Literacy this Week

WALT: 

[Choose the correct word from the keyword box to replace the ???? in the paragraph below.]

This week we have been learning about ecosystems. I really enjoyed learning about the food chains and biomes/habitats. I really think I did a good attempt at this activity, it was quite fun to do and I would do this again if it were another activity.

I think it was an interesting activity. Did you think it interesting? Please give me feedback on what could make my posts more exciting. :/

My Infographic on DanganronpaV3 Executions

WALT:  Make an infographic, rating something that we like.

For the past few days we have been learning how to make an infographic on something we enjoy, Infographic's are an easy way to convey information using a simple form that is easy to understand,

I chose to do my Infographic on DanganronpaV3 Executions. It is an anime killing game where students are forced to kill or be killed. The executions are the 'punishment' for someone who has murdered a fellow student.

That is my infographic based on the DanganronpaV3 executions. I really think I did a good job on rating these. I would ask what your favourite Danganronpa execution is, but I know whoever reads this has probably never ever watched Danganronpa. 

My Invention

This week's theme for literacy was Cartoon/Anime/Animation. I decided to share my invention with you. This is my advertisement for my invention, it is a 'Sporkflahg' A knife, spork, car battery, ladle and butter knife combined.  

That was my invention, very original I know. I feel like I could've added more about the invention itself, but its literally called a Sporkflahg; What more information do you really need?
Anyway, please Comment if you like this or not.    

Literacy work - extinct animals

WALT: Science and technology is now at a point where cloning (recreating) animals is possible. But does that mean we should do it?? 

Complete the table below with at least 3 reasons why we should and 3 reasons why we shouldn’t clone dinosaur

I think my reasons were pretty great you know. I think maybe I could've had been more creative with my reasons. Umm Yeah so please comment what you probably would've put there or something :/

Literacy Myths and Legends

WALT: Write a setting description using your Y-chart on your groups shared doc.
On Friday one of our activities was to write a small description of our chosen scenery. I chose this rock beach looking thing with mountains and clouds, stuff like that :/

   Setting description

Bright blue waves crashing up against the rocks. The easy breeze pushing the salty smell of ocean water into the air. Clouds and mountains gathered along the horizon, the smell of mold drifted across the shore, old rocks from long ago rotting. It was cold, foam spit and bubbled as small gushes of water got closer and closer. The clouds in the distance were now just above head, covering the sun dimming the light

It isn't very long but It holds quite a bit of description, in my opinion anyway. I don't really think I did to good.

I didn't really enjoy writing this it was kinda boring but I liked the tiny pictures :3

did you like the tiny pictures? I think they are pretty cool! please feel free to give me feedback about what I could do better (please)

Literacy This Week

WALT: Create a “QUALITY” Blog post about what we have been learning about in Literacy
Food. for last week we learnt about food and how many different cultures revolve around food. To be honest I didn't really learn to much apart from how many types of pasta there are.
The work I chose to share with you is my research on Okonomiyaki, A Japanese dish. I've actually had Okonomiyaki before and it tastes really nice.

This was really fun to learn about and I kind of enjoyed it. I think maybe next time I could add a bit more about how Okonomiyaki is served or maybe where it originated with I think I did and okay job.

Our Timetable Change

In our Kotuku team, our teaches have decided to change our timetable to make things less stressful and have a little more fun while doing out work.  Most people were pleased to see out timetable change, I was pretty excited as well. I can't wait to get into our new timetable!

Along with our new timetable comes themes! Each week we are going to have a different theme that most of our work will be revolving around.  like next week will bee ocean/ sea, We will learn about the ocean and the sea life that dwells within it. Also we will do a science project on it and read/ write about it.  

Our Themes for the Year and my ideas for some of them:

• T3 w9 - Ocean/ sea
• T3 w10 - 80's. 
• T4 w1 - Hero's VS villains
• T4 w3 - Food. 
• T4 w4 - Myths and legends 
• T4 w5 - Music
• T4 w6 - Extinct animals
• T4 w7 - Cartoon/ Anime/ Animations - Find our favourite show/ Anime or animation and something and explain what happens in it. 
• T4 w8 - Ecosystems 
• T4 w9 - Marvel

Pobble 365

WALT: go to pobble 365 and choose any picture you want to write about,
I chose the image: No time for shoes. It was kinda creepy and I really like to write about that kind of stuff. It's probably not my best work but I thought it was okay.

