Fwactions - Part 2

Walt: Find fractions


Task Description:
This week we had to complete the next part of the slides of fractions. You may see the slides from Fwactions Part 1. I was challenged by Improper fractions.

Fwactions - Part 1

Walt: Find the fractions


Task Description:
This week we had to answer questions about fractions correctly. Here's Part 1 of my work.

The $1,000,000 Bank Note - Part 1

Walt: Respond critically to literature


Task Description:
This week we had to reead a story abouta man named Henry and his story which turns CRAZY through the middle. We had to anylise the story and explain who he was and what happened. This is only part one. This is a VERY good read.

Fake News - Newspaper Article

Walt Create a satirical newspaper article


Task Description:
This week we had to create our OWN newspaper article. I really like mine as it has the main story and ads on the side, even the title and logo is convincing.

Is This Fake?

Walt: Find out if this is fake


Task Description:
This week we had to decipher if this text was real or not. I even recorded myself explaining the answer.

Scandalous Satire

Walt: Think critically about what we are reading


Task Description:
This week we had to read texts from news articles and research if the article was real or fake. We found out how to decide whether a post was fake or not by researching on the web and even reading it to see if it sounded real or ridiculous.

Here are three things we used to spot the crime:

1. Researching the headline online to see if any ligit sites also had the same article.
2. Also Just reading the headline and article was easy to tell if they were real or not.
3. our BRAINS!

Facile Fractions... again

Walt: Understand & complete the fractions


Task Description:
This week we had to complete the fractions. We learnt how to add fractions and how to understand them.

Fake News

Walt: Think critically about what we read


Task Description:
This week we learnt about 3 versions of fake news then we wrote our own oopinion based on the book and what we read.

Testing Transformations

Walt: We are learning to transform shapes using refrection, rotation & translation


Task Description:
This week we did another recap on rotation, symmetry and translation. We had to rotate specific shapes around the cross and rotate them at a specififc angle.

Terrific Transformations

Walt: We are learning to transform shapes using reflection, rotation & translation


Task Description:
This week we had to complete the slides by rotating shapes, reflecting shapes and translating them.

What Is Protest?

What is protesting?
How do you protest?
Why do you protest?

If you ask a 12 year old kid what is Protest, he or she will answer either yes or no. Most will answer no, or answer differently. That’s because 30 out of %70 kids know what protest really is. So then what is protest?

Protest is an event which is caused by an error that someone disagrees with, so they fight for the rule or law to be changed. It isn’t actual fighting like a fist-fight but it’s when people march to a certain place and shout at the building and the people inside, hoping they’ll be heard. Anyone can join in as long as their fighting for the same cause. You would have possibly seen all this happen with people holding banners and signs pleading for their wishes to be met.

Protests can work, an example of this is the Parihaka protest when the maori did not fight when the pakeha invaded them, but instead offered food for the british soldiers, and the maori sent their children to greet the soldiers. This protest wasn’t respected until 2017 when they were apologised to. Another example is Kate Sheppards, how she wrote the women’s Suffrage Petition, when over 25,000 women signed it requesting they should be able to vote for government policy. New Zealand was the first country in the world to let women vote for government. Both of these protests worked and were acknowledged even to today. They were so acknowledged that on the face of a NZ $10 note, Kate Sheppard is printed onto the paper. Wow! Isn’t that cool.

I hope you have learnt more about protests and even NZ history of protesting. Now you should know probably more about protesting than me. Check out more of my blog!

No Fangs

Walt: Record yourself explaining the story No Fangs

If you cannot watch the video click this link to take you there.

Task Description:
This week we read the text No Fangs and recorded ourselves explaining the story shorter and in our own words.

Naughts & Crosses

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


Task Description:
This week we read the text Naughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman. We read a few chapters then compared the differences of each character.

Effective Starters

Walt: Use a variety of sentence types


Task Description:
This week we learnt sentence starters. And checked out texts with good story starters. We even made our own based on protest.

Stand Up

Walt: Combine & condense ideas & info from a range of texts to form & sythesise a text


Task Description:
This week we studied protest in NZ in the last 100-200 years. We found two protests, one the Parihaka protest and the Woman's Suffrage Petition.

What Is The Biosphere?

Walt: Learn about the biosphere


Task Description:
This weeks we learnt about the biosphere and of all the biomes.

De First ASSEMBLY!

I was nervous, there was no denying it. My heart was pounding, I was
to only say a few words but something was hammering my confidence.
Making it nigh impossible to speak but I slowly forced myself to speak
and think. What is this? Ever since now I have been fearless, but
something was churning inside me, of course I didn’t give anything
away, somehow my problem related to the korero we were performing,
The Little Things Matter.

I was deep in thought as a presence entered my vision and shouted at
me “Toby! Your line…” Mr Jacobsen barked at me, I was shortly
shocked then obeyed his orders. “Hey, break it up you two remember
Pt England, Be kind with your actions and words” “apologise, please”
everyone laughed “It’s the little things that matter” then ran off the
stage preparing myself for what lay next. 

The real thing was much different, I had suddenly regained
confidence and presented my lines with my own style of not really
reading the exact words of a script but to do it my own way when
everyone’s not bored. I did exactly this and performed fluently. But
the worst part hadn’t come yet and I was juggling my feet, leaning on
one foot to the other, swaying slowly. Once again my mind was
concentrating on my training. Say this, say that, do this, do that my
mind was rehearsing the words and actions of the haka we were to
perform. Tika Tonu.

We were to perform this haka for our school principal as he
received an award from the Queen! And 2 year groups of year 7’s
and 8’s and a few school Teacher-aids were to recite this in front
of Mr Burts. This must be pretty big, I thought but then it’s the
Queen so why not. I heard the waiata finish and the haka began.

My Original Copy:

Assembly was great, I stood there and did stuff. What FUN!
woopeeee

A Brush With The Dark Side

Walt: Use correct sentence structure


Task Description:
This week we read a text and tried to make clause's out of it.

3D Shapes 3

Walt: Relate 3 dimensional models to 2 dimensional representations


Task Description:
This week we learnt more about 3D shapes and 2D shapes. We also did a recap on some measurments. EAZY PEAZY!

SMAk

Walt: Create a stop motion animation


Task Description:
This week we had to create a stop motion animation or in my words a SMAk the k stands for kool.

Intro To Narratives

Walt: Follow the structure of a narrative


Task Description:
This week we learnt how to properly write narratives and even understand them by use of a story mountain, I found the story mountain  easy to understand and I know recognise it as a great tool for writing narratives.

Ko Wai Au

Walt: Who are you?


Task Description:
This week we inserted pictures on a slide that best describe us or are our hobbies.

Ko Te Aha Tenei Ra?

Walt: Use days of the week & months of the year


Task Description:
This week we learnt about days of the week and months of the year. We also had to interview three people and ask them the same phrase while they reply.

Lovin' 3D Shapes

Walt: Identify the properties 3D shapes


Task Description:
This week we looked at 3D shapes and learnt a few. We also looked at net's and got to to make a few of our own.