Holiday Writing

 Wednesday 20 October 2021

WALT:  Write a descriptive piece of writing that engages the Reader

School holidays and Lockdown number 2

Morena Koutou,  

1. Today and tomorrow you are asked to express yourself by writing your true feelings, about the exciting and not so exciting times during the school holiday break.  You are also asked to write a paragraph about  your thoughts on Covid-19.  Do you agree or disagree with the people protesting for their freedom to choose to vaccinate as opposed to this government's compulsory stance that all teachers and health workers must be vaccinated prior to 1 January 2022, if they want to continue to work in their chosen professions.   Thank you.

The holidays

During the school holidays the coolest day was when Mum, Dad, Toby, Jake and I went to Rangiputa.  Mum told Jake, Toby and I to “get ready for the beach!”  When we were ready dad shouted “Let’s take the Safari to the beach!”  We were at the end of Rangiputa and there was a wooden post stopping us from going the way and to make people go the right way but dad didn’t listen.  The first thing I did when we stopped was get dressed into my togs. I saw Toby, Dad and Jake run off so I sprinted to catch up with them,  on my way I spotted a wooden boat and three mallet.  At the end of the track Dad, Jake and Toby had already turned around. I just walked back, I went to my Mum and she suggested “have a swim?”   I put my toes in the water and it was ice cold Then Jake started splashing me so I jumped in I found a warm spot that I stayed in shrimps started going on me and then I caught one then I swam over to a deep part and there were some baby mallet that I tried to catch one but they kept on swimming away.  This lady came to give Dad a crawling  so we had to go. I jumped out of the water to get changed and to go.

Puheke     

I thought that we were going but when we went to Puheke we were the only people on the beach.  I decided to have a quick walk because it was nearly dinner time.  I saw some bluebottle jellyfish. I didn't know what it was at first so I brang it back to the truck mum and dad mumbled to “put it back in the water and well you're there wash our hands for dinner!”   For dinner we had sausage with hash brown on bread Mum Called “we're going soon so after your sandwich you have to pack up your things.”  when we did all those things we hopped in the truck  when we arrived Dad ardent “get ready for bed!”

My choice of COVID-19

I agree that people should have a Pro-choice about getting their covid vaccine, because everyone's choice matters.  I also agree that the government shouldn't make it so if teachers, Nurses, dentists, Doctors and people like that are to be fully vaccinated by 1 January 2022 because I think they should at least have one vaccine by then.  I think that they should say “it would be better if you have your second vaccine by then.”  So people don’t get fired.      

Spelling week 2 term 4

 

Long multiplication

 

Media

Yesterday Wheae Donna came in to teach us about media.  We all got asked to create a google drawing for Media.  Donna told us what media is.  Before we made the google drawing she told us to create this google slide about media.      

 

Narrative

 Monday 27 September 2021

WALT: Add descriptive features to my Narrative

It was a humid sunny day. There was a time traveller called Zack.  Zack had blonde hair and blue eyes, He always had circle glasses and hated fitness. Well, his kitten, named Bow, Was more fit and hated cat food so he preferred Zack's food, Bow was brown with white patches on him.  Zack had finally worked out where he wanted to travel. To a wonderful Tropical island, Zack knew there were Cheetahs that might have wanted to bite his face off but he would take the risk only because his three sisters Hannah,  Erin and Ellery had gone to a tropical island.   Zack was quickly going in the time traveller thing when Bow leaped in there without him knowing, the cat was meowing because he was starving. Zack had realised Bow was there, But it was too late Bow had to be on this adventure.  When he arrived he straight away set up camp for the night Zack had packed: Delicious pancakes for breakfast, Steak for Dinner, pillow and a blanket.  It had become sunset and Zack had had dinner so he decided to have a rest and have an adventure in the morning.   Bow had woken up and he was starving so he woke up Zack.  Both Bow and Zack had breakfast and were all ready for their walk.  Hours past Bow had spotted an enormous CHEETAH that looked very hungry.

