Week 8 Writing

14 September 2021

WALT:  Follow the sequence of Narrative writing

The Cow And The Turkey

Once upon a time there was a cow living a normal life like every other cow, until she met the craziest bird she could ever meet, his name was Gavin. Gavin had a horrible looking face, half white, half brown, looking like someone had spilled coffee all over Gavin’s head. Although Gavin looked reasonably ugly he was nice, loving, and friendly. He’d try to help anyone, especially the cow Lanna. Lanna is the cow I was talking about before, the one that met Gavin. Lanna is double crazy since she has met Gavin. Lanna is a black cow with splotches of white all over her but mostly on Lanna’s face and neck. When Lanna was a calf she met an old man called Allison. Allison has always worn an old raggedy waterproof jumpsuit. After a while Lanna had to move to a different paddock. Lanna is freaked out that other cow’s just poop at random places. 

Problem 1

Lanna was raised by Allison and fed by Allison, Allison did everything for Lanna. Lanna had never ever moved out of the paddock she got raised in until today when she got moved out of her paddock. Lanna was happy because she was still on the same farm and she was with her buddies that she had grown up with, but above all of that there was a slight problem with Lanna moving paddocks. Lanna did not like it because her normal paddock had a bigger paddock and Lanna felt like she was stuck in a tiny space where no one could see her. Lanna felt invisible and not noticed. Lanna would wail everyday and everyday no one would come except one day Gavin heard Lanna wailing and calling out “Someone please come and help me go back to my home, where I belong!” Then all of a sudden Gavin came along and questioned Lanna “Was that you wailing and screaming out  someone please come and help me go back to my home, where I belong.” Lanna replied while sobbing quietly “Yes that was me because this paddock is just too different from the one I belong in.” 

Solution 1

Gavin thought of the best idea he had ever thought of, his idea was to try to fly and pick up Lanna and then fly Lanna over to her paddock. All in one breath Gavin called out “I should have flying lessons, then I’d be able to pick you up and  fly you over to your old paddock, where you belong.” Lanna had a think about what Gavin had said to her and then Lanna eventually told Gavin that “It’s a good idea.” Lanna got some baby bamboo that was by her paddock and used them as the lights that help planes go the right way. Gavin cleared all of the other cows to make a runway for Gavin. As soon as Gavin finished his flying lesson's, off they were. That is why you can see a cow jump over the moon. 

Self Assessment:

What I liked about my writing

I liked that in this piece of writing I could let my imagination and creativity go loose

I liked that I could add as many details as I wanted

What I need to improve on

Improve my proofreading skills

Write names with capital letters

Make sure sentences make sense 

LJ L2 Back To School

 Sept 9, 2021

WALT describe how I’m feeling

Level 2 - Back to school

Getting Out Of Bed

This morning I woke up with a beam of morning light coming at my bed as I slowly got up moaning and groaning until I remembered that it was the day I could finally go back to school. YAY!! I woke up feeling like I had a lot of energy to do my morning jobs, but it turned out that I was not very energetic that morning. I jumped out of bed so excited, then I got dressed as slow as a tortoise in a race with a cheetah. 

Going To School

As soon as I threw my bag over my shoulder, I raced out the door, slipped my shoes on and ran to the car yelling “I’m finally at school again!!” Once my mum dropped me off at school I trotted slowly past all the classes and happily said “Good morning.” to Mrs Windelborn and Whaea Kim, then I saw Mihi and Skyla playing and talking in the gazebo. As soon as I had a look at who they were I ran to them with my arm’s wide open ready to hug them and I screamed out “I missed you so much!” Mihi did that too and then when we came close Mihi stuck out her elbow instead of the hug. I got really confused when Mihi put her elbow out so I had a little pause and then I found out that Mihi was elbowing me because covid is around and no one can hug their friends, which seems like nothing has changed but when you experience it, it feels like it’s the end of the world not being able to give your friends a big fat hug. After saying “Hi!” and “I missed you guys so much!!” Mihi, Skyla and I thought of playing busted with the grass being the safe place. I would say that I am not a professional at that game but I think I did good. 

My Day At School

After saying “Hi.” to everyone I walked past, I all of a sudden heard the bell ring for learning to begin. When I walked into the classroom my teacher, Mrs Jujnovich greeted every child one by one to check how many people were here at school today. After Mrs Jujnovich greeted everyone, my class listened to what Sir had to say through the intercom. Sir told us what school value we will be looking at this week, he told us the top ten students of mathletics, he was telling us that we have to bring our own drink bottle and the last thing he said was “We are proud and passionate leaders of learning in the heart of the community, Ina te tukaha te tu maia o nga kaiarataki matauranga kei waenganui kei te manawa o te iwi kainga.” After Sir had said what he had to say Nico did the Karakia and then Mihi said the Mihi to start the morning off. After the Karakia and Mihi my class started this piece of writing and then had a brake by playing golden child. Golden child is a game where one team is shooting and the other team is running a lap of the court, the runners and the shooters have to be in a line and take turns running and shooting. To start the game the coach or in this case Mrs Jujnivich would call out “Start!” or “Go!” That's when the runners will start to run a lap then shooters will start shooting. Once the shooters have got a basket the runner that is running would stop and then the next person would try to run a lap to get home. To win the round the shooters have to shoot a basket while the last runner is running the runner is the golden child has to make it home.  the runner is called golden child 

Favourite Things

I had a great day at school because I loved playing golden child with all my friends and finally going somewhere and seeing people. The best thing was that I could get away from my brothers just for a bit. 

