Shanya's W2 - Activity 1 - My favourite things to do in summer

What do you like to do in summer?

I like to swim most of the time because I can't feel the heat when I'm under water. I mostly like to swim in the pool because I know there aren't any mischief creatures. I also like to go to the shops because they keep me hypd up instead of being tired. I also like to play outdoors to make use of the sun.

Curies Should we bugs persuasive writing blog post

For two weeks Mrs Parker's literacy group has been writing to persuade somebody and our topic was should humans eat bugs and we all had two options either to agree or disagree and I chose disagree and wrote down three statements why we should not eat bugs in my opinion. Firstly we had to write a plan about how we will write, After we finished our plans we got started on writing.

Plan:

Point of view- Disagree

Reason 1-It will taste weird.

Reason 2-It may sound healthy but some bugs could could have poison

Reason 3-It can creep you out if you look at it.

Conclusion- This is why.

Writing: Should we eat bugs?

I strongly believe that we should not eat bugs because I think that people eating their pests would be a bit of a scary feeling. I also have three main reasons why people should not eat bugs.

Firstly people now are creating videos about bugs being healthy and nutritious but they're missing the point some bugs could have either been flying or crawling around poisonous stuff such as gas or poisonous mushroom, What if the bugs had tiny pieces of mud on their feet or legs that nobody noticed and created a bug lollipop which would go in somebody’s mouth and that person would have eaten the tiny mud pieces on the bugs leg or feet.

Secondly the bugs will taste really weird when you have it in your mouth. Normally people call bugs as a pest and if someone asked them to eat a bug they would think immediately that the bug is yuck. Although only a few people over the world likes to eat bugs tier could be an undiscovered poison hiding in the bug. I think that eating a bug would taste like puke.

Thirdly most bugs are pests to humans so think about it a human eating a pest would be a nightmare for them even I would be scared to even eat a delicious lollipop with only one tiny ant inside the lollipop. I believe that people who are scared of bugs will be even more scared to even put it in their mouth.

Now this is why I think humans should not eat bugs. I hope these reasons would make you think should humans eat bugs or not?

Pativai's Why we should start eating insects

Mrs parkers literacy group has been working on pursuassive writing. Our topic was that if we wanted to eat insects or if we didn't want to eat insects. At first I thought it wa going to be distcusting but then I watched a couple of videos and it kinda got me into eating them. Did you know that if we eat insects we can have a lot of protien in our body eaven vitimans.

P.O.V -  We should start eating insects

Reason One

• It is healthy for the body and even more healthier than meat

• Animals are not healthy for the human body and only part of the body is edible but with the insects they are more edible than meat.

• Insects contain not that much greenhouse gases and it will be better for the environment

Conclusion - Those were my strong reasons why I strongly believe that we should start eating insects. It has a lot of protein vitamins and it is so healthy for the human body. It can be very delicious, but look very disgusting. You should start eating insects because it will help yourself the environment and still be very delicious.

I strongly agree that we should start eating insects and these are the three reasons why. They are healthier for the body and healthier than meat, the insects are way more edible than other foods such as chickens cows and sheeps. Insects don’t carry that much greenhouse gasses but cows and pigs carry a lot of greenhouse gasses.

Firstly, I think we should start eating insects because it is way more healthier than meat such as chickens, sheeps and cows. Eating insects will give you more iron vitamins and protein to your body. Although people think that insects are disgusting and gross they can be very healthy and delicious. The reason why it is so healthy is because they contain heaps of vitamins and protein in there body. Not only is it good for your body and health but also, it is great for the environment.

Secondly, insects are way more edible than meat such as cows and chickens. Insects are only eighty percent edible, when I mean there eighty percent edible I mean that is how much of their body you can eat. With chickens they are fifty percent edible and with cow’s they are forty percent edible. Farming can take up, heaps of space of the world and houses you need to pay for food for the animals, and with the houses you need to pay for power. Because all those things can cost you a lot of money, trying to get insects can cost you nothing. You can easily just feed them with scraps then whenever you are ready to cook, just start taking the insects.

