Tongan rugby league team! - My letter.

Today, I'll be writing a letter to the Tongan rugby league team!

To whom it may concern, 

I am writing this letter to you firstly to congratulate you guys for making it this far! Judging by the score I could tell it was a tough game, You guys did well to keep with England. Unfortunately I couldn't attend the game due to chaos before and after the game but I did show my support and appreciation
right at my house! It was really heart-breaking and disappointing to hear that Tonga lost, Especially when the referee didn't call the try.   

Obviously like many others around this world, I do believe Andrew Fifita deserved that try. It was a clear 1 on 1 strip, Fifita scooped the ball back up and successfully crossed that try line. It was an amazing act as to the Tongan team only scored 4 tries in under 7 minutes but clearly we don't support of what Matt Cechin (referee) did.

Us supporters believe that we won in our hearts, No matter what we're still proud of how you guys went. Especially being able to make history! 

Koko the ape: Can apes really understand American sign language?

WALT: Finding evidence in a text, Use the process of elimination to find the "best fit" answer.


During Week 1 - 2 our class has been learning towards comprehension work, finding evidence that supports our answer in the text. For an understanding of what we've been taught, We were given a task to read an article about Koko the ape. We were given questions to answer with sentences in the text. Check the presentation above to see what I've been working towards.

Elections 2017 - Week 7&8

WALT: Reflecting - Understand how the ways in which leadership of groups is acquired and exercised have consequences for communities and societies.


Throughout the last few weeks of school, We've been learning about politics and the elections. We decided to create our own game with limited stuff with One ball, Two hoops and a skipping. Our class was divided into 3 groups. Read the presentation above and see what we come up with.

Speech - Thoughts.

WALT: We are reviewing how to produce a quality blog post and comments.

Last Friday team 5 had three students from each class present a speech that they've been working on for the past four weeks. We called it "the finals" for saying speeches, It was an amazing experience while

watching other students around my age present their speech so confidently.

Most appealing to you? and Why?

From my perspective, Amelia Feleti's speech was the most appealing to me. Amelia's speech was about how her grandma passed away and she realized that her job wasn't the reason why she was happy, It was because her grandma was able to see Amelia and her siblings everyday. She used descriptive words which made it more interesting for me to listen, I personally think it was emotional for her to read but she had enough confidence to push through and continue on with her amazing speech. I definitely think she has a chance of winning the speech contest.

Which speech was the most entertaining? Most thought Provoking?

Mubashshir Shafil was the most entertaining from my point of view, He had funny points/reasons and also added a little of actions to spice it up. Mubashshir speech was about: If I were a president for a day, He'd do many things while becoming one as he is a president for just ONE day. Muba had plans, He would show his kindness around and make sure others get the same amount, People are treated the
same and not valued differently just because of the way they look. I reckon Mubashshir had a lot of reasons and it did give me thoughts of what I could of done.

If you were to give another speech in literacy what are 3 things you would work on improving?

If I were to give another speech I would work on my topic, reasons/points and projecting my voice louder. I thought my topic was good but not interesting enough for others to listen to, I needed to work on explaining my points more and add a little bit more  of descriptive words. I think I'll  need a bit more practice as I still find it hard to speak in a normal class of 20-30 kids.

Throughout this time it was a great experience to have, I found it interesting and entertaining as not one person didn't give up on saying their speech. From my thoughts I definitely think this would give them a perspective of what they would do with this talent in the future. Overall I thought it was amazing, Everyone was great!

Space Race - Week 1.

WALT -  Justify by selecting the evidence across a range of texts to demonstrate what I understand of the 'Space Race' and it's purpose.SUCCESS CRITERIA:  I will identify in my letter to opposition team their accomplishment by way of what I understand from text set.

This week's learning intention was "The space race." Studying about why and how the competition started in the first place, We answered question that we were given and had to study to have evidence for our answer.

Language Features!

WALT -  develop our knowledge on figurative language and understand their use within a text

Over the past two weeks we've been learning about Language Features! How it could be connected to a poem and so much more, We learnt the definitions of words, language features and poems. What's the story behind the poems? It all links up to the words the author uses in the poem. We had three texts to finish of this weeks learning intention. We developed our knowledge on figurative language and understand their use within the three texts we were give.

