Poetry

Walt:I can recognize and understand the connections between oral, written and visual.
-Identify language features within poetry

  

Task Description:Our task was to write 3 poems. We had to make these up by ourselves.

The Gestapo's Most Wanted

Walt:Analyse the text



Task Description: The task was to analyse the text. We were given a piece of text to read through and find out the answer to our question. Here is my presentation. I hope you enjoy.

Mata i Pusi

Walt: Identify issues within the text


Task Description:The task was to identify issues within the text. We had to read a story about this then put the answers in the text. Here it is

iluminate Recount

Walt:Use the T.R.E.E structure to write a recount

We were lucky enough to have iluminate dance crew come to perform for us yesterday. Use the T.R.E.E structure table below to help you plan a recount telling readers about your experience.

T	Title	iLuminate
R	Reveal - Who was involved? Where did it happen? When did it happen? Why did it happen? How?	Who:The 3 dancers of iLuminate Where:In the school hall When:Last week Tuesday Why:Because someone thought our school was cool so they gave us a gift How:A lady who was a visitor came to school and brang her friends to entertain us.
E	Events - what happened? In the order they happened.	First the classes came into the hall. Then Mrs Nua talked to us
E	Ending - How did it end? Final thoughts.

Start your writing here:

A few weeks ago Pt England School were given a wonderful performance from a group of dancers. The group who performed for us were iluminate. iluminate are a group of dancers from all over America (USA). Everyone was excited to hear that we were having a performance from this group. The whole school gathered in the hall for the amazing performance. Mrs Nua talked to us about this group. Mrs Nua then introduced a lady, this lady was the one that had got this group to perform for us.

As soon as they had there talk the lights were out. Everyone in the room were excited about that. The lights were out, then all you could see on the stage was a big person, a glowing person. You couldn't see there face or anything because they were wearing all black so they could glow in the dark. Once the first glowing figure was out, two people came in as well. The music then started to play. Once the group finished performing they came out and talked to the school. The selected Kapa Haka children did a performance for the group at the end. The group then learnt the NZ haka. They performed it too.

Once they had finished doing the Haka the school went back to their classes to get ready to head home. However the the Yr 7 & 8s stayed behind to ask the group some questions. Some of the questions were “Who inspired you to dance”, “ Can you do the dab” and more. When we finished asking questions we went back to class to pack up. Our day was amazing!

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Task Description:Our task was to write about the group that came to perform for our school. We had to use the TREE structure to write this recount.

Venetia- POETRY

WALT: I can recognize and understand the connections between oral, written and visual language.

- Identify language features within poetry

Task Description: Our task for writing was to fill out the Poem presentation. We had to write things like Similes, Onomatopoeia, Metaphors and more.There were 3 poems for us to choose from. We had to pick the one we enjoyed the most and write down what we liked about it. Here is my Poem presentation. 

Wool and Nail Art!

Today we did Wool and Nail Art for our art rotations.  Alisha, Olivia and I created our art step by step using wood, nails , wool and a star stencil.


I enjoyed doing this because it was fun and interesting. I would do it again but I would change the star into something else. 


1. For our first step we hammered nails in a star shape onto our wood

2. For our second step we put the wool on our star. It looked like this.

Fun Week

Walt: Use a variety of interesting vocabulary to keep our readers engaged. 

On the last few days of Term 1 the Yr 8ś went to camp and the Yr 7ś stayed behind and had 3 fun days. On the first day of our fun week we watched a movie called Boys2men. We watched half of the movie on the first day. After the movie we wrote a brainstorm of the movie. 

On the second day of our 3 fun days we watched the other half of the movie. When we watched the movie we also ate popcorn, we were given popcorn to make the movie more enjoyable. The movie was extra cool because it was made by one of our teachers Miss Muliaumasealii. Parts of it were filmed in Glen Innes and the other parts were filmed at James Cook High School and a big warehouse.  I enjoyed watching the movie because it taught me some things. 

On the last day of our 3 fun days we made flower blankets, and pasta bake. The cooking group started to make the food while the other children carried on with there flower blankets and other art. We made our flower blankets by using fake flowers, pins and mesh. After we completed our flower blankets we got ready to eat. Each of us were given a coke and a bowl of pasta bake. If you finished you were allowed to have 2nds, 3rds, 4ths or even 5ths. 

Overall I thought our fun week was GREAT. We had a fun time doing our arts and crafts.