Thirdly, insects don’t carry that much greenhouse gasses. Cows carry a lot of greenhouses gasses and it is very bad for the environment. To produce meat you would also need to use water and mostly sheeps and pigs can use up a lot of water same with cows. Insects only use up not that much water to produce them this is because of what kinds of things they eat. That can give people less use of water to use to produce them. Insects can be very delicious, for instance people say that crickets taste like potato chips and silk worms taste like popcorn.

Those were my strong reasons why I strongly believe that we should start eating insects. It has a lot of protein vitamins and it is so healthy for the human body. It can be very delicious, but look very disgusting. You should start eating insects.

Book report week 4 by Ashleigh

Name Ashleigh Date 4/9/2016

BOOK REPORT

Title of Book Monster Boy Gorgon Gaze

Author Shoo Rayner

Setting: (Time: future, past, modern]; place: country, town, landscape, season; rich, poverty etc.)

Main Characters

• . Connor
• . Gorgon
• . Connor’s mom
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Choose 1 main character to describe: What do they look like?

Gorgon has a sunglasses and lots of snake on her head.

Describe their personality (eg. Friendly, helpful, scary, bully)

Gorgon is scary, funny and friendly.

Summarize the story: Include PROBLEM/CONFLICT, Main Events and CONCLUSIONS

Connor’s mom went to the art competition her mom’s artwork was a mirror, and Connor says she want to play around with her mom’s last work it was an amazing car it can shows lots of thing, after that she went to the art competition to meet her mom then she saw a monster Gorgon she go look at the Mipod Xlit can tell what monster is it and what could it do. It says Gorgon is a danger monster if you look at it’s eyes it will make you into a stone but if it see herself in the mirror it can turn everything back so she use the mirror on her mom’s artwork to turn everything back.  

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Yes because some of my friends like the fantasy story.

Book Report Week 3 by Ashleigh

Name Ashleigh Date 26/8/2016

BOOK REPORT

Title of Book Children of the Incas

Author David Mangurian

Setting: (Time: future, past, modern]; place: country, town, landscape, season; rich, poverty etc.)

Main Characters

• .All the children in Incas
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Choose 1 main character to describe: What do they look like?

They got the brown skin and shot body.

Describe their personality (eg. Friendly, helpful, scary, bully)

They are friendly and helpful.

Summarize the story: Include PROBLEM/CONFLICT, Main Events and CONCLUSIONS

In 1975 there were only 104 people, 192 pigs, 80 cows and 28 chickens live in within the town limits they don’t have the strong house and they don’t have the market and they also don’t have lots of things that New Zealand has they had to go fishing if they want to eat fish the children in there they had to help their family do the work.

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Yes because it tells you how poor is the children in Incas and it also can tells you how lucky you are.

Book Report Week 1 by Ashleigh

Name Ashleigh  Date 12/8/2016

BOOK REPORT

Title of Book Billie B brown Spooky house

Author Sally Rippin

Setting: (Time: future, past, modern]; place: country, town, landscape, season; rich, poverty etc.)

Main Characters

• . Billie
• .Jack
• .Mika
• .Alex

Choose 1 main character to describe: What do they look like?

Billie has short hair, some spot on her face .

Describe their personality (eg. Friendly, helpful, scary, bully)

Jack is a friendly, kind and helpful person.

Summarize the story: Include PROBLEM/CONFLICT, Main Events and CONCLUSIONS

Billie and her friend dare each other to explore the spooky house at the end of the street. They are sure it’s haunted. But they thought Billie was lying about some spooky things in the house so they don’t trust Billie anymore. Billie showed them the ghost in the house so they keep adventure about it. At the end they saw a woman she says there is no ghost just the spider web hanging around.

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Yes because it was a good book about adventure.

Carmen tsunami explanation writting

Plan

Intro - hook

P 1 - how a tsunami is formed

P 2 - warning signs

P 2 - how to avoid a tsunami

P 3 - damage caused

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A tsunami a long, high sea wave caused by disturbance in the sea. Tsunami in japanese means harbor wave. The wave itself can reach up to 100 ft tall. Here are some interesting and life saving facts about tsunamis. So keep reading.

