Six Sentence Story

 LI: Use 6 sentence storyto set the structure of a narrative.

To help us put our learning this week together we were asked to write a 6 sentence story. This story will be used as the text in our manga comic DLO. Our storys were about an anime charater of our choice. I chose Amira, she is the charater I have made up and drawn for my other activities. This story is about her walking in an alley way and then fights someone in the same alleyway as her. I found this task very fun because I had used my imagination to tell people the story of Amira and what happened in the alley.

Cinquain Poem

LI: To write a cinquain poem to describe an anime character

   

 This week we have been exploring the world of anime and manga. Our challenge today was to write a cinquain poem to help us strengthen our connections to description that describes our favourite anime/manga character. 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 taht 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.

My Culture Is ...

LI: To understand different types of poems.

This week for writing our focus was about learning different types of poems. The type of poemwe learnt about today was a list poem. List poems are a simple way to get into poetry writing that can be based on ideas that are familiar to you. They can also be based items,people,places, or ideas.List poems don't require rythm and uses repetition. My list poemis about my culture.

Abstact Noun Poem

LI: To edit our writing using draft.

This week for writing we have been learning about abstarct poems. In writing we have two parts to our task, for the first part of the task we wrote a abstract noun poem in a group, for the second part of our learning we wrote another abstract poem in pairs. Our poem was about beauty. After writing our poemwe needed to proof read our poem. When we proof read our poems we use DRAFT. DRAFT is a acronmy that we use in writing.DRAFT stands for Delete, Rearange, Add, Fix & and Talk. In this poem we also used puncuation, metaphors, similes, the 5 senses, and an abstact noun. The 5 senses are smell, taste, hear, touch - felling & see. I found this task very intersting because learning about types of poem will help me with my writing.

Life

LI: To write a abstract noun senses poem.

Today we had a writing task with the whole classroom for Abstract Noun poems.An abstract noun is one that refers to an idea, quality or state.A metaphor is a comparison of two things, saying one thing is the other without using ‘like’ or ‘as’.An example of abstract noun is the poem myself and my group put together by working together and learning from each other. For this task we also needed to know what the five senses are, they are smell, touch, taste, hear, see.In this activity we learnt how to understand what a metaphor is and how we use them writing.We worked in groups to collaborate on our task.This task was made into a powerful eye catching DLO.Something we found interesting about doing this task was learning how to properly structure a abstract noun poem.

Shoe Narrative

LI: To use the 5 senses and personafication to help us paint a picture with words.

Today for writing we have been recapping about how to write a good narrative. A narrative is a made up story that people tell. With a partner we planned what the story was going to be about, and use that idea to write a good narrative. The structure of the narrative is TOPES (Title, Orientation, Problem, Explain, Solution, and Mora/Coda). Something I found interesting was that it is better to plan instead of just writing a narrative because you can look at the notes for a guide. 

Dialouge

 LI:To understand how to use and correctly punctuate dialogue when writing.

This week we have been learning about dialogue. Dialogue is at least two or more characters talking with each other. We need to understand how to correctly write dialogues.When someone is talking in a piece of writing you need to put speech mark in the beginning and in the end of the dialogue. When writing a dialogue between two characters or more, we use speech marks (“”). I found this task very intersting because I got to have a refreasher about dialouge and what dialouge is all about.

Cinquain Poem

LI: To write a cinquain poem that descirbes a polar bear.



 

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 taht 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 I learnt a new type of poem that describes something or someone.

A Moment In Time

LI: To use the language features and structure of published poem to help use write our own poem.
 

We looked at the laungauge 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 decribe words and adverbs are when you decribe words. I found this interesting because I got to use powerful words that decribed how I felt and it decribed my emotions.

Setting

LI: To use powerful words to describe a setting so that it paints a clear picture in the mind of the reader

A setting is the place, time and environment of a story to help a reader make a connection to your narrative you need to use your words in away that helps them form a picture of what you are describing in their mind.
To do this we looked at an image and thought of 10 words that described and showed what we could see. Once we had thought of the adjectives or adverbs we used our smart searching skills to help us find synoymns that made our descriptions clearer. I found this interesting because I got a reminder about setting and how powerful a setting can be when you use the right type of words.

