My favourite things about where I live

 Hello! These are my favourite things about greymouth. We had to create a google drawing of our favourite things about where we live. These are mine! What are your favourite things about your home town?

Maurice Gee Book Cover

 Hello Bloggers! This is my Book Cover I made for the book: "The world around the corner" For this activity we had to make a Book cover for our novel were reading this week. We have 5 weeks to do certain tasks and this is one of my tasks. I really enjoyed this activity especially making the magic glasses. This activity was fun and easy to do. I just made it on a google drawing and inserted heaps of things for how I imagine another book cover for the book to look. Of course I cant make it look all fancy and beautiful like how all authors make they're books look but this is how I made mine. I hope you like it.

Do you think this would be a good book cover?

Have you ever read the book "The world around the corner"

I hope you have a great day and I hope you like my Book Cover.

Book Mark

 

Hello their Bloggers!

This is my bookmark. For this activity we had to create a bookmark to do with the book we were reading. I added in the magic glasses and the author and what the book was called. The book is about a girl called Caroline and she discovered a old pair of spectacles in her fathers junk shop. Im reading The world around the corner by Maurice Gee. Have you ever read that book? Have you ever created a bookmark? I hope you like my book mark! Here is my book mark

Micheal Missing Person Poster

 Hi there Bloggers

This is my missing person poster for the book Kensukes Kingdom

Its a missing person poster for the boy Micheal. We had to make a missing person poster for Micheal because in the story he fell overboard and went missing and washed up on an island but no one knows that except for Kensuke (Kensuke is with him on the island)

Have you ever seen a missing person poster? Or ever made on for a book?

I hope you enjoy this!

Fantastic Mr Fox. Right or Wrong Questions

 Mr Fox - Right or Wrong?

When Mr. Fox needs to feed his family, he usually just raids the storehouses of one of his terribly mean neighbors. Was this wrong? Here are the facts: Boggis, Bunce, and Bean each earn their living by farming.  The farmers are all vile and nasty Mr. Fox must eat and must also feed his family. Mr Fox’s source of food comes from what he steals from Boggis, Bunce, and Bean.  The three farmers are enraged by Mr. Fox’s theft and decide to kill him at all costs.  Mr. Fox manages to continue stealing from them, and even comes up with new and better ways to rob them while they are distracted by their obsession with destroying him. Mr Fox’s arguments to support his stealing Anyone would steal food if their kids were starving to death,  The three farmers want to destroy both Fox’s and Badger’s homes  The farmers threaten the lives of the animals' children, as well as many other families’ lives.  “I am only stealing from murderous creeps, and it is for a good cause.”

                                 Big Question

Is it morally right or wrong for Mr Fox to steal food from Boggis, Bunce, and Bean to feed himself and his family?  It is morally wrong to steal from them because in the first place they didnt do anything until he stole from them and he could have got food for his family if they still lived in the hole.

Answer the following questions:

1. Were you taught that it is always wrong to steal? What are the reasons for

thinking that it is always wrong to steal?

I was taught that it was always  wrong to steal because my parents said that it was wrong to steal because stealing is wrong like stealing toys or something.

2. Is it wrong for Mr. Fox to steal? Why or why not?

Yes and no Mr Fox and no right at first to steal from those farmers because they did nothing to the animals or Mr Fox, But after he stole from them and a

3. Does the fact that he steals food so that his children will not starve somehow

make it better or “less wrong?” Why or why not?

It makes it less wrong because you wouldn't want your kids to starve and if you were an animal you would probably steal for them so they dont starve and the fact that they are poor.

4. Do you think that there was a better way for Mr. Fox to feed his family, one

that didn’t involve stealing? If so, should Mr. Fox have done that instead?

Yes first of all he should have stayed living underground so he didn't spend all that money on the new house making him feel not so poor then he would have been able to afford food for himself, his kids and his wife and he wouldn't have lost his tail or gotten into any bad situations.

My Map. Greymouth to Mistletoe Bay!

For this activity we had to do grey mouth from mistletoe bay and make a map from places we can go from grey mouth to mistletoe bay. 

