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Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Rubbish Poetry

Language Features: Alliteration, metaphor, ellipses

Haiku:

Plastic ruins us
Our animals will soon die
If we do not stop

Acrostic:

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Unique animals could die
Because of pollution
Bad things could happen
If we don’t stop
Sea animals could become extinct
Here is the chance to stop

Plastic kills animals
Or it releases diseases
Loads of rubbish is spread
Lots of it is in the sea
Unless we do something
To stop the plastic polluting
In a matter of no time
Our world could end at any minute
Now is the time to stop littering

Limerick:

There’s rubbish everywhere,
It could be in your hair,
Our animals will die,
With wind the rubbish can fly,
It really is a scare

Onomatopoeia Poetry:

Crunch, crunch, crunch,
The sound of a plastic wrap
Munch, munch

Metaphoric Poetry:

It is a disease,
It is a virus
It is a killer,
It is invincible,
It is a plane,
It is a polluter.

Poems with a twist:

Good people
Houses bright
Grass is green
Wind breeze relaxing
Birds tweeting

But rubbish hidden everywhere


Two weeks ago in Te Ngahere  we were learning to use the correct structure for a creative piece of writing. The theme had to be about rubbish, or Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. For language features I used: Alliteration, Metaphors, Ellipses and Onomatopoeia. I was working on these because I needed to evidence them. In my opinion I think I did well. Next time I think I need to work on Ellipses.

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Plastic

A couple of weeks ago in Te Ngahere we were learning to use the correct structure for persuasive writing. Our topic for the persuasive writing was’ Should we use Plastic bags in supermarkets?’ I am a believer that plastic shouldn’t be used in supermarkets.

Ezra

Plastic

What would you prefer, Plastic or no plastic? Most would say no plastic but there is also that other percent that would prefer plastic. I strongly believe that plastic bags should not be used in super markets. Here are my reasons.

Plastic bags are made from petroleum-based products. These release gases into the atmosphere which open a hole in the o-zone layer causing heat to rapidly increase. Because of the heat increase icebergs melt and water levels rise, which means sooner or later the earth could be flooded. People around the world have calculated, graphically, about how much of the earth will be consumed by water.

Natural resources, these are the best but soon will become the worst. Seafood to be precise is becoming more and more contaminated because of pollution. For example fish eat plastic that could be contaminated. Other fish could eat that fish. Then we eat that fish and we could get a disease or sickness. The pollution that eventually heads to sea contaminates sea life that we eat which basically can make us ill.

Then we have our reputation, the thing that brings tourists to our beautiful country. They support us with money because of the way we look. But if we continue to pollute and litter our homes and towns tourists will start to fade in numbers.

These are some reason why I think plastic bags shouldn’t be used in supermarkets not only for our environment but our reputation as a clean green nation.








Thursday, November 2, 2017

Visual Mihi


























Last week we started our visual mihi. Basically we had to make a google drawing and add pictures of whatever would remind us of the English version. We had to add pictures that would translate the mihi  into a visual mihi. For example I chose the bird “Kaka” because it’s featured in the first part of the mihi. This was supposed to help us remember what it means in English. It helped me quite a lot.

Friday, October 27, 2017

Writing goals

Last week in Te Ngahere we were identifying our next learning goals. We used a rubric sheet to mark our level. The levels that we were supposed to be at were 4, 5 and 6. I was five and six. The goals were : make my ideas original, so the reader can connect with them, strengthen my reflections (opinions) about my information.

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Math Goals

Last week in Te Ngahere we were identifying three goals that we needed to learn in maths. My goals were from both stage seven and eight Ican sheets. They were: Identify lowest common multiple of pairs of numbers to 10, compensation from tidy numbers and find equivalent ratios with a common factor or multiple. I chose these goals because I did not know them. The reason I want to achieve these goals is so that I can finish stage seven and eight.

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

William Pike

A few weeks ago in Te Ngahere  we read a book called “The Rep”. It was about a boy preparing to be picked for the rep team. At the end of the story the character was angry until he was told about a man who climbed a mountain with only one leg. His name was William Pike. WIlliam Pike lost his leg and got it amputated because him and his friend were climbing Mt Ruapehu when it erupted and rocks fell and crushed his leg.  He recently made a live stream talking about his adventure at Mt Scott in Antarctica. It was really interesting because even though he only has one leg he never gave up.

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

The Curse Of Being Pharaoh


In week one of term three we started an activity for reading. It was a story that came with the questions. Our focus was to answer a variety of questions. Also the story was called The Curse Of Being Pharaoh.

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Natural Disasters : Japan

Simple Sentences
Compound Sentences
Complex Sentences
Proper Nouns
Topic Sentence

Japan and its Natural Disasters

Japan has suffered the worst of natural disasters. The 2011 earthquake and tsunami hit. Or the 2004 earthquake and tsunami. Not only tsunamis and earthquakes but they have had typhoons, volcanic eruptions any etc. Can you guess how much damage they caused and the amount it cost to repair everything?

The 2011 earthquake that hit Tōhoku and spread over 200 miles. The earthquake itself reached up to a magnitude of 9.1. One of the biggest in the world. This then caused the 133 foot or 40.5 wave that caused damage over Miyako, Iwate and Tōhoku. Nearly 16,000 people died, over 6000 injured and about 2500 went missing.

Another catastrophe was Typhoon Muifa. This typhoon occurred on the 27th of July to the 15th of August. The typhoon was deadly as it had a speed of 259 Kmph. That's the speed of a supercar. The typhoon caused damage to Japan, Russia, North and South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan and Micronesia. 22 people died from this typhoon.

