Wednesday, 25 November 2015
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
Tips for speaking
Tips for speaking
Practice
Know your speech
Talk slowly, pause often
Make eye contact with the audience
Stand up straight
Speeches are coming up
What should you have in your speech?
Introduction:
mihi, in your own language
What have achieved while at Linwood North?
sport wise, awards, best thing you ever wrote or built or made or painted.
Who can we thank?
Teachers, other students, Ms Smith for something they did or did for you.
Talk about what is felt like when you arrived at school.
Talk about how you have changed as a person.
End with a funny story about something that happened at school that you will always remember.
Thank the audience and say good bye.
Introduction:
mihi, in your own language
What have achieved while at Linwood North?
sport wise, awards, best thing you ever wrote or built or made or painted.
Who can we thank?
Teachers, other students, Ms Smith for something they did or did for you.
Talk about what is felt like when you arrived at school.
Talk about how you have changed as a person.
End with a funny story about something that happened at school that you will always remember.
Thank the audience and say good bye.
Tuesday, 10 November 2015
The Annual Conference. By Samuel K
Ercury
"All right, all right!" Called Sun. "Order in my system!". "Chill out dude." Said Mercury, speeding around the room. "Your as uptight as a fur less cat with no milk!" "Oi" called Mars to Jupiter, "keep your kids under control,their animals!"
" Yap Yap! " barked Pluto above all the ruckus. The brothers Neptune and Uranus were arguing, again. "Yo, Uranus what are you doing, you JERK?!" Screamed Neptune to Uranus , who was gently patting Pluto. "Me?, What about you, you stupid scaly serpent?! I was just patting Pluto!" Yelled Uranus Pointing to his brother, who was trying to pester Mercury for being too fast.
Saturn and Venus were having a conversation about moons, while Earth was playing with Jupiter's kids, in order from oldest to youngest, Io, Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto and eating mouth-watering melting marshmallows when suddenly Earth realised something. "Shoot!, I'm late for school!" As the young planet silently stepped for the bag in the corner. "Bye!" ZOOM----, and Earth was gone. "Sigh..., meeting agurned." Said Sun.
Narrative writing by Marshall
One foggy night there was a haunted house that keeped making loud noises boom! crash!!! Doors keeped opening and so did the windows lightes keeped flickering on and off like fire I decided to explore the house I silently stepped up to the door . the door was Alive I was sucked into the house never to be seen again
The screen that turned in to a jungle by Brooke
One day all these people ran as fast as cheetahs to the cold pool. " let's all jump in!" They yelled and had a turn on the diving board. This guy went splash and sunk slowly in to the pool and all of a sudden the pool turned in to a jungle and he was nearly to the bottom and he landed in a pond of mud. It was as sticky as melted marsmellow he was calling for help and nobody came he was stuck there for ever and ever the end
Narrative writing by Tayla
A creaky house lived in a forest.Legend has it that it is haunted! Legend also has it that the house can talk! "That's right the house would say to no one in particular".the house was as high as the sky.crash! One of my windows just smashed bang! My door blew up.I think maybe someone is trying to get inside me.I turn on my lights they are as bright as the sun then I flicker my lights fast the person gets scared he slowly walks backwards then he runs then he hears laughter a lot of laughter its me,I'm laughing as loud as I can.
https://visualwritingprompts.wordpress.com/category/types-of-writing/fictional-narrative-short-story/
This is today's task. Choose one of the pictures from the site to use in your writing.
https://academichelp.net/samples/academics/essays/narrative/nightmare-creator.html
Here is a link to some examples of narrative writing.
Monday, 2 November 2015
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
What is a light year?
http://sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/Space-Revealed/Science-Ideas-and-Concepts/Distances-in-space
In reading we were looking at light and telescopes
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
In maths we are learning about Probability
https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-3/certain-probable-unlikely-and-impossible
This is a quiz to try.
http://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/math/hspmath/ca/common/itools_int_9780153616334_/probability.html
Think you have to right?
Try this one now.
This is a quiz to try.
http://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/math/hspmath/ca/common/itools_int_9780153616334_/probability.html
Think you have to right?
Try this one now.
Thursday, 24 September 2015
Monday, 21 September 2015
Thursday, 17 September 2015
Tuesday, 15 September 2015
Issues with being late after play.
LATE!
Can we not
have confidence enough to
politely ask that people do us the courtesy to simply be on time?
Can we not
have enough respect for the other person’s time and effort to get to class
on time?
Are we really
that incapable of handling ourselves and managing our time as Linwood North
Learners?
The dreaded
truth: what it really means to be late …
Let me dispel
a few preconceived notions about being late. This quiet truth deserves a voice
and it rarely gets heard.
Being late …
•
… does not make you an important or special person. Whoever you are
doesn’t reserve you the right to be late.
•
… late once or twice in your life may be unavoidable but being late
consistently makes you unreliable.
•
… says you clearly do not respect the other person’s time, only yours.
