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Wednesday 8 December 2021

Kaimoana (Seafood)

Highlight the correct answer, or type in what you think is correct.


1. What is kaimoana?


a) Food that has been gathered from the sea b) Food sold by KFC

c) Food that has been gathered from the sky d) Food sold by McDonalds


2. What do pāua eat (consume)? 


a) Kelp             b) Fish

c) Seaweed          d) Water


3. How many of the 270 fish species found inshore are endemic to New Zealand?


a) 11%   b) 30%

c) no one knows   d) 25%


4. Describe what kōura (crayfish) look like:


The kōura, or freshwater crayfish, is dark green and mottled like the stones it lives amongst on stream bottoms.


5. True or False: “Kina are endemic to New Zealand meaning they are found all over the world.”


a) True b) False


6.How many different species of wheke (octopus) are there in New Zealand?


a) 51             b) 32

c) 42 d) 63


7. Why are there limits on how many kaimoana people can take from the sea?


→theres a limit because without the limit people would just be taking how many kaimoana they want  and if there's no sea creatures in the water The ocean will no longer be able to perform many of its essential functions, leading to a lower quality of life. People will starve as they lose one of their main food sources. The effects of a world without fish in the sea would be felt by everyone.

8. Which type of kaimoana would you like to try the most and why?


→ i would like to try lobsters and oyster because everyone's say is yum


my four facts about kaimoana

 

Tuesday 7 December 2021

Gold T4W8D2

 

this is my gold math task me and my friends (tumoe and patrick) work this out the 2 last ones were hard but lucky we used are smart brains and worked it out :)

my four facts about under water

 

Thursday 2 December 2021

my writing task

 


Writing Task - Michelangelo story starter


Today you will be using a snippet of a famous painting created by Michelangelo to inspire your writing. Think carefully about what you can see. Does it remind you of anything? How could you create a story based on this picture alone? Use the writing plan to help you.





Planning: 

1

characters

Who could the 2 characters be? Are they friends? Enemies? Strangers or best friends? Young or old?

2

Location

Where does the story take place? E.g. at home, on the stage, at school, in another country?

3

Plot

What happens in the story? What happens to the characters? What happens in the beginning, middle and end?

4

Problem

What was the main problem? E.g. car accident, sickness, good acting, stuck on a boat in the middle of the ocean?

5

Solution

How is the problem solved? What happens at the end?



Start your writing here: one beautiful peaceful day there were two girls one had black curly hair with black eyes her name was jasmine  the other girl had brown straight hair with brown eyes her name was rose, they were best friends. One night they had a sleepover at jasmines house it was getting boring so they wanted to play a board game they play a board and stayed up until 2 o'clock when they finished there board game they both wanted to go sleep but when it was the middle of the night rose felt something touching her arm her arm was off the bed so something touching her she was scared. Soon later something was touching her feet she screamed Jasmine woke up  rose whisper in her ear and said something is touching her feet the door was wide open Jasmine went up tiptoes to the side of her bed and peeked her head and started laughing she told rose it was her  baby sister Ella she probably thought rose was jasmine and tried to wake her up jasmine carried  Ella to her room and made her sleep rose fell a sleep when jasmine went in the room  she saw someone climbing throw her sisters bedroom window and it was her sister she went to a party and came late she sneaked throw her window so no one could see her but she screamed loud ass Ella started crying and jasmine ran to her room and saw her mum angry rose woke up and heard Ella crying she went her room and carried her when she went to her jasmine sisters room to see what's going on she was in shocked jasmine's sister diamond was wearing her mom's new t shirt and got heaps of coffee on it. It was 3am  and someone rang the doorbell  jasmine went up and open the door and screamed it was a man with a mask with a knife they started to run then the guy took his mask of and said trick ya turns out it was jasmine's dad rose almost had a heart attack lucky it was prank but diamond was still ground for 2 months even she tried to get away with and everyone was happy.

 











Wednesday 1 December 2021

my writing task

 


Writing Task - Art Heist Part 2!


Today you will be writing a newspaper article about an art heist (robbery) that has occurred. A famous painting created by Raphael (‘The School of Athens’) has been stolen from a famous museum. Write a news article to describe and report what has happened. 


Watch the Video for some Report Writing Tips


1

What?

What has been stolen? What is the name of the artwork? What does it look like? What time and day was it stolen? What are the police or museum going to do about it? 

E.g. One of the most famous paintings of all time has been stolen! Police say that...

2

Where? 

Where was it stolen from? Where might it be now?

3

Who? 

Who is the artist? Who discovered that it was missing? Who is to blame? Who could have stolen it?

4

When? 

When was the artwork created? When was it stolen? 

5

How? 

How was the artwork removed? How much is it worth?




