Tag: Writing

LI: To explore sentences structure.

For this challenge I can see I have a clear understanding of simple and compound sentences. I need to focus my complex sentences. A simple sentence is a only 1 independent clause, with a noun, and verb. For example: I went to the shops. A compound sentence is 2 independent clauses connected with conjunction FANBOYS (for, and, nor, or, but, or, yet, so). For example: I wanted to eat Mcdonalds, but my parents said no. A complex sentence is has 1 independent clause and 1 or more dependent clause.

LI: To explore sentences structure.

A simple sentence contains an idea, full stops, capital letters, and verbs. An example is: The cat ran across the road. The noun is “cat” and the verb is “ran.” A compound sentence is 2 simple sentences connected with FANBOYS (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So).

I found this helpful because it gave me a good reminder.

The structure of a haiku poem is 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line, and 5 syllabes in the last line. Syllabes are the chunks or sounds you hear in a word. When I hear  Our Whenua I think of our motorway from the past, our tamaki awa.

I enjoyed this task as I learnt how to write a Haiku poem.

LI: to use metaphors and senses to describe the noun by painting a picture with your words.

Our task was to chose an abstract noun and turn it into a poem using the 5 senses. For example: I can hear the voices of those who hurt me, cackling and mocking me. This is the auditory sense which is what we can hear. Using the 5 senses help me read and sense the feeling.

I enjoyed this task because I practiced using the 5 senses in my writing.

LI: to write and describe the moment in time

For our task we wrote a poem describing a moment in time, for this case we imagined that we were the man in the cage right next to the polar bear. First we watched a video that shows a polar bear trying to attack the man in the cage. Then we wrote lines uses the 5 seances known as: Olfactory (smell), Gustatory (taste), Visual (see) tactile (touch) and auditory (hear).

This task was fun because I used words I never used before in my poem.

LI: To write and describe the moment in time.

Our task was to write a poem the describes the time we walked up Mt Wellington. We used our 5 senses olfactory which is smell, gustatory which is taste,  visual which is what you can see, tactile which is touch, and auditory which is hear. We also advanced simple words to more complicated and powerful words.

I found this interesting because I experimented with new and powerful words.

LI: To use the 5 senses and personification to help us paint a picture with words. To understand that personification is to give an inanimate object human qualities.

Our challenge was to co construct a text using personification and the senses to describe the story behind the shoes in this image. We sat back to back and weren’t able to talk to each other. This made it very difficult for us since we weren’t able to communicate. Half way through Mrs Anderson challenged us to include a rhetorical question and a simile or metaphor. For example: who does this person think who she is?

Once we had completed this part of the challenge we joined together with another group to share our writing and make sure what we had written made sense. 

After that part of the challenge was finished we used the punctuation points game to see how many punctuation we put was in the right place and to see how many points we earned. We marked eachother’s punctuation against the points table. We then had a chance to check our own work against the points table. That was fun because every point our partners missed meant we could take a point off theirs.

I found this activity fun because it was a new experience for me and it was hard to understand each other.

LI: To write a set of clear instructions that show how to make a hangi.

A hangi is a traditional way of cooking food underground used by Maoris.

• Equipment/Materials
  • volcanic stones
  • iron
  • shovel
  • wood
  • gloves
  • lighter
  • cloth sacks
  • twig/kindling
  • metal basket 
  • barrel of water
  • lighter
• Ingredients
  • Vegetables (Taro Leaves, cabbage, potato, carrots, kumera, pumpkin, stuffing)
  • Meat (ox, pork, chicken, beef, lamb)

1. Dig a pit for the food and make sure it is slightly bigger than the food tray.
2. Gather sticks and volcanic stones.
3. Pile the wood and stones on the ground on top of eachother.
4. Light the wood and let it burn for about 3 – 5 hours.
5. Place tinfoil, banana leaves, or taro leaves on the food tray.
6. Place the meat and vegetables in the tray.
7. Place the hot rocks into the pit.
8. Lower the meat tray into the hole first.
9. Lower the vegetables on top of the meat tray.
10. Soak 5 sacks and 1 sheet of material into a barrel of water.
11. Place the wet sheet over the food.
12. Cover the food baskets and the wet sheet with the wet sacks.
13. Cover the pit with dirt and let it cook for about 3 hours.
14. Scrape off the dirt after 3 hours and take off the sacks.
15. Wear gloves and carefully remove the food baskets.
16. Take the food out and enjoy. 

Safety message: MAKE sure your food is watched at all times.

Today we unpacked how to follow and write a set of instructions. To do this effectively your instructions need to be explicit and the steps to follow ordered. Each step begins with an instructional verb and should be written in a way that is easy to understand.

I enjoyed the part where we instructed our partner because it was fun and I learnt to listen and read the istructions when it is given to me.