Tag: Writing

Cinquain Poem – Krakatoa

LI: To write a multi verse cinquain poem that describes the journey of a sleeping maunga that erupts

We have been exploring cinquain poems. A conquain poem. A cinquain poem has 5 lines. Each line has a different purpose. Line 1 is a noun which is a name. Line 2 has 2 adjectives taht describe the noun. Line 3 has 3 verbs that end in ‘ing’ and describe the actions. Line 4 is a noun phrase which is a group of words (not a sentence) that go together to describe the noun. Line 5 is a synonym which is a word with a similar meaning to the noun. We used our poem to show our understanding of volcanoes.

Something I found interesting was that I learnt the different parts of a cinquain poem and I learnt new words by using word hippo.

Why Maungarei Sleeps – A Pourquoi Story

Back, far back, in the mists of time when the world was very young, there was a volcano, calm, peaceful, and it was in a deep sl, the Maungarei, the Guardian of the land. One day tourists came ashore on the island, saw the amazing view of Maungarei, they scampered through the forest grounds until they came up upon the mountain. 

They climbed up the mountain one by one, they came up upon the top of the Mountain. They danced on top, they sang in joy, but they didn’t know what was coming through. Maungarei has woken from her slumber, she was fuming with anger, raging as her emotions got harder. She fumed with fire, little earthquakes shaking the forest grounds, the tourists starting screaming for help , they started to sprint down the mountain as fast as they could. They’ve breezed into the bottom of the mountain and sprinted as fast as they could, they were safe and sound.

Maungarei was angry, storming with rage, her sibling on the other hand ignored her and ran away from her as she made the earthquake even worse. She was always ignored since she was a middle child.

Maungarei needed to calm down, she was raging with anger, her rage was taking over her emotions even more. Mt Taranaki came to Maungeri, Mt Taranaki was the oldest of the brothers and as he came Maugneri saw him approach her, she exploded and sent a big droplet of lava on Taranaki, it was no effect. The biggest, strongest, Mt Taranaki came to Maungarei, he replied “What’s the problem Maungarei”. Maungarei told Taranaki all about what happened. Mt Taranaki the greatest of all brothers calmed Maungarei down, and Maungarei went back to his deep slumber in the islands of New Zealand.

 

Diary of WW1

LI: To recount a historical story from the past through fictional eyes of someone who was there

We have been looking at the events that took place at ANZAC Cove on 25 April 1915, during WW1. Many ANZAC soldiers got wounded or died during the war. We went through some videos showing what life was like in the trenches and read Hami grace’s diary to help us write diary entries in ww1. We used video recordings to record our diary entries. 

 I enjoyed using this as it allowed me to picture what it was like in the past and how it was like in the trenches.

Something I found interesting about this was that, I learnt what happened during ww1 and how the soldiers reflected their recounts in their diary.

Time Travelers Podcast ft Samuel Marsden

Today in LS2 we did Literacy and Inquiry. Our task was to create a Podcast with Samuel Marsden who was a Missionary in the 1820’s. One of us was pretending to be Samuel Marsden and the others were asking questions about what he did. It was fun to do and it was also interesting because we learnt new things during the podcast.

I learnt how podcasts work and how easy it was to do.

Photo Story

LI: To understand the concept of visual storytelling

In week nine our task was to make a story using photo’s and making it like a collage in acending order. It was from the start to the end of the river walk. My story represent’s the river walk from leaving PBS to the end of Pt england Reserve.

Pepeha

LI: To let others know who I am so they can make connections to me and my place in the world.

  • Our challenge today was to write and record our pepeha to introduce ourselves.
  • I found this cool because it is important to know our Pepeha and learn where we are from and learn about our ancestors.

PapyrusAI

LI: To write a narrative from an AI prompt

This week we got to explore Papyrus AI in Writing.  Papyrus AI is a generative AI which has to do with creating things. We used it to help us write a narrative story that incorporated two different fairy tales : Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid.  Papyrus asked us for our ideas, and gave us feedback to improve our paragraphs, until we had completed our whole narrative story. I liked that AI Generates and helps me get idea’s to use for my writing. Here is my story :

The Mermaid Who Had Legs

Once upon a time, there was a mermaid named Ariel. She lived in the depths of the ocean in an enchanted kingdom called Atlanta. Ariel loved to sing melodies and go on adventures with her friends. One day, she went to the ocean top and saw a ship sailing. She noticed a handsome prince enjoying the bright sun and the cool breeze. Then Belle came, saw Ariel, and told the prince that there was a beautiful mermaid.

Ariel went to the bottom of the ocean to a spooky underwater lair and asked the witch who lived there, called Ursaluna, to give her some legs. Ursula said that she would receive legs in exchange for her voice. Despite her friends’ warnings, Ariel agreed to Ursula’s conditions. Ariel reached the shore and saw the prince, but found it difficult to walk since she had never experienced it before. Ariel was having such a good time with the prince and Belle, but then Ursula came and tried to get rid of their fun time.

They all fought together, Ariel, the prince, and Belle, for Ariel’s voice, friendship, and love. Ursula was defeated by their combined efforts, and Ariel returned to her true form. She said goodbye to her friends, knowing she had brought about peace.

Ariel became a bridge of peace between the ocean and the land. Her story shows the importance of courage, teamwork, and listening to your heart, emphasising how true friendship can overcome even the toughest challenges.

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First Kellysport on Term 4

On Tuesday LS1 had Kelly Sport on the field. For Kelly Sports we did a sport named Touch. 

First, we went outside on the field and sat down to listen to the coach. The coach reminded us what the three rules were. Listening when the coach was talking, freezing when the whistle blows, and last one is having fun. 

Next, the coach told us to get in a group of 4 people and each group got one ball. We put the ball in the middle and the coach told us to touch one of our body parts (e.g head, shoulders, knees, toes) and we had to grab the ball if the coach said ball and the first one to grab it wins. It was all about speed and it was fun.

Then, we played a real game of touch. It was bibs vs non bibs. The Blue team was getting super close although they were barely even scoring. It was hard to concentrate on the ball since it was being tossed around to random people. Every time I get the ball I always get touched instantly, which is embarrassing. Luckily one of our teammates helped us win the match. It was super fun.

Touch was super fun. I enjoyed touch because it was super fun and I learnt something new. I did well on playing fair. I need to improve on acting fast when I get the ball.

Haoura

Monday 23rd September. LS1 went to LS2’s class.

First,  we went up and learnt about the four walls which are spiritual, physical, mental, and Social well being. 

 Spiritual Well being represents your religion, culture, & beliefs. Physical well being is when you keep your body fit, healthy, strong and looking after it. Mental well being is about self confidence & self control. Social wellbeing is when you have good relationships like your family, friends, & more.

Next,  we learnt about our heart and how it’s important. We also did an activity on our body pulse. We had to get a partner and see how many pulses we can do in twenty seconds. We did it on the wrist and did it three times each. 

Then, LS1 and LS2 went outside. We did another activity, we had to run for 20 seconds and our partner had to check how fast our pulse was going.my partner got heaps on the last run. I got lower numbers because he looked at my wrist pulse instead of my neck pulse. 

I enjoyed this task because it was fun. I did well on participating. I need to improve on getting more fit.