No time for shoes

We were in a hurry, There was no time for shoes. Walking through a dark forest at night, the mist glistened in the early moonlight. I grabbed my little sisters hand and picked her teddy off

the ground. We had to find a way to get home soon, we needed to hurry before he came; the

one in my dreams I mean. My little sister was shaking, we were cold and afraid.

My little sister knew of the demon following me in my dreams, the teddy bear always scared

me too, it’s lifeless eyes stared into my soul every time I looked at it. We carried on, crows
laughed

and fluttered through the cold branches.

I felt something move behind us. I didn’t want to turn back, I didn’t want to see him at the
moment, I also didn’t want my little sister to worry, he was still behind us following us for a

few more hours . It was getting scary out in the forest. The sun was still asleep letting the

moon shine throughout the seemingly everlasting night. I dropped the teddy. And I felt
something else grab my hand. I froze pulling my sister back all of a sudden

“What’s wrong?” she asked looking up at me, “Wha-” her voice cut off as she looked above

my ghostly pale head and to the tall shadowy figure standing beside us, eyes

glowing in the night. 

“STOP FOLLOWING US” I screamed out.

The demon faded into dust and drifted off with the wind. Leaving no trace of its existence.

I was so shaken, I could tell my sister was too, eyes wide open she took the tiniest step forward.
Then I realized something, the bear was gone. It wasn’t in my hand,

it wasn’t on the ground where it was dropped. Then a rustle came from the bushes. I was too scared to go look, I could tell my sister was as well. 

That was my story, What did you think of it? Do you have any feedback for me? like what I
could do better or something. yeah.

Kindness Animation

WALT: create an animation using Stop Motion Animator, make sure it is about kindness and stuff .-.
So me and Juliet made a kindness animation about a wolf or dog thing, we don't know. It is only 14 seconds long but we re-drew it about 20 times. So ENJOY

That was the animation! we really hope you liked it. what do you think the message of this animation was? and what was your favourite part of it?  Thank you and goodbye :D

My 'Amazing' Animation

This is a post about an animation I worked on because I was bored and had free time. I just want to say be ready to expect the unexpected and keep in mind this is not a finished animation and will probably never be coloured.

 That was my work in progress animation, I hope you enjoyed it. please give me feedback about what the heck happened in this very random animation. :3

New Zealand poster

WALT: create a poster about why people should move to New Zealand.
This week our Kotoku group made posters about why people should move to NZ. Here is my poster. each post has to include pictures and writing, telling the reader about all the good things in NZ

That was my Poster, it isn't the best but I tried my best. What is your favourite part of my poster? would you move to New Zealand if someone showed you this? Please give me some feedback about this post. It would really help!

My free writing

So there wasn't really a WALT. this is just my free writing I have been working on for a few weeks. There was more but I had to delete it because I thought of a new story line. It is inspired by warrior cats. all of these characters I made while I was role playing with a friend.  here is my writing

Just saying: These are cats, Not humans.

My title for now:

I had to delete all of my work because I thought of a new story line -.-

SunKit wriggled from beneath her siblings, struggling to paw her way out. GrassKit and ThrushKit kicked and mewled,

“Hey get your paws out of my face!” ThrushKit growled,  

“Well you should stop smacking me with your tail!” GrassKit pushed ThrushKit’s tail away from him.

“Why don’t you all go and play with MudKit and SmallKit?” Their mother, DewFur, nudged them over to the other kits, “go on, play with some moss or something,” DewFur laid her head on her paws and closed her eyes. MudKit and SmallKit looked at them expectantly.

“Well let’s go!” SmallKit, a short dark grey tom, darted out of the nursery tunnel and into the clearing. MudKit, a fluffy light brown tabby tom, sprinted after his brother, leaving SunKit, ThrushKit and GrassKit behind.

