Poetry Recap

WALT: identify and emulate the rhyme scheme in a poem

Correcting the Essay

 

WALT: use the correct essay structure.

The Promise by Bernard Beckett

WALT: infer and make judgments about a text.

Finding my place

WALT: infer meaning from a text.

The Quest

WALT: infer meaning from a text.

Today we read The Quest by Leith Cooper. In it an old man was watching a football game. He ate an apple but his false teeth stayed stuck in it and he threw it away. He noticed his teeth were gone so he looked for it, but suddenly he was caught up in the crowds drama being played in front of him. When the last whistle blew the home town fans ran out celebrating. He heard a clatter from the beer can and he remembered his task. He kicked a half eaten apple and there laid his teeth, he picked it up and carried on.

Bus Stop

WALT: infer meaning from a text.

Saving Mcdonalds

Task Description: Today in Literacy we read a story and discussed what the story was about and what
we can do to understand sentences more.

The Milion Pound Bank-note (Part Two)

W.A.L.T: Respond critically to literature.

The 1 Million Pound Bank-Note

W.A.L.T: Respond critically to literaure.

The Tallest Tower

Today's task was to build the tallest standing tower using spaghetti sticks, a ball of string, tape and scissors. 10 minutes was given to build the tower. After building the tower, a marshmellow stands on the tip at the top of the tower. After 10 minutes, Mrs Stone came with a ruler and measured the tower. The Ihimaera group won with the tallest standing tower. The aim for the activity was co operation and collaboration.

My Fight

WALT: summarise key ideas from a range of texts.

Fake News !?!

WALT: Think criticaly about what we read.

Task Description: The task was to read an article and think critically if it was fake or not. I found the task easy. I wouldn't mind to do the task again.

Scandaloud Satire

WALT: think criticallly about what we are reading.

Task Description: I found the task mild challenging. For todays task we had to read a few articles and decide if it was factual or satircal (real or fake). I wouldn't mind doing a bit more of this.

In the News , Not all heros wear capes

In the News , Rocket Lab Launches

In the News , Fight against Wasps

WALT: Read an article to understand the main idea of the text and write a reflection with your reaction.

Time Capsules

WALT: We are learning to make sense of an event.

Its all bout the clause

WALT: Analyse the structure of a sentence.

The Art of the Sentence

WALT: analyse the structure of a sentence.

Why we should not move to another planet !

        Why we should not move to another planet !

Moving to another planet is a big risk for us humans to take. There have been other planets that have water on it and looks promising to live on, but however, if we were to move to another planet there would be many consequences. Gliese 581g was the first earth-like planet to be found orbiting its star.

What might happen if we were to go on a trip to another planet. One of the consequences is we may run out of petrol. Another life suitable planet may be many lightyears away. 1 light year is around 9.5 trillion km which will take a few years for us to travel. So ideally it is really not possible for us to travel to Gliese 581g at the moment. 

Although it is currently impossible for us to travel to another earth-like planet, if humanity still lives for many more years, and the technology improves 100x times better, there may be a chance to travel and live on another earth-like planet. 

Task Description: Create a short (paragraph) long argument explaining why we should/should not move to a new planet.