Writing For Different Audiences

Room 8's Favourite Countries

I asked Room 8 what was there number one Country they replied many things.

My Tally chart will show you what was the most least and best countries or country off all.

The one country that came back with more of a result then the others was New Zealand and the country that came back with the less result of countries more than the others were Tonga, Denmark, China and Italy.

Data Detectives

WALT- be Data Detactives

Vector Energy

Team Building

Team Building

Today we had a activity that Whaea Annette had brought to our class, I had the job of watching the boys untangle their hands as a team without disconnecting their hands, it was really fun watching the boys untangled themselves as a group the person who I thought had stepped up to the challenge was Arapeta because he wouldn’t give and was guiding all the boys into the right direction.The other thing that I think the boys stood out for was their body language just by watching I could notice that I wasn't the only person having fun but all the boys were too.

Today was a really awesome day.

My Word Web

This weeks word web was Weird.

I hope you like my Popplet.

Look At My Mihi

Get Ready to Drop Cove Hold

Get Ready to Drop Cover and Hold for National Shake Out Day

Sign Language

WALT- use sign language and be able to act out the alphabet.

Sustainability Vocabulary

My Fractions

Can you guess what the answer is to my fractions below?

Phototsynthesis

Look at my brainstorm of Photosynthesis.

Jelly Bean Geometry

I have 8 Vertices, 12 edges and 6 faces who am I ?

Blog Commenting

My Blog Commenting This Week.

Chunk of the Week

This Weeks Chunky Challenge.

My Recount

As I had firmly begun  packing my warm clothes into my light blue gym bag with my grape-smelling conditioner and shampoo to go to my cousin Lethaniel's grandfather’s house, I could hear my mother's voice shouting “HURRY UP DESTINY, IT’S TIME TO GO!”I had then swiftly picked up my bag and slowly walked down our brown, hard, wooden staircase.I then escorted my bag to the boot of my mum’s Subaru.

When my mum and I reached my destination where I had been dropped off she had then gave me a huge hug and a big kiss.Once my mum had left , my cousin Lethaniel flew out of his grandfather’s house and like Flash he ran around me like he was about to round up a cattle I  then laughed.  When he had finally stopped, he said to me in a deep voice “Are you coming inside or what?”

I carried on laughing and then walked inside of the house my two uncles were there too.  Junior, Graham and Norman, well my cousin’s grandfather Senior Graham was outside.  I was really happy that my uncles were there because they’re both my favourite uncles.
Then after me talking to my uncle’s, we had dinner.  Roast potatoes and roast pork it was so divine.  A little while after that I felt really tired so I then hobbled my way down to the guest room and went to sleep.

Sunday morning, I woke up to the cosy sun beaming down on me in the room. I
was so relaxed and comfy, until... my cousin ran in, in a blast and told me “GET UP! GET UP! GET UP! GET UP!” In a marching voice, when I had gotten out of my bed all I could hear was “We’re going to Mt Ruapehu!”. It was so annoying he had repeated it and repeated it. When I had gotten change, I walked outside. All I could see was the warm sun and Graham’s mitsubishi packed for our holiday, it was a beautiful sight especially on Graham’s deck .

When we had all jumped in the car we waited for the cats to jump in the car too so we waited and waited and waited, until... , half an hour later... ,they had finally got in the car.  When the cats had found their way to the car, we were off into the sunset heading faraway where snow is and you’d like to play.


As we were passing through all the different areas there was one area that made me the most sad, it was close to Lake Rotoaira Forest, there were graves. When we had stopped for something to eat  I had asked Graham “Why were those graves back there?”
In a calm voice, he had then replied  “There  lay the bodies of the five sisters they were all still young and very pretty.   One day the oldest sister was driving, the rest of the sisters were in the back. She had started to get frustrated and panicked the next thing you know they all died.” “How?” I had asked. He then said, “In a car crash silly what did you think?”  When he had asked me that I started laughing.


When we had reached our destination, Lake Rotoaira, I unpacked and then ran around a bit.
When the sun was slowly going down I had to go back to the caravan, when I got there I saw my aunt and my cousin Lethaniel playing last card. Once I had gotten inside I went straight to bed because of how tired I was.

The next day we went Skiing I had to do a lesson in happy valley it was so much fun . After that we went back to the caravan and packed our bags and off we went once again into the sunset towards home, Auckland.

My Reading Goals For Term 3

My Reading Goals for Term 3 are:

• Make use of prior knowledge by using the things I already know, making connections and asking myself “What do I already know about this topic?”

• Explore the author’s purpose and question intent by asking “Why did the author write this book?”

Movie Making Process

My Interview On The Movie Makers

Room 8 got the chance to talk to some Movie makers who entered into a

competition and had unfortunately came third they had given us plenty of great advise on how to edit and make a good Movie.

Movie Evaluation

I think that a Tripod is the most important element to Movie making because ...

Without the Tripod the camera wouldn't be so steady and we need the Tripod for all the different angles and shots.

I put a flash camera and a range of different angles and shots second because. ...

We need a flash camera for a good quality of a Movie and we also need a variety of angles and shots for a good movie so it can be clear and it will make the movie a high standard.

I think the least important element is fancy costumes because. it doesn't really matter about what the actors are wearing just what is surrounding them that sets the scene..

Other important elements that aren't included here are.

Props -

props are important because you need them to set the surroundings of the Movie.

Setting-

Setting is important because you need to know where you’re going to set the Movie.

