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Vocabulary – Term 2 Week 4

Monday- Meaning, What does it mean?

Activity: Meaning – Explain It!

Word: Taonga

Sentence: “It can mean each generation teaches the next about protecting taonga tuku iho – precious resources passed on by the ancestors.”

 

Explanation: The word in this text matches with how they’re talking about their prized possessions. You may see this word in Maori texts.


Tuesday- Use, How do you use it?

Activity: Use – One Word, Three Ways

Word: Kaitiakitanga

Sentence: “The term kaitiakitanga (the act of being a kaitiaki) comes from te ao Māori.”

 

  1. Show Kaitiakitanga everyday!
  2. Our value Kaitiakitanga is very important!
  3. The word Kaitiakitanga is about caring for what’s around us!

Wednesday- Build, how is it built?

Activity: Build – Grow a Word Family

Word: Biodiversity 

Sentence: “Forgetting this has led to the triple threat we now face: climate change, the loss of biodiversity, and pollution.”

 

Types of words  Biodiversity could be:

Biodiversity – Noun

Bio – Noun

Diversity – Noun


Thursday- Connect, where else does it fit?

Activity: Connect – Connect It

Word: Protection

Sentence: “Every year, we discover new species that need our protection.”

 

Connection: This word connects to the story as we are talking about marine reserves and how we must take care of them!

 

Explanation: This word is about taking care and showing kaitiaikitanga!

Vocabulary – Term 2 Week 3

Vocabulary – Term 2 Week 3

Monday- Meaning, What does it mean?

Activity: Meaning – Explain It!

Word: Confident

Sentence: “This helps them to become confident.”

Explanation: In this text, this word is talking about how bikers feel more safe and better while cycling. You may see this word when people are too cocky.


Tuesday- Use, How do you use it?

Activity: Use – One Word, Three Ways

Word: Seperate

Sentence: “Others are separated from the road by poles or plants.”

  1.  I separated the last slice of cake to share.
  2.  I got separated by my friends.
  3. The island has been separated.

Wednesday- Build, how is it built?

Activity: Build – Grow a Word Family

Word: Consider

Sentence: “In Wellington, a survey found that 75 percent of people would consider biking if cycle lanes were separate from traffic.”

Types of words Consider could be:

Consider –  Verb

Side – Noun

Con – Verb


Thursday- Connect, where else does it fit?

Activity: Connect – Connect It

Word: Opinion

Sentence: “When changes are made in a town or city, everyone has an Opinion or point of view.” 

Connection: This word connects to the story with how the people in the stories think.

Explanation: The reason why it connects is because the people in the story are saying what suits best for cycleways. 

Vocabulary – Term 2 Week 2

Vocabulary – Term 2 Week 2

Tuesday- Use, How do you use it?
Activity: Use – One Word, Three Ways
Word 1: Fluent
Sentence: “I’m only fluent in English, but my English is still different from my family’s, and we sometimes hit translation difficulties. Speaking Mandarin is my next-best bet, but only when I have to.”

I can speak fluent Chinese.
I am not that fluent in speaking my own language.
Could you speak Fluent in Samoan?


Wednesday- Build, how is it built?
Activity: Build – Grow a Word Family
Word 1: Muster
Sentence: “My skills are so dusty it takes a few days to Muster the courage to utter simple
phrases to my grandparents.”

Muster-Verb
Must-Verb


Thursday- Connect, where else does it fit?
Activity: Connect – Connect It
Word: Carvings
Sentence: “The Moriori carvings are in the kopi
grove.”

Connection:
This word connects to people’s special places because of how ancient these carvings were; carved by people.
Explanation:
This word fits because of how Nicole felt calm seeing these carvings.

✩~🌏The Wonders Of Planet EARTH🌏~✩

Kia Ora Everyone. This week In writing we had to create a narrative about anything we want! While doing this we met a new site called class companion. It give you a total score on how you’re writing is. My feed back I received from this site! I hope you all will enjoy it 😀


Millions of years ago, planet earth was destroyed. Back then when humans used to count and celebrate their years, It was the year 3050 people doing their usual earth things when they were warned that a meteorite was ready to strike earth. All humans that were living got to a special place that could take them to any planet and soon they zoomed off. After that mishap, they adapted to their new planet, JUPITER.

“BRINGGGGG!!!” The school bell rang. All students got to their classes. Maisyieand her friend group got to history class. Zach stumbled into the classroom with a ring in his head. “ Zach, whats wrong?” Jodi asked. “It’s probably his ears again.” Daniel replied back. “Your late.” Mr Hansen shouted. All four gulped, and quickly got to their table and sat down. Mr Hansen began to talk about humans past planet, EARTH!! Some kids lift their hands up, asking questions after questions. “ Back in the days our kind used to live on planet earth, with other human like beings!” Daniel was amazed like over the top amazed. He wanted to go to life on earth and experience how earth was like, and so he set up plans about how to time travel and go around our galaxy.

