Lightning Never Strikes Twice

WALT use adjectives and similes to describe a setting clearly

Lightning Never Strikes Twice

Aaaaaaah screamed the old fat cat lady outside as she woke me up from my sleep. I looked out the window and I saw IT! The MASSIVE Black cloud was flying above the windmill

I knew there was no time to run. The sky turned grey BANG! Lightning had put the cat lady’s house in to flames AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!! She repeated as her hair burst into flames. I hid under some boxes and acted like I never saw anything. I peeked out the window and I noticed another windmill opposite me I could see a slight figure of a girl standing at the window. Crack! The wind started to pull the windmill apart. It broke like a popsicle stick house. Suddenly I saw that the roof was falling and I knew that it was the end.

Welcome

Infographic - Reducing Waste In Our Lunch Boxes

Science/Social Science learning goals

We are learning to understand about the environments around
us and the negative of positive impact our actions can have on these environments.

Success criteria;

• identify some positive actions we can take at school and in
• our own lives to help our environment.

Literacy

Task: Create an infographic showing people how
they can reduce their waste in their lunchbox.   

Our co-constructed success criteria:

-Have a strong title/hook

-Use convincing language and images

-Have simple things people can do

-Use images (free to use)

-Use bullet points/ short sharp information

-Use correct punctuation and spelling.

Planet Chrome

Learning Intentions

I am learning to use language featu

res to make my writing interesting and engaging for the reader.

I am learning to use topic-specific vocabulary.

I am learning to include Te Reo Māori words in my writing.

I will be successful when I can show….

-I have used some language features to make my writing interesting and engaging (simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme)

-I have carefully chosen some topic specific words to include in my writing.

-I have used some Te Reo Māori

Focus

We are continuing to look at descriptive writing. This week you are writing a descriptive piece of writing to promote your imaginary planet. You aim is to convince people to move to your planet. You want your writing to allow the reader to be able to imagine what it is like on your planet.

First, we will look at an excerpt of a video describing the moon from the Avatar movie. Click here to get to video= Pandora.

Second, we will discuss together what you will need in your work to make it successful and look at how to plan our work. Then you will plan your work and check with a teacher before you start writing.

Third, do your piece of writing.

Fourth, complete you piece of writing. Remember to proof-read (check spelling and punctuation) and edit (does it make sense? do you need to change any sentences?) yourself and with a buddy and fill in your self and peer-assessment. Check it with a teacher.

My Writing

Planet Chrome

Planet Chrome is a planet in a ikarangi (galaxy) called Google. In Google there is a solar system called Gobnob in which Chrome is located.

In Gobnob there are not many planets. The planets are Chrome, Safari, Explorer, Drive, Kahoot and Yahoo.

On Chrome there are people called Chromainians.

Chromainians look like humans but they have 4 arms.

The Chromainians have high tech ships, cars, boats and drill machines and that is the way they get around. The Chromainians live in massive holes underground and most Chromainians live in groups.

75% of the Chromainians live in a big city called Chromainia.

Chromainia is exactly 7.76548921 miles long . In Chromainia there are about 260 skyscrapers.

To travel to planet Chrome you must freeze yourself in a meroririki (small) chamber and then you get moved into a waka (ship) that travels at the speed of light. The distance to Gobnob from Earth is nine hundred and eighty two billion two hundred and forty five thousand nine hundred and twenty one miles. By Nathan.  

Rocky Shore Black Backed Seagull/Karoro

We have been learning about the rocky shore and rocky shore creatures. Here is me, Korban And Tyler's work on a black backed seagull😃😊🐸

Learning Intentions for Science We are learning to understand that all living creatures have a life cycle. We are learning that living creatures have bodies that are designed to help them to live and survive.   We are learning that all living things are designed to live in a particular environment. We are learning to understand how food webs work. We are learning that in an ecosystem all living things and their environment are interconnected. We are learning to understand about the Rocky Shore and the impact, both positive and negative, we can have on this environment.

Literacy As part of our rocky shore unit we will also use our literacy skills to read and learn about the rocky shore and to write an information report on a rocky shore creature. Writing We are learning to write an information report about an animal. We are learning to use our writing skills across the curriculum.

Mr Garden

This term we have been focusing  on narrative writing. Here is my work.

My Sea Week Writing

For Sea Week we wrote about why the ocean is important. Here is my writing work. Please leave a kind, positive and thoughtful comment. Slides change every 10 seconds.😶😳😉😮😏😃😊.

My Taniwha-Writing

For the past few weeks we have been practising  using descriptive lanquage in our writing. We have been trying to 'paint picture with words.' We all got to invent our own taniwha.We all drew our  taniwha and then we had to write about our taniwha. After that we had to read it to a buddy and they had to draw it.  :)  :P  
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Create and Describe Your Own Creature

(Nogard - Taniwha)

WALT: be descriptive in our writing.  

Look at the description of a Nogard.  Now Create and describe your own creature that you will then be able to read to a buddy so that they can draw it.  Your description must be as detailed and clear as possible so that when you share it with others they will be able to visualise and draw you creature. Use lots of adjectives (describing words - big, small, round, green).

You must .....

• Have a name for your creature
• Start from the big things and work your way to the smaller things
• Describe the shapes
• Describe its neck, body, tail, wings etc.
• What does its head look like?Think about its eyes, nose, eyebrows, mouth, teeth
• Describe its legs/flippers/fins etc.
• What colours is it?
• Any extra details on the body like scales, spikes etc.
• Keep it simple and clear!
• Use correct punctuation and spelling.
• Check that your sentences make sense.

Remember that a good writer ‘paints’ pictures in their reader’s head with words.   This is what good descriptive writing does.  

Have you ever heard of a Chubbywha?

Well I have.

A Chubbywha is a dino-fish. It has a oval shaped body and three oval heads and a long tail with two red axe shaped bits on the end of it.

It has tiger stripes on its tail and body. His teeth are as sharp as a spear. On two of his heads he has three spikes. My taniwha has a green fin on the top of his big fat neck.

He has four big eyes. The tiger stripes are black and he has a golden body.

He has four short legs.

When my taniwha eats beans he does a

BIG BOTTOM BURP! It sounds like this PPPTTTHHH! Sometimes my taniwha takes me to The International Space Station! At The International Space Station we say hi to astronauts. He also takes me to the Milky Way to get a milkshake. My milkshake tastes like a dark chocolate milkshake.

   

Nathan’s drawing

Sasha’s drawing of my taniwha.

Peer Evaluation   Name of Peer: Sasha

What I think you did well: on describing what you do with your taniwha.  

What I think you could improve on: Put the main shapes in before all the little bits of detail.

Self Evaluation

What I think I did well: I think I did my piece of writing well because I described it well.

What I could improve on:  I think I could do more writing.

My Magic Box Poem