L.I : To create an Cinquain Poem about fornite.
L.I To create an 25 summary DLO, about V-bucks.
L.I : To create an DLO showing the 6 emotions that our character feel’s in our 6 story sentence.
The DLO showing above is an DLO that was created, by finding images of the way they felt in the story. The first of six emotions we used were Angry,sad,Happy,Scared,Tired and shocked. We both used our good searching skills to make sure we’re using the right images and images that we are allowed to use
L.I : To create a List poem about the character we’re writing about.
This task, we created a DLO about a poem about Roronoa zoro, and for this we wrote a list of poems about him. We also used word hippo to find words that we think are interesting and detailed to explain about the character. As for that we both knew the structure of the List poem. We both knew which word is better and which one isn't.
L.I : To create a six sentence story and then create an manga comic book about.
This week we’re still learning about Anime, for my first task I decided to do I worked with a partner, we both decided to write are story about are good thief. We both also used our searching skills to find images that we can trace to help make the story more interesting and easier to understand. We both worked collaboratively and shared out ideas on what we should do,what we should change and what should fix to make it better and more detailed for our readers.
Our challenge was to choose our favourite anime/manga character. Our next challenge was to draw the character on our chromebooks or on paper. I chose to draw my character on cromebook because it was easir for me. Our final challenge was to write a paragraph that describes our character and explains why this character is your favourite because he is super strong and he is stronger than Goku.
LI: To read for meaning and understanding
Our challenge today was to use our smart searching skills to create a DLO in our own words that tells us about the life of our favourite manga artist or a well known manga artist. A fact I found interesting is that 480 million copies of one piece manga have been sold.
L.I To create an a character profile.
The DLO showing, was an collaborative DLO, for this task we learnt about about Anime Manga, My group and I we create an story talking about an gang that happened …. If you want to read about it learn more about our story keep reading. We first started of by creating what he looks like and created him by using google draw
L.I : To read and understand the meaning.
This week LS2 is learning about Anime. Anime is a Japanese comic book that introduces people to the anime they are reading about. I also like to watch movies, which is another different way to watch and read about anime. I enjoy doing this activity because my partner and I learnt different facts about anime? Did you know that anime manga has been around for more than 100 years. We also really enjoyed defining words we didn't know about. For example we didn't know what censorship means, if you want to learn just have a look at our google doc and google draw to understand more information about manga anime.
LI: To define the terms and understand the properties of 2D shapes.
LI: To explain in fewer words what the text is about.
LI: To use Google Draw to recreate a famous artwork
This week we have been learning about famous artworks and colour mixing. The artwork I chose was the girl with the peal earrings by Johannes Vermeer. This artwork was painted in 1665. Today it can be found in in the nether land in a museum called Mauritshuis.
LI: To define the terms and understand the properties of 2D shapes.
LI: To paint a picture with my words
This morning Miss Sheena joined our online Meet and taught us how to write a Hello/Goodbye poem. This poem shows the contrast between things lockdown made us leave behind and the things lockdown gives us the opportunity to do.
LI: To write a list poem that describes a topic by painting a picture with your words.
Today we wrote list poems about a topic we connected with. Our challenge was to use descriptive language features to paint a clear picture with our words
L.I : To undrstand how to expan an Equivalent Maths.
LI: To strengthen our connections to Matariki.
Matariki is the Maori new year celebration. It takes places each year when the cluster of stars known as Matariki are seen in our skies. The new year is a time for new beginnings and is a time to embrace tradition.To strengthen our connections to Matariki we had a choice of research activities.
eate an DLO working collabortivley , understanding the Matariki Harvest Birds.
LI: To use our smart searching skills to find information about the Greek gods
Today David shared his reading challenge with us. It is all about the Greek gods and helps us to practise the skills we have been learning in our reading lessons with our teachers.
David created this task as part of his CARE award challenges. We earn CARE award badges in year 7 and 8 to show that we understand our school values. In this activity we used our smart searching skills to find information to help us complete the table.
I found this activity intresting because it was fun learning about the greek gods.
The Greek god I found most interesting was hades because he was the god of the under world he was the god who decided if people go to hell or heaven.
L.I To use metaphors and the five senses to describe the abstract noun.
Our task was to create a DLO of writing a poem using a abstract noun. Abstract nouns are things that we can feel but we can't physically touch it. The 5 senses are sight, hearing, taste, smell and feel. First we had to pick a word from the list. And me and my group choose luxury. After we picked the word, we looked for a structure in a example of given to us. After writing the poem we had to make a poem of us describing the word we have picken. We really enjoyed this activity, because it taught us how to create metaphors and poems, using abstract nouns.
