There was the lack of inspiration to sit on it. The lights and dead trees along the sides were stunning but it was scary, almost like the whole park was abandoned. I felt weak. I wondered if I could make it through calm and steady.

                                                                                                                                                                           

A setting is the place, time and environment of a story to help a reader make a connection to your narrative you need to use your words in away that helps them form a picture of what you are describing in their mind.

To do this we looked at an image and thought of 10 words that described and showed what we could see. Once we had thought of the adjectives or adverbs we used our smart searching skills to help us find synoymns that made our descriptions clearer.

I found this interesting I got to use my imagination use bigger words because I learnt new word and the meanings of the word.

5 Minutes Of Camp

LI: To recount a 5 minute snapshot of one experience you had at camp

                                                                                                                                                                           

Fear I Overcame

“You got this!” says the voices coming from the outside, I took a big pause followed by a deep breath as  the harness went the three Os on harness turned into Cs, straight after the helmet went on, it made me feel a lot safer. But head started spinning, like a rollercoaster. The fear rose as I took a step on the ladder. Holding the ladder, someone I trusted, I looked forward, just kept taking steps on each rail.

As time goes faster my heart starts racing out of my chest, a pool starts to form in my eyes. The staples got me, I started pulling myself up, one by one I go. Everyone’s shouting “you got this.” I whispered to myself “yes!” as I reached the top. My eyes turned into a dessert. I heard someone say “now get on the beam.” I felt like I had a new friend, while I was hugging the pole.

I took a step on the beam, my legs started to tremble as my feet took steps, my fears started to shrink. My frown turned into a smile. While I'm walking like I'm on a plane, I'm saying “love this thing!”

While I was walking across I hit a pole. I hugged it and said “I love you, my hero!” And when I thought I was done the instructor said “run to the middle.” I felt clueless, but I did it anyway. I stood in the spot and said something embarrassing, “Hi world, I love you!”

The sun goes down, as it gets darker. I let one foot off and then the other. Right that second I thought I was flying, I was relieved I made it to the ground safely.  Suddenly the words out of my mouth said “I want to do it again.”

                                                                                                                                                                           

We created a recount givings a 5 minute recount what happend in camp. I chose to make a recount about what happened on the high beam or high rope. My recount explained what happend during the time and the emotions.

I found this activity fun because I got to express myself and enjoy what I did.

Culture is...

 LI: to describe what culture is.

 

There is no such thing as the right culture to pick, a culture is taught and learnt. A culture is a society of people who believe in the same thing.A culture can be a society of 1,000,000 people or 2 people, it doesn't matter. A culture is a culture and is special and unique. A culture is made of history, beliefs and artifacts.A culture can be made of parts such as art, clothing, food, languages, dances and much more. These are important in a culture as they can be celebrated at different times with different people.Being in a culture isn't about what you looks or skin colour, it's about what you believe in.

Illustrated Story

LI: To write a pourquoi (tell me why or how) story that follows the structure and paints a picture in the mind of the reader.

Our challenge this week was to create a porquoi story that we would illustrate and share with our junior classes. A porquoi story tells us why something is the way it is. Our story tells why/how… This morning we shared our stories with Room 2 and Room 4, and they loved listening to them.

I enjoyed making the animation because it was fun to create it and get create our own imagination.

Why is it important to use our PBS CARE values?

LI: to use transitional vocab.

Vocaroo

This week we have been revising explanation writing. Next week is our assessment week so we did this collaborative challenge to remind ourselves what is needed when we write explanations... 

Something I really enjoyed learning about TEEL (Topic introduction, Explanation, Evidence, Linking).

Why is it important to make wise choices?

 Why is it important to make wise choices?

Do you think drugs are healthy for your body? Well you’re about to find out. There are many drugs including legal drugs and illegal drugs. Legal drugs are used for medical reasons, and illegal drugs are used for personal use that does not abide by the law.

There are drugs all around us, in our foods, medicines, .e.t.c. Some drugs are very unhealthy for your body therefore you could get sick, die or do something that would get yourself into trouble. For example, you might get high (in a state of consciousness) and think you’re a superhero and might think you can fly and jump off your house roof or a cliff, as a result you could get yourself injured or get yourself killed and this changes your action and how you act and this could affect your body. These are the drugs that are illegal. 

Next is the legal drugs, like medicines and foods. Who knew there were drugs in our foods and drinks? In milo there is a drug called sugar, if you drink or eat too much Milo you could get really hyped therefore you could get yourself in danger. If you’re told to drink or eat a limit of medicines please do so because you don’t know what is going to happen to yourself. 

Making wise choices is very important because it could affect your future making it better for your family and yourself. Making wise choices can lead you down a path where you misuse drugs or get yourself in trouble or hurt because of drugs. Using drugs, dealing drugs and planting drugs could get you into big trouble, for example life imprisonment, death sentence (Execution), .etc.

I was surprised how many people suffer from the addiction of drugs. It was also just shocking to see people look absolutely different from what they were before drugs to a short time skip later. I have seen that drugs can make a bad impact on some people's lives, it could cause them to lose their life, lose friendships/family, or even make them go into depression.

