Writing Assessment Review

Today in WGA we are reviewing our writing assessment from terms 1 and 4. We looked at what our rubric score is and saw what we have to improve on. Before we looked at the rubric score we had to reread our writing. The seven things you can score on are our ideas, structure, organisation, vocabulary, sentence, punctuation and spelling. I scored 4 for ideas, 4 for structure, 5 for organisation, 4 for vocabulary, 5 for sentence, 5 for punctuation and 5 for spelling.  

My next steps to getting better at writing would be looking at my structure, vocab and also my ideas. How I will work on my next steps is by looking at some words I can put instead so a word, strengthen my ideas. and also put my sentences in the right paragraph or right place. 

Creative Writing

Today in wga we are doing creative writing. We are following along with the teacher. The photo is of a snowy forest with houses and Christmas decor. It's been a while since we did creative writing with the teacher. Here is my writing and the photo.


As the dark sky blooms the stars of the night start to shine through the tall trees. The light of the house glows making the stars and trees shine more than the sun. As I look around more the snow starts to turn to ice as the trees are filled with snow. The people start to come out of their house, the snow starts falling and the Christmas tree starts to shine. 

The people sit down on the deck in their Christmas outfits. Each of the people has different things on their top and pants, it could be reindeers, snow falling, reefs and maybe Santa with Mrs Claus. A reindeer comes outside with a plate on its back. On the plate, there are cookies and also hot cocoa on the plate.

As the reindeer is going to the people he falls. The people rush to pick up the glass but then some of them get glass in their hands. The people get up and put bandages on their hands. The poor reindeer has hot cocoa all over him.

Most of the people rush to the kitchen to get wet paper towels. The other people run to the reindeer to try to calm him down. Even though he is calm, he is just sitting there waiting for the people to get off him. When the people finally get off him, he gets up and walks to the snow. When he is at the snow, he rolls in it to get the cocoa off him. 

Healthy menu

 Today in health we are finishing off what we started yesterday. In health we looked at healthy eating and our activity was to create a healthy menu for a week. This took a bit because I didn't really know what to put. We also have to put photos on the slideshow of what it is. Here is my work.

B + E

 For the past, around 3-2 weeks in Wānanga we have been doing B+E. B+E means Business and Enterprise. The people in my group are Shanaya, Stella and Alexia. Our CEO is Shanaya. Our business advisor is Mr Taylor. We are selling all different kinds of things. The things we are selling are bottlecap snowman, bookmarks, painted rocks and some lollies. We just thought about what we were going to sell and that is what we came up with. We will sell our product at Hornby High School. The day we are going to sell them is December 1st. There are multiple reasons why we are doing market day. One of the reasons is so we can have EOTC trips and the end of the year. Another reason is so that we can learn how it is to make a business or sell things. There are more reasons why we do market day. I think that it is good we do B+E. The reason why I think that is because we get to interact with other people and also make stuff. I think I am looking forward to seeing what people are selling. I think that the challenging part will be when we make the product. My favourite part will probably be when we are making the sign for our table. Here is a marketing DLO.

Writing

 For the past 3-5 weeks we have been doing writing. We have done lots of different types of writing. So far we have done around 9 different pieces of writing. They all have been different from the others. We also have gone outside with the teacher and she has read us some stories. All of the stories she read us have been different from the others. There are a few pieces of writing that I like. Here is one of the stories I like even though it is not finished. 

Setting: Mount Olympus
It was a calm day on the Mount. All of the demi-gods, goddesses and gods were doing something. Only the best demi-gods, goddesses and gods were on mount Olympus. All of the demi-gods were practising their powers and how it would be like in Asgard. Most of the goddesses were trying to make a new power or a new outfit for battle. Most of the gods and some of the goddesses were in the mountains hall. The reason why most of the gods and some goddesses were in them is that there were so many people intruding on Mount Olympus. Only the strongest gods and goddesses are allowed in the hall. They are trying to make a plan to close the border from Asgard and Gotham. 

