Recreating Famous Artworks

LI: To use Google Draw to recreate a famous artwork

LI: To use your knowledge of colour and colour mixing to replicate the colours used in artworks

This week we have been learning about famous artworks and colour mixing. The artwork I chose was the girl with pearl earring by Johannes Vermeer. This artwork was painted in 1665. It was painted because a 16 year maid was asked to clean the master studio, and met Johannes who talked to her and decided to paint her. Today it can be found in the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague.

I enjoyed this challenge because it gave me the oppertunity to practise my drawing skills.

Customised Shoes

 

Today my challenge was to customised air jordan shoes to show a design that would customised on plain, white jordan shoes. I was inspired to do this by a kiwi artist, Rangi-Haria Jaxon who customises sneakers to show his passion for snaekers and art. The design I decided to use to customise my air jordans was minnie mouse themed. I chose this design because I wanted my shoe to be themed something most people will know, and minnie mouse is a well-known theme.

I found designing air jordans fun because it gave me the oppertunity to show a design that I would use on plain, white air jordans.

Summary Customised Shoes

 LI: To explain in fewer words what the text is about

The challenge we were set for today was to skim and scam an article about Rangi-Haira Jaxon and his passion for customizing shoes. Rangi-Haira Jaxon designs shoes and sneakers, and was inspired by Maori culture and a documentary called 'Just For Kicks'. Something I found interesting was that his sneakers are sold world-wide, including countries like Japan, the United States, Sweden and Australia. I enjoyed this task because I had the opportunity to expand my knowledge of Rangi-Haira Jaxon and his passion for customizing shoes.

How to survive a Cow Attack

 LI: To evaluate

This week we are using our skills of inferring and reorganising information in a text to make evaluation about facts and events that is not stated. Our follow up challenge was to read an article that told us how to survive a cow attack. We then used the infomrationfrom both texts to create a DLO that tells others how to survive a cow attack. 

I found out that an adult cow can stand nearly 6 feet tall and may weight more than 1,000 pounds.

I enjoyed learning how to survive a cow attack because it will become useful if I even get into a bad situation with a cowl

Olympic Provocation

LI: To compare there and now with the Olympic places 

The DLO showing above is about the amount of money that was spent to build and help with the olympics. My reading group wrote some no and yes ideas as example yes they should spent this money to make their families proud, also with no because people could use the money with vaccines. We also found a photo of then and now happening every four years.

Identifying Comparison

LI: To use our smart reserching skills to expand our knowledge of ancient Greek Mythology

Today David shared the next 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. In this smart searching activity, we used our comprehension and research skills to learn about the difference between Athens and Sparta.

I found this activity interesting because learnt new facts about Athens and Sparta.

The fact I found most interesting was the amount of civiliens because I didn't know that much civiliens lived there. 

Organizing and Reserching

 LI: To use our smart researching skills to find information about Greek Mythology

Today David shared the next 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. In this smart searching activity, we used our comprehension and research skills to learn about Greek Mythology vocabulary and identify Greek places on the map.

I found this activity fun because I learnt about new places and events in Greece .

The word/place I found most interesting was Greece because I learnt new places (Athens, Lemnos, Lamia, etc) that are in Greece.

Greek Gods

 LI: To use our smart searching skills to find out 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 interesting because I learnt new information about Greek Mythology

The Greek god I found most interesting was Poseidon because I learnt when he's in a bad mood he can stir up hurricane.

Affixes Challenge

 LI: To use prefix and suffix knowledge to increase vocabulary understanding

This week for our new affixes challenge our prefix is anti. We needed to fill up the empty text boxes with anti prefix words, then we would need to use our reserching skills to find the definition.

Next, we needed to choose five words we found and put them into a compound sentences. A compound sentence is formed by adding two main clauses together using conjuctions. Example: The time machine clock went anticlock wise therefore we went back in time.

Lastly, we chose a word to illistrate. We needed to explain the definition of the prefix, root word, and suffix parts.

I found this activity interesting because I learnt new words that helped me build my vocabulary.

All as One

 LI: To make connections (self, text, world)

  LI: To discuss others experiences

In the past 2 week’s our reading group has been learning about the culture Afghanistan. The text we read was called All as One. This is about how one culture comes together and pray in one room with men and women divided. 

After reading this text we wrote some questions that we thought we wanted to know. When writing the questions we needed to use might, could, should, or would to make our questions better.

Example: What might have happened if an adult adult during fasting? What would happpen if you say the wrong word during a preyer?

I found this activity interesting because I learnt new facts about the muslim people.

Book Week

LI: To celebrate reading

This week is book week and also Samoan language week. This week is about celebrating reading and the Samoan culture. Today gave the school an oppertunity to dress up as a book character to celebrate book week or dress in Samoan clothing to celebrate Samoan language week. 

