Book Review

 Today since I finished reading Slide The Corner a few weeks ago I have to do a book review. Slide the corner is made by Fleur Beale. We didn't get to choose what book we could read but I am glad because I really like this book. I think this book is very good. One of the things I loved about it was that Greg still went on with his dream even though people were rude to him. I rate this book 5/5. I would recommend the book for people who like cars. Also why I would recommend the book is that there is a lot of drama and its also shows you that even if people are rude to you, you can still make your dream true. One of my favourite parts was when Greg started driving his mini. Another one of my favourite parts was when Greg's parents were warming up to him. The characters were Greg, Holly, Megan, William, Brad, Shane, Chris, Graham, Dad(I don't know his name). Mum(I don't know her name), Annabelle, Lindy, Mr Shepherd, Mr Carmody, Frenchie, Ted, Jim, Sandy, Gray, Ross, Kitty, Karen, Sam, Ronnie. Here is a photo of the book.

Kiwi Innovators - Plastic Surgery

 On Wednesday in Te Ao Whanui I started another Kiwi innovators comprehension. Last week I did Pavlova. This week I am doing Plastic Surgery. I finished it today. Each week we have to do Kiwi innovators comprehension. After we read the article we have to answer some questions. Here is the answer to the questions. They were cousins. He performed facial surgery on soldiers that were mutilated by guns and bombs. The idea that faces should only be rebuilt but also made to look good. Mcindoe reconstructed the severely burned faces of young pilots and pioneered. Guinea pigs mean that they were performed on. I think that they were referred as the guinea pig club because they let themself be performed on. After we answered the questions about Plastic Surgery we have to watch three videos. After we watched the videos we have to do a task. The task is to make a video with 5 facts about stuff from the story. Here is the video.

Plastic Surgery on Biteable.

Kwi Innovators - Pavlova

 Yesterday I did another Kiwi innovators comprehension. Even though I didn't finish my must do it until today. Each week we have to do Kiwi innovators comprehension. Last week I did the martin jetpack. This week I am doing pavlova. After we read the article it came with we have to answer some questions. Here are the answers to the questions. The Pavlova is a controversial because two countries claim that they invented it. Anna Pavlova was a Russian ballet dancer. Meringue is basically a smaller version of a pavlova. In the early 1927 in Wellington Terrace Congregation Church. Bert gave the name for the pavlova. I think it could have been both because they both could have written about it and made it at the same time. After we answered the questions about Pavlova we have to watch three videos. After we watched the videos we have to do a task. The task is to design a Pavlova. Here is the Pavlova I designed.

Te Ao Whanui - 3D Cat Armour

 Today in Te Ao Whanui the group I am in has to watch a video about critical thinking. Even though I watched the video and the teacher told us I still don't understand it. After we watched that video we have to read an article. We could choose from any but I choose to read about 3D cat armour.  This person makes armour for cats, the armour is black and it has spikes on the top, it also has a small piece of armour for the cats tail. After we read the article we have to answer some question. We get to choose what the questions are. Here are the answers.

People that benefit from this are cat lovers who want to see their own cats in cat armour.
They may be harmful to other cats when they try and hit that cat with the armour because they can hit the spikes.
I think that the strengths of the car armour are on the back because that's the probably thicker part. I think that the weakness is on the cattail and the head because they seem like they don't have much of the material.
I think that the most important thing is the back and head part because that's where other cats hit the most.
We could see this anywhere in the world.
I think that the parts that could be improved would be the tail and the head because there are parts that aren't necessary on it and there are parts that they could make better.
We will know we have succeeded when cats feel comfortable to wear the full amour without just falling over or trying to get it off them.
When this can cause a problem is when it hurts the cat.
People should know about this because they may want to see their cats wearing cool armour. We have allowed this to happen because there aren't really any problems with the cat armour, and it looks called.
This is similar to another armour for cats or other costumes for animals.
It can harm is other cats because of the spikes and sometimes humans when taking it off.

I think that our teacher should give us other sites to read on. Here is a link to a site you can read it on. LINK

Novel Study - Chapter 12 - 15

 Last week I read 8 - 11 but since lots of people had overdue work, we didn't have any tasks. On Monday I read from chapter 12 - 15. After we read chapter 12 - 15 we had to answer some questions about what happened in the story. Here is the answers to the questions.