Daniel was admired of what he could possibly see in planet earth with all it’s nature and animal life and so, He took lessons on engineering, He researched about the past, learning more about the special place that could take people anywhere around space. He thought of using his excellent engineering skills he achieved and his funky electronics and intelligence, to add things that relate to help with time travel. He first created a planning; he made sure all of his calculations would work and will be correct making sure It would take him to earth and travel back into time. He was finished with his planning. He set off his journey to that very same special place that could take anyone, anywhere across space.

Maisy and the other two went over to where Daniel lived. “Knock Knock!” Maisie yelled. A loud void of quietness erupted. “Where is he? He’d normally shout I’M COMING!!! out loud when we come over.” Maisie said. Jodi and Zach both shrugged, unknown with what he could be doing right in that moment. Soon Daniel’s mother came out welcoming them in. As they got in they rushed into Daniels room. Thats when they saw a blueprint on his bed; Maisie and them were all shocked and curious. It was about a time traveling device. Maisie and her friends felt sick. “Why would Daniel even want to travel back in time!?!?!” Wondered Jodi. “Maybe he was thinking of going back in time to see planet earth?” “He was interested in history class!” “How do you know?” asked Jodi. “He told me while we were eating during lunch time!” Through the window; Zach saw Daniels bicycle near a mountain. He quickly ran to the others and alerted them what he saw, and as soon as they heard him they zoomed off on their scooters and bicycle

Daniel was hiking on top of the mountains; searching for that same specific cave that could take humans anywhere and everywhere. Jodi wasn’t paying attention, she was to busy looking behind her making sure that zach would be safe. “LOOK OUT!!” Jodi twisted her head and saw what looked like a big cliff and she slipped and fell. Maisy and Zach felt despair till they saw a hand, and not any kind. It was the ones with ugly nails; like Jodi’s. When Maisy saw the nails she, immediatly pounced and got to her knees and held on to Jodi’s hands; trying to lift her up, and Zach noticed as well. Together they managed to lift Jodi out of the cliff. Jodi looked like a blue smurf, and she ran and hugged the two. They were all reliefed that she was safe but there was still one more thing to do.

Daniel was astonished as he completed the high tech space ship to travel the universe. He was expecting it to take weeks; but he managed to finish it with his faith in himself. Maisy and her group was walking near Daniel. Zach was behind the two. He then smelt a special scent, one that is mainly related to one person. The unmistakable scent of freshly made tuna sandwhiches wafting through the air, and he shouted out to them. “GUYS I COULD SMELL DANIELS SCENT!!” The two quickly catched up to zach and got to the special cave. Jodi was going to make an entrance so she got ready and. “YOU GOT BUSTED!!!” “Jodi, Jodi, Jodi, JODI!!” “AHH!! Maisy why’d you do that?” Wondered Jodi. Jodi soon realised that she was talking to the rocks infront of her and quickly got embarrassed.

Maisy heard a loud screeching noise. “EEEEEEEIRRRRRRR” Maisy quickly found the cave and used her scooter to crack the rocks. She banged it couple of times and managed to get in. “How?” Daniel yelled. Maisy quickly grabbed her water bottle and tipped it all over the electrical things. “NOOOOOOOO!!!!” “Do you know HOW LONG THIS TOOK!!!!?!?!?!?!?!” Jodi called Daniels mother with her phone using her left over data. Later on that day policeman and firefighters got to the scene. Daniel managed to escape charges and they all got back to their home town. Maisy, Jodi, and Zach were thrilled saving their friend from craziness But little did they know, The machine they broke was a DUD!!!! Daniel actually planned it weeks ago already knowing about it, and he created the final product manging to get to the past. The End.


My feedback from AI its self

Ideas

5 / 6(high score)
  • You’ve done a great job of creating a complex and engaging storyline with interesting elements like time travel and living on Jupiter. Your ideas are well-developed, especially with Daniel’s fascination with Earth and his plans for time travel. Keep up the good work by continuing to add depth to your characters’ motivations and the settings you create.

Structure and language

4 / 6(medium score)
  • Your story has a clear structure with a beginning, middle, and end, and the language is mostly appropriate for storytelling. To improve, try to develop the structural features more by incorporating more descriptive language to create vivid imagery. For example, you could describe the appearance of the time machine or the environment on Jupiter more vividly.

Organisation

4 / 7(medium score)
  • Your story is mostly coherent, and ideas are grouped well, but the use of paragraphs could be improved to better organize the text. Try separating different scenes and moments into distinct paragraphs. For example, separate the part where Daniel is working on his plan from when his friends are trying to find him.