To wrap it up we have to make the right choices to have a good future and everybody's happy. We have to do things that are legal to get ourselves out of trouble, please do not do the illegal things, this is for your safety and mine. If you see someone do something bad and you think it is cool and you copy, the results are going to be bad. Do you think drugs are healthy for your body? Make a wise choice for your future.

                                                                                                                                                                           

LI: to simply write an explanation.

For writing we wrote an explanation, we could write any kind of explanation and I chose to write an explanation on drugs. My explanation explains, Why it is important to make wise choice an what it could help you with.

5,7,10 / writing

LI: to use the 5,7,10 method to write creatively.

It was a nice day and the sun was about to go down. I was running out of time. I really wanted to go up that big mountain that I always see through the windows of my house across the bay and paint the sundown. My friend and I hopped on my boat and took off toward the huge mountain. It looked like it was small from a distance but it’s really big.

When we got there after 10 mins my friend and I got the mountain climbing equipment and the painting equipment and started climbing. We thought it was going to take days to climb the mountain but really it took 1 hr or 2. We stayed up for the whole night painting. We started mixing colours to get warm colours. We started off the painting with the warm colours as the background. We next drew the mountain under the sunset. The sun was starting to rise and we were running out of time.  We rushed to get all the details for the painting. 

This is my narrative. Instead of using the 5,7,10 method we added some time to think and check our work.

5,7,10 Writing / Lightning never strikes twice does it?

LI: to use the 5,7,10 method to write creatively.

Lightning never strikes twice does it?

That was the question that occupied their frightened minds as they crouched, huddling together, next to the pile of dusty sacks in the base of the windmill.

There were 4 siblings that had a secret place called the Windmill of Friendship. They went there every time they were feeling down, had some trouble with something or if they had something to say that was important. Well those 4 siblings' names are Zaw he’s 10, Lucky he’s 13, Kane he’s 11, Pon she’s 12 and they found this abandoned windmill.

One day they heard on the news that a storm was going to hit their hometown because the storm only comes once a year and people say that is the guardian of their town. Somehow this time the guardian seems to be mad. The 4 siblings thought that was weird so they decided to find out what happened. They then were about to go to the windmill but the lightning hit their house. The boys ran into the house for their parents, little did they know their parents were already out of the house, the boys were in danger but not for long. They got out before the house dropped to the ground.

Ancestor Poem

LI:to describe your ancestors using literary devices of alliteration.

This a poem about my ancestors, this is all about my family, gender and my religion. We shared two meaningful things about our culture that we’re proud of. Using our sentences we need to paint a picture by using our five senses. We would have to imagine what our future will be like in the future. To strengthen our poem we used cultural words and phrases. I’m a proud Burmese and Mon male. I will carry who I am.

Ancestor Poem

LI: to write meaningful poem.
We wrote a poem of our ancestors. We had to write what our culture and gender was and share two things that is meaningful about our culture. I'm Burmese and Mon so the things that are important is my religion and my language. We had to write what our ancestor helped us with.

Exploring provocations

LI: to explore Provocations

This week we have bee exploring both sides of a provocation. A Provocation is a action or speech that triggers a really strong feeling for a topic. A Provocation is usually in book titles to hook in the reader and trigger there feels for the topic of the book. Our Provocation was "Should New Zealand become a Cashless Society?". A Cashless Society is a economy that uses credit cards or technology to pay rather then paying with actual notes and coins. After considering both perspectives (or sides) we think that New Zealand should not be a Cashless Society because there are people who don't know how to use it, or they just can't afford it. It also is a waste of money, because we pay a company to make money for us and distribute it around New Zealand. There are also some Pros on Cashless Society but the Cons have to many drawbacks.

Why plastic pollution is a problem for our coastlines - Explanation

LI: To collaboratively structure and write an explanation
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What Plastic Pollution is a Problem for our Coastlines?

Did you know plastic pollution is a big problem to our ocean and marine life? Plastic pollution is taking over our coastlines. Plastic pollution is an environmental issue that affects our ocean, marine life and land. Many of our oceans are polluted with plastic. Think about Thailand, their oceans are so polluted that it changed from normal looking water to pitch black.

When the plastic washes up into the water, seabirds and marine animals mistake it for food. They also get caught up in plastic and the rubbish which ends up deforming the marine animals. There are pictures of turtles who’s shells have been deformed because they have been caught up in the plastic. Do you feel good about that?

When you litter your rubbish it goes to the water system and leads to the ocean. It gets washed up on our coastlines. Then it degrades into small pieces of plastic that get washed into the ocean. Seabirds and marine animals mistake it for food or get caught up in the plastic who then get deformed.

If you see a piece of plastic just take some time to pick it up and put it in the bin. A small action could make a big change. So use the rubbish bin.
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Writing

L.I: to revise the structure of a recount and reaffirm the making criteria
This week for writing we needed to write a story about Patricia and Jaerrell. First we needed to get into groups and write down a character description. Every person from each group needed to stand up and tell us some characters. If the other group got the most votes then we would need to do the character that they did. The characters that were picked was Patricia, and Jaerrell.
Patricia: Strong Willed, Fearless,
Independent Age: 19
Jaerrell: Lives in reverse, Creative, Makes bad choices, Hates Donald trump
Independent Age: 70