Friday 28 August 2015

Parris Goebel Report




This week I wrote a report on a famous New Zealand dancer. Her name is Parris Goebel. She owns The Palace dance studio. I really love dance and Parris Goebel is a role model of mine. I chose this piece of writing to blog because it is well edited and it can inform people on a person I love. We were learning to inform the reader with all the information that we researched and read. Above is a slide that shows pictures of her achievements and herself.

Report Success Criteria
  • Structured well (paragraphs and subheadings)
  • Vocabulary (best words and lots of topic words)
  • Sentences (variety of different sentence starters)
  • No personal pronouns
  • Detail (added in lots of true information)
  • Punctuation (helps the reader)
  • Your own goal
Intro
22 year old Parris Goebel is a dancer who is meeting and working with celebrities thanks to her dancing career. Parris owns a dance studio in Auckland with her dad Bret which turns people into amazing dancers. Her crews have been to many competitions and performances. Heres some more information.


Early LIfe
Parris started dancing at an early age of 3. Ballet, Jazz and Hip hop were the 3 dances she did. At the age of 12 she quit Ballet and Jazz and committed herself to Hip Hop.  At 15 her Dad Brett pulled her out of school after a teacher said she needed to concentrate and write better essays. Her dad then thought she wants to dance and if that's what she wants as a future career, school won’t make her a better dancer. She then got offered a spot in  another dance crew but declined it and formed her own crew Request. She then opened “The Palace” dance studio with the help of her father.


Achievements
Her crews BubbleGum, Request, Sorority, Duchesses, Kings and Misfits have gotten many award at Regionals, Nationals and Internationals. The mega crew called the Royal family has  won gold, silver and bronze many times. In 2009 her crew Request won the varsity division. The following year she won the adults division. 2012 was one of Parris’ most full on years because she got hired  by Jennifer Lopez to choreograph her world tour called “Dance again world tour”. The Palace dance studio is one of the best studios in the world.  


Conclusion

Paris is learning to rap and DJ. She loves to make people drift into a special place when she dances. Dance is Parris’ life.

Friday 21 August 2015

Reflection


 This week I made a reflection that was about my week. My week was action packed with exciting events and activities. I chose to blog this because it was one of my favourite tasks. I am proud of it because it looks amazing and I am excited to share it with you.

Monday 10 August 2015

Jeff Thomson Biography


This week I wrote a biography on Jeff Thomson. He is very interesting and creative. I chose to post this because I made it a 4 on the tracking sheet which means absolute personal best. Here is a picture of what he makes.
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Image result for Jeff thomson artWALT communicate and inform the reader effectively
Purpose: to inform
Text type: Biography
Success Criteria (based on Kidspeak progressions)
  • beginning, middle and end (structure)
  • topic words (vocabulary)
  • different sentence beginnings (sentence formation)
  • added detail to my ideas (content and ideas)
  • punctuation that helps the reader (punctuation)
  • To use the right punctuation in the right place.


Jeff Thomson Biography
“The more time I have in my studio the happier I am” `


Jeff Thomson was born in Auckland 1957. Drawing was his passion until he found corrugated iron. It was always drawing over writing and reading because of his dyslexia. Art helped him get through many struggles in life.


When he went to Auckland secondary school he had a good understanding of art. He was behind in reading and writing but he used art to find his way through.. He could draw quicker than he could write. The next step for Jeff was Elam school of art attached to Auckland University.  During university he took a year off and walked around the South Island of New Zealand. After that trip he started making letter boxes from corrugated iron.


An HQ holden car was one of his famous creations made from corrugated iron. He drove round in it for three years until Te Papa museum asked to display it. It was one of the most popular displays. In Taihape there is a giant gumboot that is also made from corrugated iron. An elephant towers over the entrance of Auckland zoo that attracts lots of tourists.


Jeff Thomson is important because he makes Australasia look wonderful in so many ways. His creations are very useful and helpful . He makes old corrugated iron into to new things we can use and see.

Jeff Thomson makes corrugated iron sing, dance and talk. It is a wonderful sight.