Scene Writing

This week for writing we got to choose if we wanted to go to character description, speeches and scene writing. I chose scene writing with Mrs Love. I was really pleased with how it turned out and I felt like it was better than my previous one I wrote. I was particularly pleased with the adjectives I included. I had to do these things:

• Has strong adjectives
• Different sentence beginnings
• Different sentence lengths
• A simile and/or alliteration
• Has an introduction, body and conclusion
• Thoughtful word choices
• Your own goal

As I fix my eyes upon the exquisite nature in front of me, I realize it's not a dream. The sunrise creeping upon the jagged hills creates a flash light effect. Trees in the distance have surrounded a hill of scattered rocks. White icy snow melts on the pointy hills. Grey clouds shield the blue sky making the attractive view look darker. Slippery rocks form steps for a water fall. A muddy pool of orange crunchy leaves perch at the end of the waterfall. Short grass covering a hill is as green as leaves on pine trees. The mountain has a dip that allows the scorching sun to appear. A perfect place for a family tramp.

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.

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.
      

WALT 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.

Air Pollution

This is my air pollution slide. I had to do some research to find out my wondering which was what causes air pollution and how could we help. I am very proud of this because it got shown to the whole hub as an example.

Farm adjectives

This week for my blog post I decided to draw a farm. I put descriptive words beside the pig sty. I enjoyed doing this picture on the ipad. The words describe about the dirty muddy pig sty.

Product design

Breakfast Alarm Clock

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• The buttons on the side will allow you to change the time, replace the food and clean the oven.

• The hole at the bottom is perfectly cut to the right size so that the plate can slide out with ease.

• The choice of colours for your alarm clock is incredible.

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My Menu

The Mexican Element.

Hi, and welcome to The Mexican Element. Here you will find the best mexican food in town. I your chef Georgia will be serving you with the most exquisite food straight from Mexico

   Starter

• Crunchy Corn chips with salsa, sour cream and guacamole.
• Flaky pastry pie with tender mince and kidney beans inside. With classic tomato sauce.
• Mouth watering mini pizzas/Construct your own with these options

Chili

Tomato relish

Cheese

Sour Cream

Salami

                                    

                                     Main

• Tasty tacos with salad, beef mince, onion, and mushroom inside a crunchy taco shell. With a side of golden chips.
• Brilliant beef mince nachos with a choice of sour cream, cheese or salsa.
•  Fresh lettuce salad with sweet juicy corn, crispy noodles and garlic marinated chicken bits.

Dessert

• Delicious Sugar and cinnamon coated churros with a side of chocolate sauce
• Soft fluffy Mexican pancakes with vanilla Ice cream.
• A desert wrap/crepe with a choice of nutritious fruits.

Peaches

Raspberries

Strawberrys

Blue berries

Drinks

Kids

-Sprite, Raspberry, Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite Zero, L and P, Ice cream soda, Ginger beer, Traffic Light.

Adult

Tui, Heineken, Golden Lager, Merlot, Chardonnay.                                       

My Descriptive writing

This week for writing we had to choose a scene and describe it from top to bottom. We had to use strong adjectives, different sentence starters and a simile.

I turn around and in front of my eyes I see the most amazing scene. The frosty mist hovering over the shiny lake is such a beautiful sight. Trees in the distance are drooping above the mist almost creating a tunnel. From behind the old bridge the sunrise is creeping up. It has the most magnificent colours. The bridge has three semi-circles underneath it. On the top it has fences on the side that would keep the cars from falling off it. Ripples in the lake are from the 2 ducks happily swimming around. At the front of the scene there are three lonely wooden poles standing up straight like a statue. The poles have reflections on the top of the water.   

My special place

My special place

Turning the corner of one of many windy roads we arrived at the place which I call paradise.

Racing out of the car I sink my feet in the burning sand and set my eyes on the beautiful view.

As fast as could I sprinted out to the glistening water and dipped my feet in ankle deep.

All I could hear was waves crashing, crashing and crashing.

The taste of sea salt gathering on my lips is such a great feeling.

A great feeling to be back.  

By Georgia

My Diamante Poem

This week we did a poem called diamante. There are many rules of making one. The first one is antonyms(Opposites). The second one is that you need three ing words and 2 adjectives(Describing words). You also need one phrase or a short sentence. Once you have all of that you put the poem in a shape of a diamond like this.

War

Frantic, intense

Bleeding, threatening, shooting

Noisy and disruptive to calm and quiet

Loving, caring, sharing

Safe, gentle

Peace

My Book Report

This is what I think about the polar express. (Have a read)

How to get the perfect story?