Free Writing

Once there was a man called Jerry, he once got put in jail because he was framed for stealing diamonds from the jewelry store. But after two days in jail he got bailed out of jail by his best friend Izzy. Izzy is the one that stole the diamonds. After Jerry got out of jail he went back home to wonder what happened. The next day a detective knocked on Jerry's door and asked if he would help him out with the inspection. So Jerry happily said yes to helping him, they had to stay up late for a whole week because they had to figure out what happened with this story. They tracked it down to two people. Izzy and Danny. They then went to Danny's house, to question him. They asked him where he was and what he did on the day. He then replied with "I went to the store to buy my girlfriend a ring because I was gonna propose to her". We thought he was telling the truth. After they were done with being at Danny's. After an hour drive they arrived at Isaac's house, they knocked on the door and Isaac let them in. After being told to sit on the couch, Isaac confessed to stealing the diamonds from the jewelry store. Then they threw him into prison for five years.

Japanese in Home Eco

What have I learned? - I have learned that they use different techniques,.

How does Japanese foods and presentation compare to NZ? - Japanese people take a lot longer to prepare their meals.

Answer these questions.

1. What is your favorite time of Rice?

2. What is the most healthy Rice?

3. What is Rice made out of?

Creating my own folklore (Greek Mythology)

Greek: Arachne - If you kill spiders for no reason, Arachne will come out of her web in the sky, leave you in a web and then poison you so you slowly die. Once this little boy killed a family of spiders, which Arachne saw it and decided that she would come out of her web and hunt him. She led the boy into her giant web and then webbed him up. And poisoned him so he would slowly die, so she could eat the corpse.

What am I learning?

I am learning about how folklore's are told and how to create your own.

How does this show my learning?

By me creating my own folklore shows how I have learnt about how they are told and how to write my own.

What am I wondering as a result of this learning?

I am wondering how folklore's first a thing back thousands of years ago.

Making Souvlaki's

- Teamwork Aspects
We worked very well this time, and pretty quickly. We used the tools effectively also got all of our measurements right.

- Products/ Outcome

I think that the outcome was really good because the food was tasty and full of flavor. They also smelt very good.

- Next Steps 

Next time I will listen more to the instructions so we can work more effectively.

 This is what the setup was because we put our toppings on.

This is what it looked like at the end of making it.

2 Myths

1. Greek/ Roman
Prometheus (A Titan)
He stole fire from Zeus and gave it to the world, and then got punished for it and Zeus cursed him with getting tied up and an eagle eating his liver everyday, and every night it grows back and it happens everyday.




2. Maori
Maui extinguished all the fire in the world and then asked Mahuika for fire and she gave it to him but he kept dropping it in a lake and then kept asking for it.

Horror Camping Trip

Horror Camping Trip

Isaac, Jireh, Marshall and I all decided to go on a camping trip because this is after we graduate from university, and go to leave for our jobs. But, little did we know Isaac was hiding a very dark secret. We park our car and walk three miles away. When it got late around 10:30 we decided to make a fire and roast some marshmallows. As we were gonna eat our marshmallows, Isaac finally decided to let out the secret he has been holding in. Isaac starts to sound scared, then out of nowhere he gets this demonic voice and starts to walk towards us and was talking about all the dead people that has died in this forest. When we tried to run away Marshall gets grabbed and dies, and Jireh and I get back to the car and drive away. Making this the scariest weekend of our life.

Essay Brainstorming

Sugary drinks should have higher taxes. I agree with this statement because to many people are buying sugary drinks, when its bad for them because the amount of sugar can increase your heart rate which can kill you.

