Novel Study Diary Entry 2019

One of our activities for novel study is to make a Diary entry for a character in our book. I chose to do my diary entry coming from Georgie's perspective.

Novel Study Characters

One of the activities that is part of our Novel Study is describing characters. It is kind of the same thing that we did for See Ya Simon. I chose to do 3 characters out of my book and they were Dr Pretorius, Mr Mash and Georgie. 

Main Star

For one of my Main Stars for this term, I had to visit a historical monument or go on a bush walk with my family. Here is a google drawing with some information and pictures of what I chose to do with my family~

Main Star

For one of my activities for Main Star for Term 2 2019, I had to go to the beach and pick up some rubbish. Here is a slide of my efforts~

Maths Week 9 Term 2 2019

This week in maths we have been looking at BEDMAS, addition and subtraction. Our maths workbook for this week was on using addition and subtraction to solve word problems/equations. Here is my workbook for Week 9~

Novel Study~Bookmark

As part of our Novel Study that we are doing we had to make a bookmark for the book/novel that we are reading.

Novel Study~Book Cover

In literacy for the next few weeks we are doing Novel Study. Novel study is when we each have a book to read and then we do activities based around the book. The first activity that I have done is making a new book cover.

Exposition Writing

This week in literacy, we have been writing expositions. Expositions are the same as an argument or a piece of opinion writing. We had to pick our topic for our arguments and the topic I chose was why we should have free range chickens. This is my exposition writing~

Having Cage Free Chickens

Do you like having eggs on a Sunday morning for a nice big breakfast? Well if you do, you should probably consider thinking about buying a different type of eggs if you haven’t already. I think we should have cage free chickens instead of caged chickens.

So, what is the difference between cage free and caged chickens? Well, caged chickens are being forced to lay their eggs in very uncomfortable positions, where as cage free or free range chickens are still in cages/coops but the coops are bigger and the chickens are more comfortable because they have more space to move around.

The caged chickens lives are affected by being in cages because the cages are so small that the poor hens can barely turn around. The cages are called battery cages and the average size of the cages are 67 square inches, which is less space than a letter-sized piece of paper for these abused animals to live in for their lives. The cage free chickens however can run around and spread their wings, making this a much better environment for them. 

Free Range chicken eggs also taste better, you can tell this by the color of the yolk. The free range eggs have a more orange-colored yolk compared to the caged eggs, which have a more yellow-colored yolk. Research shows us that the orange yolks have a higher vitamin rate. The vitamins in these eggs are vitamin A, D and B12; vitamin A is necessary to help your immune and eye health. Vitamin D helps bone mineralization, and B12 helps form Red Blood cells. 

In conclusion, I definitely believe that free range chickens should overpopulate caged chickens to make their lives better by giving them more space. So next time you are about to buy eggs, think twice about which types you do get.

By Kyra J

Numeracy Week 8 Term 2 2019

This week in maths we have been looking at word problems, algebra and BEDMAS. We did a worksheet on algebra, BEDMAS problems in our maths books and our workbook was on word problems. This is my workbook~

Production 2019

This year Grey Main School is doing the production again. We only do it every 2 years and I am so excited to do it in Term 3!!!

Character Introductions

These are my character introductions that we have been doing after finishing the See Ya Simon novel by David Hill.

Taku Akomonga 2019

For topic this week we have been focusing on Te Reo Maori. We had a google doc in which we had to fill in the English object to the Maori object. There was a few words that I didn't know but I found them out in the end using the Maori online dictionary.

Scaffolding For An Exposition

This week in literacy we have been looking at writing an exposition. An exposition is also known as an argument or an opinion. We made a google drawing that has what the scaffolding/base of an exposition.

Numeracy Week 7 Term 2 2019

This week in numeracy we have looked some more at reading and interpreting timetables. We also have done a little bit of BEDMAS, but our workbooks for this week was on timetables, here is mine~

NZDA

On the Queen's birthday weekend, I went to the NZDA Competition. NZDA stands for New Zealand Dance Awards. NZDA was held in Christchurch from Thursday 29th of May to Monday 3rd of June. I had dances nearly every day apart from Saturday and Thursday. I got a lot of Silver Awards and placed in my duos with Jemma. On Saturday we went around the Hornby Mall all day, while our parents watched the Rocketman movie. I had a fantastic time and I can't wait to go again next year, where I aim to improve my scores. 

Book Review

Title: The Hunger Games Part 2, Catching Fire.
Author: Suzanne Collins.
Originally Published: 1 September 2019.
Genre:  Science Fiction, Thriller, Children's literature, Young adult fiction, Doomsday, Adventure fiction, Dystopian Fiction.
Star Rating: 10/10 stars.
Age Rating: 11 years +.

Summary: Are the odds in your favour? Well they are in Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark's lives, because they have made it out of the treacherous Hunger Games arena alive. Now they can relax and plan their wedding, well until the next Hunger Games occur, as the Quarter Quell Hunger Games holds many more surprises.

Creative Writing

This is my first BlogX post on Creative Writing. It is about World War 2 and Whales.

The War Whale

Her body and large barnacle-covered fins overshadow me as she
carries me easily over the blue skies. She picked me up in the middle of
the Pacific ocean, in the middle of a blood-spilling war. My plane was
shot near the engine by the Germans and I plunged into the cold blue
waters. My life half flashed before my eyes in seconds, like they say
when you’re about to die. I took in my last breath as my plane sank to
the dark depths and then she swam past me, picked my plane up and
flew out of the oceans, out into the smoke-filled air. She flew me South,
South towards safety. Up in the cotton candy-like clouds, soaring. When
will she drop me off? I wouldn’t know, or whether she will drop me off.

We fly for about 2 hours until I come to a sight I wished I would never
see again, the war. I suddenly flood like a tsunami with panic when
I realise that the Germans could shoot her and myself down into the
water. I am frightened to my bones when this thought races in. What
makes it even worse that, she doesn’t even seem to know or possibly
care, she just keeps on flying. The a bullet shoots towards us like a
rocket flying at the speed of sound, but instead of it piercing her hard in
the stomach, it just bounces right off her. This happens to every attempt
that is fired at us. We simply pass through and then we are back in
peace.

Around 4 hours of exciting flying, she nose dives to beach of an island
and drops me off there. She sort of smiles at me and I smile in thanks.
After she glides back into the glimmering water I say to myself, she
saved my life, that whale did, and I hope one day I can return the favour.

By Kyra