50th Jubilee Writting

31.10.14

Oaklands School had their 50th Jubilee on Labour weekend this year.  I am in year 7.  In 50 years time when they have their 100th Jubilee I will be 62.  In 50 years I think these changes would have happened at Oaklands School...

They may not have self directed learning anymore (SDL) or the school just changed the name.  Also that they have changed the playground equipment, and a different amount of children in each class.  I also think that there will be more technology in each of the classrooms and maybe even longer lunch and morning tea breaks.  They might make morning tea and lunch earlier like, around 10:30am.  I think they might have changed the school uniform, like have a summer uniform, and new types of hats. I think that they might have changing rooms, so that when they have sport they can get there quicker.  I wonder what the discos and formals would look like in 50 years time?

                                  What will the school turn out like when it's 100?

POETRY

WALT: Identify language features. 

Onomatopoeia- Thud,thud,thud,SPLASH! Went my friend diving into the pool. 

Alliteration- My cat crafted creatively with her crayons. 

Simile- My cat meowed as loud as a referee blowing into their whistle.  

Factory farming speech

WALT: To write a persuasive speech.

Do you really know where your bacon and eggs come from?

Would you rather be an animal living free and having endless space. Or be a poor little animal crammed in a tiny little space and not having a healthy environment. 

Some items you buy from your local supermarket come from a factory farm.  For example chickens. Chickens are in factory farms they are crammed in tiny little spaces and are forced to lay eggs.  Every two hours lights will be turned on and off so chickens that live in factory farms are forced to do things and aren`t living a happy and free life, unlike free range chickens.

But that`s just one animal,there are many other unhappy and in pain animals that are living in an unfair, crammed and forcing place.  See there is no reason having factory farms because in New Zealand there is loads of green grass, land, paddocks and farm land.  So why have them?

All animals like Chickens, Pigs, Cows and Turkeys are getting treated badly.  According to a study done by last chance for animals about one in every five Chickens die from stress or diseases but some of the outcomes for dead Chickens are worse.

If no one stands up and stops it more and more animals will be getting bad treatment and will have more of a risk or chance of dying. 

So next time you go to the supermarket to get some eggs or other dairy products, make sure that it's free range because free range live happy lives. 

Overall, I think that Factory farming should be banned because there is enough land and space for animals to live in and that the animals that have to live in factory farms are dying from diseases.

The SOLO level I have reached for surface features is relational because I have used some punctuation like full stops,commas and question marks, and I know why I have used them. 

The SOLO level I have reached for my speech is multistructual because I have listed some reasons why it should be banned.

My next step is to use a different range of words. 

Leadership

8.9.14 Today I did peer mediation and librarian.At peer mediation we were walking around sensibly and we both turned up on time.At librarian when we arrived at the library we put away the books that needed to be put on the shelves.I was being a leader by turning up and being sensible.

Leadership

 [25.8.14] Today I turned up to Peer mediation and Librarian.In peer mediation one of the people that I peer mediate with I had reminded but she couldn`t turn up because she had something on, so two other people filled in.After peer mediation the other responsibility I had was Librarian,when I got there I put away the rest of the returned books with some help from another person.I was being a leader by turning up to both of my responsibilities and letting Mrs ward know that I had peer mediation and that I would come to the library after.

Spirals learnt her lesson.....

WALT: To write a good story with a modern day moral. 

One warm summers day on a tropical island, the trees were swaying in the breeze. The warmth of the sun was heating the sand and making the water glisten like diamonds. The only sound came from two cheerful rainbow parrots darting around.

After twenty minutes of playing hide and seek, Spiral found an amazing spot to hide in, amongst the pineapple trees.  Suddenly Spiral got a giant fright from a strange bird with dark grey feathers that started talking to her.  Then by offering Spiral a juicy looking mango,Spiral couldn`t resist.

Within three seconds Spiral dropped to the ground.  The dark grey bird Crackers was jealous of her brightly coloured feathers and was happy she was gone.

Ginja Ninja found Spiral in a very sick condition.  Ginja Ninja had a rush of panic run down her whole body.  She wondered who did this and why?  When a rainbow appeared  !  Ginja Ninja then felt a rush of relief,when she saw the magical fruit glistening on the rainbow.  She flew as fast as she could to retrieve the magical fruit and raced back so fast that her wings started aching.  Then she gave Spiral the magical fruit.

Within a few days Spiral recovered,and has learnt her lesson not to take things from strangers.

One day Spiral was splish splashing taking a bath,when she discovered under her wing a patch of dark grey.  To this day Spiral is always reminded not to accept things from strangers.

Since Spirals recovery her and Ginja Ninja have felt sorry for Crackers because he has dark grey feathers ,and they want to help Crackers have rainbow feathers just like them.

Crackers decides that he is sick of being the bad bird and he wont be mean to any other birds because he has no friends to play hide and seek,and has no more tropical parrots to pick on.

After a few weeks of being really nice, he got rewarded rainbow feathers!  They all became best of friends and played hide and seek.  Ginja Ninja was in "1,2,3,4,5,6,7" and so on.  Spiral and Crackers flew off so that Ginja Ninja would have to find them.  When Ginja Ninja got up to thirty seconds she yelled"READY OR NOT HERE I FLY!"

THE END

The solo level I have reached for surface features is relational  because I have used a range of different punctuation in my narrative and I know why I have used it. 

The SOLO level I have reached for my narrative is relational because, I think my opening paragraph draws the audience in,and that my story is descriptive. 

My next step is to expand my ideas.

What I've learnt in drama.

In drama this term something I've learnt is that you should use the whole space or area your given to make your play/scene interesting.Other reasons why you should use the whole space is to entertain the audience and so people can see what you are acting out.

My next step is to use the whole space and to be confident in the scene or play I'm in or doing.