Language Features

LO: Today I am learning to understand different types of terms we use in English

My Word: Onomatopoeia

Definition: The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

Example: Impact sounds—boom, crash, whack, thump, bang.

Tomorrow when the war began- Chapter Two

Chapter Two:

1. How did the group of teenagers ascend Tailors Stitch? A Land Rover
2. What are the two special events happening the day after the teenagers leave for the bush? Conmen Day, Kevin's Concert
3. How many days were they planning on staying? How much food do you think is reasonable to bring, split between 7 teenagers? Two Weeks, Enough for each teenager so a lot between all of them.
4. Who is the Hermit and what is he supposed to have done? Live in the bushes and murder people
5. Do you think the Hermit will be significant to this story? Why/Why not? Yes because why else would they include him ion the book
6. Is their decent down Satan’s Steps into Hell dangerous? Yes Discuss what are the dangers, how could they have made it safer, what would you have done? They could of slipped and died, They could get stuck for a while and run out of food, They could be something down there.
7. Predict what the bridge signifies. Someone built it

Tomorrow when the war began- Chapter One

Tomorrow, When The War Began
Chapter One

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of first person narration? Advantage: They know more information about the events in which happened in the past. Disadvantage: They may be biased about what happens and may not be telling the truth.
2. Why do you think Ellie needs to tell the story in chronological order? So the readers know the correct order in which the events happened,
3. Pick one interesting word from the chapter, find its meaning, and explain why it is interesting. Hermit- A person living in solitude as a religious discipline. I think it is interesting because i have never heard it before
4. John Marsden foreshadows several events and characters in this chapter. Make three predictions based on the evidence in the text about what may occur later in the story. 1) Something Bad Might Happen, 2)They might get lost, 3) They may start a war
5. What kind of story do you think Ellie is going to tell? Uses evidence from the text to support your answers? A fictional story because some of the places seem fake or imaginary.
6. What set of skills do these characters have that convince their parents that they can ‘go bush’ independently. Find examples for three characters. Ellie- "Well we thought it was time we showed independence and initiative and all those other good things.

Human Rights Poster

This week in Social Studies we have been learning about the Declaration of human rights and here is a poster I have made about all 30 of them.

Character Strengths

Learning Objective: Today I'm Learning to define what Character Strengths I have.

What does it mean to be a good Mathematician?

What does it mean to be a good Mathematician?
In my opinion a Mathematician is someone who has studied Maths and are very good at what they do, which in this case is Maths. I also think a Mathematician is someone who carries a lot of knowledge of Math equations and how to solve them as well.  A Mathematician is also someone who makes a living over Maths.

Maths: Circles

For the past two weeks for Maths we have been learning about circles and compasses.
A compass is a device in which you use to draw a circle and this is what it looks like
For the next week looked at Maori and Polynesian design. We had to create our own designs my first one was just using a compass and isn't really a cultural design.












The next two are of my brainstorms for my final idea.

The final one is my final design: