Poetry Friday

Kia Ora,
Everyone This term every Friday we have been doing poems in our class. Last Friday we wrote a bio poem about our selves.

Digital Learning Object

Learn: The difference between prose and poetry.

Create: A DLO which shows short texts sorted  into two groups; prose or poetry
and which includes at least one image.

Skittles

                                              Kia ora
 This week we did an experiment with skittles. We stuck skittles in a bowl then poured warm water into the bowl and watched the colours spread through the water.

SKITTLES🍬

Colours spreading  every which way through warm water. Sugary goodness full of different flavors in each ball .The hard surface of the skittles slowly going soft and gooey as they meet the warm water . As the wind blows the most delightful smell found my nose as I sat there watching the skittles bob up and down.

  

Zoofari

Kia Ora
This week we went on a zoofari trip to Auckland zoo. We slept the night in the old elephant house.We also went on a night walk to see all the animals at night and were so lucky because we got to see the cheetahs on their morning walk.

I am working on an animal report on white rhinos. There were two white rhinos at the zoo but I only got to see one of them. Its name is Zambezi .It was much taller than I thought it would be. My favourite animal  is a hippo but sadly the hippos at Auckland zoo had died just a few months ago. I had so much fun at the zoo and I was very sad to leave.
 Ka kite ano

Here are some photos.

Animal report

Hola omegos

We did animal reports in our class recently. I did my animal  report on White rhinos. There were a lot of animal reports on zebras and big cat. I hope you like my report thank you.

Do you know the difference between white rhinos and black rhinos .The major difference is the shape of their mouths. Black rhinos developed a pointed lip which they use to pick fruit from branches and select leaves from twigs; white rhinos have a flat, wide lip to graze on The white rhino is an endangered species there biggest threat are poachers the  poachers take the rhinos horns and sale them on the black market.A rhino's horn is worth 300,000. Rhinos are also threatened by habitat loss. Did you know that 2 rhinos were killed each day in 2011,

White rhinos are native to Africa. They live in the African grassland and savanna. They live in the African grasslands because it suits their diet White  rhinos mainly live in South Africa, but they can also live in Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe.

Kelly Tarlton's

This week we worked in our writing teams to write recounts using hooks, similes and metaphors. We have a good team!

Kelly Tarlton’s

“Hurry up! Get in line!” screeched the teacher as we all piled into the bus. The bus started with a big bang then  we headed off. I glanced out the window to see the beautiful sights. Our chattering made the bus sound  as loud as a cage of giant elephants. Suddenly silence fell over the bus,we were there.

Have you ever slept with the sharks before? That’s what we were planning to do at Kelly Tarlton’s. We stumbled in like a bunch of big fat rhinos. There stood a man with snowy white hair wearing fine-looking clothes with the politest smile. We went silent as he stood in front of us. He was so still he was a statue. “Hello class. My name is Jacob,” he announced with a bold voice. “Come this way,” he said with a sway bellow voice. We walked in silence following him.

Thump! Thump! Our feet banged on the ground like a jumble of giant clashing boulders. The roof above us was a clear tank full of vicious sharks, deep-blue stingrays and cute jellyfish. A light blue shadow flicked by me. “What was that!”I said in shock but no one took any notice of me. I was the invisible man. We carried on down the huge hall.

                                      

After we got into our sleeping bags we tried to fall asleep but the passing sharks kept throwing ghostly shadows that haunted the night. I couldn’t sleep. All I could think about was the shark tank breaking and sharks munching on us. Finally, after a very long long night it was time to go home so we packed up and headed to the bus. “GoodBye! Thank You! “ we yelled and hopped into the bus.

 

Using similes and metaphors.

This week we have been learning to use similes and metaphors in our writing

Writing goals

I am at level 2a but I want to get better and get to a higher level by the end of the year 

Shipwrecked

We have been learning how to write narratives. Here is a narrative I have written.

SHIPWRECKED

One morning Phoenix found herself floating on a piece of wood in the middle of the sea. Luckily Phoenix saw an island ahead so she swam like she meant it. As she got closer she could see the island more clearly and it looked clean like people had been looking after it. It had trees, coconuts and some little houses.

When Phoenix landed on the island she ran around the looking for someone, anyone that was around. Phoenix found two people in a house cracking coconuts. Phoenix thought she knew the people somehow, then it clicked the two people in the house were Tessa and Ariana. They were Phoenix’s best friends all through school. Phoenix decided to stay with them. They made something to sail back to the island that they sailed from.

From that day she went fishing and swam while the others cooked and cooled coconuts and mangoes. One day a strange ship was heading for the island. They got ready for battle and created weapons. 

When the strange ship arrived they headed for them and began to ambush them on the shore. But then one yelled, "STOP! we have brought you presents. They dropped their weapons and said looked up. "Who are you?" said Phoenix. I am Bob, I'm Steve. I'm Stowy. I'm Gary. I'm Kevin. “You guys were my crew mates,” said Phoenix. "Yes we were,” said Bob. "Come and have some mango and coconut water with us," said Phoenix.

After a couple of days exploring the island Phoenix and her crew mates sailed home.

 

Autumn - camoe

Showing our Writing Process - Write Draft / Edit and Polish / Publish

Written Language - Cameo

Learning Intention: I am learning how to use appropriate and effective similes in my cameo writing.

Success Criteria:

I am able to find and highlight similes in a cameo and explain why they work.

I am able to write appropriate similes for objects in my cameo.

Here is an example: WINTER

Winter blows its cold breath everywhere.

The early morning frost greets you like being welcomed onto the marae.

The wind howls in the freezing air like a stray dog hungry for a bone.

Snowflakes flutter like leaves falling from autumn trees, covering the ground with a white sparkling blanket.

The trees become bare, brown bones standing like statues admiring the view.

Heavy rain falls from the sky like a thousand hooves pounding against the ground.

Chilly bitterness in the air, winter is here.

Here is my draft piece of writing!

 

                                              Autumn

The leaves make a colourful  blanket across the ground.

The leaves flutter to the ground like a piece of paper.(Do you need this one!!)

The leaves crunch under my feet as I run like a tiger.

Leaves skater everywhere in the wind.

Frost covering the ground slowly

Leaves flutter to the ground like a snowflake making a blanket.

The wind holes like a wolf that has lost it’s pack.

The trees stand like a statue.

Dew spotted everywhere like the spots on a spotty dog

Frost everywhere,  has finally come!!!!

Here is my published piece of writing

                                 Autumn

The leaves make a colourful  blanket across the ground.

The leaves crunch under my feet as I run like a tiger.

Leaves scattered everywhere in the wind.

Frost covering the ground.

Leaves flutter to the ground like a snowflake, making a blanket.

The wind howls like a wolf that has lost it’s pack.

The trees stand like a statue.

Dew spotted everywhere in the grass.

Frost everywhere has finally come!!!!

Chromebook Day

                           Chromebook Day

Have you ever had a chromebook? I have and here's my story about getting my chromebook. I was so excited. Today was the day we got our chromebooks. It was a nice day.  The sun was shining into the room. Matua Ken stood up and said his speech.  Then the countdown started.  “10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Go!” shouted the school. We tore our ribbons and boxes. Finally we got into our chromebooks. “Yeah!” shouted room 1 again. What does yours look like?

                    I  love my chromebook!