“Well then, let’s go!” SunKit dashed after SmallKit and MudKit, she could feel the warm breath of her littermates on her tail tip.

“So what do you want to do?” GrassKit was circling SmallKit and MudKit.

“Well, I was thinking we could play hunt the mouse” SmallKit jumped up and down.

“Yeah! That sounds fun” ThrushKit waved his tail,

“Okay then,” SmallKit sat down, “so we all know how to play?” he asked. Everyone nodded their heads apart from GrassKit.

“Okay. so, there is one hunter and the rest of us are mice, the mice have to hide while the hunter counts. After the hunter is done counting they come to find all the mice,” SmallKit explained,

“What if the hunter finds a mouse?” GrassKit asked.

“Well they have to pin them to the ground and boop their nose” then he pounced on top of MudKit and demonstrated, Pinning him down to the ground and booping his nose with his blunt little claws.

“Hey that kinda hurt” MudKit wiggled out from beneath his brother,

“Oh stop whining” SmallKit rolled his eyes.

“Well let’s play, I will be the hunter first!” Thrushkit crouched down and closed his eyes, “hurry up and hide, 1…” he started to count.

SunKit made a dash to the elders den, hoping that ThrushKit wouldn’t go in there. SmallKit was following her.

“In here” she snuck into the elders den, “he won’t dare look in here, he will be to afraid he’ll get bored listening to their stories,” SunKit felt a paw cuff her ear, “who did that?” she turned around and saw MissingToe, an elderly tom, his fur was turning grey with every year that passed by.

“What are you two little ones doing in here?” the old tom asked,

“We are playing hunt the mouse, we are the mice. Can we hide here?” SmallKit looked up at MissingToe,

“Sure, sure, it is always nice to have visitors,” he then laid back down and closed his eyes, snoring softly.

“Let’s try not to wake him” SunKit beckoned with her tail, “over here” SmallKit wiggles into the small crevasse behind MissingToe.

“Hey I can’t see,” SmallKit whined as SunKit squirmed over  him to get to the front.

“Stop being so loud, he’ll find us,” She whispered, “Shh, I see him, by the warriors den,” she poked her head back into the darkness, “back up a bit,” SmallKit hissed quietly.

“I give up, come out now. This isn’t fun anymore,” ThrushKit, MudKit and GrassKit were following him.

“They must of been found,” SmallKit peered over her shoulder,

“Yeah, should we go out? He said he gave up” SunKit stepped out of her hiding spot and jumped around in the clearing, “Haha, you never found us” SmallKit raced behind her.

“No fair, you were hiding in the elders den! You know that no - one would look there, you would get stuck listening to old stories. “ ThrushKit stalked away,

“Should we go after him?” MudKit asked,

“No, let him sulk.” she turned towards the nursery, “he’ll get over it,” then GrassKit and MudKit ran off to the nursery tunnel. DewFur looked down in surprise as she tumbled over GrassKit,

“Hey!” GrassKit mewed,

“Sorry GrassKit” DewFur limped over to the medicine den,

“You’ll have to start eating rabbit of you want to be taller” SunKit laughed at her brother,

“I am tall! DewFur said I am the tallest kit in the nursery” He growled,

SunKit shook her head, then ran deeper into the tunnel.

“Hurry up!” MudKit yowled from further in the tunnel, shrouded by darkness.

SmallKit hurled himself over GrassKit, who was now blocking the plath, then rushed into the tunnel.

“I am tall…” GrassKit muttered,

“What happened to DewFur?” SunKit asked,

“I have no idea, she wasn’t limping before” SmallKit sat down,

“Maybe there was a thorn in her nest?” MudKit joined them, “why don’t we go ask her?” SunKit turned around and trotted off to the medicine den. SparrowFlight, brown she - cat with darker brown flecks, was in there tending to DewFur.

“DewFur what happened?” SunKit asked,

“Oh um… there was a thorn, yes! A thorn. Uhh… it got stuck in my paw, SparrowFlight was just helping me…” SparrowFlight looked  at the she-cat, concern glistening in her eyes.

