My task was to create a DLO on a respected leader, and I chose Mother Teresa. Because she is a very kind woman who helps out people if they are sick, disabled, old, or even dying. I then researched information about her so I can know more about her. Some interesting information I found out about her was that she became a nun at the age 18 and not just to spread the love of Christ but to help others.
I enjoyed researching Mother Teresa because she is one of the leaders I respect.
Our task was to challenged to write a poem about an abstract noun using the 5 sences known as: Ofactory (smell), Gustatory (taste), Visual (see) tactile (touch) and auditory (hear). One the noun my partner picked was friendship, meaning being friendly to others. In each paragraph we described what we thought the abstract noun would look, smell, feel, hear ,and taste like. We lastly used wordhippo to change our words more powerful and make our poem more powerful.
I found this task fun because I get to enjoy writing poems about different things to learn more.
LI: To write a poem that describes as momment in time.
Our task was to create a poem by using the 5 senses which are Olfactory which means smell, Gustatory which is taste, Visual which is look, Tactile which is feel, and Auditory which is sound. Then we thought of what had happened in the past compared to today, For example: there weren’t many houses built in Auckland so Maori people lived in pa sites. We then wrote some things about what we heard while walking up the Maunga, and I had written things like the rocks rustling, the wind pasting through my ear , and the traffic. Then me and my group had thought of what the past could have heard such as the rustles of the piupiu skirts , the whistle of Tāwhiri-mātea welcoming us into his maunga, the voices of those who fought in the war.
I really enjoyed this task because when we got back from the mountain I was really inspired about how Liana grandpa talked to my class about the history of Mt Wellington mountain.
LI: To write a poem that describes as momment in time.
Our task was to create a poem by using the 5 senses which are Olfactory which means smell, Gustatory which is taste, Visual which is look, Tactile which is feel, and Auditory which is sound. Then we watched a video of a polar bear approaching a man and how we needed to imagine that we were the man. After re-watching the video we thought of some words and then changed them into powerful words to make the poem more exciting. After all, we read our favourite part to the class and my group choice: I felt… my heart pulsing as the oversized creature rattled my cage with each shake, fear entered every part of my body. Because it explains how I would feel in that situation if a polar which is about 7ft approached me.
I found this activity really fun because we got to experience new words to level up my writing.
This week we have been learning about the vowels and the “ei” sounds. Ei can make long /a/ sound and long /e/ sounds. Long vowels are saying the letter name, and the short vowel is saying the letter sound. We made a DLO of Nonsense Paragraphs, The words we used in our paragraph to make a nonsense sentence is Veil, Skein, Eight, Foreign, Reindeer, Leisure, Receipt, Receive, Beige, Reign, Abseil, Vein, Perceive, Ceiling and Receive.
I enjoyed this task because I liked how we challenged our partners to see who wrote it faster.
LI: Sound Focus: ei and in long /a/
For spelling we learnt about the “ei ” as a long /a/. First we looked at the words that include the “ei” sounds. For example: beige, skein, vein. When saying these words you need to be able to make the “ei ”. Then we chose a word which was veil, and veil is a type of material that is to cover a woman or to hide their faces.
I found this activity fun because writing down and sounding out the words were really fun as well as challenging my partner.
LI: understand the Treaty Of Waitangi.
Our task was to research the treaty of Waitangi and the history before the treaty of Waitangi happened. First we learnt about the history of slavery and how it still existed when Te Tiriti o Waitangi, therefore Great Britain travelled to Aotearoa on ships with missionaries to spread Christianity across New Zealand. Then the British crown created laws for New Zealand that everybody had to follow. The British ruled over a large and powerful empire and wanted New Zealand to be a part of it too.
I found this task interesting and upsetting to because seeing picture of young people being in the slavery is upsetting but also finding information about how it was back in the days was interesting.
LI : understand how culture connects with your name
Our task was to create a taniwha into our name. First I looked for some Taniwha designs that would fit with my name, and I came across one with a head and decided to make that as my Taniwha design. Then I got some ideas from people to make the tongue of the Taniwha as and S and keep continuing on with my name. I chose the colour purple because I wanted it to pop out more instead of it being green.
I found this task awesome because I designed it as a draft to see how it would turn out in the end.
LI : To read the text, gather, sort, graph and analyse the data.
Our task was to create a statistical investigation by following the cycle. First me and my partner thought of a question which was “What college would you want to attend?”, then we went around the class asking them about our question. Then we gathered up all our data that we needed to analyse, we found out the answer and which college was picked most. We found out that most people in LS2 would attend Tamaki.
I enjoyed this task because it was fun going around and asking people about which college they would attend.
me and my partner formed a question, our question was “what sports do you play,” then we went around asking the class what sport they play. After we gathered all of the data we analyzed (looked closely). Finally we formed a conclusion, we found out that most people in LS2 don’t play sports.
Our task was to create a DLO about a leader we admire, and my group and I had to choose Rosa Parks because she stood her ground and sat in front of the bus which was supposed to be for people that are white. But instead she decided to sit in the front and not care about the rules because she thought that the rules were useless and not helpful.
I enjoyed this task because researching about Rosa Parks is really interesting and especially hearing about her story.