Year: 2023

Nemesis

This week for our work was to make a Nemesis.

We had to give them a name. After we have gave them names we pick any abillities for our nemesis. It can have more than 1 abillite. For the transport we can pick anything like a vechicle. Our Nemesis has gadgets but some dont. Every Nemesis has a challenge they face like weakness and have a backstory.

I enjoyed this activity because it was fun to create our own Nemesis.

How to Prepare a Harakeke

LI: To learn how to prepare harakeke flax.

This week we learnt how to prepare a harakeke flax as it will be helpful for our item on the PBSMD (Panmure Bridge School Market Day). Something I found interesting about harakeke was that people make stuff out of it because it is useful to them. 

I found this activity interesting because they make ropes, fishing lines and nets with harakeke.

Celebrating Diwali

LI: To use your smart searching skills to find out what Diwali is and how people celebrate around the world.

Our challenge was to write create a DLO that tells others what Diwali is and how people celebrate around the world.

Something I found interesting was that they made lamps with paper because it was interesting.

Phares dans la Tempete, la Jument

LI: To use your smart searching skills to find the story behind this picture

Our challenge was to write create a DLO that shows where this lighthouse is and what the story is behind the image. We found out that the Phares dans la Tempete, la Jument is a lighthouse in Brittany northwestern France.

I found this activity very good because it was interesting that only 3 people survived the when the boat was sinking.

Inchcape Rock

LI: To find and summarise the story behind the poem

This week we made a DLO of the incape rock.

For the DLO we made summaries for the inchcape rock but first we had to fill the boxes with summaries. There are 17 summaries in the google doc.  After finishing filling in the box with summaries we then make a DLO. We then have to put our summaries on to the DLO. I made a summary. Sir Ralph sailed away he scoured seas for many day.

Our challenge was to unpack the story behind the 17 verses of the poem Inchcape Rock by Robert Southy. The part I found interesting was when Ralph cursed himself because I never saw anyone do that.

I found this activity great because it was interesting.

 

These Shoes Have a Story to tell

One day a boy named Jerald was walking down the road. He had found some dirty shoes filled with dirty water. He picked up the shoe and poured the water out of the shoe. Then he decided to take it home. He asked if his dad could clean the shoes and he said yes. After that day he went to school and he said to his friends. I am getting new beautiful shoes. His friends didn’t believe it was beautiful. Those shoes aren’t going to be beautiful, his friends said. Once his dad finished cleaning the shoes. Jerald came and was really happy when his dad finished cleaning the shoe. After that day the Jerald was excited to show his friends his new shoes. When Jerald came to school, everyone was surprised and shocked about his shoes. Some people were jealous because Jerald is shoes was amazing and magnificent. Jerald had people to be his friends and they all would always look at his shoes and sit next to him. Jerald had the best day ever and was very happy to have his shoes.

 LI: To use the 5 senses and personification to help us paint a picture with words. To understand that personification is to give an inanimate object human qualities

  • Our challenge was to co construct a text using personification and the senses to describe the story behind the shoes in this image. We sat back to back and weren’t able to talk… Half way through Mrs Anderson challenged us to include a rhetorical question and a simile or metaphor…
  • Once we had completed this part of the challenge we joined together with another group to share our writing and make sure what we had written made sense. 
  • After that part of the challenge was finished we used the punctuation points game to… We marked eachother’s punctuation against the points table. We then had a chance to check our own work against the points table. That was fun because every point our partners missed menat we could take a point off theirs.
  • I found this activity … because …

Down the Steps

I was walking through the forest as I came across a small cabin. Little did I know the cabin had a lot of secrets to hide… The door groaned open slowly giving me an uneasy sensation. I walked down the stairs and I caught my auditory senses snapping at my ears as I heard a peculiar sound. That very sound was so loud it sent shivers down my spine. “WHAT IS THAT HORRIBLE SMELL?” UGH!! I said, I could smell mold coming from the stairs as if someone or something had been here before. I quickly noticed the walls were closing in on me. I struggled to make my way through the walls as they were closing in faster and faster, my claustrophobia got the better of me,  but luckily I made it. As I got closer to the sound it got louder and louder. I caught a glimpse of a shadow and red eyes glaring down at me as if it was prying at my soul. I turned around but the walls blocked all of my possible ways to escape. I looked back around again and the shadow was gone. I continued to make my way through the abandoned basement, I ran rapidly down the stairs. The figure screeched at me with a deafening tone. My ears struggled to maintain balance throughout the screech.

  • Our challenge was to co construct a text using the olfactory, auditory, gustatorial, visual and kinethetic senses to describe the story behind the shoes in this image. This time we were able to speak and sat facing our partners. 
  • Once we had completed this part of the challenge we joined together with another group to share our writing and make sure what we had written made sense and had met the language feature challenge.
  • I found this activity great because of how we worked together

Current Events

Today We were working on current events.

I were looking for places that had events in. I was looking for places that were interesting and wrote about it on my google maps. The most interesting thing that had happened was that an indian person has smashed 273 walnuts with his head.

I enjoyed this task because it was interesting to see what places had interestings things to happen.

CyberSmart | Blog Comments

Today for cybersmart I wrote a draft reply on a google slide. There are 3 types of comments that you can say to the blogs. First is you are greeting the blogger and being nice about their blog and what you like about it. Second is respond, when a person comments to your blog you respond a nice comment and answer the question. Last, you have to question the blogger about how they blog their post or asking a question.

I enjoyed this because it is nice to comment to a persons blog.

Procedural Writing

LI: to write a clear intruction that show how to make a hangi.

Today we unpacked how to follow and write a set of instructions. To do this effectively your instructions need to be explicit and the steps to follow ordered. Each step begins with an instructional verb and should be written in a way that is easy to understand.  I enjoyed this because I liked how the hangi was made in instructions.

Equipment needed:

  • a shovel
  • a lighter
  • hardwood like mānuka (because it’ll burn longer)
  • volcanic rocks
  • food tray
  • cloth bags
  • leaves
  • hook tool
  • gloves

Ingredients needed:

  • meat- beef, pork, lamb, chicken and ox.
  • vegetables – potatoes,carrots, taro leaves, pumpkin and kurma.