Poem: Faitele

Yesterday we performed our poems to our class and I made it into a iMovie, 

I hope you enjoy watching it.

Poetry Rubric

The Poetry Rubric

Assessor: Jacob.S                                  Performer: Faitele

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Expression	Not using any expression at all in the poem. Sounds like a robot. Does not use the punctuation e.g. speech marks. Not in the role of the character. Words do not flow	Using some expression for certain parts of the poem. Reverts back in sounding like a robot in some places.	Uses expression in most areas, but not all. Starting to make voice go high and low in certain parts. Starting to get into the role and use punctuation.	ses expression throughout the poetry performance. Making voice go high and low in all parts. Follows punctuation and is the role of the poet throughout.  Opens mouth wide so that words flow.
Loud clear voice	Reads in a very soft voice e.g. whisper. May mumble during performance. Words / sentences are very unclear and may not be understood by the audience.	Projects voice in some parts, but may revert back to soft / mumbling voice. Not all words / sentences may not be understood by the audience.	Projects voice in most parts, but may mumble, or speak softly in 1-2 sentences / words. Most words are understood by the audience.	Projects voice throughout the performance. Voice is loud and clear. Every word / sentence is understood by the audience.
Eye Contact	The performer refers to poem for the entire performance. No eye contact given to the audience	The performer refers to the poem for some parts. The performer looks at the audience during some parts of the poetry recital.	The reader looks at the audience and gives eye contact to the audience most of the time.	Eye contact is given throughout the performance. The performer gives eye contact to the audience during the entire poetry recital.
Knowledge of the poem	Reads directly from the cue cards. Strongly relies off the cue cards during the recital. Does not know poem very well. Loses own place regularly and relies off cue cards.	Knows some parts of the poem, but is still reliant on the cue cards. Follows the text for most parts. Still reliant on cue cards to get through the performance. May lose place and rely off others in the class to support them through the recital.	Knows most parts of the poem off by heart. Follows the text. Could easily perform the poem without the cue cards.	Knows the poem off by heart. Memorized the poem.

My poem is called Small Talk In The Neighbourhood it is written by J. Patrick Lewis. My critical friend was Jacob and he said I am good at all the categorises but I think I only need to practice my Knowledge of the poem because I forgot 1 sentence of the poem.

Internet Poster

Last week we read about internet and we had to make a poster. I worked with Jacob on my poter

Te Ara 1

Using Te Ara -

The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

1. Waitemata Harbour

L.I.    Develop our knowledge of Auckland and the Tamaki River.

    Familiarise ourselves with an online NZ encyclopaedia.

    Use our skimming and scanning skills.

Use this link to open Te Ara

Enter Waitemata into the search box and use that page to answer these questions.

What sort of landform is the Waitemata harbour? River Valley

Why was it chosen to be New Zealand’s capital? Because it was

Lieutenant-Governor Hobson’s choice.

What does Waitemata mean? Obsidian waters.

Tell me one interesting fact about each of these features of the Waitemata:

Auckland’s chief port - The land had be reclaimed from the Harbour.

Viaduct basin - The Viaduct Basin was redeveloped in the mid-1990s.

Westhaven -The Westhaven Marina is the largest managed marina in Australasia.

Harbour bridge - The Auckland Harbour Bridge is 1,020 meters long.

Greenhithe bridge -It was built as an alternative harbour crossing.

Natural features - It was formed by lava flowing from the Three Kings eruption about 20,000 years ago.

Te Ara 3

Using Te Ara -

The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

3. Manukau Harbour

L.I. Develop our knowledge of Auckland and the Tamaki river

Familiarise ourselves with an online NZ encyclopaedia

Use this link to open Te Ara

Enter Tamaki river into the search box and use the Harbours and wetlands page to answer these questions.

What two adjectives are used to describe the Manukau Harbour?

The adjectives used are wide and shallow

What landforms are common in the harbour?

Wetlands and rivers

What two things about the Manukau Harbour have led to shipwrecks?

Shifting sandbars and swells

What was the worst shipwreck on the Manukau bar?

The HMS Orpheus – 259 people were on board and 189 people drowned.

XtraMaths

Today I did a XtraMaths and I got a lot of smiley faces I got a few green ticks and only two wrong.

Xtra Maths Results

Today I did Basic Facts on XtraMaths it was easy but I got only one wrong. The smiley faces means I got it under 3 seconds and the green means I did it over 3 seconds, I improved.

My Writing Tool

This is my Writing tool that I did today, some of the things I did was verbs, adverbs and punctuation.

Syllables Lvl 37

Syllables

LVL 37

2 Syllables	3 Syllables	4 Syllables
adult	bachelor	conversation
cable	practical	identical
chaos	venison	economy
velvet	inspection
marvel	membership
acorn	easiest
compare	allergic
battle	flexible
dreary	arrangement
ostrich	adoption

Today I did the syllables spelling activate and I achieved finishing it. I found 10/10 for 2 syllables 10/10 for 3 syllables and 3/10 for 4 syllables.

