LI: to paint a picture with your words to describe the setting
To continue on our weekly topic which was online gaming we wrote a season description. In our DLO (Digital Learning Object) we described what settings are in Fortnite. A season in Fortnite is like a new version or updated version of the game. It was cool doing this activity and being able to collaborate with my friends.
L.I to create a profile about your skin
For our Distance Leanring activities we continued on our weekly topic which was Fortnite. Our task was to create a DLO (Digital Learning Object) about a Skin Profile. The task was to either make a profile on our favourite character from a game or we create our own Skin from Fortnite. It was fun doing as we were able to create a character using our own creativity as well as collaborating with our friends.
L.I to explin what vbucks are in 25 words
L.I. to use 6 sentences to set up the structure of a narrative
For Writing we continued on our topic of Manga and Anime. Our task was to make a six sentence story. Our six sentence story was based off of the manga and anime series One Piece. In our story we were talking about Luffys dream, his abilities, and his settings. It was fun doing this activity as we were able to collaborate with our friends.
L.I to write a goodbye/hello poem
This time for lockown writing we wrote a goodbye/hello poem. For this poem out topic was lockdown, it had ight line and you had to start each line with Hello Lockdown. After that we wrote something that we won't miss when we are in lockdown for example waking up early, in the line below that we wrote something we will miss whil in lockdown for example KFC. We did this until all the eight lines were filled and we had wrte what we would miss and not miss four times each. This activity was fun because we got to think about the pros and cons of being in Lockdown.
Lockdown
Hello lockdown
Goodbye waking up in the morning.
Hello lockdown
Goodbye walking to KFC with my friends.
Hello lockdown
Goodbye School lunches.
Hello lockdown
Goodbye Getting driven to soccer training.
Hello lockdown
Goodbye Having to wear School uniform.
Hello lockdown
Goodbye Play at morning tea and lunchtime.
Hello lockdown
Goodbye forgetting my PE gear when we have HIIT
Hello lockdown
Goodbye freedom
L.I to write a list poem
For lockdown writing this week we wrote a list poem. A list poem is where you list a bunch of different things about your topic. The poem uses repetition in the sentences in between the first and last sentences. It also does not have to rhyme so you can write anything related to your topic. A List poem is a fun way to write poems and I really enjoyed doing this activity because of that.
A Million list poem
A Million is the days it feels like in lockdown
The heartbeats we have
The number of possibilities
The words I’ve spoken
The number of times I have enjoyed a meal
The hairs on my head
A Million is the amount of times my mom has yelled at me to wake up.
LI: To edit our writing using DRAFT
This week for writing we wrote abstract noun poems in pairs. An abstract noun is something that exists but cannot be touched. Our abstract noun poem was about happiness. An abstract noun includes the 5 senses (Touch/ feel, taste, hear, see and smell), punctuation ( Capital letters, .), complex sentences, metaphors and similes After we finished writing our poems we used the DRAFT (Delete, Rearrange, Add, Fix, Talk) process to check our poem, with draft we can make correct errors in our writing.
L.I to write an abstract noun senses poem
Abstract nouns are nouns you can feel but can’t physically feel/ see, smell, taste, hear and feel. For example: Happiness is the key to my heart. A metaphor is descrigbing someting without using like or as. To write the poem we used the 5 senses which are Hearing, Smelling, Feeling, Tasting and Seeing.
L.I to use the ideas on your plan to write a narritive
THis week for writing we looked at narratives, a narrative is a story of a sries of events or experiences that can be fictonal or non fictonal. We wrote a narritive about a pair of shoes that were in a really bad condition. My partner and I wrote the narritive in first person. Before e wrote our narritives we had to ask our selves these questions about the shoes:
How did they get here?
What happened along the way?
How did they feel?
What did they see?
What did they hear?
What did they smell?
What did they touch?
Narrative:
New to old
LI: To use the 5 senses and personification to help us paint a picture with words.
LI: To devise a writing plan
LI: To use the ideas on your plan to write a narrative
There I was, old, abandoned and mistreated. I was left on the dark and dangerous streets all alone ownerless, But I wasn’t like this before.