Setting: Gotham
In Gotham, there were people trying to get to Mount Olympus except for Mario. Mario was practising his spells. Even though Mario isn’t a goddess or a demi, he still is treated the same. Most of the time he is helping the goddess and demi. He is known as the healer or the nicest person on Gotham. Hundreds of people come to Mario every day to get help from him. Most of the time the reason why all of the demis and goddesses are to get Mario to Mount Olympus. Sometimes the portal opens but not fully for anyone to get in. 

Setting: Gotham and soon it goes to Mount Olympus Sometimes it is big enough to fit a person but it only stays open for 3 seconds. It’s been a long time since that happened so it might happen sooner or later. Then it SUDDENLY happened…. IT OPENED. Mario was sad that he has to leave them but he knows it for the good. When Mario got through to the other side. Mario was stunned by what he can see. Soon after Mario processed what he can see he started walking up the mountain. Mario was still shocked made it to the mount.

Setting: Mount Olympus When Mario was walking up the mountain he started to feel uneasy so he looked behind him. Nothing was there so he continued walking up the mountain. Soon he felt more uneasy so he said one of his spells. The spell he said was to make him see anything that was invisible. After he said that spell he started running. While he was running he looked behind and saw a dragon. The dragon looks like it was made out of air. Then he realised that it was Annabeth’s dragon. 

Setting: Mount Olympus Annabeth is the goddess of air. She is one of the strongest goddesses. She is the 5th strongest goddess. There are only 20 of the strongest gods/goddesses. There are gods for all of the elements. The elements are air, weather, earth/nature, water, fire, light, music/sound, technology and more. There is a power of the key. Most people call the power of key and element even though it is not one. 

100 Word Challenge

 Today in Wānanga we have to do a 100-word challenge. The photo is about a water slide and pools. Here is my work. 

It was a very warm day in Whitehill. Everyone was outside doing something. I was at the pools with my friends and family. There are a lot of people there. My family paid for us to go on the waterslide. There were a lot of people going on the waterslides when we came but now there are not a lot of people going on it. There are 5 different types of pools. There are two big pools outside and 1 small pool outside as well. Inside there is 1 massive pool and 1 small pool. When you go there the place has inflatables. Soon I go on a waterslide with my cousins.

Angles

 Today in maths we had to create a slideshow about different types of angles. There are many different types of angles that we found on the slideshow. On the slideshow, we have to do put pictures of what angle it is on the slide. Here is the slideshow.

Financial Literacy

 For the past 2 weeks in wga, we have been looking at financial literacy. The reason why we have been looking at that is because we are starting B & E next week and we have to get ready for it. B & E is business and enterprise. We have to do some work on financial literacy. We have 3 tasks to do. We could work by ourselves or do it with a partner. I choose to do it with a partner. Here is my work and answers.

Making A Brand

Yesterday in hurumanu/maths I finished my work and started doing work we are meant to do the next day. We finished the work today. The work we did is create our own brand. You could do it by yourself or with a partner. I choose to do it with a partner. My partner is my friend Alexia. We have to make a copy of a drawing and put stuff on it. The stuff we put on it is a colour plate, inspiration, other ideas, what our text will look like. We choose to make our brand plush key chains. We also made a logo. We have to say what aspect of Te Whare Tapa Wha it is in. I think it would mostly fit in Taha Hinengaro. The reason why I think it would fit in there is because it would help with stress. Here is our work. 

Persuasive Writing review

 Today in wananga we are doing a review on persuasive writing. The reason why is because we have a test later on in the term. We have to write about the importance of business and enterprise in school. Year 7s have to write 2 paragraphs. Year 8-9s have to do 4-5 paragraphs. Here is what I wrote.



I think that it is important to learn about business and enterprise in school. It is important to learn business and enterprise because if you don't know about it you won't know what to do in the future. If you don't know what business and enterprise are you won't know how to do a proper budget, be smart with money and more. Business and enterprise in school are learning what to do with money and what it is like to make a small business.

If you do business and enterprise in school you could do a market day. Market day is where you spend around 7-8 weeks on making a small business. In your small business, you are making products for you to sell. You are making a logo/sign to put in front of your table. When it is market day you will have a table for you to put your products on it. You will put your logo/sign on the front of the table.