I think that it was good that Greg met the Chattertons because it's like they are another family to him.  Greg feels happier with them because they give him opiates that his family would probably not given him. The Chattertons give him food, money, a job and rally opiates. 
I think that they react like that because they don't want to spend money on something that he can buy but he doesn't have the money right now. They also might not want to buy it because it's not a streetcar. (What I mean by streetcar is that the car is a rally car). I can relate to this because when I ask for something they say that I don't need it. 
I think that it is bad that they give him constant criticism but it is a good thing that his mother is warming up to him. It is important to praise your kids because then they feel like they are wanted and that they are loved. If you don't praise your kids they might not feel love and they might not feel like they are needed in this world.
I think that is it good that William is sticking up for Greg because it means that he is trying to make his father warm up to him. I also think that William is pleased that he saved their lives. I think that it is good that she is supporting her son because I making him want to live his dream more. It is also good that she is supporting him because William is not supporting and he needs a parent/sibling to support him.
I am predicting that something is going to go wrong with the rally but then I also think that something good is going to happen with the rally. 

New Zealand's Treasure Island

 Today in hurumanu 3 the group I am in has to read a book about a treasure island. The book is called "New Zealand's Treasure Island". The book is made by Gordon Campbell. After we read the book we have to do 3 tasks to make a win on tik tac toe but we have to do the middle task. I asked the teacher if I could do 3 tasks and also the one in the middle and she said I could. The tasks I choose to do were a diary entry, postcard and a poster if the book was a movie. The middle task was to remake the main events that happened in the story.  Here is my work on the tasks.

As the waves crashed down on that ship pushing it onto the cliffs of the island. The disaster was not able to be prevented. The current was making the boat go onto the shoreline. 

Date: 13 May 1866 Time: 9:35pm It was a cold day waiting to get to a remote island not far from New Zealand. When we were on the boat it was very foggy and misty. I don’t understand why I choose to do this. The only reason I joined was because I wanted the treasure but now I don’t want to do this anymore. Even though I don’t want to do this anymore, I think that this will be a cool adventure.

- Y/N (Your Name)

Movie Poster

Post Card

Te Ao Whanui - Pa Tuwatawata

 Today in Te Ao Whanui my group jetboats had to read a book called "Pa Tuwatawata".  After we read the book we had to have a discussion but not everyone is finished reading. Since I finished reading I have to answer some questions. Here are the answers. The purpose of a Pa was they were built to protect their kainga, some Pa didn't build for permanent use but often had food stores in them. Pa offers an advantage for Maori over the British superpower. Some features of Pa is that it has houses, pits for storage, storehouses, lines of human-made stockades. Stockade is a barrier that is made out of wooden stakes that are built for defensive. Earthworks are barriers and protections moulded from the land. Rangatira is a high ranked person. Pekerangi is kind of like a wall but not really, it made out of thin manuka and tupakihi. Some of the advantages Pa offered against the British superpower were that there was a double layer of palisades made from tree trunks and harakeke padding, an underground rua connected by a network of tunnels, stepped trenches were made 1.8 meters deep and trenches provided hidden firing positions. After we did the questions we have to do another worksheet. On the sheet, we have to compare and contrast. Here is my work.

Easyio

 Yesterday in Te Ao Whanui we have to do another reading comprehension. The one we choose to do today is Easyio. Easyio is basically a way to make healthy yoghurt on your own without buying it from the shops. After you read the article it came with you have to answer some questions about it. Here are the answers.A science teacher named Len Light made Easyio. I think that they named it Easyio because it is easy to make yoghurt but I don't know why they put the io on the end of easy. Yoghurt does not remain healthy even if it's in the fridge in the supermarket is because the live bacteria culture deteriorates over time. Deteriorate means it becomes progressively worse. The steps to make yoghurt in the Easyio are to get the yoghurt powder mix with cold water in it, then fill the thermos with hot boiling water, and leave it on the bench overnight. The Easyio company was sold in 2010. After we did the questions we have to make our own brand of yoghurt. Here is my own brand of yoghurt.

