Illustration of Sentence - Colon

This writing session was about how to use colons.  For this activity I have chosen the sentence, 'You can come pick me up now: I am feeling much better.'  It also gives reasons for the placement of the colon in the sentence. I think my illustration clearly explains the meaning behind the sentence I have chosen.

IPhoneFakeText

For writing this week we were to go on a text creator called Fake iPhone text to write a fake conversation between two peoples we could int use name form our school so I chose mike. First we were to write the message in the Fake iPhone text message.After that we were to write the message in a story format that included punctuation such as speech marks. This meant that we were to write every thing that a new person said on a new line.

The Tunnel

Have you ever been in a magical forest? I have been going on an adventure in this magical forest. As I’m running over bushes and dead twigs I can smell the beautiful strong smell of blooming roses. As I keep running I get closer and closer to a really amazing wooden tunnel. I kept running along this gravel path that had lots of humungus footprints in the gravel. When I got to the end of the path there were bushes covering the entrance of the wooden tunnel. I pushed the bushes aside, but there were thorns on the bush. Moving the bush I cut my hand by the prickly sharp thorns.

The Best library ever

The Best library ever

The Best library ever

Shilah had been wanting to go to this library for years. It was the best library ever because there were books flying it was really quiet there was comfy chairs nice people and lots of history books also there were really good reviews

Shilah loved her drama books so she ran to the drama section grabbed a drama book called Romeo and Juliet ran to a comfy couch had a deep breath before she read Romeo and Juliet. After reading Romeo and Juliet she ran back to the drama section and put back Romeo and Juliet and grabbed Othello.

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Today in writing we have been learning about 5 - 7 - 10
writing. Our goal was to write a character description about
a young girl reading a lot of books. The 5 stands for
5 minutes of writing, 7 minutes of sharing your learning
to others and 10 minutes of editing our description.

Tense

Past Tense	Present Tense	Future Tense
did	do	will do
forgot	forget	will forget
broke	break	Going to break
tried	try	will try
hoped	hoping	will hope
rang	ring	will ring
spoke	speak	will speak
wrote	write	will write
flew	fly	going to fly
drove	drive	going to drive
gone	going	will go
read	read	going to read
ate	eat	going to eat
cried	cry	going to cry

Today we are learning about tense. For our task we were filling in the missing spots and. We were learning about it because so we could add some past, present and future words to our explanations.

Affonso - How is Chinese New Year celebrated?

Chinese New Year is a celebration that is open to everyone. There is a street celebration when a dragon dances and Chinese fireworks light the sky. Elders hand out red cards to children and unmarried couples to wish them good luck. The Chinese New Year tradition is to wear red clothing with gold on it. People bring food to other families houses for supper. There is a zodiac cycle which has 12 animals and repeats every 12 years.

When Chinese New Year is celebrated everyone gathers together on the street or in their own home ready for Chinese New Year. The Chinese New Year is celebrated all around the world. It is a special celebration for the Chinese people.

The Chinese people decorate their home or the town for  Chinese New Year. There are 12 selected animals. Every animal on the cycle has got a different meaning and year. This year is the year of the dog.

The Chinese New Year lasts for at least fifteen days, until the new moon ends. The full moon is fifteen days later, this year it will end on the 2nd of March. The Chinese people use fireworks, wear red and make noise to continue the the tradition of keeping the monster away.

The Chinese New Year is a very special celebration when everyone takes part in the festival. Chinese New Year is a very important traditional holiday for the Chinese people as they come together to wish each other Kung Hei Fat Choi!

For this week's learning we did a explanation about Chinese New Year. We learnt about the tradition and how people around the world celebrate it. During the tradition most people wear red. We now know more about the Chinese New Year because of our researching and learning.

Remembering our summer

Summer Recount

1. I wondered if the water would be warm

2.  I heard people chatting 

3. I saw waves crashing

4.  I felt the hot sand burning my feet

5. I heard water splashing into the rocks  

6. It felt like my back was burning

7. I wondered who was the biggest bomber 

Two Word Sentences

For writing this week we have been learning about two word sentences. In a two word sentence there is a subject and a verb. We have written 3 two word sentences on the google doc and then we had to choose three of them to make them into compound and complex sentences.

Jumbled Instructions

Today we learnt how to write instructions. We had to move the text boxes around so that they were in the correct order and made sense. I found it interesting that each instruction begins with an action verb.