Fever Book comprehension activity

The book we read was called Fever written by Renata Hopkins

For this activity we had to fill out all of these text boxes once we were finished reading and add words definitions and the sentence that it was in. This is mine and once we were done with that we answered questions and added to the story heres mine. Enjoy!!

After reading the text, find five interesting words that have been used. Write each word in the first column, followed by their definition (use a dictionary to find these) and use them in a sentence to show that you understand the meaning of each word.

Word	Definition	Sentence (Underline the word)
Rigid	Unable to bend or be forced out of shape. Not flexible	But at night, lying rigid in bed, she’d feel like all the ghosts in the world were coming to prove her wrong.
Tuberculosis	An infectious bacterial disease characterised by the growth of nodules tubercles in the tissues especially the lungs.	“contribution” before explaining that the camp was originally a sanatorium for people with tuberculosis.
Sanatorium	An establishment for the medical treatment of people who are convalescing or have a chronic illness.	a sanatorium for people with tuberculosis. “Did they really get sent there to die?” Carly asked.
Triumph	A great victory or achievement.	When Carly opened her eyes, the girl was leaning over the bed. Her face shone in triumph.

Answer the following questions in full sentences:

• How do we know that Carly is unwell? She was sick with a very sore throat

• What part of the text is written by the ghost? When the mum said I knew you were looking forward to milking the cows but the ghost said that she had already done it before.

• Where was the class going on camp? To a farm 

• Before it was a farm, what was the place used for?  A hospital

• What does the ghost girl want? I have no idea maybe to be a alive girl again?

• What does the writer do to show us whether Carly is telling the story or the ghost? When Carly was in the car her reflection was the ghost.

Plan and write a paragraph that follows on from the story. What could happen next? Your paragraph must include the characters that have already been introduced and be at least 8 sentences long!

When her mother arrived later that evening, Carly was asleep, and they decided

not to wake her. By morning, the fever had broken, and Carly was well enough to be

bundled up and helped out to the waiting car. Carly’s mother supposed she must be

disappointed to be leaving camp early. “I know you were looking forward to milking

a cow,” she said.

“No. I’ve done it before.”

Carly’s mother, unlocking the car, was struck by the sound of her daughter’s voice.

It must be the sore throat, she thought – but for a moment, it hadn’t sounded like

Carly at all.

“Are you sure? I don’t think I remember that. Anyway, another time.” She helped

Carly into the back seat and tucked her sleeping bag around her. “There you go,

sweetheart. Are you feeling alright?”

Carly nodded. Her throat still hurt, but it was nothing. Not compared with the

powerful, steady beat of her heart; to her lungs breathing in the sweet, spring air.

There was nothing to be afraid of now… ((my continuing part now)) 

As Carly was in the car she was just staring at her reflection looking all drowsy and ill, Her mother pulled over to the side of the road and looked at Carly.

A few seconds later she said Carly are you alright? You look very tired, do you need anything. Carly continued staring at her reflection ignoring her mother. Her mum turned back to the steering wheel and continued to drive “alright then.. I'll just continue driving she said If anythings wrong Carly please tell me. Carly turned over to her and slowly nodded and then turned back looking outside the window at her reflection. The mother was just thinking about how odd Carly is acting and thinking if something happened she also thought that's not how Carly usually acts and that she should probably get rest. Her mother then said Carly when we get home ill get some medicine is your throat doing alright? Carly nodded and pulled her sleeping back up more covering her neck and leaned on the window staring at it. Then the car pulled up at the drive way. Her mother said Carly was here and helped her out of the car. You go to your room. I'll get you some medicine Carly nodded and headed to her room but went to the bathroom staring at her reflection she then heard footsteps and ran to her room and hopped in bed. Carly? Carly are you alright! Her mother said. Carly nodded. Get better her mother would give Carly medicine. Carly took the medicine and water and had the medicine then would drink some water. After a few years Carly continued acting silent and her parents were confused for years until they found out it wasn't Carly.. It was the ghost girl. From then on their  life was pretty bad knowing their little girl wasn't the same anymore.

