Greek gods

 LI: To use our smart searching skills to find information about the Greek gods 

Today David shared his reading challenge with us. It is all about the Greek gods and helps us to practise the skills we have been learning in our reading lessons with our teachers. David created this task as part of his CARE award challenges. We earn CARE award badges in year 7 and 8 to show that we understand our school values. In this activity we used our smart searching skills to find information to help us complete the table. I found this activity fun because I got to learn about lots of the greek gods. The Greek god I found most interesting was Ares because it tells me how he is god of war.

abstract nouns

 

L.I To learn how to write an abstract poem. 

This week for writing I wrote a poem about Joy using metaphors explaining and absract nouns.

I used the 5 senses to create my poem, they are smell, sound, taste, feel and see. We uesd DRAFT to check our work and make it more powerful. For this task I chose to work by myself.

flower power | tech

LI. To learn how to dissect a hibuscus flower

This week for tech we were learning how to dissect a hibscus flower and also learn the parts of a hibscus flower. Before we dissected the flower we watched video on the parts of the flower and how to dissect it. 

Task 2 - Parts of a flower 

• Stem 

• Stigma 

• Styl 

• Anther 

• Pollen Tube 

• Sepal

• Thalamus 

• Male Gametophyte 

   

• Pedals 

• Ovule 

• Female Gametophyte

Task 3: Dissect a flower 

• Cutting board 

• Knife 

• Flower

1. Remove 1 petal and sepal  

2. Carefully Pinch the side of the ovule 

3. Make a clear and straight cut.

4. Remove the style and stigma

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Metaphor

LI: To understand what a metaphor is and how we use them in writing.

For our writing task this week we are working on poems and metaphors. Our metaphor poem was about sadness. A metaphor is describing something as something else without using “like” or “as.” We worked on this task as a group. After coming up with our poem we create a DLO.

This task was fun because we learned how much creativity we can make.

Venn Diagram

 

For reading, we have been focusing on summarising text information such as stories, articles and other texts. The text we used for this reading task was the traditional Maori story of how the world came to be. This text was about Papatuanuku and Ranginui waking up from eternal darkness in earth's first light, and Tane Mahuta (one of their children) seperating them to grant his siblings and himself freedom from the darkness. Tawhirimatea was angry at the seperation of his parents.

For this task, we watched a video and read a text based off of the Maori story of how the world came to be (In the Beginning). We labelled the main parts of the video version that are not included in the written version, and labelled the main prts of the written version that were not included in the video. In the middle, we labelled the similarities between the two stories.

I really enjoyed this task and found it easy because I am familiar with identifying the key ideas and comparing the two similar but different texts/information sources.

summarising

 For reading, we have been focusing on summarising text information such as stories, articles and other texts. The text we used for this reading task was the traditional Maori story of how the world came to be. This text was about Papatuanuku and Ranginui waking up from eternal darkness in earth's first light, and Tane Mahuta (one of their children) separating them to grant his siblings and himself freedom from the darkness. Tawhirimatea was angry at the separation of his parents.

For this task, we found exactly twenty keywords to build an understanding of the text about. Keywords help us understand more in a short amount of time. Then from those twenty words, we chose six of those words to create a summary on. A summary is a short and brief description of the story so that we can understand the text in fewer words.

I enjoyed this task and found it easy because I am familiar with summarising and understanding texts using the key reading comprehension strategies so I can expand my knowledge of a story.

Floating and sinking | Science/Tech

L.I To experiment with heavy and light objects to see if they float.

today for science we tested and recorded the bouyancy of the objects we were given. Before we did this exeriment we watched a video and recorded notes to get an understanding of light and heavy objects. 

Following Classroom Rules & Expectations | PB4L

I: To follow the rules and expectations, expected from teachers. 

This weeks PB4L learning is about following classroom rules and expectations. PB4L is a acronym describing Positive Behavior for Learning. PB4L helps us understand the correct behavior for inside classroom learning and outer learning. This consist of Classroom discussions, walking to assembly, behaviour on school trips, wet day procedure eg. respecting wet day monitors. All of these prospects will help us develop a strong and healthy learning enviroment.

science | Tech

 First we measured 100mls of water into a beaker 

Then we measured the temperature of the cold water and recorded it on the whiteboard. 

Next we measured 10 grams of sugar by putting the sugar into a petri dish and then measured it with a scale. 

We poured the sugar into the water timed how long it took to dissolve the sugar.  

We used the same steps again but with hot water. 

 

This was fun because we got to use new equipment and it was very fun useing them

Cold Water Results: 

Temperature: 21’c

Time it took to dissolve: 

1min 8sec 

Hot water Results: 

Temperature: 81’c 

Time it took to dissolve: 

20 sec