5 Mintues Of Camp

LI: To recount a 5 minute snapshot of one experience you had at camp

It's A Miracle

 “You can start climbing”.Getting the signal made my head go crazy with thoughts of myself being meters off the ground while only three people were there to support me, was I going to put my trust and faith in them hoping they’re ready to keep me safe and secure. I made my way up one of the metal rungs of the ladder. I could feel my palms getting sweatier as one foot moved up onto the metal staples. Others before reached the top and achieved their goals and that motivated me that one by one I made it to the part where I was going to walk across the beam with only the rope there to hold me in place.

I went pale as I was hugging the pole that I just climbed up. I could feel the wind strongly pushing myself towards the end of the beam. I started walking  with only the rope to hold onto. I felt my soul leaving my body as I walked across the beam.  I didn’t look down because I knew I would freeze in fear. Almost reaching the next pole made me want to run but the mud made my job walking across the beam a whole lot harder. I stretched my arm so I could reach the pole at the other end. I sighed a big relief when I had something else to hold onto instead of the rope.

I turned around getting ready to walk half way on the beam so they could lower me down. My fear came back making me unsure of me coming down with only three people holding the rope. I had no choice but to walk half way and come down, so each step going to halfway was scarier than the one before that but I made it. It was time to come down but I looked down from my position and I froze in fear. I could hear a little voice coming from below saying “sit on the beam with your leg facing the trees and your back facing the cabins. I have never felt more safe in a harness. I sat down and faced my feet to the trees. They started bringing me down, and I could feel myself being lowered by the people below me.Being lowed made me feel so safe like I was napping on a bunch of marshmallows.


I reached the ground and I sighed as I felt the comfort of the ground beneath my feet. I felt so proud of myself. It was an experience that I will never forget.

Last week we went to camp at Kokako Lodge. My 5 minute snapshot shows my personal voice and I have tried hard to paint a picture with my words to describe what I was doing and how I felt.

I found this activity fun because I got to express my emotions about what I did and what I acomplished at the duration at camp.

Culture Is...

LI: To write a TEEL Paragraph

For this task we were learning about what culture is. First we would brainstorm what culture was to us in groups then share our ideas with the whole class room. after that we had one big brainstorm cloud our what culture was on the white board. After that we had to make a describing wheel about culture. After we completed making the describing wheel we needed to make a TEEL Paragraph about culture. I worked with Bella. I found this task very fun because I got to learn more about culture and made deeper connection to our learning my my friend I was working with.

TEEL Paragraph

LI: To understand how TEEL paragraphs can help us structure our information and ideas in a paragraph

We use paragraphs in our writing to expand on an idea. In LS2 we use the TEEL acronym (Title, Elaborate, Evidence and Link) to help us structure our thinking. The example on my DLO shows our Explanation using the TEEL structure and a little bit about how the TEEL acronmy helps you and what it does to improve on your explanation writing. I found this task very interesting because since we just started back at school our minds may have forgotten a bit when we went into our holiday, so it was very fun jumping back into our learning and remembering how to do things.

Illustrated Story

LI: To write a pourquoi (tell me why or how) story that paints a picture in the mind of the reader.



This week for writing we were learning about quoquoi stories. Quoquoi writing tells people how or why something works or does.Our challenge this week was to create a pourquoi story that we would illustrate and share with our junior classes. A pourquoi story tells us why something is the way it is. Our story tells why/how the snakes got it scales. This morning we shared our stories with Room 2 and Room 4, and they loved listening to them. I really enjoyed sharing our animation because I think our story was really intersting.

Art Colouring Book : Step It up Challenge

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The elements of art is one of the most important things you use when doing art. When I combine all the elements I create a very good picture, art, or painting.Using the elements  of art included lines,shape,form,texture,colour,space, and value. 

Lines a used of some hard piece of surface. Their are many types of lines such as, wavy lines,straight lines, and many more. When the lines are put together they form a shape. Shapes come in all types of sizes, they can also be geometric when lines are put together. When shape are used they create type of forms.
 
Shapes have many different types of form when used.Space is the amount of height and width you have between your art,painting, or picture.Space is one of the most things you need when you are doing art.Colours are one of the most expressive element of art. It is also used when you are showing space. Value is the lightness or darkness of a colour. When a dark or light colour is together they create contrast with form texture. Texture is how the art feels. It could be rough,soft,smooth.

Art is all about the elements. In one of my art I used some of the elements of art. Some of the elements of art I used was space,line,shapes. Using these elements really helped me with my art, for example one of my art was a bunch of lines together forming a shape. I used lines,shapes,space, to create my painting.

Combining the elements of art is one of the most important part when doing art. Such as having the right tools, paper, and a right place you could do it in. Even when you paint lines it still includes the elements of art. Showing the elements could really bring detail and could also express the story behind it. 