The teachers orginized an assembly to celebrate everyones costumes which made it look like book characters came to life. Most students with costumes took a photo with their class to celebrate book week. Near the end of the assembly we had a visit from spider man telling us why it's cool to read. Lastly, after the assembly we read a book with a room six or seven student.

I enjoyed book week because it gave us an oppertunity to celebrate reading. 

My Reading Pathway

 LI: To show my personal journey through the books

The week is book week at Panmure Bridge School, which means every class participates in a number of reading activities. One of our activities was to create a reading pathway that shows how my favourite books have changed over time. At the moment I like reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid books because I found Greg's situations funny and I also found the pictures very interesting.

Summary about Money

 LI: To create a summary about Money

This week, my group created a aummary about money. We first started off by reading about it. It talked about how money was used back in the days, how money was created? Who created money? What money looked like in acient history? We then found 20 words that we thought was important from the story, then we chose six most important words from the 20 words. After that we created a summary telling us about what we read by using the six most important words.  

I found this task interesting because I learnt that the first metal coin were made about 3,000 years ago in China.

Cockroaches: Born Survivors/Summary

 LI: To explain and understand a text

Did you know that cockroaches have many senses that help them avoid danger?

As a group we read and discussed the text, and finding any of our unknown vocabulary. After that we summarized the text, and  discussed with each other any of the facts that we found interesting. We enjoyed working together and discovering more about cockroaches and their survival techniques.

I found this activity interesting because I got to learn new facts about cockroaches.

Isaac Newton | Reading/Science

 LI:To learn about Isaac Newton

This week in reading, LS2 has been working towards simple machines, we were required to learn about Isaac Newton. Isaac Newton is a scientist physicist, mathematician, theologian and a astronmer. We were also required to create a DLO with the following questions: Why is his work important? What did he find out? How does his work connect to simple machines?

I found this task interesting because I got learn about Isaac Newton. 

Duffy Assembly

 LI: To understand how reading can change one's life.

Today we had Marc from Duffy come and talk to us about the importance of reading and how reading can make a big impact on your life.  Although Marc had some challenges in his life he used reading as a tool to get through the hard times.  Marc believes that there is only CANs and not CAN’Ts.

I found the words Marc said interesting because they taught me how reading can change your life.

Summary of Te Tiriti o Waitangi

LI: To explain in fewer words what the text is about.

The Treaty of Waitangi was made to bring peace to New Zealand. Our task was to read a text about how the Treaty of Waitangi began. We used used respical reading to help us understand the text more. When we completed reading the text, we were using  summarizing template to help us create a  short paragraph telling us about the story. This task was really fun because we got to learn more about our past and what happened when the britain came to New Zealand. The fact I found interesting was that the Pakeha used to hunt down seals and whales.

Comprehension Strategies

Comprehension skills are reading strategies that helps the reader understand the text. Some reading strategies are: prior knowledge, predicting, self-monitoring, summarising, and inferring.

Before reading prior knowledge, predicting and inferring can be used. Prior knowledge is using your knowlege of the text to help predicting what's going to happen in the text. 

During reading inferring, visualising, and predicting can be used. Inferring can be used to help deduce information. Visualising can be used to picture what is happening in the text. Predicting is used to guess what happens next using the clues in the text.

After reading summarising, questioning, and synthesising. These strategies can be used to help readers expand their knowledge of the book or share their knowledge of the text. 

Understanding comprehension strategies is important for the reader because it can help expand their prior knowledge and get better at using their reading strategies.

LI:To practise comprehension skills

LI: To test grammar knowledge

Novel Study | The Twits

The Twits is a fiction book written by Roald Dahl. In chapters 27-29 the book tells about what happend to the Twits when revenge plot is done.

When the Twit's ran into the house they were shocked because everything was upside down. They thought they are going to die because they thought all their blood will go into their brain. They decided to do a head stand but then they realized they were stuck to the ground because of the glue the Raven's dropped on their heads.

When the animals saw the Twit's they escaped from their house then built a tiny one in a tree. The tree they lived was well hidden so no one can see them. The roly poly bird decided to take themback to Africa because monkeys don't like cold weather and it was nearly winter. The Twits were never seen again because they caught the Shrinks and the only thing left was their clothes inside their house.

This is a funny and interesting book that lots of children can read.

LI:To study a novel

Novel Study | The Twits

The Twits is a fiction book written by Roald Dahl. In chapters 24-26 the book tells about the monkeys and birds revenge plot is.

While Mr and Mrs Twit were gone buying guns the monkeys and birds were setting up their revengle plot. When they were finished painting the house with Hugtight glue They started glueing everything to the ceiling.

By the time the animals were finished glueing everything to the ceiling the Twits have already came back. When the Twits were looking for the birds some ravens came and dumped some glue on their heads. Mr and Mrs Twit thought it was bird poop but they still carried on looking for the birds.  

This is a funny and interesting book that lots of children can read.

LI:To study a novel