Using Te Ara

Using Te Ara -

The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

2. Tamaki River

L.I. Develop our knowledge of Auckland and the Tamaki river

Familiarise ourselves with an online NZ encyclopaedia

Use this link to open Te Ara

Enter Tamaki river into the search box and use the Eastern suburbs: Oraki  to the Tamaki estuary page to answer these questions.

Where does the river flow from and to?

Mangere east too tidal estuary on the Waitemata.

What was the link used by Maori called?

Otahuhu portage.

What two bodies of water does it join?

Waitemata.

What sort of landform is Tāhuna Tōrea?

Sandpit.

What is the name of the marina on the Tamaki river?

Half moon bay.

When was the first Panmure Bridge built?

1866.

When was the current bridge built?

1970’s.

Camp Recount

Kayaking

Kokako lodge

Slip slop splash! I fell into the water. The water was as cold as ice and I was bobbing up and down because I had a life jacket on. I could not touch the ground, but it did not stop me from crashing into trees, plants and thorn bushes. There were also rocks and glass but luckily we were wearing our shoes. There were other rocks that look like crocodiles because they were green with slime.  

When I hit the water it was cold and frosty, I was freezing and the people that were around me didn’t even bother to help me, they just kept on paddling. Allen the instructor came rushing down the river to save me. WEEEEEE!

When I fell in the water the rest of my group  just stared at me and paddled away as fast as they could.   Later on though I was laughing when they crashed into the thorny bushes and trees.

When I saw the waterfall Allen said “We're going to the waterfall.” I  was scared because I knew I would fall out of the kayak. The waterfall dropped a lot of water and it was getting harder and harder to paddle against the current, but I didn't fall in and it was an extraordinary journey .

When I came out I looked like a waterfall because I was so soaking wet.  The water was streaming off me.

6 sentence story.

Evil Trevor Tron

1.	A long time ago in a galaxy far far away lived a robot called Buzzy Bee because he was Black and Yellow.
2.	He lived in a rocky lab with his other four powerful robot friends.
3.	His talent was slaying other evil robot machines because they were taking over the universe.
4.	Evil Trevor Tron teleported all of Buzzy Bee’s friends to another planet so that they could not attack him but left Buzzy Bee behind.
5.	Buzzy Bee was feeling very gloomy because he had not seen his friends in a very long time.
6.	Buzzy Bee wanted his friends back so he went to slay the leader of these evil robots, Trevor Tron, he succeed and got his friends teleported back.

Faitele

A helping hand from the glossary

Faitele-A helping hand from the Glossary

L.I. - Library/Research skills

Using a glossary

Sometimes a book also has a glossary at the beginning or the end.  This gives short explanations of specialised or difficult terms used in the book.  The following is an example is from a book about the moon.

GLOSSARY Albedo        Asteroid   Mare Satellite Sputnik 1

in astronomy, the reflective property of planets a small rocky object found mainly in a belt or flat ring between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars; also called a minor planet because it is so small (the largest are only 200 km across). a large flat plain on the moon caused by lava flows and marked by ridges, depressions and faults; all 14 maria are on the side of the moon that faces Earth. a natural (e.g. moon) or artificial (e.g. spacecraft) object that orbits around a larger astronomical body. the first artificial satellite, which was launched into space to orbit around the Earth in 1957.

Name an artificial satellite. SPACECRAFT

What is another term for a minor planet in orbit between Mars and Jupiter?

Another term for a minor planet in orbits between Mars and Jupiter is an Asteroid.

What is the term for an object that orbits around another larger planetary body?

A term for an object that orbits around another larger planetary body is Satellite.

What is the term used for a large flat lava flow on the moon?

The term used for a large flat lava flow on the moon is Mare.

What term is used to describe the characteristic light reflecting from a planet? Albedo.

Hundertwasser Art

This is my  Hundertwasser art that I done.

Hundertwasser - Research

Hundertwasser - Research

L.I. - Research an artist

Be able to discuss characteristics of his work

Use black PVA and dye to recreate a Hundertwasser village

Who was Friedrich Hundertwasser and tell me three things about him as a person?

1. He was born in Vienna, Austria in 1928
2. He is one of the most important artist and architect during the 20 century
3. Friedrich Hundertwasser died on February 19, 2000 in N.Z

What subject did he mostly draw/paint?

-He would draw anything in his dream like the dream house and draw big buildings

Name 3 characteristics of his work.

The 3 things that he paints or design are:

1. Something to do with people and what they do in their life
2. He always puts windows because hes all about windows
3. He makes it a different houses too any other house

Paste a photo of one of his work

List 6 things you like about it

I like this building because:

It has lots of colours.

It is tall

It has different shapes

It has lots of space to fit lots of people people

It is beautiful

It has a lot of windows so there are lots of light going in the house.