Describe A Person

 

This piece of writing is describing my sister Mikayla.

My older sister, Mikayla is the person in my life who inspires me a lot.  Mikayla has blonde, silky, straight, long hair with tiny streaks of light brown running through it.  Mikayla’s hair is as pretty as Matariki at midnight.  She has light skin all over like my skin, her skin glows as soon as she steps out to the afternoon sun.  Mikayla’s eyes are as beautiful as the prettiest ocean blue with a touch of dark blue too.  When Mikayla smiles she Her smile is as bright as the beautiful shining sun rising and setting.  

My favourite memory with Mikayla was when we walked together through the long grass at my old farm or when she walked with me while I was in a tiny red plastic trailer with a handle so she can pull me along the tractors tyre marks while sitting in the trailer. 

When Mikayla is angry she puts Ava to sleep and tells Tristan to look after Blake while she has time by herself in her room. Sometimes I help Mikayla with putting Ava to sleep or I just put Ava to sleep with my mum and give Ava cuddles. 

Tsunami Warning

Here is my writing about the Tsunami warning. 

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8 March 2021

WALT:  Write a narrative

Tsunami Warning Friday 5/03/21

Last Friday Paparore School had a Tsunami warning. As soon as everybody in the class heard the alarm we were wondering what the alarm was for. As soon as Mrs Jujnovich said that everyone in the school  had to get our bags and to go to the hall, everyone was worried and really confused. 

As all of us headed off for Maunga Ngatu, that was when I realised that It was a Tsunami Warning. When the school crossed the road I could hear people saying ‘climbing the fence is tricky’ then me and my friend could hear “aww that really hurts when I stand on gause.” Our first stop was just under higher ground, we all had a little snack and a drink of water there and some students got picked-up by their Mum or Dad. 

The next place we went to was our highest ground, that was when me, Mihi, Grace and Kaydee did each other's hair. When Mihi was doing Kaydee’s hair me and Grace did Rapunzel dolls hair, we kept trying to make the dolls' hair nice. Grace had to have a hair tie to do Rapunzel's hair so I gave her my spare hair tie. After doing Rapunzel's hair me, my friends and Mrs. Jujnovich played a game of I spy with my little eye. I would say that everyone got one point each, I think Mrs. Jujnovich got the most points though. 

After all that Sir arrived and we went downhill so he could put up the gazebo for some shade. They also brought up the barbecue so we could have a yummy treat.  As the sausages were cooking I smelt and heard them sizzling on the barbecue, and us all singing waiata together. After the waiata we all had a yummy barbecue. 

Then we had a hikoi back to school. On the way back most of us got to meet Stig, Mihi’s doggy. When we got to school I packed up my stuff and went home.

WHAT A DAY!!!

                                   

My Speech

WALT present a persuasive speech.

My speech reflection is sharing it with everyone and even coming first with one of my best friends named Mihi.

What did you do well?

The thing that I did well is use expression in my voice and in the movements I did when I said my speech to my class and my schools principle. The other thing I did well is be loud, quite a lot of people know that I am quiet and not so good at plays and anything that includes speaking in front of a big audience or even just the biggest class in Paparore school.

What do you need to work on for next time?

I need to work on not being really nervous just before I say my speech to an audience. I do not think I am really good at keeping eye contact but sir said I was pretty good at that.

What was your overall feeling about your speech experience? 

When my teacher said to the class that we were doing speeches I kept saying to myself that I will not be in the top 3. When sir needed to judge in the end I came first in the speech contest.

My Speech Kia ora, I think everyone 16 and older should be able to vote. Do you think your opinion and other peoples opinion is important? Well, I sure do. I think the voting age should be lowered down to 16 years old because teenagers have other hard things in life. Teenagers can have a chance to do better things for their family and for themselves. For example if you were a 16 year old then you would want to vote but maybe not want to go through trying to get a learners licence for driving a car and then getting your drivers licence. If you have a think about you might realise that teenagers are allowed to get a drivers license but not allowed to vote. They are allowed a house and a family but not allowed to vote. Teenagers are allowed to find any sort of job but not allowed to vote. For example if you were a teenager and your parents didn’t let you have a job you could just be able to vote instead of working hard at a boring office or at home. Why were girls not allowed to vote? And why do people only 18 and older be allowed to vote? Do you all think that is fair? I definitely think that is NOT fair because it does not matter if you are a man a lady a teenager or an adult you deserve to be able to vote and make your own choices at 16 years old. That is why I think the voting age should be lowered down to 16. I hope you all agree with my point of view about why the voting age should be lowered to 16 years old.

Covid-19 Writing

WALT explain what the rules are at Level 2 and what we think about it. 