Plays and Poetry.

WALT - Analyse and Adapt spoken texts with expression and confidence


In this weeks task we had to analyse texts and their expression and confidence towards speeches, We learnt about how people have different ways of saying speeches and how it could get around to people. Some people aren't really use to saying speeches and being honest I am one of them at times. Plays and Poetry are our main focus for this week.

Biogas

WALT -  Evaluating - I gather, and synthesis to evaluate information across a range of texts

In this task we we're given to learn the different aspects of gas. I learnt how gas was use and where it comes from, In this reading text I found out that just by using cow manure it could produce gas or gases. Clearly one of the ways we could use to power up energy again if there was ever a power cut. So what would you prefer?

My Idea of a fun weekend - Writing

What's your idea of a fun weekend? In Auckland, New Zealand there are many fun activities to do. To experience every beautiful thing around you. Lakes, Beaches and much more, You could possibly go anywhere while having the best time of your life.

My perfect idea of a fun weekend is waking up early to a big breakfast to kick off the day. Bacon, Eggs and a Milo for the drink. Such an exceptional way to fill your tummy, Delicious and yummy.  Always eat heaps, To have enough energy for the day ahead. Also drink a glass of water before going out, Keep hydrated and stay healthy.

The first activity  I would prefer doing is paintball, Paintball is just placed around the corner from the airport. It’s so fun running around and shooting your opponent, My aiming is pretty bad but at least I’m still having fun. You could possibly do this with any friends or family, As long as they don't kill your buzz of having a fun time.

I don't have much but I am sure that you’ll have the best time, Maybe you could tell me about your idea of a fun weekend. Remember, Their are a lot of things in New Zealand to do.

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Whats you idea of a fun weekend? Hanging outdoors with your friends or staying inside and spending quality time with your family. Their are many opportunities of having fun outdoors and indoors, Well this term one of our writing task was to explain what our idea of a fun weekend is to us.

Multi Text ll Water Worn II Making driftwood furniture II Coral reefs

Here is my presentation that I've finished off for the week, Inside this presentation it has multiple stories inside. First is water worn, Second is Making driftwood furniture and lastly Coral reefs, All these stories link up into one or more common things. We learnt about how each story included our Ocean and what it could do to it.

What now for the Rena? - Aoraki

What now for the Rena? What could possible things like Oil spills, Really it could do a lot of damage to our ocean. Not only our oceans get damaged but also sea creatures and birds. Maybe you could look at my presentation to see what Oil spills could do to our ocean.

Writing Results

Hello my blog readers, today I've received my scores from my writing test. From my perspective I think that I have done a really good job for a year 8 student. The things that I did great at is organisation, structure, ideas and spelling. Other things I need to work on is my vocabulary, sentences and punctuation. My score was marked a 4 - 5, I'm really proud of what I've scored.  As the picture on the right shows what I scored and the writing below are the comments from my teachers.

Water Crisis - Aoraki

 Predicting - I ask questions, skim and scan the text to decide what is important to make and refine predictions.


Water crisis in Auckland? Lately the weather hasn't really been good, Flooding has been caused and it may affect us. We'll have to save as much water as we can so we won't get to the point where we have to boil water from our tap in order for us to drink it. What would you change in your home to save water?

Water Worries - Aoraki

WALT -   I make sense of new information before, during and after reading by connecting it to myself, texts I know and my world

Today we're learning about the water cycle, We had to ask questions about this topic. We had to read an article and a journal to find evidence to support our answer. If you want to learn about the Water cycle, Look at my presentation or poster.

Re - Writing Instructions

Instructions should have clear, simple steps so you don’t confuse the person reading them.

Can you make these various instructions easier to understand?