A tsunami is  energy in the water the reason why the energy is in the ocean is because of :        

An undersea volcanic eruption, nuclear bomb, undersea landslide, meteorite and storm surges. The energy in those are enough to form a tsunami. The tsunami will grow bigger when it reaches the shallow water as soon as it gets closer to the surface it will gain height and reach up to 100 ft.

The warning signs for a tsunami are:                                                                                                  

The tide will go out faster than usual. The seismograph will detect a tsunami coming and there will be a warning for the community. You’re animal will act out of character (running around like a headless chicken) also the warning boi will detect the movement of the tsunami.   

To avoid a tsunami you will need to take lots of  food and water! Blankets and a first aid kits and towels possibly pets  and something that can float. Move up to higher ground  such as a mountain.

The damage caused by a tsunami is that trees will probably be knocked down buildings will be destroyed and cars will be swept out to sea.

Pativai's tsunami Writing

This is my writing about the things I have learnt about tsunami's. It starts of with what a tsunami is and then it starts to get into how to be safe from the tsunami's. I have learnt so much about tsunami's.

Tsunami

A tsunami is a huge wave that can causes heaps of destruction, it can destroys huge tall buildings, cars, houses, farms, and schools. It can go up to 500 metres tall and the tallest tsunami ever was 30.6 million metres. A tsunami is named after the Japanese and it really means harbour wave in English. Harbour wave means a shelter for boats for when the ocean gets a bit rough. A tsunami can cause so much destruction it can wash houses schools and cars away. It goes over a city or an town and then crashes down destroying heaps of lives trees and can even destroy mountains.

When you think it is just an normal day and you're on the beach but you hear this alarm, it mean you need to evacuate and go straight to high ground. There are warning signs that you would hear to inform, you that a dangerous tsunami is going to be coming. There are warning signs around the whole world to make sure people can be safe from a huge chomping wave, there is something called the ring of fire. The ring of fire is the places of underwater volcanoes and if it ever erupts something called an warning buoy would send a signal to land to make they are safe.

To be safe you need to listen to the radio news and any alarms for the people who live closer, to the water or for the people near the water. This is to inform you to get to high ground. The reason why you need to get to high ground is that that you don’t get injured by the crushing waves. A tsunami can be very dangerous because of it’s rough waters and it’s strength can pull you and you can drown. By going to high ground you can be safe from sweeping waters and the rough waters.

You can spot a tsunami easily on the beach, the tide goes far back that mean the chomping wave is going to hit. You can start to see the dangerous wave when it starts to come into shallow water it gets bigger then bigger and even bigger then hits land and that’s when you need to start getting into high ground.

After the tsunami it will still be filled with water and things that the tsunami washed up. After all the water is gone you will be sort of left will this huge pile of things that have been washed up but destroyed. Tsunami’s are so big and dangerous that is why you need to hear out or see what people are doing to try and get to high ground.

Maya's Tsunami writing

Tsunami’s - Reading multiple texts

Learning Progressions:

• Summarising: I understand the detail that supports the main idea in the text
• Synthesising: I compare several ideas and information sources to link them together to form a new idea
• Comparing: I compare author's styles and voices on the same genre or topic
• Paraphrasing: I condense the ideas and paraphrase in my own words

Read this variety of texts to answer the questions below.  Build Knowledge

1. Mainsails - Tsunami: Wave of Destruction, by Wendy McDonald.
2. Connected Journal: Why is that? - The tsunami that washed away, by Jenna Tinkle
3. New Zealand Herald Articles Key: NZ Can learn from Japan Tsunami by John Armstrong
4. Learning from the past. From Anatomy of an Earthquake  by Renee C. Rebman

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New Zealand can learn from Japan following the earthquakes in both countries and the tsunami in Japan last year, Prime Minister John Key says.