12.08.20

What happens at level two lock-down? 

At level two lock-down we all have to make sure that we are social distancing. I do not feel happy about corona virus being back in New Zealand. I do feel a bit scared about my family that live in Auckland because most of them are adults. We all should know to wash our hands and use lots of hand sanitiser. That is called hand hygiene. Always remember that we all need to be one metre apart and stay in your bubble. All of the people in Auckland have to be in isolation. You need to try your hardest to not touch your face. Always make sure you wash your hands before and after walking your dog, baking and don’t play on the public playgrounds. It is not complete isolation here, so do not worry about your families, food and other things that you would buy from a supermarket. You need to be very careful about who you touch and who you hug. You can only touch your family like your mum, dad, bothers, sisters and other family members. At most schools the assembly won’t be the whole school together but it will be in a hangout. People always need to wear a mask when you are out and about or when you just have a little walk with your family or by yourself. Te Manga’s assembly was supposed to be on the 14.08.2020 on Friday. Instead of our assembly in the hall we made a really cool video. There has been five corona virus cases in Auckland. On the 12.08.2020 on Wednesday there was too many people doing covid nineteen tests and I could not even have a blood test with my mum. All of the people that got a test were from Auckland. My experience about covid nineteen has been interesting but still a little bit frightening. 

Thank-you for reading about what I think covid nineteen is and what it is like. 

Written by Lucy

Moment in Time

WALT use descriptive vocabulary to describe a moment in time.

The thing that I did well is type out the writing on my Chromebook. The bit that was tricky for me is put descriptive language in my writing. The way that I extend myself next time is make sure that I have everything that I need to make my writing just that little bit better.

Describe a Moment In Time Diving

WALT use descriptive vocabulary to describe a moment in time. 

Me and my friends are in this beautiful turquoise water with the sparkling sun diving into the water. The rocks are razor sharp and are really jagged. 

Kawa Of Care Assembly - Draft Writing

WALT understand the 'Kawa of Care'.

WALT write a recount about our assembly experience. 

Check out my draft writing ...

Last Funky Friday on the 28.2.2020 at 1.45pm it was Te Manga’s Class Assembly. There were actors, actresses, teachers smiling, audience laughing and the children of Paparore school! We danced in with the cat-walk. It was almost time for my turn. I got prepared, put my glasses on and got sauted. That was when I got butterflies in my stomach and felt really nervous. Finally the time came, it was my turn to shine.  My group went out and I did my part, my part was playing as the teacher. At the last part of my groups turn we all had to say make sure your in the right place at the right time online!!! When Tuva-Lisa said make sure you always follow the Kawa of Care!!! Our whole class had to say Kawa of Care and do our super hero pose when Tuva-Lisa said Kawa of Care. After the assembly I felt so proud of myself. 

First Draft Duffy Theatre Show

At the start Duffy was so excited because he was going to his favourite cousins house for the school holidays. When he got there he was bored and sad because Sam was addicted to gaming and got really frustrated. While Duffy was bored he put on Nana Whetu's glasses and did the dumpling dance. Then things got a little bit coo-coo!! 

Then Duffy magically soaked into the Magic Bricks game that Sam was playing in the lounge. When Auntie Grace came to the lounge to ask where Duffy went. Sam did not want to say that Duffy disappeared into the game, but Sam did tell her mum. They didn't know how to get out of the game. So Auntie Grace got Nana Whetu's Magic Bricks book to know how to get out. 

Sam read the book and thought that she found Nana Whetu's recipe for dumplings but it was actually the dumpling dance but. They did not know that it was the dumpling dance. Sam put on Nana Whetu glasses on and tried to do be like Duffy so Sam could help Duffy to get out of the game. Sam read the book and thought that she found Nana Whetu's recipe for dumplings. 

Then Auntie Grace put on Nana Whetu's glasses but she did not get sucked into the game. Then Sam said that the recipe must of been the dance that Duffy did when he was wearing Nana Whetu's glasses. Duffy and Sam heard a weird voice that gave him clues. The clues were to help Duffy and Sam make words. The first word was inventor and then Whetu. 

NZ Playhouse, Hare And The Tortoise

Today the whole school were in the whare to watch an  entertaining performance called The Hare And The Tortoise. When we got there one of the girls hooked the string on the pole and accidentally made it come off again. There was three people acting in the show, but the characters were the Tortoise, Piped piper, Humpty Dumpty, Hare - Hea and The ginger bread man/G man/Biscuit Boy. My favourite part was when the tortoise finished the race at the end, I also liked the part when the tortoise sung this song, slow and steady wins the race. The G man was sad at the end because the Piped piper said if the G man gave him one of the gumdrop buttons or ten thousand moon dollars . The G man said 'oh no, I don't have enough moon dollars and I don't want to give away my gumdrops!!' They talked to each other for a little bit. Finally the G man said ' Okay okay, I will give you one of my gumdrops until I have ten thousand moon dollars.'

L.J News Of The North

Is it fact or fable? Fact is something that is known or proven to be true. Fable is a made up story. Please Comment if you can. 

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