Wednesday 27 September 2017

The Beekeeper Quick Write

Quick Write Number One - The Beekeeper

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For the next two weeks we are going to work on ‘Quick Writes.’  This is where you are given something to write about (a writing prompt) and you only have 10mins to write as much as possible using this writing prompt.

For our writing prompts we will use either images or short videos.

The purpose of this is to practise writing fluently.

When we look at our writing prompt we will have about 10-15 mins to discuss it and brainstorm some ideas and vocabulary.   

Our learning goals are to:
-write a description, using powerful words and phrases
-include some Te Reo Māori
-carefully check that our sentences make sense and have correct punctuation and spelling.

When we are writing we need to think about…

  1. What do I want my reader to see?
2) What do I want my reader to hear?
3) What do I want my reader to smell?
Tips:
-look closely at the picture or video
-think about the three key questions and the learning goals
-give yourself time to plan and write


Do your writing here

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The strong aroma coming from the honey was so sweet. The beekeeper calmly opened the frame and all the bees started buzzing. Then the beekeeper carefully put the frame back and it was silent again.


Thursday 21 September 2017

My Robot Rampage work

This term we have been learning how to write a narrative story. Here is my work.


Every weekend there was one job Louie hated doing: mowing the lawns. He’d much rather be building his latest robot invention in the shed. That was it! What if Louie could build a robot to mow the lawns.Do you have a dad that makes you do the the worst chores? Well I do. Mowing the lawns was the job Louie hated the most. So that night he found scissors, a blender, steak knives, a fan, an electric razor and a T.V. Louie worked all night and in the ata (morning) it was ready to try out. He grabbed the remote control and pressed the go button. “Ahhh it is so loud,” screamed Louie. The sounds from the electric razor and the blender are as loud as a train engine. Away the robot went mowing the lawns. Louie was so relaxed he fell asleep. Later that afternoon Louie woke up to his neighbours booing! He ran down the street and all he could see is plants and grass turned into mud and rākau (trees) chopped down. Then he noticed his robot he ran over to it and flicked the off switch. Louie takes the robot and goes to his garage and starts repairing all the parts. It takes a long time but he finally finishes. Once his keretao (robot) is fixed it goes back and cleans up all the mess and makes everyone’s mahinga kai (gardens) look whakaruiri (clean) and nice. Now it has turned into a money machine because all of the town wants the robot to mow the lawns every weekend which makes Louie rich. “That was hard work, I don’t think I will be making another robot ever again,” Commented Louie “Hey Louie next weekends chore is washing the dishes,” yelled Dad from the other side of house. “Nooooo,” shouted Louie. The end

My Election Poster

At school we have been learning about the elections so as a fun activity we got into groups and made up a party. Here is my work.