Hunger games trailer

For this activity we had to create a hunger games trailer, Sorry its bad and theirs no sound its a bit difficult for me and its my first time making it, I hope you enjoy and you should read the hunger games book!

How to survive in the Sahara Desert

All of these survival tricks are credit to Bear Grylls video click on the link to check it out. This week me and my friend Gabby made a how to survivie in the Sahara desert using survival tips and guides from Bear Grylls. Go check out Gabbys blog: https://gmsgabriellag7197.blogspot.com/
And Bear Grylls video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCRctOXIxno

Mawhera Movie screening.

ABOUT: 2019. Welcome, This year my class has entered in the Mawhera Movie screening competition. We did our theme about mamaku highlights. Last week we went to the regent theatre to see the other videos that were the top picks at schools. Part of other schools went but our whole school went.  The videos  were all so cool but I have a favourite and its the first one we watched. It was about a robber and cops catching the robber. 

QUESTIONS: I think we did everything well except for how loud we were. Next time we could try to be louder so we can hear each other.  My favourite entry was the robber one at the start because they just did it so well and the techniques they used we're the slow motion. 

LINK TO OUR MOVIE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e7dEhoz_nBpPrq6hfgk5fij2zckR_QZI/view?ts=5dd2ebf5

Research Chapter Chat

Chapter Chat: Activity: 5~ 

For this activity we had to create a research
on how to survive in a desert, Bush, Or a forest,
I choose desert, In this activity I wrote down what
you needed to bring and how to survive and some extra tips on
how to really help you.

Chapter chat activity

Chapter Chat~ Fish in a tree

Hi, This is how i think you draw Ally from Fish in a tree!, For this activity we had to draw how we think Ally looked like! this activity was really fun!

Easter Alphabet Challenge

For this activity we had to write something that describes Easter from a to z!

This activity was pretty hard, but i finished it!  

 Easter Alphabet          

Challenge

WALT: Find a word relating to Easter for each letter of the alphabet -
it is trickier than you think!

A	pril	N	ew Zealand
B	unny	O	pinion
C	celebration	P	eople
D	ecoration	Q	uaintity
E	aster	R	abbit
F	estive	S	unday
G	ames	T	radition
H	oliday	U	nique
I	magination	V	ariety
J	oy	W	eekend
K	indess	X	oxo
L	ovely	Y	ummy
M	emories	Z	entangles

Humpback whale found 15m from ocean in amazon jungle

WALT: Use the 6 thinking hats to reflect on our learning!
For this activity we had to find a random fact on something!
Me and Arliah found , : Humpback whale found 15m from ocean in amazon jungle!!

Celebrating my success 2018~!~

This is celebrating my success 2018!
For this activity we had to do maths skills, reading sample, writing sample and ext
I enjoyed this activity!
My favourite part was the photo montage And the maths skill!

Nessie Visualisation

WALT: Identify keywords and visualise from what we read.
This term we are investigating unsolved mysteries such as the lochness monster, UFO's and the lost city of Atlantis. First we are discovering if lochness monsters are real.  We had to read some information and then we made a drawing and coloured it in. We had to draw a drawing about a lochness monster without knowing what it looked like and only using the information on the drawing. Here is my drawing, I hope you enjoy. 

Ivan Word Art

                    W.A.L.T: use descriptive language.
                                         
       This is my One and Only Ivan word art.

We had to go on word art and choose some words about  the one and only Ivan. We had to do maximum 15 words. So these are my words that describe Ivan. I hope you like this activity we did.  I know I enjoyed it!

Titanic First Class Menu

This is the First class menu on the Titanic

WALT: Research and share information

We got to choose out of  5 activities what we wanted to do. I chose this one so I could find facts about what the first class people would have had in their menu. So this is what I found. I was allowed to find pictures about what the food looks like, so here is my first class menu.

The One and Only Ivan Prediction Poem

W.A.L.T Make predictions to help us understand what we read.

This is my groups poster, poem and prediction about what we think will happen in the book, The one and only Ivan. This task was hard because we had to use the chapter headings from the book and make up a poem using them. The poem had to tell what we think the book is going to about. Once we have read the book we are going to do this activity again and see how our ideas have changed.