This week for Tech we learnt how to dissect a hibiscus. First we wrote why flower are spealil and what you noticed aout a flower. The equement we used were. slide- glass, cutting board, and a knife.
First we Remove one petal. Next we Pinch the side of the Ovule. last we cut a straight line on the Pollen tube. Then we pick one polen and used it on the microw scope. I learnt parts about the flower. The parts are, Hibiscus, Stigma, Style,Anther, Pollen Tube,Sepal,Thalamus,Male Gametophyte,Petal,Ovule, Female Gametophyte.
LI: To write an abstract noun senses poem.
An abstract noun refers to an idea, quality or state that you can't see, hear, touch or smell.
For example: Life looks like a busy street bustling with people beginging their day.
The five senses are hear, smell, taste, touch, feel.
A metaphor is comparing two things, saying one thing is the other without using 'like' or 'as'.
for example Happiness is rhe sun rising in my heart.
LI: to identify the main ideas in the text
Our next activity was to continue our learning with Matariki and Maori Stories.
For this activity we talked about the general important ideas, the 4 very important ideas, and the 3 vital ideas of the story. The important ideas are composed of 4 specific things that might basically summarise the story. The 3 vital ideas are composed of key parts of the story.
LI: to find as many similarities and differences as you can between the video and the text of “The Beginning”.
To continue our learning of Matariki, and the Maori story of Creation our task was to create a Venn Diagram. For our Venn Diagram we compared the differences and similarities between the Video and Written Version of the Maori Creation Story. A Venn Diagram, is a diagram showcasing the differences and similarities between two different things.
LI: to explain in fewer words what the text is about
For our Inquiry we were learning about Matariki, and the origin story. Our task was to watch a video on the Maori Creation story and we had to summarise the video. The video was an artist representing and creating the story through sand art. Our 20 important words had to be the top important words from the video, words that represented the story. Then from the 20 we had to pick the 6 most important words Then using those 6 words we had to sum up the story in a few sentences.
LI: To understand how to use descriptive words to make your writing more interesting.
Our focus for writing this week was to use descriptive writing, which means using words that are powerful, making your text more exciting to read and add more detail into your writing. We were tasked to work collaboratively in pairs to complete this task. Our task was to describe one of the two pictures that we were given. To make this task easier we would use our prior knowledge of sentence structures, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and descriptive words to create a piece of writing that uses descriptive words to make the text exciting to read.
LI: To follow the rules and expectations, expected from teachers.
This weeks PB4L learning is about following classroom rules and expectations. PB4L is a acronym describing Positive Behavior for Learning. PB4L helps us understand the correct behavior for inside classroom learning and outer learning. This consist of Classroom discussions, walking to assembly, behaviour on school trips, wet day procedure eg. respecting wet day monitors. All of these prospects will help us develop a strong and healthy learning enviroment. I found this activity fun because we could teach people about respect and rules.
LI: To find the important information in a current event
This week for Reading we learnt about author's purpose. Authors write for a purpose/reason. These reasons are to Persuade, Inform, Explain or Entertain (PIE). First we looked at Kiwi Kids News to find a article. Then, we made a copy of the Current Events DLO and answered these questions: What is the article about? When the article was created? Where was the article was made? Why the author wrote the article? How it was made? Why do you think the author wanted you to learn from the article?
I found this activity fun and intresting because I learned what was going on around the New Zealand.
LI: To find the important information in a current event
This week for Reading we learnt about author's purpose. Authors write for a purpose/reason. These reasons are to Persuade, Inform, Explain or Entertain (PIE). First we looked at Kiwi Kids News to find a article. Then, we made a copy of the Current Events DLO and answered these questions: What is the article about? When the article was created? Where was the article was made? Why the author wrote the article? How it was made? Why do you think the author wanted you to learn from the article?
I found this activity fun and intresting because I learned what was going on around the world.
L.I: Make a DLO that tells you how to Stand Up to Bullies.
LI: To strengthen connections to technology.
LI: To use the language features and structure of published poem to help use write our own poem.
We looked at the language features and structure of a poem called ‘A Moment in Time’ and used our experiences from camp to follow the structure and collaboratively create our own moment in time poem. To describe what we heard, what we saw, how we felt and what we wondered we used our senses, adjectives and adverbs. Ajectives are words that describes nouns. Adverbs are a word that describes an action. I found this task interesting and fun because I used a really cool website called word hippow to make my groups work better.
LI: To understand how reading can change one's life.