If you don't do business and enterprise in school and you want to start a business you won't know how to. You won't know how to make a budget, how to make a plan, how to start it or maybe even what to do.  Them are some reason why it is important to do business and enterprise in school. Another reason why it is important to learn about business and enterprise in school is if you don't know how to promote your business if you are making one.

 These were the reasons why I think it is important to do business and enterprise in school. You need to learn about business and enterprise because in the future you will know what to do.

B & E - Vocab

 This term in wānanga, we are doing business and enterprise. We haven't started it this week but in wga we are doing stuff about it. The reason we are doing stuff about it is so we know what to do what it happens. Yesterday we started doing some vocab words about it.  The words I choose to do were budget, savings, profit, spending and goals. We also have to give an example of what will happen in the real world. I choose to do it on canvas. I did a presentation. Here is the presentation. 

 

Drama

 Today in drama we are writing a reflection about this term. We have to write about what we did and what we enjoyed. I learnt that melodrama is a genre. My favourite genre is mystery and adventure. I also learnt what clowning is.  At the start of the term, we learn about F.A.R.T.S. F stands for focus. A stands for action. R stands for role. T stands for tension. S stands for space. The most recent thing we learnt was different types of drama/theatre. The drama/theatre types we learnt were tragedy, melodrama, comedy, physical drama and epic drama. My favourite game that we played would be park bench. 

1. Tragedy: I like tragedy because there are lots of stuff that happen. A tragedy movie is Romeo and Juliet.
2. Comedy: I like comedy because there are lots of funny stuff in their movies. A comedy movie is Deadpool.
3.  MeloDrama: I liked melodrama because there are different types of villains, heroes and victims. A MeloDrama movie is spiderman. 

Here is a video of comedy:

Create A Game

 Today in wānanga we got given three activities. We can choose what one we want to do. I choose to make a game. The game has to be created with two cones, a ball, and 5 minutes. We got to choose if we wanted to make the game with another person. I choose to make the game with my friend Alexia. It was Alexia's idea to make the game. Here are the instructions for the game.

Create a game activity
Partner - Carla

 . 2x cones 

.  1x Ball

Closer Cone

1. Put the cones 2 - 1 meters apart and grab the ball. 2. The first team in line has to roll the ball in between the cones without touching the cones in the process.3. Each time the person gets the ball in between the cones, the cones will get closer and closer.4. Each team will have a 5-minute timer to do this and try to get more in between the cones.

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Reflection - Week 9

 Today in wānanga our teacher said we are reflecting on this week. We have done lots of stuff this term. There are 4 things we have to talk about. Here is what we have to talk about. One of the things we have to talk about is CARR values. I showed respect in art, I wasn't like other people in the class and was yelling and annoying the teacher. I showed achievement in maths, I finished what we were supposed to do. Most of the people in the class I am in were not close to finishing. I showed commitment by finishing all of my work. The next thing we have to talk about is how we are doing on Arts kete and whats is going on. For arts kete, I am in wooden games. We don't have enough time to make them wood because of covid so we are now doing them on paper. We are going to laminate the games. The group I am in we are making a memory match game. After we talk about arts kete we have to talk about how we managed this week. I think I did pretty good this week even though there were a few relievers. Even though there were lots of hiccups with other people I did a good job managing this week (the hiccups were not with me). After we talk about that we have to make a goal for the last week of the term. My goal for the last week of the term is to try and get 3/2 full CARR cards. 

Art

 For around the past 4 weeks, we have been looking at Henri Rousseau and jungle print. We first looked at Henri Rousseau and his art. When we were looking at Henri Rousseau we got given one of his art and we had to cut it out. We cut it to measure the foreground, middle ground and background. Later on, we looked at jungle print. For jungle print, we had to go to the printer and make a jungle with the stuff we had. We had to do 3 prints. After we did that we had to trace it onto baking paper. We had to trace all three of the prints we did. After we did the trace the teacher printed it out. The teacher printed it out 2 times. The reason why she printed it out 2 times is so that one of them is full of colour and the other one is the same as when it came out of the printer. After we did that we have to do a blog. 

Sorry it is a bit blurry

Science - Neutralisation

 Today in science we are looking at Neutralisation. 