Slide The Corner - Chapter 3 - 5

 Today I read chapter 3 - 5 on Slide The Corner. After we read chapter 3,4,5 we had to do a character table. On the character table, we had to write about the persons personal detail and their characteristic and also their relationships. The people on the table were Greg, Mum, Dad and we also could add more characters. I added Holly and Brad. I added Holly and Bard because they have been in the past 2 or 3 chapters and they have been really kind to Greg. Here is the character table.

The Children's War Task

Last week in reading we had to read a book called The Children's War. After we read the book we had to task to do. The task was like the game bingo because you had to do the task and then you mark it off and you had to do 3 different tasks to make a bingo. Here is my work.

An interesting fact that I found was that the children got lots of money and they gave it to the

red cross and to the poor kids which were pretty kind of them because they could have just

kept the money.

My opinion of the book was that it was boring but there were some interesting things in the

story.

I learnt that children had a lot of responsibility then what children have now and that it is easier

to get money than it is now. 

Playing To Win Fast Finish Task - Kahoot

 Today in reading Playing to win group got to finish reading there book. After we finished reading we had to do fast finish task. One of the task was to make a kahoot about the book so I choose that one because it looked fun to make and it would be cool to make something that not most people make. I got to make the kahoot with a partner. My partner to help make the kahoot was my friend Shanaya. The kahoot has 22 questions. Me and Shanaya tried to make the kahoot long because it was a good book and there was lots of things going on. 

Playing To WIn - Fleur Beale

Today in reading since we don't have our discussion questions today and we didn't read anything there wasn't much to do. Since we didn't have much to do we moved onto fast finisher tasks. The fast finisher task that I am doing is getting some information on the author of our story. The author's name is Fleur Beale. She is not  just an author she also used to be a teacher. The school she used to teach at was Canterbury University. She went to was Victoria University and Christchurch Teachers College to study. I don't think that this helped her a bit to write a novel but her family inspired her to keep on writing. Fleur Beale mother was also a writer. Fleur Beale published playing to win in 1999 and it came out to New Zealand in 2006. Her most popular book is "I am not Esther".

Playing To Win - Chapter 8 - 9

Today we have reading. Our task this week is to do our normal discussion questions because there is no school on Friday. If this chapter there was a fight with Denny and Todd. Todd has been playing with Denny's car because hes jelly of him. There is a lot of drama going on with Denny and Todd. Here is our discussion questions and answers are. 

Denny has lots of responsibilities in his life; he helps his Mum with finances, has a job, he takes care of his sisters and is part of a team. Do you think these are reasonable responsibilities for a sixteen year old? Why or why not? I think this is to much for a sixteen year old to deal with in his life because he also has school to do. It is bad to put so much stuff on teens because it makes them stressed and they think it is there purity to do it.


What responsibilities do you have in your life? How do you manage them and make sure you are completing everything you are trusted to do? Think about what you do at school and at home or in your spare time.  For me I don't have much responsibilities at home or at school. I get my school work done in time and I don't need reminders to do it.

Denny feels pressured to drink at the party, but he still says no. Why do you think the boys were pressuring him? Why do you think it is important to stand up for your beliefs? What values do you think he was showing by saying no to underaged drinking? I think that they are pressuring him because they think he is a pussy and that because he is older enough he is allowed to drink. I think it is important to stand up for your beliefs because your beliefs might make you a better person and other people better. Denny is trying to be a better person the what the the boys want him to be. Denny used lots of values for them. The values he used respect, resilience and integrity.

Playing To Win - Chapter 6 - 7

 Today in reading we had to read chapter 6 - 7 for Playing to win. Our task was to put more on the character description we did in week 2 for Playing to win. In this chapter there was a lot going on about rugby and a girl. In chapter 6 the coach was introduced and he let Denny borrow his car to pick up his sisters. In chapter 7 there was a fight going on with Denny and Alice about rugby and why she doesn't like it. I added more description in Todd, Alice, Denny sisters, Coach and Pete and the rugby Boys. Here is my work.