Why my blog is unique

As strange as it might seem a blog is a website where people across the world share their learning and thoughts. Did you know that every blog looks different? Everyone’s blog is unique at our school because you can earn badges that show your achievement.

My blog is unique because my blog tells you what I have been learning at school. So far I have been blogging for 3 Years! My blog keeps growing and I now have 283 blog posts. Did you know that my blog has been viewed 9,659 times from the many places around the world (my global audience )?  If you don't  have a blog then it will be impossible for you to have such a large audience because the only person you can share your work with is your teacher.

My blog is also special because I get feedback and feed forward about my work. That means people are sharing their opinions and telling me what they liked and what I could change in a positive way. You can’t do that if you don't have a blog because no one can share their opinions, only your teacher and classmates.

Did you know that you can go back to see what you have been doing the last couple of years and see what work you have done? You can compare your work to see how it has changed over time. You can’t do that if your work is in a book because you might not still have your old books.

My blog is individual because it is a record of my learning since I was in year 4.The best part is that you can throw your books away but you can’t throw your blog away.

This week Mrs Anderson’s reading group has been writing an explanation. I learnt how to properly write a explanation and how it is ordered. The things I already knew about an explanation, is that it is a type of writing and that it is needs to be in past tense order. I still need  to work on making sure that my writing makes  sense in the future and that I have used the correct spelling.

Reports writing frame

This week for writing we were writing a information report about chrome books we had 5 paragraph to write they were Tools,Shortcuts,Learning,Care,Searching Te wai ponamu and Mr oglive plan it by using this template

Reports writing frame

L.I to identify structures and language features of an information text

Today I have been working on my Reports writing frame and have decided to do this all about me. I have done this by adding different thing about me. 

Compare and contrast

LI:to understand the purpose if an explanation 

Today we learn about insect it was a bee and dragonfly it was easy because they was a book about it that we had to read.Today I did my writing.For my writing I had to read two books I had to check what story was Explaining

Simile and Methopr

LI:to write narrative paragraphs using Topic sentence, Details, Concluding sentence.
this week we learnt about smile and methpor.simile and methpor has similer resons that are the same.

How to make a paper plane

LI:To write a procedural text 

This was our must do that my group had to do this was really easy because i had to do a procedural text.

This will show you how to make a paper plane.

Education poetry

Eating mcdonalds

Do my work in the class room

Use my computer for work

Can do awesome flips on the tramp

At my friend's house sometimes

The soccer ball went high   

In my room half the time

On my computer at home

Naughty sometimes in class

Poetry

LI: To use a range of vocabulary to create a picture in the reader's head

Today We where learning to make a poetry with our name it was easy because you just had to think of words that are starting with our name. nothing was difficult because this task was a bit easy but when it came up to the point of the thinking.

Affonso-Analysinganadvertisement-Macdonalds.docx

Analysing a Print Advertisement:

What product or service is being advertised?

Milkshake

Who might be interested in the product or service? Who is it trying to attract? Young people? Old people? Male? Female?

People who love milkshakes

Is there a catchy phrase or slogan for the product? If so, what is it?

Yes- I’m lovin it

What message is the advertisement trying to say about the product?

Their product is fresh. Is like it came straight out of the cow.

How does the language or image used grab the reader’s attention?

The cows on the tramp, because we haven’t seen a cow on a tramp. It is very unusual

How may the advertisement make the user feel?
Makes you want to go and get the milkshake. It was funny.

LI:We have been learning how to Analyzing a print advertisement means
to discover its true meaning is important to understand its intended impact and intention

Affonso-Analysinganadvertisement-Macdonalds.docx

Analysing a Print Advertisement:

What product or service is being advertised?

Milkshake

Who might be interested in the product or service? Who is it trying to attract? Young people? Old people? Male? Female?

People who love milkshakes

Is there a catchy phrase or slogan for the product? If so, what is it?

Yes- I’m lovin it

What message is the advertisement trying to say about the product?

Their product is fresh. Is like it came straight out of the cow.

How does the language or image used grab the reader’s attention?

The cows on the tramp, because we haven’t seen a cow on a tramp. It is very unusual

How may the advertisement make the user feel?
Makes you want to go and get the milkshake. It was funny.

LI:We have been learning how to Analyzing a print advertisement means
to discover its true meaning is important to understand its intended impact and intention