Pick up an egg, gently hit it against the side of a bowl and empty the contents into a clean bowl.	Select an egg, lightly hit it against the side of the bowl. Then empty the contents into a clean bowl.
Open the fridge and take out the butter. Take off the lid. Get a knife and use it to scoop some butter. Rub the knife onto the toast.	In the fridge, take the butter out. Remove the lid, Grab a knife and use it to scoop the butter. Then brush the butter onto the toast.
Hold the two shortest sides of paper and bend them together. Squeeze them so that the paper is now in half.	Hold  two shortest sides of the paper and bend them together. Fold the paper, the paper now she be in half.
When you hear the sound of the whistle, move one leg in front of the other as quickly as you can.	When hearing the whistle, place one leg in front of the left leg instantly.
When player One had rolled the die, they should hand it to player Two, who should then roll it too. The person with the highest score moves their counter first.	When the first player rolled the die, they then should pass it on to the next player to roll it too. Out of those two with the highest score places their counter first on the board.
If you want to turn on the computer, look for the round, lack power button and press it once.	If you would want to turn the computer on, look for a round power button. When you´ve found the button then press it once.
Hold the handles of the scissors and cut along the dotted line, making sure you don’t hurt yourself.	Grip onto the handles of the scissors and cut along of the dotted line but make sure you are careful and don't hurt yourself.
Before you start mixing the ingredients, switch on the oven and turn the dial to 140 degrees.	Before starting to mix the ingredients, switch the oven on and turn the dial to 140 degrees.
Take the lid off the glue stick and rub the glue on the tab, being careful not to get any glue on your clothes.	Remove the lid off the glue stick and rub it on the tab, careful not to get any of it on you clothes.
When you have planted your seed, pick up the pot and move it it near to a window where it will get lots of sunlight.	When you´ve planted your seed, grab a pot and move it to a near window, Where it gets a lot of sunlight and fresh air.

States of Matter!

States of matter

Task

Work on this Doc together with a partner or in a 3.

Give three examples of each state of matter?

Solid	Liquid	Gas
Linked together	Watery	Unseeable
Dense	Flowing	Fumes
Compressed	Runny	Smoke

What’s the difference between the three states of matter?

Solids	Liquids	Gases
Solids are hard	Liquids are water and Runny	Gas is unseeable

Write 3 sentences explaining something new you learned from this reading.

From this reading I learnt that everything and anything around us is made out of Matter. Every single object we see or touch is matter, Matter is atoms and molecules combined. This (matter) is anything that takes up space and has mass.

On the following days we´ve been learning about States of matter, solids and gas are different. The difference between them is: Solid is the hardest of them all, Liquids is the wateriest of them all and Gas is invisible and untouchable compared to Solid and Liquid. Reading about these three things really interested me and told me why it was watery, why it was hard and why it was invisible. 

Is Ebola the same as the Black Death?

WALT: Compare and Contrast the differences between two texts


This week we´ve been learning about weather Black death and Ebola are the same or not. To me I think they are not the same, ebola and the black death are similar but they do have a lot of  different things. I´ve learnt a lot of things about Ebola and the black death, they have a lot of different things that were unexpected. If you want to find them out look in the presentation that I have made above.

The Black Death.

WALT: Compare and Contrast


Today in literacy we learnt about The black plague and how it could affect other people, we answered particular questions and compared the disease with the Zika Virus. These both are kinda the same but the death is deadly to humans. Check out what I've found out!

Sleep Sleuths

WALT: Apply the text
 
This week in literacy we are learning about How much sleep we need, we learnt about how older we get the less sleep we need. When we´re younger we need more and more sleep and as we get older when tend to need less sleep. I learnt more words in this text and had to answer the questions that had to apply to the text, My graph shows how yr 6 and yr 10´s sleeping needs are different. If you want to see my graph scroll through the presentation that is above.

My news article!!

Recently in Australia a super storm hit there country making it go viral. Heavy Rain and damaging winds have hit Queensland, New South wales and Tasmania over the past few days, making it hard for workers to get to where they need to go.

In this past few days only three have been confirmed dead near Canberra, NSW after this wild weather this long weekend.

A lot of residents have evacuated as the storm moves south. Many businesses and homes flooded with heaps of water from the rain. This has happened for the past few days.

A lot of people have been forced out of there house dew to danger, Including houses along Sydney's Collaroy Beach has been forced to evacuate out of their Multi-million dollar homes, which are now in danger by collapsing homes.

New Zealand's weather website told us we might expect it to approach New Zealand on Wednesday, with an average likelihood to have heavy rains around, Westland, Fiordland, the Otago and Canterbury waterways and buller over a few days.