Bow started meowing and meowing but Zack angrily shouted “Bow you just had breakfast. I wish I never let you come here and go to the time machine!!!”  Bow pretended to go back but he was worried about Zack so Bow carried on walking.  Later Zack decided to head back and when he turned around he saw the CHEETAH, The cheetah had not seen him so he quickly played dead with hope that the cheetah thought he was dead.  Soon the cheetah had left and Zack rowed away to  the campsite.  When Zack returned he saw Bow happily licking himself  Zack was raving when he saw Bow.  All night Zack was terrified knowing that the Cheetah was on the island.  Early in the morning Zack told bow “we're going to go soon.”  But the time machine was making a weird noise.  Zack tried to fix it but it was no hope they now had two problems: The Cheetah, The time machine was broken and they had no food.  All day Zack was working on the machine well Bow was catching food.   After two hours of working on the time machine Zack had fixed it he yelled “we're going home!!!”  Bow ran to Zack with excitement.

They both quickly hopped in the time machine and went home.  Now they think of where they go.

Self Assessment

I improved my writing by:

• Doing conversation marks properly 

• Doing two spaces after a full stop

• Proofread better

To improve in next time 

• Use better words 

• Add more comers

• To do Show not tell 

             

          

Haka

 Haka

There was a brave man named Te Rauparaha, He was a chief (Te Rauparaha had a Tohunga that people wanted) The people became his enemies.  Te Rauparaha journeyed to find fighters to help him fight in the battles.  He stopped at lake Rotoaira.

Their chief- Te Wharerangi told him ‘They're coming to hide in the potato pit.”  So he stumbled over to the potato pit and climbed down.  At the top there was a woman called Te Rangikoaea.  The potato pit was pitch black, Te Rauparaha heard voices and footsteps.  He whispered to himself “ Will I die, will I live? Will I ever see the sun again”  The voices and footsteps faded away as Te Rauparaha emerged from the potato pit. The sun was shining.  

He thought to himself “I live and the sun came shine on me again.

He returned home and told his tribe the story, Then they soon made a haka.  For centuries they taught more and more people that passed on to us 

Whiti te ra!

 

     

Fractions

 

Week 8 Writing

 M Success Criteria:

I have proof-read my writing to ensure I have:

• Juicy sentence starters

• Correct punctuation - Capital letters, full stops, commas, speech marks, exclamation and question marks.

• A speech conversation in the body of my writing

• A simile in the body of my writing

• Read my writing to ensure it makes sense.

14 September 2021

WALT:  Follow the sequence of Narrative writing

Title:The Wolves

Deep throughout the woods on a humid sunny afternoon.  A little girl with brown hair along with green eyes named Koda got sent off to pick blueberries for her family.   Quickly she set off for the berries.  As she walked off an old man named Feddie with snow white hair, with bright turquoise eyes was enjoying a cup of tea just before getting ready to journey out deep in the woods to collect firewood.  Meanwhile Koda was jogging away deeper in the woods searching for a good blueberry plant.  Koda spotted a nice blueberry plant appearing in the distance when she finished picking the blueberries she saw an animal.  It turned out to be a WOLF with raf gray fur and red eyes.  Koda had fallen into its den.

Koda was terrified of wolves, Her heart froze, Koda’s mind went blank. When her memory went back and she tried to think of something quick a couple seconds later she finally thought of something.  Running away wouldn’t be a good idea however it was the only thing she could think of.  Koda dropped all her blueberries and started sprinting away.  She stopped because there was a hole and the wolf casually went closer.  Koda started yelling “help!!! help!!!”

Now there was another problem: she got exhausted.  She had been in the exact same spot for two whole minutes.  Then she realized that the whole time she could have just gone on the other side of the hole that she had been standing by for almost three minutes.  Koda decided it was a fantastic idea and it worked when the wolf fell into the whole.  Half an hour later she heard a weird sound that she thought was a chain saw so Koda followed the noise.  It turned out to be Freddie collecting his firewood.  Freddie asked Koda “do you want to come home with me?” Koda replied “absolutely.” She never told anyone what she had been through.

Self Assessment

What I liked about my writing

• I learnt a lot about writing and how to make it better

• I could use my imagination 

• I had heaps of ideas

What I need to improve in

• Write my speech conversations proply 

• Improve my proof-reading skills

• Stay focussed and on task for longer periods                 

  

 

  

T3 Asttle writing

 22 September 2021

WALT:  Express myself in Narrative Writing

As the sun slowly set, two girls Ruby and Cj were calibrating new years by taking a bus ride deep in a dark green Jungle. They were two best friends.  Cj had dark brown hair and when she was in the sunlight it turned a golden colour.  Cj had dark brown eyes that looked like black, Ruby had ginger hair with blue eyes Ruby was allergic to strawberries so Cj tried not to eat them.  As they went into the bus and looked at the man driving the bus they both knew by the look he was cranky his name was Jake and he had black hair, they couldn’t see his eyes because his hair covered them.  Five hours later they arrived in the Jungle for a walk then headed back to the bus and carried on their journey.  Ruby leaped out of the bus and started to jog. Cj slowly followed her.  When they decided to turn around they had a quick snack, but when they got back Jake put the pedal to the mettle leaving them behind. It was because he saw a red dragon coming.