This morning we tried one of this year’s Kick Start Summer Learning Journey activities. The purpose of this task was to experiment with colours by mixing colours from the original palette with pop colours. This allowed us to recolours famous painting or images of landmarks around the world.For this task we were asked to make a T.E.E.L paragraph about the step it up challenge we have been doing. T.E.E.L stands for topic starter,eleaborate,evidence, and linking back to the topic starter
 

Writing :Why is it important to use our PBS CARE values?

 LI: To write an explanation using .T.E.E.L. paragraphs

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.We were practising on how to be writing a explanation for our test. We used the acronym T.E.E.L to help us understand the structure of writing a paragraph.We were asked to make this a collaboration piece of work. We also tried

to use transitional vocab to make our writing more understanding.We made a recording of the explanations.I found out that having the acronym T.E.E.L really help us make our piece of writing more better.

10 - 5 - 7 - 10 - 10 | Writing

 LI: To use the 5 - 7 - 10 method to write creatively.

Today for writing we used the 5 - 7 - 10 method but instead of doing the same thing we already did we changed it a bit to help us write more properly. We extended the method by having a 10 minutes planning time before we start writing the actual writing then it was the same routine 

5 - 7 - 10.Then we added another ten minutes so we could use D.R.A.F.T. This way of this method was really great especially the 10 minutes to plan because I got to brainstorm my ideas and to write words down. 

Meaning 

D - delete

R - rearrange 

A - Add

F - Fix 

T - Talk 

Sunset Climber 

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Lara‌ ‌jean‌  ‌was‌ ‌looking‌ ‌at‌ ‌the‌ ‌horizon‌ ‌sunrise.‌ ‌Lara‌ ‌jean‌  ‌was‌ ‌only‌ ‌23‌ ‌

when‌ ‌she‌ ‌wanted‌ ‌to‌ ‌see‌ ‌her‌ ‌whole‌ ‌town‌ ‌but‌ ‌to‌ ‌do‌ ‌that‌ ‌she‌ ‌would‌ ‌have‌ ‌

to‌ ‌climb‌ ‌the‌ ‌only‌ ‌mountain‌ ‌in‌ ‌her‌ ‌town.‌ ‌Lara‌ ‌jean‌  ‌was‌ ‌climbing‌ ‌since‌ ‌she‌ ‌

was‌ ‌five‌ ‌years‌ ‌old‌ ‌so‌ ‌she‌ ‌knew‌ ‌what‌ ‌she‌ ‌was‌ ‌up‌ ‌against.‌ ‌She‌ ‌had‌ ‌

everything‌ ‌pack‌ ‌she‌ ‌needed.By‌ ‌the‌ ‌time‌ ‌she‌ ‌started‌ ‌it‌ ‌was‌ ‌getting‌ ‌

colder‌ ‌and‌ ‌colder‌ ‌the‌ ‌higher‌ ‌she‌ ‌went.‌ ‌

 ‌Lucky‌ ‌she‌ ‌had‌ ‌two‌ ‌sweaters‌ ‌on‌ ‌and‌ ‌a‌ ‌jacket.Her‌ ‌muscles‌ ‌strength‌ ‌

were‌ ‌tiring‌ ‌out‌ ‌but‌ ‌what‌ ‌kept‌ ‌her‌ ‌going‌ ‌was‌ ‌believing‌ ‌that‌ ‌if‌ ‌she‌ ‌could‌ ‌

climb‌ ‌this‌ ‌mountain‌ ‌she‌ ‌could‌ ‌do‌ ‌anything‌ ‌to‌ ‌help‌ ‌people‌ ‌and‌ ‌help‌ ‌herself‌ ‌

in‌ ‌doing‌ ‌things.She‌ ‌was‌ ‌only‌ ‌half‌ ‌was‌ ‌when‌ ‌she‌ ‌stopped‌ ‌and‌ ‌thought‌ ‌of‌ ‌

the‌ ‌consequences‌ ‌if‌ ‌she‌ ‌had‌ ‌lose‌ ‌her‌ ‌grip‌ ‌and‌ ‌fell‌ ‌of.‌ ‌Would‌ ‌I‌ ‌survive‌ ‌?‌ ‌

