Mairehau's Merilicious Market

   
For Mairehau"s Market, Abbie, Tyra and I had an adventure of making playdough to sell on the day of the Market. All the year 9's had a few weeks to get prepared to make a product to sell. My group had a few things we wanted to make but decided on playdough. In the few weeks we had to get prepared we made signs, labels and got all the things we needed to make for the playdough. Once we were already to make our playdough we had a whole day to make it and package it, we needed to be already that day because the market was happening that night. We sold almost all of our playdough and what was left we gave it to the media teacher since she uses it for her teaching. We made about $20 and we will split that between Abbie, tyra and I. I had a great time making the playdough and selling it, can't wait till next year when we can do it again.

Short Story-Rosa

 Short Story - Question & Clarify

Neglect	Questions (wonderings)	Clarify (meanings)
The windscreen wipers worked furiously to clear the glass from the driving rain. It was no use, he still couldn’t see, so he pulled into a side street and waited for the pelting sheet to ease. Flicking through the radio, a wavering squeal emerged, quickly changing into a fast beated pop song.  Jonesie, as he was called on the rank, shuffled lower into his seat and settled down to waited. Looking up to change the crackling station, he noticed a brown-coated figure huddling in the meagre shelter of a deserted warehouse. Jonesie studied the figure and decided, being a kind-hearted man, that he would try and do something to help.  As Jonesie neared, the brown-coated figure started to shift uneasily, looking up with fearful brown eyes.  “You look pretty cold out here, would you like to come and sit in my taxi till the rain eases off a bit?”, Jonesie asked sincerely. After waiting a bit and receiving no reply, Jonesie headed back for the warmth of the taxi. When he neared the car, he noticed someone behind him and turning around saw that the brown-coated figure had followed him to the car.  “So you decided to come then, eh mate?”, Jonesie queried heavily, as he helped the figure into the passenger seat.  Closing the door, Jonesie thought about what might happen to this poor guy. In the car, Jonesie changed the station yet again finding a country song he thoroughly enjoyed. After the song had finished, he flicked the radio off and turned to his bedraggled guest, noticing that his bones almost protruded through the coat.  “So, aye, where do you come from then mate?”, inquired Jonesie. “That’s if you don’t mind me asking?” His only reply was the turning of the brown-coated figures head, to stare wonderingly out into the menacing dark sky. Jonesie tried again, “Eh, um, what’s ya name then?” The brown-coated figure turned his head in the direction of Jonesie and blinked his fearful brown eyes in reply. Silence followed, Jonesie thinking of what he could do for his silent guest.  Jonesie flicked on the radio again, it crackled and hissed, and then resumed into some teenage trash.  “Come on mate, you must be starving. Lets take ya home and give ya some tucker”, Jonesie said.  The brown-coated figure did not move and his answer was only a deep sigh. The rain had eased and as they drove, the road glistened like oil. Jonesie had finished his shift, so there were no problems. When they got inside his house, Jonesie helped the figure to dry himself, but he never took his coat off.  Jonesie thought this a bit odd but made no further inquiries.  He prepared a meal and the brown- coated figure warmed himself in front of the blazing fire. Six months later, the brown-coated figure and Jonesie spend every night in the taxi, listening to the crackling radio and sharing long conversations with many pauses and deep sighs of reply. The fearful brown eyes are fearful no more and the ragged, tatty coat has been replaced by a thick, warm one. Jonesie and the brown-coated figure spend all their time together, after all, dogs are a mans best friend.	Who is the brown figure? Why is he out in the rain? What are the wipers trying to clean? Where is the brown figure? Why isn’t he talking? Why is he hungry, his bones are sticking out? Who is the taxi driver? What country are they in? What does the figure look like? Is the person homeless? Why is it so cold? How did he become homeless? Why would he not talk his coat off? Brown coat has no name Old is he? Taxi driver live Does brown coat have any family	Dog Homeless Raining Warehouse Dog He was starving Local taxi driver NZ Thin It was cold It was a dog In a house NO not initially but in the beginning no family.

Rosa-Ev Jordy's Problem

 

ETV Jordy’s problem   https://mairehau.etv.org.nz/tv/vod/view/132854

Question and clarify

Watch this introduction and video.  

Every time I pause the video, I will role-model what questions I have and how I clarify my thinking.

We ask questions constantly and we make connections with what we already know, this is how the brain operates when it creates understanding when we read texts.  

Our brains constantly question and clarify.