Once I was prized possession of a young little boy called Jake. He wore me everywhere, to school, to the mall and even in his house. He wore me a lot, maybe a little bit too much.. The more he wore me the less durable I was getting. One day he put me on to go hiking with his friends, that was the last time he wore me.
One day, Jake went hiking with his friends where he slipped on a rock and he ripped me in half.He was so sad that he glued me back together. But it didn’t last. I thought it was all over, but fortunately Jake had another solution.
He took me to a shoe shop and he repaired me. When I was repaired I looked good as new. Old to new It was a miracle.
L.I to use and correctly puntuate dialogue dialogue when writing
This week we looked at dialogue and how to porperly use it. Dialogue is a conversation between two people in a book, text or play. To indicate dialogue you use speechmarks at the begginging and the end of the conversation. Dialogue is important because you can show what is heppening in the text instead of telling what is happeneing.
L.I to write a cinquain poem that describes 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 that 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 we made a poem about a athlethe you like.
LI: To use powerful words to describe a setting so that it paints a clear picture in the mind of the reader
This week for writing we looked into settings, The setting is a short description of a place which sets the scene and opens the door to begin the writing. Settings are important because it paints a clear picture in the readers head where the story is taking place. For our task we chose a picture and described it in ten words, after that we used as many of the ten words to write a short desctiption of that picture.
LI: To use the language features and structure of published poem to help use write our own poem.
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 words that describe a noun.
Adverbs are that modifies a verb.
LI: To recount a 5 minute snapshot of one experience you had at camp
High Up
At first I didn’t think much of it but I started getting scared every time someone went on before me. Before I knew it, my turn was up. As soon as I was given the green light I started, every step I took made me tremble in fear as I climbed up the. If I gave up now I wouldn’t feel a sense of accomplishment, So I kept going. I was now on the staples getting closer to my goal but it got trickier because I had to reach really far.
Then, I was on the last staple so close to the beam. It was a miracle, now the problem was how I would get on. I put one leg on the beam and pushed off the other, this was a make or break moment and fortunately I made it. When I got on I had a sigh of relief.
Next I had to walk all the way to the other side, this was a massive challenge for me because everytime I walked the beam started shaking, I was so scared I couldn't see properly. I took it step by step and finally made it to the other side. Now it was time to get off the beam, I was so happy. To get off, we had to sit down like we're on a toilet and then push off.
Now I slowly started descending as my group cheered me on, I was relieved to touch the ground. It was a great experience but I don’t think i'll be doing it again anytime soon.
LI: to use transitional vocab
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, our explanation was about our school's CARE values and why they are important for learners In PBS.
L.I to write an explanation
This week for writing we prepared for our writing test. We did this by writing and explanation about why it is important to make wise choices with the topic of our choice. In my explanation I talked about drugs, why people take drugs and the consequences.
Drugs are a substance that is not food, water or oxygen, like most things there is a good and a bad side to drugs. The good types of drugs help people get better and support the body, these types of drugs include Panadol, Antibiotics, asthma inhalers, etc. The bad types of drugs cause people harm, it causes brain damage, changes their appearance and causes them to hallucinate ( Imagine something that is not actually there)
People take drugs usually because they want to forget something, but the effects wear off after a certain amount of time. That causes people to want more therefore getting addicted to them and that leads to bad choices being made. In New Zealand there are three different classes of drugs, Class A, Class B and Class C. These classes are different levels of drugs, they all have different consequences. You can get punished for having them in possession or making them.
If you are caught with A class drugs which are the most harmful drugs you could spend up to six months in jail, getting caught distributing them you could spend life in prison. With B class drugs you can spend three months in jail, distribution of these and you could spend 14 years in prison. Getting caught with C class drugs will make you spend about three months in prison as well, distribution of these drugs and you’ll be spending eight years in prison.
As you now know drugs can be good or bad, Some countries aren't as generous though, having drugs in countries like Indonesia will get you executed. It comes up to our choices that can prevent us from going the wrong way.
