Theme

 Moral of the story

For the past 2 weeks we have been doing drama and reading mixed.  We are doing drama with Miss Clark and reading with Miss Birch.  In reading,  we have been looking at what the moral of the story is,  the theme.  Shelby and I have been doing the theme of Tangled.  Our DLO is a google slide.  Here is our slide.

I think next time I want to do a Roald Dahl book or David Walliams book because I like their books.  I think they should do a book together.

Do you like reading ? 

What type of books do you like reading ?

Roald Dahl

 BOY Tales Of Childhood

Today we picked a book to read in term 4 out of 3 choices.  The choices were,  Roald Dahl Boy Tales of Childhood,  Fleur Beale Playing To Win & Rodman Philbrick Freak The Mighty.  I picked Roald Dahls book because I find then interesting and not to easy.  We have to do 2 or 3 questions off this chart.

The 3 that I chose are....

Q: Read the blurb on the back.  Does this interest you?  Why/Why not?

A: Yes, This interests me. This interests me because I like anything books like david walliams. I like books what he and other authors write because they write them funny but also serious.

Q: I predict the book will be about...

A: I think this book will about the story of Roald Dahls life as a young boy or in his early 20s. I also predict this book will be about something funny, serious and possibly some mischievous work.

Q: What impression do you get from the front cover?  What can you infer about the book?

A: My impression I got from the cover is probably a weird, silly and crazy life. I really hope it is because that would make a awesome story

Do you like Roald Dahl books or David Williams better ?

Do you read silly, crazy books often ?

Blog ya later.

Script Detective

 Script Detective

Last time in drama we did a lot of acting games, we did acting games because a lot of people were at the South Island Competition.  We learnt about a lot of acting roles.  We had to put this slide on our blogs this time in drama.

 The Gingerbread Man

Who is the protagonist ? 

Protagonist - ( The protagonist is usually the good guy,  the person you want to win.  The main character )

I think the protagonist in the story is the old lady and the old man because they story is mainly about them and how they are lonely,  Also how about how they were chasing the gingerbread man. 

Who is the antagonist ?

Antagonist - ( The person you don't want to win,  usually the bad guy.  The enemy of the Protagonist )

I think the antagonist is the gingerbread man because he's the bad guy running from the oven and running away from everyone so they had nothing good to eat.

What type of character do you think the Gingerbread Man is ? 

I think hes the Antagonist because he's not the whole main story and he's cheeky.  He's cheeky because he runs away from everyone.

We find out the old man and the old lady are really lonely, especially the lady because the old man is always out in the garden.  The old lady is always bored because all she does is cook and clean and after that she has nothing to do.  

The gingerbread mans actions show us he's fast,  he loves being cheeky. The gingerbread man seems cheeky from what we have read of him. I think he was actually scared of everyone that was running after him.  The three ways I would describe him is cheeky,  fast & a little bit dumb.   

Characters - Speaking My Truth

 Characters

Protagonist - The main character in the story.

Antagonist - A character that is usually the bad guy.

Narrator - The person who leads the movie, voice over.

Flat character - They don't change throughout the
film or series.

Dynamic character - Changes throughout the story.

Static character - Character doesn't grow or develop.

Round character - Character is the star of the story.

Health

Gender  &  Smoking 

For a couple of weeks we have been doing health.  We have been look at health crisis.  We had a really long list to look at and chose one to research about.  I chose smoking because I know somewhat about smoking.  I made a chart on men and women,  and age groups on who smokes more.  I found out men smoke more.

I think people should stop smoking and start chewing gum to help you stop smoking.

Do you know anyone that smokes ?

What is your opinion about smoke

Non-Fiction Reading Activity

Non-Fiction Reading Activity

In reading,  for a couple weeks we have been looking at some protests.  Some of the things we have looked at is Women Rights or just protests in general.   We had to use this chart and make a 3-in-a-row bingo.  They had a question on them you would answer.  Here is what I did.

Non-Fiction Reading Activity

Opinions:

What is your opinion on the topic you read about ?  How do you feel about the issue ? 

My opinion on this is I think it’s really unfair about them only paying the women half of what they gave the men.  I feel really angry and kind of sad because it should always be even for everything,  especially money.  

What I learned:

What are two new pieces of information that you learned from the text?  

I learned about women rights and what happened back in the day.  I also learned about 2011 earthquakes that changed the country forever.  I am very sad that it happened but also don’t regret that it happened because it makes Christchurch into the Christchurch we love.

Interesting fact:

Explain the most interesting thing you learned from the reading and why it stood out for you. Be specific and reference the text.

The most interesting part of the reading that I really liked was the bit where I found out women mostly have equal rights right now.  It should be all equal but I hope its all equal one day.

Try guess what bingo I did!   

What do you think of my ideas and thoughts ?

Inclusiveness

Inclusiveness 

For a couple weeks we have been doing some Inclusiveness slides.  I have just finished mine cause I was away for some time.  In this I have written what I think Inclusive is,  what it's not etc.  Here is my slide. 

 Someone has judged me before and I used to lose it!  But no I kinda of just brush it off and say oh well it is what it is.  When I got upset about it i felt frustrated I couldn't do anything about it.  I have learned to just not care what people say about you and also to stand up to people if they and judging you or others about something,  especially if it's racist.  If I saw someone getting left out I would try and go over to them to help them and then probably hang out with them.

No Limit Writing Challenge !

No Limit Writing Challenge !

This is a old man who is playing chess by him self.  He wanted to play chess to her improvised.  You maybe wondering how this is possible...  well his is putting his glasses on and off and switching seats.  I've give you a rough kinda of script. 

Old man ( with glasses ) * moves a chess piece *

Old man ( no glasses ) * moves a chess piece and kicks a white piece off *

Old man ( with glasses ) * moves a white piece *

Old man ( no glasses )  * moves a black chess piece and gets a white kicked off *

                                       * After a bit *

Old man ( with glasses )  * fakes a heart attack *

Old man ( no glasses )  * stares at old man with glasses *

Old man ( with glasses )  * gets up and move the chess table around so he's now the black chess pieces, the other old man with no glasses is now the white chess piece *

Old man ( without glasses )   * gets confused and ends up losing because he only had one piece left * 

Old man ( with glasses )  * Gets happy because he won * 

Old man ( without glasses ) * gets false teeth out of pocket and gives them to the other old man *

Old man ( with glasses )  * very happy because he got false teeth *

That's kinda of what this was.  The winner of this chess game got false teeth.  The old man would have always got the teeth because it's the same person.

Do you think the old man has any friends ?

What do you think of this story ? 

Planet Detective

Planet Detective 

What are reasons Mercury lost most of its atmosphere ?
There is a very thin layer of atmosphere around the planet.  It always getting " blown away "  into space by the pressure of the sunlight and by the solar wind.

Compare how close Mercury & the Earth are to the sun.

Mercury's distance from the sun is 57.717  million km.

Earths distance away from the sun is 151.21 million km.

Compare how much mass Mercury & the Earth have.
Mercury's mass is 3.285e+23.   
Earth's mass is 5.972e+24

How does not having an atmosphere affect the temperature ?
The clouds reflect on the heat of the sun away from the planet.  The winds circulate heat from hot places to cool places.  " Greenhouse "  Gases hold in the heat of the planet.