Would‌ ‌I‌ ‌be‌ ‌scared‌ ‌for‌ ‌the‌ ‌rest‌ ‌of‌ ‌my‌ ‌life‌ ‌from‌ ‌this‌ ‌memory‌ ‌or‌ ‌would‌ ‌this‌ ‌ ‌

trip‌ ‌remind‌ ‌me‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌breathtaking‌ ‌view‌ ‌that‌ ‌made‌ ‌me‌ ‌happy.‌ ‌

Lara‌ ‌chose‌ ‌to‌ ‌think‌ ‌about‌ ‌the‌ ‌trip‌ ‌that‌ ‌reminded‌ ‌her‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌

breathtaking‌ ‌view.‌ 

‌She‌ ‌was‌ ‌almost‌ ‌their‌ ‌when‌ ‌she‌ ‌was‌ ‌so‌ ‌tired‌ ‌she‌ ‌

nearly‌ ‌lost‌ ‌her‌ ‌grip‌ ‌and‌ ‌fell‌ ‌yet‌ ‌she‌ ‌pulled‌ ‌all‌ ‌her‌ ‌strength‌ ‌together‌ ‌

and‌ ‌she‌ ‌made‌ ‌it‌ ‌to‌ ‌the‌ ‌top.She‌ ‌was‌ ‌determined‌ ‌to‌ ‌make‌ ‌to‌ ‌the‌ ‌top‌ ‌and‌ ‌

she‌ ‌did.‌ ‌She‌ ‌looked‌ ‌at‌ ‌all‌ ‌the‌ ‌colour‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌sky‌ ‌that‌ ‌blended‌ ‌and‌ ‌

remember‌ ‌what‌ ‌her‌ ‌dad‌ ‌always‌ ‌said‌ ‌to‌ ‌her‌ ‌“‌ ‌never‌ ‌finish‌ ‌half‌ ‌way‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌

race‌ ‌until‌ ‌you‌ ‌complete‌ ‌it.”The‌ ‌scenery‌ ‌was‌ ‌so‌ ‌beautiful‌ ‌that‌ ‌she‌ ‌would‌ ‌

never‌ ‌forget‌ ‌this‌ ‌day‌ ‌onwards.‌ ‌

5 - 7 - 10 Writing

LI: To use the 5 - 7 - 10 method to write creatively.

This task was about using the 5 - 7 - 10 method to write a creative story. We were given a image to brainstorm an piece of writing using  the method our teacher gave us. The image that we had gotten was about a thunderstorm and people inside the windmill that are scared and frightened. I like this task because it showed me how to use this method in writing a creative story and what was challenging about this task was trying to make my story more interesting and creative. 


Lightning never strikes twice, does it?
That was the question that occupied their frightened minds as they crouched, huddling together, next the pile of dusty sacks in the base of the windmill...

My dad owned a windmill so he would send us their to do chores.We were just sweeping up the hay when all I hear is my brother DJ screaming. Then I see the thunderstorm right before  my eyes.There we were just hiding from the thunderstorm. My brother and I were terrified.

 This was the first time I ever in a witnessed a storm this big and terrifying. All I could think of was running back to our house in the storm but would we take that risk ? I know for a fact that my brother would never take that big of a risk. Because he is a shy an quiet person.

Why should I do ? My brother is behind me trying to not cry while I just sit their thinking what should I do? I have never experienced being in a thunderstorm so I wouldn't know what to do or if I have made the right decision.

 We always get back home a 6 : 30 but according to my watch we have 7 minutes until it’s 7 :00.
It’s now 7 :00 and we are still hiding in the windmill.The storm has just gotten worst. I’m worried because we aren’t at home and my parents are worried sick. Half an hour later and were still here.

Ancestor Poem

LI: To use literary Devices.

This DLO talks about my ancestors .We have created a poem about our family and ancestors.Everyone has wrote their own powerful poems.Our poems are packed with very very powerful words.We added word from our cultural words. We used our taonga in this poem.We had a few day to complete this task.In this task I really enjoyed writing poems about my ancestors.The phrase a like best is “I am proud to be a chapter in my family story” 

Word Cline : Cold

LI: To expand our vocabulary with powerful words and to find words that are stronger than others.

As we keep adding to this word cline words go to boring to more powerful. they can help build our vocabulary and gives more meaning to what we write when we use powerful words. The words go from boring to more powerful as they go up. Word clines are five words that are boring then when you go up your words become more and more powerful.

Here are the examples :

Example 1 . This Morning is was cold.

Example 2.  This morning was so chilly that I had to drink a hot cup of coco.

Example 3. This morning it was so icy that i felt like i couldn’t move in the cold weather.