Plastic Pollutions ~ Literacy

 

In this slide we were tasked to complete the slides. Word grouping, Matching the meaning, and creating a poster :) ~ We want to spread awareness about Plastic pollution and what its doing to our planet.

Why did Rona blame the moon? ~ Writing :)

Today we were tasked to right 2 paragraphs (max) about why we support or don't support Marama's
choice of blaming the moon for her fall/spilling the water. We talked together in our call as some of us stated our reasons then.

What do you think ?

A Moon Myth ~ Rona's Stuck in the moon!? ~ LIteracy work :)

Walt: Make connection across a range of texts


Task Description:

In this presentation we were tasked to read two stories about Rona and the moon. And because of Covid-19 we're back and learning online :) We were also tasked to watch the video and complete a story board of the myth! We also do a lot of breaking texts into word groups and that's also what I've done.

Enjoy :/

The Million Pound Banknote! Part 2 :)

Walt: Respond critically to a literature


Task Description:

In this presentation we read/listened to the second part of our story. We answered the questions and thought about what was happening in the story. Once we completed the slides we were tasked to post it on our blogs!

Enjoy :)

Bank note ~ Room 4 Literacy!

Walt: Respond critically to literature.


Task Description:

Today in Room 4 we read a text called; 'The $1m pound  Bank-Note.' After reading the text we had a look at it as a class and talked about the main key points. We then got into the Q/A. We looked at the different questions and what they were about. :)

BLM Update

Walt: Think critically of what we read


Task Description:

In this presentation we read a article in the first slide. In this past few days we've been looking at fake news. Reading this article, we looked closely at the article. We then realized some pretty weird things in the article which made it seem fake. We then did our super investigating and research and found it was posted on a fake website. Our last task was to write about 'how we knew it was fake.'

Enjoy :)

Scandalous Satire! ~ Room 4 Literacy :)

Walt: Think critically about what we are reading


Task Description:

In this presentation we learnt about what Satire is. We're also still learning about fake news. To check if the news is fake or real, first check if it’s a legit account. Then check if there’s any other website with the same news. Then Investigate! We read some articles and decided if it was fake or real.  Read on to find out more of our work today.

Fake facts!

Walt: Think critically of what we read.


Task Description:

Today is literacy we learnt about fake news! We watched a video explaining some interesting words and what the consequences are when spreading fake news. We learnt about misinformation, malinformation and disinformation, and what it means. Today was very very very, fun to learn about as I love learning new things :))

Enjoy :D

Why do people protest!?

Have you ever wondered why people protest? For the past 150 years, New zealand has been a free country! It’s legal to protest about disagreements and movements that are important, not only in New zealand but in the entire world! Why would you protest?

What is a protest?
A protest can be defined as an object or complaint. There are many other ways to protest. Such as a; Hikoi, Petition, March, Meet and/or strike. A protest usually involves a large group of people meeting together to fight or have a massive conflict for a cause. Protests are known to make something better and to make it fair.

What causes a protest?
Usually protests are caused by disagreements and responses to an event. Protesters sometimes organize a public protest so their opinions could be heard! There are so many ways that cause protests. It could be a disagreement with the government's choices, it could be something the public doesn’t agree with and many more. I’ve learnt that many protests are about racism, different rights and disagreements with a statement. Let your opinions be heard!

Do protests actually work?
I’ve learnt that there’s a 50/50% chance that protests will work and won't. Opinions can be heard and can’t. Some make very big impacts on what they're protesting about, but if others are against it, it’s not certain it will work. If everyone is on the same track and if everyone is protesting for the same rights and cause then, you’ll know what happens next. It depends on the government's choices.

Protests have made very big impacts on other lives. We’ve been protesting for 150 years, and we’ll continue to protest for many more! :)

Noughts and crosses

Walt: Evaluate the writer's purposes and ways in which writers use language and ideas to suit their purposes.


Task description:

Have you ever been unfairly judged?  If so I recommend this novel to you.

Today in Room 4, group A read a story called noughts and crosses. We looked at the different perspectives of two different people. Read on to find out more!

Stand up! ~ Literacy work - Reading: Room 4

Walt: Combine and condense ideas and information from a range of texts to form and synthesizes a new idea.


Task Description:

In this presentation we had the opportunity to talk about New Zealand's protesting over the past 150 years. We read a story called 'Stand up.' It talked about the different protests that happened over time in New Zealand and why. We mainly focused on 'The Parihaka Protest" & 'The Women's Suffrage Protest.' We talked about what the cause of the protesting were and answered in our own words in the following slides. We looked closely at why it was important to protest. We were also given the task to  do some more research on one of the other protests in the story.