Today we had Marc from Duffy come and talk to us about the importance of reading and how reading can make a big impact on your life. Although Marc had some challenges in his life he used reading as a tool to get through the hard times. Marc believes that we are surrounded by CAN and not CAN’T. I found Assembly motivating because he was talking about things you can do an there is never can't.
LI: To compare the Key Competencies we think we will use on camp and the Key Competencies we actually used.
Before we went to camp our challenge was to think about when we might use the Key Competencies as we faced the challenges. When we came back from camp we looked at this and compared how we thought we would use the Key Competencies and how we actually used them.
I really liked doing this task because I got to rethink back to camp , I also liked talking about the differences before camp and after camp.
LI: To create an infographic using google draw that tells your audience facts about the kokako Bird.
This week LS2 have been celebrating our camp. I created this collage to show my time at camp and the activities I enjoyed. To make my collage effective I thought about the size of the images, the angle of the images and I tried hard not to leave any gaps between the photos. I found this activity fun because I got to learn new facts about the Kokako Bird.
LI: To a collaborative brochure that tells others why Kokako Lodge is a great place to go on camp
In our activity groups for camp, we created an inside and outside brochure to advertise Kokako Lodge. We included distance between Auckland to Kokako Lodge, information about the activities, photos of student experience, catering and cabins. They provide free beds and have various activities to do and challenge yourself with. There are 6 cabins that hold up to 14 people, which is almost definitely capable of holding multiple crowds of people. We focused on providing information that sells Kokako Lodge, which means it catches people’s interest and makes them want to stay there. We enjoyed creating this brochure and being able to test our creativity with advertising and comprehension skills.
Last week we went to camp at Kokako Lodge. My 5 minute snapshot shows my personal voice and I have tried hard to paint a picture with my words to describe what I was doing and how I felt. I found this activity fun and interesting because I was given the opportunity to share my thoughts and express my feelings about how I felt during the high beam activity.
LI: To create a collage of your camp highlights
This week LS2 have been celebrating our camp. I created this collage to show my time at camp and the activities I enjoyed. To make my collage effective I thought about the size of the images, the angle of the images and I tried hard not to leave any gaps between the photos. I found this activity because it was cool playing around with the photos.
L.I to celebrate our PBS SLJ participants.
I really enjoyed the activities set.
It was Fun getting challenges from Nano Girl.
I really liked that we were keeping our learning going over the holidays.
Mrs Grant and Miss Paleti were handing out the SLJ awards.
Congratulations to Sakshi who got top blogger, top commenter, top blogger for manaiakalame.
Today for food tech , the year 7's made Pancakes melted with ice cream. We started off by getting into our groups and to grab our equipment to help us make our pancakes. I worked with Kruse and helped him mesure the length of the oil.
L.I : To create an How we leave the classroom?
For this task , I worked with my partner. My partner and I created an DLO how we leave the classroom and why it is also good to tell the teacher where we went. Creating this DLO also helps us learn how to make the right choices. This was a cool and fun task to do as we both knew what to write and used our knowledge. Working with my partner was really fun as we talked about it together. I also liked creating images by drawing them using the drawing tools.
LI: to give a helpful tip to people who are starting with Chromebooks.
For this task , I decided to work with my friends. This task was about creating an DLO about Cybersmart. We first started off by introducing what Cybersmart is? We then introduced how to work google meets and what you should do in a google meet. After we created an another slide showing tips and shortcuts on knowing how to use our laptop correctly. I really enjoyed working with my group and helping other understand the safety reasons on being cybersmart. I also liked writing what I knew about cybersmart , Did you know that cybersmart is also all about being safe online and choosing the right choices online.
LI: To think outside the box, be creative and complete the picture
This challenge was about thinking outside the box and being creative. For this challenge I needed to create a picture with this squiggly line.
I really enjoyed thinking of what I was about to draw because I had lots of ideas.
LI: To create an optical illusion
After using our smart searching skills to find out what optical illusions are we were challenged to create our own optical illusions, For this task My group and I worked collaboratively and shared our ideas onto learning how to create an Optical Illusion. We then wrote what it is and what our optical Illusion shows and what it means. For this optical Illusion we created it by using the drawing tools.
I really enjoyed doing this task as I learned what is an Optical Illusion and What our optical illusions means.
L.I To create an DLO about the Sporcle Challenge.
The DLO showing above was worked collaboratively with my partner. We wrote what we enjoyed and what the challenge is. We first went onto the website and read the introductions to understand what the game is about and How we can play. We also then find quizzes that gives us more understanding into learning what the topic is about.
LI: To create a DLO that tells others about tatau.