Speaking after visiting a beach township in Miyagi Prefecture today, Mr Key said New Zealand could learn from Japanese construction methods, while Japan was closely watching developments of the Royal Commission into the Canterbury earthquakes.

More than 10,000 people died in the Japanese earthquake that struck on March 11 last year and another 1500 are still missing.

The population of Shichigahama, the township Mr Key visited, is about 20,000. Some 92 people died in the 10m wave that washed over the town.

Mr Key is in Japan on his return journey from APEC in Vladivostok to mark the 60th anniversary of the New Zealand-Japan relationship.

Mr Key said Japanese officials had told him it would take up to 10 years to restore the region to a degree of normality. He said the time scales were similar in New Zealand.

A Ministry of Information spokesman said people on Japan's eastern seaboard were worried the world would forget about the disaster.

Make Meaning - Synthesise your understanding

1. What things do all of the texts have in common?
2. What things can cause a tsunami?

3. What warning signs are there before a tsunami hits?

One reason we know a tsunami is coming because The tsunami warning buoys detect it before we can, so we have time to escape.We also now that a tsunami is coming is the tide goes out really quickly and really far.

4. What should you do if there are warning signs of a tsunami?

If a tisunami warning goes out Drop everthing and go up some place like a mountain or somthing that is higher than a three story building.you should run away as fast as you can as a tsunami can travel up to 100 miles per hour.

5. What can/have we learned from previous tsunamis?

That if there is a storm there is usually a tsunami

And if you can  you should jump on a plane and fly away.

6. Though all of these are about Tsunami, each article has a different purpose. Describe what you think is the main idea/purpose in one sentence each.

1. The Tsunami that time washed away:
2. Crushing Water:
3. Learning from the Past:
4. NZ Can learn from Japan:
5. Lessons learned from the Samoa tsunami:

Apply Understanding     WEEK 2: Summarise your findings and write an explanation

TITLE: The cause and impact of tsunami

My planHi my name is Maya and I am going to tell you about tsunamis.

First of all they are caused by undersea earthquakes,submarine landslides and underwater eruptions.

The wave is 100 ft tall so you should go some place higher than a three story building.

And listen to the radio at all times to see when a tsunami is going to start.

Those are my tips i’ll see you next time bye.

How it is formedA tsunami is a series of great sea waves caused by an underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption. More rarely, a tsunami can be generated by a giant meteor impact with the ocean.A tsunami is not a single wave but a series of waves, also known as a wave train. The first wave in a tsunami is not necessarily the most destructive. Tsunamis are not tidal waves.Where the ocean is deep, tsunamis can travel unnoticed on the surface at speeds up to 500 miles an hour (800 kilometers an hour), crossing an ocean in a day or less.

Warning signs

Where the ocean is deep, tsunamis can travel unnoticed on the surface at speeds up to 500 miles an hour (800 kilometers an hour), crossing an ocean in a day or less.Severe ground shaking from local earthquakes may cause tsunamis.As a tsunami approaches shorelines, water may recede from the coast, exposing the ocean floor, reefs and fish.Abnormal ocean activity, a wall of water, and an approaching tsunami create a loud "roaring" sound similar to that of a train or jet aircraft.If you experience any of these phenomena, don't wait for official evacuation orders. Immediately leave low-lying coastal areas and move to higher ground."

Damage caused

Facts

1. A tsunami is a series of ocean waves caused by an underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption. More rarely, a tsunami can be generated by a giant meteor impact with the ocean. These waves can reach heights of over 100 ft.
2. About 80% of tsunamis happen within the Pacific Ocean’s “Ring of Fire.”
3. The first wave of a tsunami is usually not the strongest, successive waves get bigger and stronger.
4. Tsunamis can travel at speeds of about 500 miles or 805 kilometers an hour, almost as fast as a jet plane.
5. The states in the U.S. at greatest risk for tsunamis are Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California.

conclusion

In conclusion tsunamis are what I don't want to be in because of the size and damage that it does.A tsunami is a series of great sea waves caused by a natural disaster.