Vocabulary

4 / 6(medium score)
  • You’ve used a variety of precise words and phrases, like “the unmistakable scent of freshly made tuna sandwiches.” To enhance your story further, continue using more precise and varied vocabulary to add detail and interest. For example, describe the environment on Jupiter with more vivid and descriptive words.

Sentence structure

4 / 6(medium score)
  • Most of your sentences are correct and show some variety in structure, length, and type. To improve, try adding more complex sentences with extending phrases and clauses. For example, you could combine shorter sentences to create more complex ones, like describing Daniel’s emotions as he completes his time machine.

Punctuation

4 / 7(medium score)
  • You’ve improved your punctuation by correcting some errors, but there are still areas to work on. For example, make sure to use commas correctly in compound sentences and check for missing apostrophes in contractions like “you’re.” This will make your writing clearer and more polished.

Spelling

4 / 6(medium score)
  • You spell a range of high-frequency words correctly, but there are some spelling mistakes such as “sandwhiches” instead of “sandwiches” and “reliefed” instead of “relieved”. Pay attention to these errors and try using spell check tools to help catch them. For example, double-check words like “intellegence” to ensure they are spelled correctly.

A Day As An Adult!

Kia Ora Everyone. This week In writing we had to create a narrative about a day as an adult. While doing this we met new site called class companion. It give you a total score on how you’re writing is. My feed back I received from this site


“BRRRING.” The alarm clock rang loudly. I had just fallen asleep a few hours ago; I was feeling very overwhelmed starting my new job and couldn’t sleep. I got up and went into the bathroom to get ready. I was finished with brushing my teeth, and then I could barely take a step before I slipped on the hard wet floor. Later that morning, I realised I would be late. I quickly got up off the couch and ran to the kitchen. I only had about 45 minutes to make breakfast. I quickly got the eggs and bread and rushed to the toaster; as I was putting the bread in the toaster, one of my eggs fell off and cracked onto the floor. Instead of eggs and toast, I only managed to make butter and toast because of how late I was. I finished my meal and headed off to the car.

As I got in, I checked the time, and I froze, feeling a knot of panic tightening in my stomach. “I’m already late!” I said to myself. I started the car and zoomed off in panic. My hands shook thinking that I would get fired on my very first day. As I was driving, I had stopped because there was a lot of traffic; I immediately felt anxiety kicking in, and I began to worry. I waited minutes, and then minutes turned to hours until I got to the main road where my job was. I sped up a bit to get there faster. I got to the parking lot to see a whole bunch of cars. I finally found a parking spot. I got out and went inside to see a furious man.

When my eyes saw him, I knew that I would be in a lot of trouble; I knew that he was my boss. He first asked me if I was Kasaina. “Yes,” I replied. I could see the wrath of anger inside of him, and before I knew it, he began to yell. Ranting about why I was late. I explained to him how I was stuck in the middle of traffic and had very little sleep, but he did not really care; and told me to go where my office is. I ignored the negativity and went to see where my office was.

As I was looking I found someone and asked them where my office could be. He told me to go just to the left and my office should be there. As I got there I saw a laptop, drawers, a wooden chair, and a bunch of paper and pens. I already felt comfortable here. I sat on my chair and began working quietly, as I was working, a bunch of viruses popped up out of nowhere. I thought I might have broken it, so I tried to fix it to carry on with work.

I was very close to giving up and telling my boss, but then something in my head started ringing. I remembered how I’d fix my iPad as a kid. I got to my settings on my computer, found the Wifi connection, and disconnected it. As I looked around on the computer, everything seemed fine. I switched to my data on my phone to ensure safety and decided to use it for work today. Finally, it is better than it was before. “Phew!” I sighed in relief. I was glad that it was fixed; otherwise I would have had to tell my boss, and he would not be happy.

As I sat down, I worked on some designs created by other people and began to rearrange them on my computer. Later on, I had finally finished my shift and melted into my seat in my car; it was 100% more comfortable than those hard, cold, wooden seats. I drove to the nearest restaurant, “McDonald’s,” and ordered something called a “McChicken with a cold, refreshing Coke Zero paired with large fries.” I slammed the accelerator pedal while eating and got directed back to my house; I stumbled into the house. I’m barely awake, so I shut my door and hopped onto the couch and snored away. That’s my day!


Ideas

4 / 6(medium score)
  • Your story has a clear problem and solution, which is great! The idea of dealing with a stressful first day and solving a computer issue is well thought out. To make your story even more engaging, try to add more details about your feelings or thoughts during key moments. For example, you could describe how you felt when fixing the computer problem or when you finally relaxed at the end of the day.

Structure and language

5 / 6(high score)
  • Your story has a clear beginning, middle, and end, which is excellent! You’ve used language that fits the narrative style well. Your use of transitions like “Later on,” helps the story flow nicely. Keep up the good work in maintaining this structure and language!