Aim: To look at the pH scale and neutralises acid and alkaline substances using a Univeral indicator.

Neutralisation experiment

Equipment:
1. Univeral indicator
2. 1 m HCI
3. 1 m NaOH
4. 4 test tubes
5. Test tubes rack
6. 2 plastic pipettes.

Method:

1. Take a test tube rack with 1 boiling tube at each end of the rack and 4 test tubes.
2. Half full the boiling tube at one with Sodium Hydroxide.
3. Half full the boiling tube at the other end with Hydrochloric acid.
4. Fill each test tube with 5 drops of Univeral indicator.
5. Using the pipettes you will add drops of acid or alkaline to the test tubes to make colours of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet.
6. Do not mix up the pipettes.

Challenge:
To use the acids and alkalines to make colours of the pH scale.

Out of the 6 test tubes, you should have the order of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet. 

Once you have completed this you need to take a photo of your test tube rack.

Activity:
1. Make your own copy of the pH scale. On the paper provided make 14 boxes and colours them the correct colours according to the pH scale.

2. Make a drawing of the experiment from yesterday. Use the back of the paper with the pH scale. Label all of the equipment.

Conclusion:
For the challenge, the group I was in got all of the colours.

Parihaka

Today in Nga Tangata we are still looking at Parihaka. We have been looking at Parihaka since last week. We have to do some vocab. The vocab words are confiscate, Te whiti, Tohu, Peacefull protest, Te Raukura Feather. After we do the vocab we have to do flash cards. To do the flash card we get a piece of paper that has 4 puzzle pieces on it. On the puzzle pieces we put stuff from the flash card on it. When we are finished doing the flash cards we have to cut out the puzzle pieces to make a feather. After we do that we have to take a photo of the feather and make a blog about what we did today. Here is the vocab and a photo of the feather.


Confiscate: Taking someones stuff with authority.

Te Whiti: Te Whiti is a person and they were a leader.

Tohu: Tohu is a person and they were a leader.

Peaceful Protest: Peaceful protest is a protest without harming people. 

Te Raukura Feather: Ta Raukura is a feather that means hope, faith, spiritual power.

Tongan Language Week

 For the past week in wānanga, we have been looking at Tongan language week. The reason why we are doing it this week and not last week is because we didn't have enough time and the teachers didn't have anything for us to do. We have to make a slideshow with our work on it. Our teacher sent us a slideshow with what we have to do on it. Here is the work I did.

Litmus Paper

 Today in science we are looking at litmus paper.

Litmus is a tree lichen fungi and is made into small paper strips or a liquid for testing acids or alkalines.

1. Blue litmus paper determines if something is acidic. It turns red in solutions with a pH less than 7.

2. Red litmus paper determines if something is alkaline. It turns blue in solutions with a pH greater than 7.

Litmus experiment:

Materials:
1. Red litmus paper
2. Blue litmus paper
3. Sodium hydroxide
4. Hydrochloric acid
5. pipette
6. 4 test tubes

Steps:
1. Rip the litmus paper in half and put half in each test tube.
2. Add 3 drops of hydrochloric acid to the red litmus paper in test tube 1.
3. Add 3 drops of hydrochloric acid in the blue litmus paper in test tube 2.
4. Add 3 drops of sodium hydroxide to the blue litmus paper in test tube 3.
5. Add 3 drops of sodium hydroxide to the red litmus paper in test tube 4.

Findings:

The blue litmus paper with hydrochloric acid went red
The red litmus paper with hydrochloric acid went didn't change
The red litmus paper with sodium hydroxide went blue. The water went yellow
The blue litmus paper with sodium hydroxide went didn't change.

Conclusion:
Blue litmus is an acidic
red litmus is alkaline.

Dogs - Puppies

 For the past 2 and a half weeks, Me and my family have been looking after 7 puppies. The reason why we are looking after 7 puppies is because my 2 dogs had them. My dogs are chocolate labradors. One of my dogs is skinny, very tall and dopey. My other dog is big and small but fast. Since the puppies are 2 and a half weeks old they are starting to walk and most of them have their eyes open wide. All of the puppies are chocolate. There are 2 runts out of all of them. Here is a photo of the puppies.