Rocketeer

 For the past few weeks, my class was writing a narrative about the Rocketeer. We watched a short film, and we had to create it as a narrative for our writing.

I enjoyed writing the 'Rocketeer'. I really liked watching the film as well. I also really liked adding some descriptive language. 

I didn't really find anything tricky.

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Dragon Slayer

 For the past few days, my class was learning how to structure narratives. A narrative is a fiction type of book. For our first narrative, we had to watch a film called 'Dragon slayer'. We had to write 'Dragon Slayer' into a narrative.

I enjoyed writing Dragon Slayer. I also liked watching the film.

I didn't really find anything tricky.

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Speeches

This week, my class were presenting their speeches. Lots of people chose lots of different topics and some of the topics were very interesting. My topic was about Mr Wolf.

I enjoyed writing and presenting my speeches. It took a lot of courage to get up infront of the whole class to say your speech!

I found writing my speech a little tricky, because I had to keep on changing bits and pieces in the paragraphs I wrote.

Here is a screencastify of me saying my speech!

Is Mr Wolf Guilty For First Degree Murder? Pt. 2

 Today we were writing our speeches on if Mr Wolf is guilty of first degree murder or not. I chose that Mr Wolf was guilty, because he attempted murder and many more things.

I enjoyed writing the speech if Mr Wolf is guilty or not. I really enjoyed explaining my opinion and researching. I also enjoyed reading various stories that included Mr Wolf.

I found researching a little tricky. Different sites said different things and I had to double-check lots of them. 

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Is Mr Wolf Guilty For First-Degree Murder?

 Today for writing in my class, we were learning how to use persuasive language. Because speeches were coming up, we were writing our speeches on if Mr Wolf is guilty of first-degree murder or not. Our teacher gave us a brainstorm to list 4 reasons why Mr Wolf is or not guilty.

I enjoyed brainstorming and 4 reasons why Mr Wolf is or not guilty with my classmates. I also really enejoyed listening and watching the different stories of Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad wolf.

I found brainstorming some of the reasons why Mr wolf is not guilty a little tricky. In the end my classmates came up with some ideas we could add to our brainstrom.

Here is my brainstorm!

Persuasive text

 Today for one of our lockdown learning tasks, we were learning about persuasive text. Persuasive text is something like a speech. In writing today, my class was learning how to write persuasive text. Our plan was about cats Vs dogs. I chose the cat side.

I enjoyed writing this persuasive text. I enjoyed researching the most, and extending my knowledge of cats. I also enjoyed attempting to persuade my audience into siding with me!

I found researching about serotonin a little tricky. I already had some prior knowledge from previous experiences, but I needed more evidence so I researched more.

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Lisa Carrington

For the past few days, my writing group was learning how to link paragraphs. The whole class had to choose a New Zealand athlete to write a report about. We first had to write some quick facts about our athlete, such as their name, date of birth etc.

Then after that,we had to write about their life and career. We had to put in what school they went to, their family, their hobbies and more.

After that we had to write about what sport they did and the sport's origins. The sport my athlete did was kayak / canoe sprint. My writing will tell you more about the sport.

I enjoyed writing the report about my athlete. The athlete I chose was Lisa Carrington. I also enjoyed looking up facts about her.

I found linking my paragraphs tricky. I did not really understand and I have not linked paragraphs before, so this was new learning for me.

Click here to read my report about Lisa Carrington! 

Here is my success criteria.

Report Writing

 For the past few days I was learning how to know when to use simple, compound and complex sentences. Our teacher said that we had to choose a native New Zealand animal to write about. It could be extinct or alive. One group was learning to paragraph, and the other group was learning when to use simple, compound and complex sentences in our writing.

I enjoyed writing a report about the Tuatara. The part I liked writing about the most was probably what it eats! It wowed me on how Tuatara sometimes eat their own young!

I found using complex sentences very tricky. I could not think of any that would fit in the areas of my Tuatara report. Next time I will try to include more complex sentences in my writing.

The animal I chose was a Tuatara. It is a native reptile to New Zealand, and it is related to the dinosaurs! I will tell you more about the Tuatara in my report. 

Click here to see my report! 

Student-Led Conference Invitation

 For the past few days, in my class all the groups were learning how to understand how to shape different texts for different purposes and audiences. This week, we were learning to write invitations to our parents for our Student-Led Conference. 

First, we had to claim a slide. To claim a slide, we had to randomly pick a slide from a giant slide deck, then we had to write our name on the slide so other people know, this slide has already been claimed by somebody.

Our teacher also showed us an example from her friend's daughter. You can view it here.

Next, we had to use a template our teacher provided us with, so we knew what to write. After we had written the invitation, we had to decorate the slide so it looked nice when our parents read it.

After that, our teacher printed our invitations out. She also printed out a piece of art that we've done somewhere throughout the year for our front cover.

The last and final steps were for us to fold the invitation, put it into a envelope and decorate the envelope so it looked nice when our parents recieved the envelope.

My digital learning object shows that I can embed photos from my chromebook into this blog post.

Here is my invitation for my Student-Led conference and my art!

Why do bears Hibernate? - explaination writing

 For the past few weeks, my class have been learning how to write explainations. We were split into two groups for our writing. One of the groups was aiming to include a diagram in their writing so that the diagram could help the reader understand more about the topic they were writing about. The other group was aiming to include a complex sentence in their writing. A complex sentence is when you put a phrase in a sentence, but you can move the phrase somewhere else.