“DewFur, tell her the truth. She deserves to know,” DewFur sighed.

“Alright” DewFur held the kit close, her paws wrapped around the tiny body, “well, I… am not feeling good, I am sick.” SunKit looked up at SparrowFlight who was looking DewFur in the eye.

“She’s Dying” SparrowFlight hissed,

“Why would you be so straightforward with a kit?! I was trying to tell her nicely and you…” Her voice trailed off,

“What did I do? You were never going to tell her! She needs to know the truth,” SparrowFlight Hissed, unsheathing her claws. DewFur suddenly stood up, her fur on end. Just at that moment SunKit felt herself being picked up by the scruff. She looked up and saw AmberBrook, a pale gold she-cat with a white belly.

“It’s okay ‘kit,” AmberBrook mumbled as she set SunKit on a small patch of grass, “DewFur was just…. Doing what she thought was right,”

SunKit looked up, she could feel a dark cloud of sadness well inside her.

It's not finished. this is just my progress so far. I hope you enjoyed reading it and tell me what you thought about it.

News Report

WALT: choose a news story and make a report on it.
So me and my partner Rebekah, did a news report on an anonymous harry potter fan that brought a chair from J.K Rowling. here it is (also I wasn't there when she was recording it so I wasn't talking.)

That was the Video! I don't really think Rebekah did anything wrong. Maybe talk a bit clearer? anyway what did you think of this news report? I did the slide and transitions and Rebekah did all the talking. So most of the credits go to her! she also did this on her blog so make your you check it out. what was your favourite fact on this report? anything you think we could do better? please comment us some feedback.

My Worst Nightmare

WALT: Write about An experience you have had with your least favourite food. 
We have been doing a piece of writing, recount, About an experience we have had with out least favourite food. I chose Black forest Chocolate. (Now everyone will be mad) 

“CRACK!” The demonic laughing of my old friend still echoes in my mind. The nauseating smell of the black forest chocolate under my nose. One of my oldest friends, April, and me were playing truth or dare in her bedroom. She asked me what my least favourite food was, I told her black forest chocolate. It was just so covenant that she had some of that exact same chocolate. It was half eaten and she dared me to eat THREE squares of that revolting jelly chocolate. I regret telling her that it was my least favourite and then I wouldn’t have been in that situation.  But I had an idea. I then proceeded to throw the chocolate out of the window and told her I was allergic to jelly.

Yes that was a true story. I found keeping it in past tense was hard. or at least putting in enough words that are past tense. I think I did pretty well on my vocabulary, like Demonic and nauseating. But overall it wasn't a big challenge, but It was fun. Please tell me what you think I could improve on. Also your least favourite food!.

Bow and Arrow EXPOSED

WALT: Choose an object to write an explanation about.
So we have been doing explanations on a random everyday object. I did a bow and arrow (yes I know not an everyday object)  It was really challenging to do the diagram because there are so many different types of bows! I chose just a nice and simple one. here is a link to our google site. make sure you scroll down until you see a slide called: Explanations, how does it work?

A bow and arrow is a weapon used in archery or used in combat.

A bow is a wooden (or sometimes metal) arc that has long stiff string attached to the bow stove on both ends that you pull. It is very simple to use a bow and arrow as long as you use it safely, So you have to hold it at your side as if it was a briefcase and then lie it flat in the air almost like you were lying it on a table then you want to attach the arrow by sliding it across the bow until it reaches the place where you let it rest. Once you have done that you need to clip the end onto the string. After you do that you want to use two of your fingers to hold the string, then you put it back upright and pull the string back to your ear before aiming and letting go. Then the arrow goes PACHOO!

That was my Explanation, I'm very proud of the way I wrote the explanation. and the way I Really enjoyed learning about the many different parts of a bow! I have completely finished! But I'm really curious, how many other types of bows are there? Also I think I might try to write a little more next time. I really hoped you liked it! please give be feedback on what I could do better. mainly my writing please. I really want to improve my explanations!