Lastly the eruption of Mount Sakurajima. The eruption caused black smoke that rose over 5000 meters into the air. This smoke spread over a one mile radius. The area was restricted. Lightning bolts were captured sparking around the smoke.

Japan is a lovely place to visit but beware of the dangers that can happen.

In week two Te Ngahere started to write reports. I finished my first one so I started my second one about natural disasters in Japan. My focuses were to use topic sentence, complex sentences and one idea in a paragraph.

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

For a couple of weeks Te Ngahere have been writing informational reports about a chosen country. The country I chose was Japan. We had to chose three or more sub topics. These were things about the country. If we finished we had to make another doc and choose one topic for the next report.

Japan

Have you ever visited Japan? Then you would know about their massive game-cons featuring Japanese games: dance dance revolution, pokemon, final fantasy and many more. Not just gaming but their amount of people who live in Japan. Except from that I am going to be stating information about gaming, leaders and sports.

Gaming
Their games they have created are amazing. Pokemon is one of the most addictive games around the world. Besides Pokemon they have one of the most rage inducing games ever, Dance Dance Revolution. People have broken walls because of this game. Soo many computers, laptops and desktops have been smashed.

Sport
Sport is popular in Japan as they have sumo wrestling, soccer, auto racing and etc... Sumo wrestling has been around for over one thousand years. The sport is held in Tokyo, Nagoya and Fukuok. The point of the sport is to either push the competitor out of the rind or to send the competitor to the ground. Soccer is another common sport in Japan that was introduced back in the 19th century.

Food
Japanese have many different foods. Sushi, ramen/ noodles and mochi/ food pills. These foods are common around the world but originated from Japan. Sushi is sold in many Chinese and Japanese restaurant with salmon, chicken or caviar/ fish eggs. Ramen can be served with a wide range of foods such as: beef, vegetables, pork, lamb, boiled eggs and many more. Last but not least mochi. Mochi is basically ice cream formed into a ball and has a treat inside.

Japanese people do a lot of things including sports, making games and eating food. There are different places you can visit. If you go to Japan you can visit the places they hold sumo slamming or try these delicious delicacies.

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Common and Proper Nouns

Last week Te Ngahere we had to make a google drawing about common nouns and Proper Nouns. We were learning about the difference between common and Proper Nouns. We had three columns, one had  person, place and thing. Second had common nouns. Mine were president, town and fast food. For the president, Donald Trump, town, Paihia and fast food, Carl's Jr.

Thursday, August 3, 2017

Maths Goals

Last week in Te Ngahere we started a google drawing explaining what we needed to learn in maths. We marked what we needed to learn off an Ikan sheet. We had to pick three things from strategy. My goals were stage 7 Unit fractions, find equivalent ratios with a common factor or multiplier No 1 and find fractions decimals and percentages of given amounts.

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Writing Goals

Last week in Te Ngahere we made a google drawing about our writing goals. Our WALT or focus was to identify our writing goals. We had to put the goals that we didn’t achieve last term and put them on the google drawing. Then we looked at a rubrics sheet to mark our assessment writing. We had to mark on organization and sentence structure. After that was finished we obviously had to check with the teacher.

Friday, July 7, 2017

On Monday we started making a google drawing about our learning in Te Ngahere. We had to show what we were learning in writing, reading, maths, inquiry and art. We stated what we were learning in that subject and had to link some pieces of work related to that subject. After that was finished on Thursday we had to present it in front of our parents. For me it was pretty nerve racking but I got through it. Next time I want to be more confident.

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Visiting The Treaty of Waitangi

On Tuesday last week the whole of Paihia School visited the Treaty of Waitangi. We played many many games that the Maoris used to do in the olden days. One game involved listening to your surroundings. The Maoris had to use this technique for hunting and defending. When there were animals or enemies they would hide and listen for any crackling in the trees or on the ground. This game was my favorite game that we played. Next year if we go I want to play this game again.

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

A few weeks ago Te Ngahere and Te Maunga drew Fidget spinners. We drew the fidget spinner on an A3 paper and had to fill the whole paper as much as we could. We were learning to use space, crayon and dye. We used different shapes to make different fidget spinners. My fidget spinner was just a normal three sided one. That week was really fun and I wish it could happen again with the next toy trend.

Monday, June 26, 2017

Making Ice Cream



Two weeks ago Te Ngahere made Ice cream. We had to answer a variety of questions Related to a story. We also had to have had everyone complete their learning plans in the ten minutes. Luckily we had completed that. After the ice cream was finished we were able to taste it. Next time i'll never put my lips one the side while salt is there.

Friday, March 10, 2017

                   The tangelo

As I peeled the skin off the tangelo it sounded as crunchy as a crunchy bar. I couldn’t wait to devour its juicy segments. It felt like I was running my hands over a mountain. It looked the sun about to burst into one thousand pieces. I tasted one of the segments and all I thought in my mind was YUM. About a dozen drops of orange juice squirted out and all I could smell was the tangelos insides.



I have been learning to write a piece of descriptive writing of a small part of what I did in the holidays. Our success criteria was:
Line 1 - What you were doing
Line 2 - Something that was happening
Line 3 - Something you did
Line 4 - Why you did it.
Then the rest we had to figure out ourselves.
I think that my description and adjectives was good but I could of worked on with not saying water as many times as I did. I maybe could have added more lines of description but it was pretty hard and I just gave up.