Starts at 1.30	Question (wonderings)	Clarify (meanings/answer)
Break  1 1.30 to 1.47	What counts as an exception? What kind of exception are they talking about?	Nothing For Jordy to wear a bracelet
Break 2 1.47 to 1.50	Who is Jordy? Do I need to care about Jordy? What kind of bracelet?	Girl who lost Dad Yes Christening bracelet
Break 3 1.50 to 2.04	What is the school uniform policy? Why has it offended Jordy? Why no bracelet?	No bracelet It offended Jordy  Its tradition
Break 4 2.04 to 2.19	Why is she getting angry? What's so special about the bracelet?	Can’t wear bracelet Its her Dad and her Dad died
Controlled Release now it’s time for you to ask the questions as I stop.   Who’s got questions?  How many can we answer from above now?
Break 5 2.19 to 2.35	How did the Dad die? Why is it the most important? Why did the Dad give it to her in the first place?	? Was at christening  Gift at christening
Break 6 2.35 to 2.58	What is a christening bracelet? What is christening? If the bracelet is so small why worry?
Break7 2.58 to 3.19	Why are they not letting her be comfortable for her? Would it not be expected to be cut off because it's too small?
Break 8 3.19 to 3.46	What’s a traditional school? Why did she sob so much?
Break 9

 

Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa

Beginning	The robot was on a walk then came across a plant. The robot picked up the plant taking it to the top of a mountain.
Middle	The robot climbs up the mountain still holding the plant. Then the robot falls.
End	Once the robot is back up the mountain, it falls to the ground and dies. The plant ends up growing into a big tree.

Summary in less than 60 words. 

Firstly, The robot finds a plant secondly, It climbs up a mountain lastly, the plant grows but the robot dies.

 

Cartoon

Catchit - THE LITERACY SHED

1. Copy and paste the link into your search bar and watch the cartoon.

2. For each scene summarize what you can see 

Scene One:   At home	I can see a small space and dim light. It reminds me of the burrows I have seen on tv that animals dig out as their home. I can see they are all huddled together so there is not a lot of room. The inside of the burrow is brown so it is dirt that has been dug under the ground.
Scene Two:   First activity of the day	While the leader of the very cute meerkats tries to get the fruit for them to eat,  the rest of the meerkats are staring at the fruit like it's the best thing they have seen.
Scene Three:   A feared enemy	Then a scary looking vulture came along and scared away all the innocent meerkats. The vulture glares down from the tree at the frightened meerkats. With its sharp claws the vulture picks the delicious fruit the meerkats wanted from the tree and flies away.
Scene Four: Enemies revenge	The meerkats now want revenge, a charge at the vulture with the fist in the air. One of the meerkats jumps up onto the vulture's claw and tries to take back their fruit but fails. So then the next meerkat tries but does not let go. The meerkats end up forming a human ladder all holding on to the meerkat in front of them. The vulture flies even higher with all the meerkats behind her. Going higher and higher, up to the clouds.
Scene Five: The Rescue	Then the vulture flings the meerkats into the air. The meerkats start to fall to the ground drying to get the fruit. They catch the fruit and pass it around trying not to get the vulture to get it, while still falling. The vulture gets the fruit back and flys back up to the air but then the meerkats fall onto the vulture.
Scene Six: Sport nirvana	The vulture flings meerkats off and then the vulture mashes into a wall with the fruit dropping from its claw. The meerkats got the fruit!.
Scene Seven: The End	The meerkats happily walk away with its fruit then accidentally kicks it in the air. The fruit falls to the ground and mashs!. It was all for nothing.

Rosa's Bird Mascot

The picture was taken from https://www.cnet.com/news/scientists-suggest-staring-down-seagulls-to-protect-your-snacks/

Seagull

Why did I choose this bird?

I chose this bird because the seagull is a loving caring bird that cares for its young. Seagulls annoy most people with their loud squawking and always wanting food.

What are seagulls afraid of?

Seagulls are afraid of  owls because of there eyes.

Are seagulls smart

Seagulls are very clever; they remember, learn and even pass on beavours. Seagulls communicate with other seagulls by body movements and vocalisation.

Has seagulls been a symbol or an icon?

Seagulls are on logos of a few schools that are by the beach.

What is a group of seagulls called?

A group of seagulls is called a colony.

Summery

My mascot is a seagull;  firstly the seagull is a loving, caring and hungry bird that is very clever, secondly a group of seagulls is called a colony and lastly Seagulls are afraid of owls because of their eyes.

11 sentences into 37  words

Book review

Book Review

Title: The Maze Runner Fiction  
Author: James Dashner
Genre: Dystopia Non fiction



Synopsis: This book is about a Dystopian society, a world that has  gone wrong. The creators of the maze have put the teenages in a life or death situation to see if they can escape. However, when they get put in the maze they lose all their memory but their name. Thomas who is the main character is somehow different from the others but he just remembers to stay away from the Grevers.



Favourite Part: My favourite part is when Thomas, Minho and Alby get stuck in the maze overnight and have to try to survive without the Grevers trying to shred them apart.

Recommendation: I would recommend this book for age 12 and over because it has a bit of bad language and it's a bit gory in some parts, but overall it is a great book  and has a great story to it.

Rating  1 strongly disagree 2 disagree 3 neutral  4 agree  5 strongly agree

Make a good movie                                 Page turner        

Nail-biter                                               Satisfactory ending   

Conclusion: This is my favourite book and I recommend it to everyone who loves dystopia. There are 3 books in the series and I got told they are almost as good as the first one. I wish I could read this book every day. I am going to start reading the next book in the series and I will see how good it actually is.