Lost

“What the” cried Cj “Where lost and he left us behind?”  Ruby  and Cj had to find their way back, They were both angry and confused why he left.  Ruby suggested “I’ll collect food and you make a shouter that will keep us through the night.”  When Ruby returned to the camp site with the food it was still sunset, They both weren't looking forward to the night.  Ten hours later both Ruby and Cj woke up by a howling sound  that spoucked them both out the sound got louder and louder Ruby wispeard “there's  a animal bigger than an elephant looking at us?”  Cj replied with “It's a dragon.”  Cj went to pat the dragon but it didn’t bite her.  Ruby and Cj were shocked “It didn’t bite her?” Wondering Ruby in Cj’s mind she thought “Is this a dream?”  The dragon was very curious Ruby jumped on it’s back.  Then Cj, The dragon flew off Cj yelled “Ruby I think I should steer because I can ride a horse!!!”  

Then Ruby switched sides; she spotted the town they lived in and told Cj “Stop!”  The dragon dashed to the ground and they hopped off the dragon flew away then Ruby and Cj lived happily ever after.       

        

           

Spelling

 

Spelling Groups, Week 9, Term 3, 2021
List 3	List 4	List 5	List 9	List 10	Extension 1
	Reo Zion Larell Jamie		Mihi Nico Edmon Skyla Samson Jacob Atama		Lucy Grace Kaydee Chase Hemi Koda Zana Millan Alani

List 3	List 4	List 5	List 9	List 10	Extension 1
	direction  cough  special  sausage  listen	wrestle  wrist  written  gentleman  produce  promote  progress  entire  chimney  costume	someone  everywhere hospital  sincerely  probably favourite  excited  chocolate  someone  tomorrow	alphabet  cultivate  geography  manage  representative  Antarctic decided government  material  Tokyo	thoughtfulness  settlement  tough  strategy  successful trouble  success  traffic  suitable  wealthy

First, make a copy and complete your set work on the next page below

Monday - Spelling list words and alphabetical order

Tuesday - Alphabetical order list words and Syllables

Wednesday - Alphabetical list words, then Guidewords from the Dictionary

Thursday - Juicy sentences (underline the word from your spelling list in your sentence)

Friday - Spelling test 

Spelling, Week 9, Term 3, 2021
Monday	Monday	Tuesday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Wednesday
Spelling List words	Alphabetical order	Alphabetical order list words	Syllables	Alphabetical order	Guide words
Thoughtfulness Settlement Tough Strategy Successful Trouble Success Traffic Suitable Wealthy	Settlement Strategy Success Successful Suitable Thoughtfulness Tough Traffic Trouble Wealthy	Settlement Strategy Success Successful Suitable Thoughtfulness Tough Traffic Trouble Wealthy	Set - tle - ment Stra - te - gy Suc - ces - s Suc - ces - sful Suit - a - ble Thought - ful - ness Tou - gh Traf - fic Trou - ble Weal - thy	Settlement Strategy Success Successful Suitable Thoughtfulness Tough Traffic Trouble Wealthy	Settle Stove Suffix Suffix Suffocate Thoughtfulness Toughen Tranquil Trouble Waterway

Thursday - Alphabetical  Spelling List Juicy Sentences - Underline the spelling list word that is in you sentence

My Dad and my Mum had a settlement about buying a plane or a car.

I thought of a fantastic strategy to work out 120 minus 56.

My Dad had Success to getting 11 vehicles that he wanted.

My mum is very successful when it comes to paying the bills.

A jacket is very suitable for a freezing cold day. I am especially impressed with the respectfulness and thoughtfulness of those writers.

My little brother thinks he’s amazingly tough but he can’t even do a good punch.

The traffic was so busy that there was a car crash, luckily no one got injured.

Yesterday my brother got in deep trouble from my dad because he didn’t tidy his room.

She grew up in a wealthy family that spoiled her with heaps of toys