I'm actually proud of myself with this task because, I don't take much time to read the story properly and I don't take time to understand what the story is telling me. Today was different as I took my time and processed what the story is about. I was able to understand what it was telling me and I very much enjoyed learning about something new!

Enjoy :))

A Brush with the Dark Side!

Walt: Use correct sentence structure


Task Description:

In this presentation we read 'A brush with a dark side.' We talked about it more with Mrs Stone and talked about what it meant and what it's about. Mrs Stone then moved onto Clause. It was a very fun task as this was way different to what I usually learn about.

What's the point? ~ Literacy work

Walt: Identify the author's purpose for writing


Task description:

Today in room 4 literacy we learnt about 'what the moral of a story is.' First we watched a video as a class. ~ The boy who cried wolf. We talked about what the moral was and pasted it into the slides. We then read a short story and did the same. We read - 'Lion and the mouse' We did a little recap on what the story was about and what the meaning behind the story was. Kindness given - Kindness gained. Our next task was to read 'The dinner party' We did the same with the previous stories then talked about it with the class. But our last task was to create our own story. We had to have a nice moral too.

Today's literacy work was pretty fun! I enjoyed making my own story and identifying the meanings behind the stories!

| All Rivers Flow To Sea | ~ Literacy work

Walt: Describe the purpose of a clause


Task Description:

In this presentation we were tasked to complete the following slides. I have a bit of unfinished things in this presentation so I'll finish it soon. If you see any changes, then I've finished the rest. We had to highlight the subject in the sentences and the verbs in the sentences. Green and blue! We also read a story and talked about the structure and what is happening. We looked closer at the story as we answered some questions. We then had to write our own little story. My one was about 'the time I decided to come back to school after my aunty had passed due to cancer'

Enjoy!! :))

My Invention :) ~ Literacy

Walt: Form and communicate ideas.



Task Description:

Miss Tapuke gave us something a bit interesting this week for Literacy. She gave us the task to sketch out an invention that'll be made and be useful for 2057. I decided to sketch out a drone that'll help us reduce our pollution. We then had to come up with 2 sentences that describes and tells my audience what it is and what it does. Then we had to come up with 3 names for our inventions and post it on our blogs!

Here's mine :)

My letter to you, Miss Tapuke!

Walt: Write for a specific purpose.

Kia Ora Miss Tapuke,

My name is Jahzara. I’m a Year 8 student at Pt England School. I have been attending Pt
England School since I was 5. As you may know, I am currently 12 years old turning 13 in June! 
I am in fact the eldest female sibling in my family always working hard in the house :)

My favourite subject is writing! The reason why is because I’m able to chuck in any of my
thoughts and ideas. Writing makes me feel calm and free. I feel that my weakest subject is
Numeracy. I sometimes find it hard to understand some of the questions that I get asked, but I
must say that I love to find the Area and Perimeters of different types of shapes.

I enjoy playing netball and cricket. I’ve been playing netball ever since I was 7 years old. I’ve
had amazing opportunities to play netball in the Pacific Cup! I played for Tonga in 2016 & 2018
and in 2017 I played for Fiji. I also played cricket in 2017 and 2018 and decided to take a break
in 2019. Now I’m back and trying to be active with the family or even school teams. 

I absolutely love music. Singing is actually one of my hobbies. I love playing the guitar and
ukulele. I know heaps of tunes and songs. When playing the guitar I enjoy finger picking. It’s one
of the ways to bring more empathy and life into my type of music. I am currently learning how to
play the keyboard/piano. I like to think of it as a splash of refreshment towards my mind. 

I am really interested in gemstones. I love how the gemstones have their own type of power. I’ve
had a couple myself. My personal favourite has to be an amethyst. An Amethyst is known as a
protection stone. It is known to protect you from any spiritual attacks which I find very cool.

I am very excited to be in your literacy class this year. I know it’s going to be a blast, just like
last year! :)

Yours sincerely,

Jahzara.

Task Description:

Room 2 literacy was tasked to write Miss Tapuke a letter, introducing yourself. We were tasked
to make our letter interesting and thoughtful. This letter is to inform others, telling them what I'm
about and what I enjoy doing. I enjoyed this task because well, I like to write! You may have read
the letter already so you must know a lot about me now :)

Enjoy! :)