Narrative (The Swimming Car)

The Swimming Car

It was a lovely summers day on Saturday morning, just the right day to go fishing! Bob was on his way to the nearest wharf, which was in Panmure.  He was so excited to catch a nice size snapper, and enjoy the peaceful vibe of being out in the sea.  “Finally” he sighed, we are here!  As he hopped out of his car.  Bob forgot to put the handbrake on, not knowing there was a small hill.  As he attempted to gather his gear out of the boat, the car decided it would roll down the small but very steep hill leading it into the welcoming water.  “This is a disaster” Bob thought to himself! FUMING with frustration! As the unpleasant anmure wharf was laughing at him while it was stealing his car and nearly his boat.

Bob didn't know what to do! As he was finding a way out of this tragedy.  Luckily his a car stopped moving forward, not far from shore, and about 2 metres away from where his boat was.  Bob sat there, and sat there and thought of what he could do… He decided to call one of his friends “Richard”.  Bob’s heart was racing begging to himself for Richard to please answer the phone.  

It seemed to him like Richard was an angel out of heaven when he saw the beautiful sight of help!  Bob and Richard sat on the side of the wharf and tried to come up with an idea to save the car.  However Bob had already thought to himself beforehand what they could do.  “How about we hook the boat up to your car and hook the car up to the boat and then we could maybe tow both boat and car out of the water”.  Not long after the boat was slowly making progress as the car was too.  With a little help from the locals the boat and the car were out of the water in know time.

As Bob was thanking Richard gracefully they both decided to go and munch on a burger with a ice cold beer.  Bob thought to himself thats the last time he’ll be going fishing for a very time, still terrified of what his wife's going to say when he gets home, about leaving the handbrake on! 

This is my narrative that I wrote based on just looking at a picture and writing about it.

  

Reflecting and Goal Setting Term 2-3

Reflecting and Goal Setting

Term 2-3

Reading: This term I learnt how to look closely at a book by comparing characters, evaluating, summarising, predicting, making connections and learning new words. I also have been reading more often than I used to.   My reading goal for Term 3 is to read more often and do more challenging reading tasks.   To achieve my goal I will need to go to the library and and pick a good chapter book.

Writing: This term I learnt how to write a persuasive speech using language features such as rethorical questions, hooks, emotive language, statements, opinions, statistics, and solutions in a persuasive speech planning framework sheet. My writing goal for Term 3 is to use more powerful words in my writing.   To achieve my goal I will need to learn those words in my spelling book at home.

Maths: This term I learnt how to say my basic facts quicker.   My maths goal for Term 3 is practise my times tables. To achieve my goal I will need to learn them every night at home.

Personal: This term I need to practise my lines for the production so that next term I will have them all right.     My personal goal for Term 3 is to be a rolemodle.    To achieve my goal I will need to stop having an attitude.

Here I have filled in this reflecting and Goal Setting  Term 2-3 this shows what I have learnt and what I want to achive for next term.  

Timeline of Writing Tools

Persuasive Language features

L.I- To unpack language features found in persuasive writing

You are trying to persuade schools that punishments of 1900 make students more focused in class.

Rhetorical question:

- How would you feel if the children in your class disrespected you?

Repetition:

- Remember how you got treated at school?, Remember how you were?

Emotive language:

- We are hardworking tired, staff members that try to make these children be the best that they can be.

Exaggeration:

- If you talk one more time I will strap you so hard your parents will hear you from here.

Facts and statistics:

- 95% of teachers think that we should bring back punishments to school.

Groups of three:

- These children are naughty, obedient, and are always miss behaving!

Punishments in our school was unfair in 1900.

Rhetorical question:

- Do you like seeing children covered with bruises?

Repetition:

- Did you like hitting children, did you think it was fun?

Emotive Language:
- Children back in 1900 were scared, and frightened and they got hit and that was not fair!

Exaggeration:

- If hitting children comes back into schools I will scream!

Facts and Statistics:

- 95% of children think the 1900 punishing ways were not fair.

Groups of Three:

- Back in 1900 teachers were mean, strict and always telling us what to do.

