Interesting Tui facts

 This week for reading one of our activities was to create a visual of nine interesting Tui facts. I used facts from this article and this article.

10 words and their meanings

 This week for reading one of our reading tasks were to find 10 words and their meanings from a Tui article.

Tears of sorrow

Kia Ora, Over the past week for writing we have made a fictional story to make our reader feel emotion.

Our learning intention this week was to deepen our understanding of descriptive language by creating feelings for our reader, such as empathy. We also looked into the effects of short sentences.

 I was filled with sadness. My favorite companion Marley had pain in his eyes. I was telling him he was a good boy. I gave Marley his favorite toy. I struggled to say goodbye to my best friend . I was having my soul being crushed as the life drained from Marley’s eyes. I begged the gods to let Marley live another day. The silent night gave me the time to whisper into Marley’s ear about how much I loved him.  My stomach felt like a waterfall. It fell deeper and deeper into my body. I couldn’t believe that Marley was gone.

What do you think should happen next?

Alcohol/drugs and speeding statistics

 

• Give yourself time to reach your destination

• Think realistically

• practice patience

• Follow the 3-second rule

• Don’t drive or swim or take unnecessary risks if your drunk

• Look out for friends who maybe behaving dangerously

How I did it: I read a article then I chose alcohol/drugs and speeding statistics. I then searched how to reduce the amount of car crashes from alcohol/drugs and speeding.

NZSL video

This week for reading we have been doing stuff associated with New Zealand Sign Language week. We had to do a video of us spelling our full name in sign language. Sorry about the bad quality.
 

NZSL Video

This week since it's NZSL week, we had to do a video of us dong the NZSL alphabet.
 

Sorry if it's really bad.

New Zealand Sign Language

Since it's NZSL week this week, our reading activities are based on NZSL. We had do go on a site that our reading teacher put up on how reading activities and read it. Then we had to create a visual about NZSL. 

New Zealand Sign Language is one official language of New Zealand. It has developed over time within the New Zealand Deaf community and it helps deaf people with access to society, sense of identity and wellbeing. New Zealand Sign Language is unique to New Zealand and is the main language of New Zealand’s Deaf community. It became an official language in New Zealand in April 2006.

NZSL was created by deaf people for deaf people. It's a natrual language that conveys information via combination of signs, facial expressions and body movements. It’s not based on english  or other spoken languages and it's not just fingerspelling. 

There are many ways to learn NZSL, here's a site where you can learn NZSL fingerspelling alphabet. 

Here's a photo of what NZSL fingerspelling looks like.

Pros and Cons about Trans-Tasman and Cook Islands bubble

 Pros                             Cons

Family You can go for holidays Tourism can kick off Commercial arrangements to resume This will provide  boost to the Cook Islands economy Kiwi’s will be able to visit the Cook Islands without having to quarantine from the 117th may If a Covid outbreak happens in the Cooks, kiwis will be most likely to return to NZ

It could get Covid back in NZ Kiwi’s who at a location of interest cannot leave come back to NZ within a 14 day of exposure If you get sick you probably have to stay

This week for reading we had to read some sites and do a pros and cons about Trans-Tasman and Cook Island bubble.

Sky Diving Story

 Me and my friend decided to jump out of a plane but we went at different times so we could see each other coming down. I went on the plane as fear got to me that I was gonna die. I was strapped tight to a man like I was a air mattress going to pop. I got butterflies in my stomach like a bullet to my stomach. I was so nervous to jump out. My ears started popping like popcorn in a microwave as the plane got higher. I put on my pare shoot then walked slowly to the door. Fear hit my like a punch in the gut as someone opened the door. I was so nervous that I was gonna fall on rocks or something. When I jumped out, it felt like I was in a tornado as the wind blew in my face. The people and buildings got bigger and bigger as I was falling down. When I got to the ground, I was relieved that it was all over. I felt so glad that I was back on land. It was my friends turn to go. She was VERY nervous but she still went. Friends POV: I was super nervous to go on the airplane but I still did it. When I got on I was strapped to a man and it felt like I was a piece of bubble wrap someone was popping. As the plane got higher and higher the people and buildings started to shrink. The man that I was strapped to put on my pare shoot and then opened the door. I walked very slowly like I was a hostage getting something. As I walked closer and closer. 

What could I include next?