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Poetry

There are many types of poetry, some of them are haiku, cinquain, limerick, and diamante.

Haiku is in 3 lines,and is usually an event in time. The syllable count for haiku is 5, 7, 5.

Cinquain is in 5 lines and it is a story or description using a syllable base 2, 4, 6, 8, 2.

Limerick is in 5 lines and the topic needs to be something that is usually humorous, and is emphasis on the 2nd 5th and 8th beats.

Diamante is 7 lines, but the word count goes in 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1, wich makes it in the shape of a diamond. It uses nouns, adjectives and verbs.

Haiku, cinquain, limerick and diamante are 4 different types of poetry.

Adding fractions

I learnt about adding fractions.

First I watched a video explaining how to add fractions. For example: 1/4 + 2/2 =?, so first, do 2×4, this is 8. Then, do 1×2, and 4×2, the answer is 10 added up. So, the answer for 1/4+2/2 is 8/10. Next I added more fractions like: 1/6 + 1/4 = 5/12, and 1/4 + 2/5 = 3/5.

Lastly I answered a sheet of adding fractions, I did good at this.

I enjoyed this task because I learnt to add fractions. I did well on adding fractions. I need to imrpove on the times tables part.

Attrubuting Facts

This is how to attribute an image.

  1. Pick a photo
  2. Find the photo licence
  3. Find the owner’s name.
  4. Find the website you used to get the photo.
  5. Link it to the photo.

It is polite to attribute photos, because you need to give credit to the creator.

Netball

We played relay games and played netball.

First, we played a game where 1 team gets into a circle, while the other team had to try and run around them. One team got into a circle and tried to pass as many times as they could, before every person in the other team ran around. My team lost.

Then, we played over and under, we needed to pass the ball over our head, or under our legs and try to get all the way to the end of the court. My team lost the first game, but both teams tied in the second.

Lastly, we played netball. I was one of the players in the middle because I was good at passing and catching. My team got 2 points.

I didn’t enjoyed this becuase I don’t like netball, I need to improve on trying to get the ball before the other team passes, I did good at passing and catching.

Persuasive Speech

The structure for a speech is OREO.

The O stands for Opinion, an opinion is what somebody thinks of something. For example: the ocean is dying.

R stands for reasons, and E stands for explination. An example is: The ocean is dying by pollution, caused by plastic waste, and rubbish.

The last O stands for opinion, this is the over all opinion of the problem. For example: I think that we need to stop ocean pollution becuase it is killing ocean life.

OREO is the structure of a speech, O is opinion, R is reasons, E is explination and O is opinion.

Story Types

There are 4 different types of stories, myths, legends, fables and fairytales.

Myths are stories that explain how things that happen now in the world started, for example. A myth is Maui and the sun, because it explains why we have longer days.

Legends are stories that are about heros, for example. A legend is Rahi and the Patupaiarehe because Rahis wife was kidnapped, and he went on a mission to save her.

Fables are ususaly short stories that teach a moral, or a lesson, for example. The two Goats is about how a tree trunk fell down and two goats wanted to get to eachothers side, but they both didn;t want to get off, so they fought until they both fell off. This means it is better to yield than to come to misfortune out of stubbourness.

Fairytales are stories that have fantastic characters, like siren, mermaid and dragon, for example. The little mermaid is a fairy tale becuase the main character is a mermaid, and there are other mermaid characters.

Evaluating

I learnt about evaluating, and practised with a text called the youngest pilot fies around the world.

First we learnt what evaluating is, evaluating is judging events, information and arguments inside a text.

Then, we made 2 arguments about what we think that Mack could have done, or did well at, and summarised both of them. My 2 arguments were that Mack wasted his time,and it didn’t matter that he flew around the world. The other agrument is that he used his time wisely, and he should get an award.

Lastly, we chose which argument we thought was best, I choose that Mack used his time wisely, and he shoukld be awarded my accomplishing a world reccord.

I enjoyed this task becuase I learnt how to evaluate, I think I need to get better at choosing an opinion, I was good at summarising the 2 argiments.

Mobile Garden

I am learning how to sumamrise texts, one of them is the Mobile Garden.

This story is about a man named Vijayanagar who was sent a letter from the sultan wanting fresh vegetables sent to the kitchen. The sutlan was trying to trick him so that the sultan had an exuse to invade Vijayanagar’s kingdom, Vijayanagar had noticed the sultan tried to trick him, so he hired Apaji to help him. Apaji had bullock carts sent to the royal gardeners so that they could grow their own vegetables. The sultan sent a letter back saying that he had got the vegetables and managed to complete the task, Vijayanagar gave apaji gold coins in return for helping him.

I enjoyed this task because I found this text interesting.

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How to Write a Correct Blog Post

A correct blog post includes 4 main things.

The first thing a correct blog post must have is a title, a title is what your blog post is about.

The next thing is a label, a label is what subject your work is.

Then, the actuall text itself, or blog, this is the whole blog post.

Finaly the DLO, the DLO shows proof that the tast, or work was complated.

SSR Slefie

I read a story called, The BFG.

This story is about a girl named Sophie who couldn’t sleep one night becuase a moonbean was shining onto her face. When she went to go close the curtain, the BFG came and snatched her, and took her back to his house.

I enjoyed this story becuase I have read this story before, and enjoyed it.