Character	Description	Direct (pg number)/Indirect
Denny Logan	New to school Moved from Invercargill  Hard working, responsible	Direct (pg 5) Direct (pg 7) Indirect
Todd Salter	Mean to Denny because he hates new people and dosent like it when people steal his car park Likes Alice Hates Denny Thinks he's the best flanker Jealous Nags to get what he wants	Direct (pg 14/38) Direct/Indirect(pg?) Indirect Direct(pg 75) Direct(pg 60) Direct (pg 61)
Alice	Sarcastic In a band Likes singing Hates rugby	Indirect Direct(pg 31 - 33) Direct(pg 31 - 33) Direct(pg 56)
Clara	Alice Best friend In a band Likes Denny	Indirect Direct(pg 31-33) Direct(pg 57)
Denny’s Mum	Kind Caring Stressed	Indirect Indirect Indirect
Denny’s Sisters	Energetic Annoying Young Caring to Denny	Indirect Indirect Direct(pg 20) Direct(pg 71)
Coach	Snapy Lending Strict	Indirect Direct(pg 70) Direct(pg 68)
Pete and the Rugby boys	Drinkers Loves Rugby Smelly Partiers	Indirect Indirect Direct (pg ?) Indirect

Playing To Win - Chapter 1 - 2

 Today I was the start of term 4 and we had reading period 1. The book I was reading was called "Playing to win". The book was made by Fleur Beale. We had to read chapter 1 - 2. We got a good introductions to the main characters in the story. We have to write a summary which explains what has happened so far in the story.

So far in the story Denny has got into West bridge high and is not liking it so far. I think Dennys personality is a chill and cool type of person and likes sports very much and is very athletic. The characters so far are called Denny, Alice, Todd, Ms Finlayson, Rose, Lucy, Zac, Pete, Clara, Sally. He meet a girl named Alice and a guy named Todd who is inlove with Alice and Todd thinks Denny is going to steal her from him. Denny has a car and little sisters.

Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs Moral/Theme

 Last week we had to create a DLO about the moral and theme of the story. We could do it in pairs or by ourself. We had to do the DLO about the moral and theme of the story of a fairy tale. I was with Shanaya. We did our DLO on slides because it was easy and simple to use. The DLO had to say what the moral and theme means. Here is our DLO.

Novel Study Term 4 - Playing To Win

Today we got to choose the book we wanted to read. I asked Miss Birtch to help me choose he book because I didn't know what inspired me to read it and she choose Playing To Win by Fleur Beale. We got given two task to complete if we wanted to go to lunch. I choose who is the author? Do some research. Where are they from? Have they won awards? Why might your teacher have chosen this book for you to read? and I also choose open the book to any page. Read the page. Did you find what you read funny, interesting or dull? Why or why not? Fleur Beale has won several time in the New Zealand Post Children books. Fleur is a girl and she is from Inglewood in New Zealand up north. Her age is 75 years old. I think Miss Birtch choose me to read this book because I could handel what is going on and I like rugby and sports so I would be good for me to connect with the book and whats happening. I read page 61 and there was some drama on that page. Danny keeps thinking about Alice and keeps choosing what he does for her and not thinking about himself and whats good for him. Hope you Enjoyed

The Gingerbread Man Characterization

 Today we watched a video about the gingerbread man. We are learning about characterization. Here is the link to the video we watched. We have some questions to answer. Here are the answers. The protagonist is the gingerbread man because the story is about him. The antagonist is the animals and the old women and old man because they hate the gingerbread man and they don't want him to win. I think the gingerbread man is a static character because he doesn't change. The old man and old women are lonely people because it says in the story but it is only them two there and the old man is busy because he always has stuff to do but the old women is bored because she has nothing to do. The gingerbread man is a cheeky man because he keeps say "You can't catch me even if you tried" and he is also a rude man saying that the pig is fat and saying that you can't fool me. The gingerbread man is fast because he only stopped when he was talking to the animals.

Women In The War

Today we started doing stuff about the war. We had to make a DLO about women in the war. We have to learn about the women in the war so we can tell our kids if we have them about the war. The DLO had questions and answers. Here is the DLO.

World War 1

For the past week we had to create a DLO about the WW1. The DLO had the questions in it and the answers in it. It was cool to learn about the war because my great great Granddad was in world war ll. Here is the DLO.