Gymnastics in P.E

Over the past few weeks we have been doing gymnastics, I have been doing the floor, with practicing my front rolls and back rolls. Also doing the parallel bars with the front dismount. I have to work on most things, I can improve by practicing a lot at the things I want to do. I want to improve in my parallel bars, by having more control with keeping my shoulders down, also by having enough swing to complete my front dismount

I need to start pushing off more with my legs in my front rolls, I also need to get better at having more control on it so I can stay in the same position the whole time.

https://youtu.be/ALMI0Pp82q0

4 Items 1 Paragraph

My items
Hotel, Dog, Human, Beach

One day a Human was walking to his hotel and when he got to the Hotel, he went to his room and feed his Dog then grabbed his swim shorts. Then walked down the stairs and out the door, to the Beach that was down the road from his hotel. As he got to the Beach he looked around for a good spot to sit, so he placed his things down. After he placed his things down he went and went for a swim for a bit.

SEEL Paragraph - Technology Advancement

Statement
Technology has changed a lot throughout the years. Back 400,000 years ago they had nothing like we have today such as phones, internet, trains. They created many of the things we have today like the great pyramids of Giza, the great wall of China.
Explain
Back in the day they had to use lots of slaves and paid men to make all the great buildings you see today. Also on top of the lack of technology they had to worry about the wars that was happening because of the Romans and the Scots. The Romans conquered most of Europe

Learning Matrix English

The one thing that I would like to work on by the end of the topic is being able to tell other the way I like to learn and what suits me. Because I am unsure about the ways that I like learning, but I would like to figure that out because it will help me with my learning later in my school career.

I will do this by doing different things than what i normally do such as working outside, in the learning commons, by myself or with friends.

Alliteration

1. The sun sizzled the swimmers skin.
2. I accidently ate an awful apple.
3. Beth borrowed Barry’s books before biology. 
4. Slipping and sliding, I stumbled in the snow and slush.
5. Many mysterious men mumbled messages.
6. The gallant goat gobbled gobs of garbage greedily. 
7. The rapidly rising river rushed rampantly.

Ones in red are the Alliteration

Finish of the sentence

1. Red Ross ran round Robert's room.

2. While wandering Wade rounded up in Wales.

3. The tired traveller traveled to the town.

Figurative Language (Similes & Metaphors)

Finding the similes in these sentences

1. My bedroom was as black as a cave in the depths of the earth.
2. The classroom after school became as noisy as a gaggle of gabby geese.
3. The cat capered along the fence top like a tightrope walker on the hire wire. 
4. My anger crashed into me like waves against the shore. 

Finishing off the simile sentence

1. The cloth was as black as coal
2. The wet ball was as slippery as an eel
3. My little sister is as playful as a kitten
4. The top of this table is as smooth as silk
5. I’ve been as busy as a bee
6. The lamb is as white as snow

Figure out if the sentence is a Metaphor or Simile

1. As slippery as an eel. (Simile)
2. Arnie was a man-mountain. (Metaphor)
3. He was a lion in battle. (Metaphor)
4. She is as pretty as a picture. (Simile)
5. The striker was a goal machine. (Metaphor)
6. The torch lit up the room as if the sun had already risen early. (Simile)
7. The moon was a misty shadow. (Metaphor)
8. My friend has a face like thunder. (Metaphor)

Create your own Simile and Metaphor

1. Watching the show was like watching grass grow

2. My room was as cold as ice

3. She was as cute as a kitten

1. The snow was a white blanket

2. The sun is a golden ball

3. Life is a rollercoaster

Black Mirror: Nosedive

Last week this is the work that I have completed, it is about Black Mirror

What am i Learning?
I am learning about the episode of Black Mirror called Nosedive

How does this show my learning?
It shows my work because I have completed the questions that I had to complete.

What am i wondering?
I am wondering how they came up with the idea of making a reality like this in the movie.

Making Pizza

- Teamwork Aspects

For most of the practical we worked very well together, I think that our products came out great, we could've worked a bit better at our measurement but otherwise we did good. Just the right amount of cheese and other ingredients.

 

- Products/ Outcome

My team said that they were good, and cooked well inside and out. The outcome looked great and smelled good.

- Next Steps 

I think I used my initiative well so I could help my team complete everything that is needed to complete our task. I need to practice my cutting of vegetables and meat.

This is when we were spreading the tomato sauce on the base of the pizza

This is the pizza while it is in the oven