There were lots of topics to choose from, but most people were stuck on their topic so our teacher gave us some suggestions. The topic I chose was, Why do bears hibernate? My teacher said that if you have the same topic as someone else, you could work with them and I just did that. 

I enjoyed writing about Why do bears hibernate? It was quite fun learning and experiencing new stuff on the way. I found researching tricky, because I did not know much about bears. Luckily, I had some guidance from my friend and teacher.

Have you ever done a piece of explanation writing? Tell me in the comments!

Here is my writing:

Why do bears Hibernate?

Introduction

Hibernation is a way when animals, such as bears, conserve energy to survive harsh weather conditions, or lack of food.

Do bears need food or water during hibernation?

Bears generally don’t need to eat or drink during hibernation. Bears rely on a layer of fat built up in Summer and Autumn months prior to hibernation. Waste is produced, but instead of disposing of this waste, bears recycle it. 

Why do bears hibernate?

Bears hibernate so they can survive without food. Bears will rely on their own fat. Imagine surviving on body fat while sleeping for 5~7 months without any food or water!

How long do bears hibernate?

Bears hibernate for a long period of time. They usually hibernation for 5~7 months! They wake up in the Spring when there is more food for them to eat.

Explanation by Camille S

Aurora Writing - Hook

 For the past few days, my group was learning how to use a hook to hook a reader in with our writing. We had to write just an introduction, so that is why the writing you will see below is not finished.
We first had to write the introduction/hook for our recount, then we had peer assesment. Peer assesment is when you have someone your age/close to your age do your assesment for you.

We also had a learning intention that guided us on how to hook the reader in. My learning intention was using onomatopoeia (sound), dialogue (talking), short, sharp sentences, and to describe the setting.
I think I did well with most of my learning intention, except for short, sharp sentences. My next goal is to master short, sharp sentences.

For our peer assesment, we had to read our writing to eachother and then we had to give our peer two medals and a mission. The two medals and a mission was based on our learning intention.
I enjoyed writing the introduction to my recount. I also enjoyed learning how to hook the reader and make them interested in my writing.

I found finishing my writing and peer assesment in time, because I wasn't here one day so I had to catch up! In the end, I ended up finishing my writing in time!

Did my writing hook you in? If not, please give me some tips in the comments so I can improve my writing!

Here is my writing!

Hopping out of my silver Ford, I saw Leyla walk out of her Nanna’s car.
“Hi Camille!” “Um hi..” “Are you excited?” “Um kind of” “Uh do you want a mint?”

“Okay.” The two of us walked to the huge, white church. Along the way, we stepped on crisp,

autumn leaves. Crunch, crunch. As we entered the large church, we ran up the wooden stairs.

The Easter Story

 For the past few days, my class was learning to summarise and make links between our paragraphs. Our task for our reading and writing was to summarise/retell the story of Easter. First we had to choose a partner to work with. After we had to write down our script. We had to write the events in order, from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday.
After we wrote our script, we made little puppets. We first colored them in, then we cut them out and taped them on little popsicle sticks. After we made our puppets, we recorded a screencastify with our puppets. 
I enjoyed making the puppets and recording my version of the Easter story, although it took 2 days or so.
It was a bit hard to read, record and move the puppets at the same time. The most challenging bit was that we had to re-do it so many times! There were also instances where we forgot to un-pause it and ended up making mistakes, which resulted in us re-doing our recording multiple times.
Do you know the story of easter? How do you celebrate easter with your Whanau? Tell me in the comments!
Here is me and my partner's version of the story of Easter!

Favorite toy

Today and Yesterday, my class was learning how to describe. My succes criteria was using metaphors. Metaphors are similar to similes but instead of 'like' or 'as' we replaced them with 'is'. I thought I didn't have any metaphors, but I actually had one! We first read a story from a person called Yasmin, then we used her template and wrote about our own favorite toy. The title had to be our toy's name. Then the first paragraph had to describe what our toy looked like.
Then, on the second paragraph we had to write what did we do with our toy when we were little and where it is now.
We used canva to publish our stories.
It was a bit tricky to use canva, but my one of my amazing, skilled classmates helped me along with some past experience with similar programs, I managed to finish it quite quickly.
I enjoyed using canva and trying something something new. I enjoyed writing about my favorite toy; Chocolate. I also enjoyed sharing with others what I'd done with him over the past few years.
My digital learning object shows that I can make a poster using canva.

What is your favorite toy? Is it a teddy? Perhaps a toy car or doll? What did you do with your toy when you were little? Tell me in the comments, I'd be delighted to read them!

Here is my writing!

Raven report

Today I was learning how to write a report about the Raven. The report was a bit hard to write because i couldn't really type that fast. I was also learning to extend my ideas by using examples, presiece adjectives, similes, and cause and effect. I think i did pretty good writing a report. I enjoyed using examples in my report writing. I also enjoyed changing the font so it would look nice and aesthetic. I think I did well on that too.

I found it challenging to type fast, as i mentioned in the first paragraph. I also found it hard to kinda spell words, but luckily, if it weren't for the spelling and grammar check in google docs, I wouldn't be able to spell. Next time I would maybe add a picture of the raven so the reader would know what animal i'm talking about.

Nau mai, haere mai

Nau mai, haere mai!

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