Make-up -

Make-up is important because the make-up makes the actors face look good and you will look nice for the Movie not really dirty and ugly. 

Special Effects-Special effects are important because special effects give a good effect on what your going to do or be.

My biggest light bulb moment while learning about Movie magic was when ...

We had worked together to make our script clear because we had used teamwork and also had a bit of fun.    

Speeches

Room 8 have been studying Movie Magic. Part of making movies, is speaking clearly. We put this into practice by planning, crafting, practicing and presenting speeches. The topics we chose, were topics that would influence the thinking of others. We hope you enjoy!

My Speech Reflection

How did you feel about presenting your speech to the class?

I had first felt very confident, but...

When I had finally got up there with my partner, Mavis and I had kinda got shy, but my friends had cheered me on to carry on. So I thank my friends. 

What was the hardest part about preparing a speech?

Well the hardest part for me and my partner was having to find all the information for our speech, and making the information our own words.

What did you enjoy most about speeches?

The team-work that we had done together (My partner and I.)

How could you improve your speech making next time?

Engage with my audience a bit more than I did before.

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The Grand High Witch Description

As the Grand High Witch sneakingly slithered down the long dim dusty hall with her big black talons clinging to her hideous fat fingers as if they were dark black bats hanging from a tall brown brunch sleeping.She had an ugly saggy wrinkly face that had hundreds of moles and warts that had piled over each other like people shoving through a crowd screaming and fighting for their lives.

 Her voice had the sound of a big chested german man she had a squeak in that voice the sound of a mouse.Her voice was a commanding voice if she told you to do something you had better do it.

She had always repeated in here big german like voice “Listen you fat hideous vitches you need to understand the concept of vhat I am saying! You know vhat I am capable of!” and... “Those revolting little rats will all die!”

Welcome Waikato Teachers

Today we had some teachers from Waikato to meet and see our Net-Books

Room 8's Possible Speech Ideas

We are going to start writing speeches. Here is our brainstorm of possible topics.We used Lucid Charts

to create this brainstorm.Can you think of any more ideas?

Chunky Challenge Term 2 Week 3

WALT tell the time

Comparing Movies

We Used Lucidcharts.com to compare movies that entertain and movies that influence.We used Maniakalani Film Festival movies.

Bananas Reading Group Play

We really enjoyed watching the Bananas perform there play!  Check it out and leave a comment!

Mavis And Jayden

These are my class mates Jayden and Mavis.  They won artist awards!  I thought I would share their good news with you.  Room 8 kids rock!

Room 8's Movie Ideas

We are studying Movie Magic.  We want to create movies that influence and inspire our audience.  Here is a brainstorm we created using lucidchart.com to record our big messages.

Room 8 Charades

My Top 10 Questions to my Favourite Actor

I used the Questions Key to think about some interesting questions I would ask my favourite actor:

Johnny Depp

1. When were you born?
2. What’s your favourite colour?
3. What’s your favourite food?
4. Who’s your favourite actor?
5. Who do you inspire in acting?
6. What’s your favourite song?
7. What is your most exciting scene you have been in?
8. What is your favourite movie?
9. Do you have a talent behind screens of your acting on movies?
10. How many movies have you been in?

Emily Gravett Information Report

Did you know that Emily Gravett’s parents were very artistic.Did you also know that Emily Gravett left home at the age of 16 years old.She also had a Baby named Oleander and Emily Gravett’s mum was an art teacher for the special needs too.

Emily Gravett was born in Brighton, England in 1972.She left home at the age of 16 because her perants tried to force her to draw but she didn’t want to.Then when she left home she went with her boyfriend to travel she was traveling for 10 years but in those ten years she then had a
BABY! She and her boyfriend named the baby Oleander.  They lived the rest of their life happy and proud.

Alphabet Book - The Letter G

Room 8 Learning Tennis

Tamaki Primary- Move Your Body

Are you a wanna-be Beyonce fan? Do you want a feeling that a feather is tickling your back? Well you’ll definitely get it if you watch this movie! You’ll feel like dancing until you pass out.

 You should really watch this movie because it gets you in the groove to move and It makes you wanna tell everyone “Everybody, move your body!!!” “YEAH!!!”.

 The second reason is because this movie is so awesome that it makes you want to dance like there’s no tomorrow.

 The third reason is because this movie has the most beautiful scenes - you’ll love it. It has the most talented kids on earth in it.

 This movie was just meant for you it has everything it has Beyonce’s music and everything there's even some of her dance moves in the Movie.

 If you liked my persuasive writing then if I were you, I would definitely go to this website to watch this movie www.manaiakalani.org.

Term 2 Learning Goals

These are my term 2 learning goals!


Reading:

To get to the next level I need to:

• Understand what inference is and how I can use this when I’m reading.
• Use my prior knowledge to make connections with the text I am reading.
• Ask questions before, during and after I have read a text.

Writing:

To get to the next level I need to:

• Use more describing words to paint a picture in the mind of the reader.
• Use a wider variety of punctuation in my writing such as – explanation marks, apostrophes and speech marks.
• Check that the storyline I am writing has a beginning, middle and end that is consistent.

Maths:

To get to the next level I need to:

• Continue the order of a pattern and be able to write the rule.
• Write and solve story problems using fractions.
• Read, understand and organize decimal numbers.

John Walsh Presintation

Warm Fuzzies

These are some warm fuzzie things some people said about me in my class.

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