This is just to say

I have eaten the cookies that were in the glass jar. and which you were probably saving for my school lunches. forgive me mum they were delicious so crumbly and so chocolatey. Candice Sue Christina Tonihi Allen Moa

My Tui Report

What has black feathers and a white tuft under its chin? Well if you haven't guessed already it is a bird, a Tui. In spring, birds may travel outside their normal territory to feed. Tuis usually fly to places with good supplies of nectar. Tuis like open country and gardens. They live in a forest and scrub. So if you want to see a Tui they are usually found in New Zealand and offshore islands. Tuis are usually the first to be singing in the morning. They have a wide range of notes. Their calls are bell-like notes, croaks, coughs, and also squeaks. Tuis are most likely to eat berries, fruits, insects, and nectar. The young Tui get feed tiny insects and nectar but only for the first few days. The slightly older chicks get fed berries, moths, spiders and also large insects, they especially like stick insects. November and December is the only nesting seasons. It takes 2 weeks for a Tui’s egg to hatch. Tuis usually lay 2 to 4 eggs. Parents often move to offshore islands to have their chicks.

My Reflective Learning Journal

One thing I learnt this week was... more about the parts of speech.

I was learning  this because... it will help me later on in life. Also it helps us with our writing and spelling.   

I know I have learnt this because... when I did do this I got more right than last time.

A question I now have is... what is a preposition.  

Next week I need to work on... antonyms.

The best activity of the week was... doing  jump-jam
because...it got me ready for the day.

A Day Out At Rainbow's End!

When we were on the motor way  I could see the fear fall!  It was my first time going to Rainbow’s end.  Finally we pulled up in the car park it was so cool and I was so excited!  We all went and paid and one of the staff slapped one green band on all four of us then Taylor (my brother ) Ashely (my brothers girlfriend), Mikailah( my niece)  and I went on our walk to check out all of the rides.

The first ride we went on was the pirate ship, Mikailah is three years old so she could go on it. Next we all went and had a look at the fear fall but it looked too scary for me so I didn’t go on till later on. We went to the family karts next and Ashley drove me and my brother Taylor drove Mikailah around the kart course.  You have to go around twice (two laps) it was cool my head was going from side to side!

Next we went to the gold rush it was a long line to wait in but then finally the line ended and it was our turn to go on.  There was two in a seat and two carriages joined together, so Mikailah and I were in the seat in front and Taylor and Ashley were in the carriage at the back.  It was pretty scary because you go to turn a corner but it quickly goes the other way and this carriage was going towards us, then it went the other way, it was scary!

After we hopped off the carriage we all went to another place and that was the log-floom.  We saw all this stuff on the way and when we were coming down the slide in the log and I got splashed, it was cool! After that Taylor, Ashley, Mikailah and I went to my favourite ride the invader.  First Taylor and Ashley went on while I waited with Mikailah because she is too little to come on. So after they had their turn I went on with Taylor.  It was my my first time so it was pretty scary, and when you get to the top your stomach dropped completely!  

Then we went to the power-surge and I felt nervous.  I hopped on with my brother and it went round a few times and upside down and when I got off I felt really dizzy.  So that was definitely my last time going on that!  It was my least favourite ride in the whole park.

Next it was the ultimate, the Roller coaster and it was cool.  It went extremely fast and it was over in like 5 minutes! Afterwards we had some lunch.  I had some hot chips and a ice-cream, a caramel one in a cone, yum. I went on many rides after lunch and had lots of fun it was the best day EVER!!!


             

Know Someone Who Can...

I know someone who can

throw a chip in the air and then catch it in her mouth.

I know someone who can

type so fast that she can almost do it with out looking.

I know someone who can

swim the whole length of a pool.

I know someone who can

hold their breath under the water for 37 seconds.

I know someone who can

rub there stomach and tap there head at the same time.

I know someone who can

read a whole chapter book in 3 hours.

I know someone who can

skip with a skipping rope for 6 minutes and 10 seconds.

I know someone who can

drink a litre of water non stop.

I know someone who can

drink a whole can of coke and get real hypo.

I know some one who can

do the bendy bridge on there back

I know someone who can scream so loud that I can pop my ear drums.

And that someone is

ME!

Candice

Working with miss G!

Yesterday we got our netbooks after lunch! I was so excited! Suddenly our net books came to room 6 we got to open the box that had our spectacular mini lap tops inside. Then some teachers came and brought them to us. Room 6 opened the box carefully it was a exciting job! I had fun getting my new netbook!