Start your writing here: centuries ago there was a man and his name was Raphael. He was brave, smart and loyal; he lived in a village near italy.  Raphael was famous because he was a painter. The village loved him and one day he painted this beautiful artwork of the mona lisa. the village told raphael to put his creative artwork inside of the museum so he listen the painting that he painted cost more than 1000$ everyone loved it. One night when raphael was getting ready to go bed the village scream thief raphael ran outside and saw someone with his painting he quickly put on his boots and chased him but he was no match for thief.the thief ran with the  painting lucky someone took a photo of the thief raphael put up a poster of the thief and the wayward was three thousand grand the village did not care  how much it cost they just wanted  to help raphael.the village was loyal to raphael so they had a plan to get his painting back.the village told raphael to paint another painting again and to put the painting inside the museum. They Said that his painting cost 6000 grand  but it was actually 3 pounds one night the thief came back raphael saw the thief and sneaked up on him when the thief was about to  snatch the painting raphael quickly catched him raphael yelled “i've got him i've got the thief” the village heard him and they ran down to the museum they put the thief behind bars and they celebrated at last the painting is home they had big feast and raphael was happy.











Thursday 25 November 2021

my writing task

 

Comic Art - Raina Telgemeier

 Comic Art



Highlight the correct answer, or type in what you think is correct.


1. As a child Raina Telgemeier loved


a) dolls                                 b) comics

c) sports                               d) cooking


2. Raina said that there was a shortage of comics about


a) Superheroes                                      b) Villains

c) newspaper articles                            d) stories that she could relate to


3. In your own words, explain what Raina’s comic book ‘Smile’ was about:


→it about a girl telgemeier  she's in middle school she had dental surgery   and braces.


4. True or False: Raina’s comic book ‘Smile’ was not very popular with kids:


a) True b) False


5. True or False: Raina Telgemeier has had more than 18 million copies of her books printed:


a) True b) False


6. An important award in children’s literature is called the 


a) Academy Awards                b) Duffy Award

c) Newbery Award                                  d) Pulitzer Prize


7. Explain why some children used to get into trouble if they were caught reading comic books at school:

→kids can get in trouble for reading comic books because they are reading comic books when they are supposed to do there work


my for facts

 

Wednesday 24 November 2021

Response to Text: Weds - Pointillism

 Pointillism



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1. The art of Pointillism is a way of painting using 


a) stencils                           b) numbers

c) dots                                d) lines


2. An artist who developed this technique in 1886 was


a) Leonardo da Vinci                                  b) Georges Seurat

c) Frida Kahlo                          d) Pablo Picasso


3. In your own words, explain why pointillism paintings are different from normal paintings:


→pointillism painting is different to normal painting because when you try paint pointillism you have to draw with dots 


4. True or False: At first, the word ‘Pointillism’ was used as an insult to describe art:


a) True b) False


5. True or False: Pointillist painters mix their colours on a palette before painting:


a) True b) False


6. Pointillism is usually done using these types of paints because they are thicker


a) acrylic paints                     b) water colour paints

c) oil paints                                       d) pastels


7. Explain why you like or dislike the style of pointillism art:


→I dislike pointillism because if i do it would look ugly and it is hard for me and thats why i dislike pointillism.


my four facts

 

Monday 22 November 2021

my four facts


Response to text: Jack Kirby - Comic Artist

 Comic Art 





Highlight the correct answer, or type in what you think is correct.


1. What type of artist was Jack Kirby?


a) Painter                                         b) Musician

c) Comic Book Artist                        d) Photographer


2. Jack Kirby helped to create iconic characters such as 


a) Dragon Ball Z                             b) Kermit the Frog

c) Peppa Pig                     d) Captain America and the Hulk


3. The comic art style of using dots to show explosions and elements in space is known as the


a) Kirby colours b) Kirby Krackle

c) Kirby lines              d) art of pointillism


4. List some of the characters that Jack Kirby helped to create for Marvel and DC Comics

→he helped create X man,thor,hulk and iron man.


5. True or False: The ‘Black Panther’ was originally going to be called the ‘Coal Tiger.’


a) True b) False


6. Many comic books are about


a) Superheroes                         b) Celebrities

c) Planets                                             d) Animals


7. Who is your favourite comic book character? 


→mine favourite comic book character is wonder woman because she is strong and she protects the world from evilness.


Wednesday 8 September 2021

learning about food in tonga

 Response to Text:

Food in Tonga

Highlight the correct answer or write down the appropriate response.


1. Which of the following is NOT an ingredient in Lu?


a) Sipi (lamb) or Pulu (beef) b) Onions

c) Coconut shell d) Taro leaves


2. Which of the following dishes uses fresh fish?


a) Puaka Tunu b) ‘Otai

c) Lu Sipi d) ‘Ota Ika


3. Explain why someone has to stay by the Puaka Tunu and constantly rotate it over heat.


someone has to stay next to the puaka in case it doesn’t get burned and u have to rotate it so you can cook it properly.  


4. True or False: “The fruit is grated into small pieces so that it is easier to drink.”


a) True b) False


5. Faikakai Topai is a Tongan dessert. What is it?


a) Brown sugar Donuts b) Coconut Dumplings

c) Deep-fried Donuts d) Sugar Soup


6. When making ‘Otai, explain why people in Tonga might use coconut milk instead of cow's milk. 


→so it can taste nice and its fantney


7. Write what Tongan dishes you would like to try and why.


→i would like to try faikakai because i want taste coconut dumplings.