In class, we are learning about courage. We had to choose a quote that we like and create a motivational poster.
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Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Thursday, November 4, 2021
My Narrative Writing Goals
Right now we are doing our narrative writing goals, and seeing what we need to work on.
My Writing Goals
Not yet | Developing | Got it! |
My story flows and I use punctuation for effect | |
I have an interesting hook | |
I have good organisation (paragraphs help reader with the orientation, problem, complication, solution) | |
I have used , . ?! correctly within direct speech | |
I have short sentences for impact and longer sentences to build detail | |
I have used wow words (verbs, adjectives, nouns) | |
I have figurative language ( simile, metaphor, idiom personification) | |
I mostly use show not tell | |
I have a wide variety of sentence starters | |
I have a 2A, double ly; de;de; simile; verb, person sentence; 3 ed; emotion word, sentence; P.C sentence. ( comment on them) | |
I can give, and respond to, peer and teacher feedback to improve my work and my friend’s. | |
My writing goals are... | |
My writing goals are to give feedback to peers. And respond to teachers and friends. And to us show not tell. | |
Thursday, October 28, 2021
Wringer 1 - 5
Wringer, what is it about? Wringer is about a boy who doesn't want to be a Wringer. First, What is a Wringer? A Wringer is a 10 Yr Old boy who puts pigeons out of their misery, by snapping their necks.
Thursday, October 21, 2021
Credible - Believable (Sarn Cook)
Great authors make characters with believable personalities. They show personalities through these: Dialogue, action, reactions, thoughts. I can see these in Beans character. Beans is disrespectful, obnoxious, careless around people, and does what he pleases. From these personalities, he is just using actions.
Thursday, September 23, 2021
Persuasive Writing (Sarn Cook).
In-class & in Lockdown, we have been learning about persuasive writing and how it can affect people when using emotive language, correct punctuation, and great detail.
Name :Sarn Cook
Audience: Government, The Public
Purpose: Job loses cause of Lockdown.
People Shouldn’t lose their Jobs because of Lockdown!
Covid 19 - the job thief. How many people have lost their jobs during lockdown?
Today in level 4 people have been losing their jobs due to the Delta Variant, a new
virus that researchers found in the sewage in Warkworth and in wellington. In my
opinion, I think people shouldn’t lose their jobs because it makes them struggle,
mentally and financially. In this speech I will be telling you why people shouldn’t lose
their jobs in lockdown and why they should keep their jobs.
Main Idea 1
People shouldn’t lose jobs because then they won’t get paid, which is not good cause
they could end up on the street. One of my Papa’s mates lost his jobs because of the
lockdown, so he had to become a rubbish man as an essential worker so he doesn’t lose
his job again. This is what happens to people when we go into lockdown because of the
high number of cases. According to Health.govt.nz there have been 55 new cases today and 603 cases in total. This is terrible because
the more cases we get the longer the lockdown is, which is petrifying because people are losing
their jobs for no reason. My statement is that the government shouldn’t allow people to lose
their jobs during lockdown, but keep their jobs in case of financial problems or homelessness.
When you're driving down the street you might see homeless people walking around asking for
money or trying to shoplift. Those people could have been people who lost their job, According
to bbc.com Damian Fowler says. Millions of kiwis have been losing their jobs due to the Covid 19 outbreak.
Main Idea 2
I think you should know that trying to find another job is harder than finding your first. That's
because Lockdown closed down businesses for a reeeaally long time, so there’s no opportunity
for them to even apply for the job. Or even see if there's a job for them to apply for, I
think the government should lend job applications out to people who don’t have a job,
because they might end up on the street. Or even better, I think the Government
should build a street full of homes for people who don’t have homes to live in.
Like that would be amazing, so that when you're driving or walking up the road you will
see that everyone is happy and everyone has a home.
Main Idea 3
Lockdown Level 4 - Everyone's worst nightmare . . . or daymare. In Level 4 it's
boring, very boring. I heard that someone's experience in Level 4 was boring. All of
her siblings were hitting and yelling at each other. Yelling, Screaming, Fighting - Was
your lockdown like that? If so that must of been dumb. It must of been mentally
challenging and frustrating time without being able to go to work. People would suffer
or even get depressed because they can't go to work and provide for there whanau,
or put food on the table.
Summary
People shouldn’t lose their jobs to lockdown; they should be able to keep them and
still get paid so they don’t end up on the street or in poverty. People need to open
their eyes and take a look at themselves and think again about those who are suffering
on the street.
Thank You For Reading.
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Persuasive Writing Model Text.
In Google Meet, we have been learning about Persuasive Writing and knowing different types of writing.
Twelve Day of Lockdown - Math's (Sarn Cook)
We literally just learned how to do algebra. Sooo... here you go, I geuss.😐