•
… affects people’s impression of you and damages your reputation
•
… consistently implies you are rude and lack all consideration and
respect for the other person as well as for the commitment you made.
Your
apologies for being late, however profuse and sincere, do not excuse the
tardy. I am not saying not to apologize, I am saying not to be late!
Your reasons
for being late insult the other person’s intelligence.
Let’s state
the obvious here: Emergencies are exempt from the list above. Emergency,
however, is defined as an unavoidable and uncontrollable situation which
puts you in a position that makes it impossible to comply with your
original plans because something more important has arisen at the last minute.
No, that is
not an emergency!
The short
list below shows examples of what is not an emergency, and
rather results from lack of planning and a personal choice:
•
You spill something on yourself and have to clean up
•
Someone else makes you late. For whatever reason.
•
You have an argument someone and then you are late.
•
Another student does something to make you late. Anything!
•
You do a job for a teacher and makes you late.
•
You ‘lose track of time’ and are thereby, you guessed it, late.
•
You didn’t hear the bell or see all the other students going to class
and are embarrassingly late.
•
You were getting a drink.
11 reasons
why it pays to be punctual in life
Embracing punctuality
is more than just an admirable trait; it introduces you to a brand new way of
living that you will love! You feel content and happy with yourself rather
than frustrated and guilty.
Why is the
importance of being punctual in life anyway if there are far too many Person A
types around.
Because it is
the right thing to do – but I shall give you 11
more reasons just to be safe.
The best
motivator I can give you is that if you are a conscientious Person A, being
late adds unnecessary
stress to your life and breaking the habit removes it.
Below are 11
more reasons why punctuality matters in a professional world among smart
people:
1
You show respect for the Person B in your life.
2
You respect yourself enough to keep your word.
3
You prove that you can be trustworthy.
4
You are appreciated for being on time.
5
You are regarded as a reliable person.
6
You are seen as a young adult.
7
You are taken seriously and on your word.
8
You build a strong reputation for your character.
9
You open doors and attract more opportunities to yourself.
10 You eliminate stress from your life by
removing the anxiety of being late.
11 You do the right thing and feel good
about it.
Being on time is part of managing
yourself. Learn it and life will be easier.
http://www.prolificliving.com/the-importance-of-being-punctual/
Mr Betts' first draft story example
The water was so colds, my hands were numb within seconds, I
choked o the salty sea water as another wave crashed over me. I watched as the
last pieces of the plane sank slowly beneath the waves.
The darkness closed in and the clouds blackly snarled with
thunder and flashes of lightning.
The waves rolled up and down giving me an endless blew of a
grey unforgiving sea.
My eyes noticed something slicing through the water, it
dipped up and down and I thought the noise of the plane sinking into the water
had brought more inquisitive visitors to this part of the empty sea.
The wave slammed me under the water again and I saw more
flashes of black and white bodies under the water twisting and rocketing in the
greyness.
Something hard and grey like sandpaper ripped passed my legs
and I saw a grey black tipped fin flash past my face.
My hear beat so hard I thought it would explode out of my
chest, hot with fear while my legs and arms felt like they were encased in ice.
I went under again to see gaping jaws stabbing towards me. A
Tiger shark heading in for me with death in it’s eyes.
The shark was smashed aside as it was engulfed in the jaws
of a giant orca. Its white and black skin shimmering in the flash of lighting
from the heavens above.
Killer Whale!
Writing today is inspired by this video. using great descriptive words, interesting nouns and verbs, use a simile, express thoughts and feelings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqimOYOQjJ8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqimOYOQjJ8
Tuesday, 1 September 2015
Word lists to help with your expressive writing.
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/100-whimsical-words/
This one is one hundred cool words, find what they mean and try and use them in your writing.
https://myvocabulary.com//wordlist/alphalary_popup.php?wordlist_id=232
This is a list of words you might try using when writing in a fantasy setting. How can you use it if you are telling us about a magic carpet ride?
This one is one hundred cool words, find what they mean and try and use them in your writing.
https://myvocabulary.com//wordlist/alphalary_popup.php?wordlist_id=232
This is a list of words you might try using when writing in a fantasy setting. How can you use it if you are telling us about a magic carpet ride?
Friday, 28 August 2015
Tuesday, 25 August 2015
Tuesday, 18 August 2015
By Sairah What would you do if theirs a fire?
Step1: Don't panic and wait for teacher's instructions what you need to do.
Step2: Listen to the instructions.
Step3: Go outside in the classroom.
Step4: Don't forget to line outside.
Step5: Walk in the field.
Step6: Line up in the field.
Step7: Other way's go to the none things that might burn.
Step8: Wait for the next instructions of the teacher's
Equipment:
1. Water
2. Fire emergency alarm
What to do when there is an earthquake. By Jesse
Equipment: Furniture table.
Step 1- If you have time to get under a desk.
Step 2- Drop under your desk or anywhere you are.
Step 3- Cover yourself.
Step 4- Snuggle up like a turtle.
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