Organisation

5 / 7(medium score)
  • Your ideas are well-organized, and the story flows logically from start to finish. You used paragraphs to separate different parts of the story, which helps the reader follow along. To improve further, ensure each paragraph focuses on a single idea or event. For instance, you could use more transitions like “After work” to guide the reader smoothly between events.

Vocabulary

4 / 6(medium score)
  • You have used a range of everyday words and some precise phrases, like “feeling a knot of panic tightening in my stomach,” which adds detail and interest. To enhance your story further, try incorporating even more precise and varied word choices. For instance, you might describe the office environment with more vivid vocabulary.

Sentence structure

4 / 6(medium score)
  • You used a variety of sentence structures, making your writing interesting to read. Most of your sentences are correct and show some variety. To improve, try to add more extending phrases or clauses to add depth to your sentences. For example, you could include more detail about what you were thinking or feeling when you fixed the computer problem.

Punctuation

6 / 7(high score)
  • You’ve done a great job using a wider range of punctuation correctly, including commas and semicolons. This helps your writing flow smoothly and clearly. Keep up the excellent work in using punctuation to enhance your writing!

Spelling

6 / 6(high score)
  • You spelled high-frequency and some difficult words correctly, which is impressive! Keep up the great work. Your spelling accuracy adds to the clarity and professionalism of your writing. Well done!

Vocabulary – Term 1 Week 5

Monday – Meaning – What does it mean?

Meaning – Context clue detective

Word: Forecast.

Sentence: “Each day, before heading off to school, he posts an online forecast, and on Saturdays, he gets up at 5.30 a.m. to study satellite images so he can write a weather report for the local radio

Station.”

I think the word Forecast means something like weather telling. So in the text it explains that he writes an online forecast about the weather.

Tuesday – Use – How do I use it?

use – One Word, Three Ways

Word: Precipitation

  1. The weather forecast said that there would be a huge amount of precipitation today.
  2.  The precipitation caused many puddles to form.
  3. The precipitation soaked many places and clothes.

Wednesday – Build – How is it built?

Build – Grow a Word Family

Word: Research

Research- Noun

Researching- Verb

Researchable-Adjective

Researched-Verb?

Sentence: Couldn’t find in story!

Thursday – Connect – Where else does it fit?

Connect – Connect It

Word: Advertisement

Sentence: Well I’m just the director – and I want you to remember

that this advertisement is really important.

Explanation: The word advertisement fits in the text because It shows what the director is directing about.

Vocabulary- Term 1 Week 4

Monday – Meaning – What does it mean?

Meaning – Meaning Match

Word chosen from Word wall: Straddle

Sentence:

 ”The views they have come up with straddle the entire range of options.”

First Meaning: The word straddle in the text is a verb and it fits in it

Second meaning: The word could also be used as a noun but in the text it is a verb

Tuesday – Use – How do I use it?

Book: LOS IN THE ANTARTIC!

One Word, Three Ways!

Word: Floe

Sentence that the word was in: “But the ice measured less than 3 feet thick, he chose the option he obviously preferred: Ram the Floe till it split through the middle.”

  1. The man slipped on the floe.
  2. The floe cracked while he slipped.
  3. The floe had torn apart as he got up, leaving the man on the smaller piece.

 

I had only managed to do two mainly because we’d have to focus on tests and other kinds of work so I was only able to do two words!!!

Vocabulary – Term 1 Week 3

Monday – Meaning – What does it mean?

Meaning – Context Clue Detective

 Word: Parade

Sentence:

“This year, we played for a rugby game, a special school meal, and a parade.”

I think the word parade is a special event from hearing it in the text. mainly because there were more events they had gone to like a Rugby Game, and a Special school meal and also the parade which makes me think why it was an event.

Tuesday – Use – How do I use it?

Use – Drop It Into a Real Situation

Word: Performances

Sentence: “For performances, everyone wears the traditional costume with a kilt.”

Me: My performance went great mom

Mom: Nice job!

Wednesday – Build – How is it built?

Build – Grow a Word Family

Word: Masterpiece

Masterpiece-Noun

Masterful- Adjective

Master-Verb

🏙️The Year 3050🏙️

sprinted out of his room screaming, “WAKE UP WE ARE LATE!” All the kids tumbled out of their bedroom and got ready. Maddie and Billy argue about who uses what first. But Diego has already got to most of them. Thomas forced them out of the house when they were barely ready. It was Billy’s first day of kindergarten, and Maddie’s first day of intermediate, and  Diego starting high school. As they got into the car, they zoomed off. They were zooming along at a dangerous speed when, suddenly, they slammed into a mysterious portal. It seemed like a dream to all of them! They got pushed out and saw what looked like something that was never meant to be seen.

Thomas got out of his car to see a big blue futuristic city. Later on they followed Thomas as he went to look around. Diego felt really fascinated. They got to somewhere that had looked like a road. But they couldn’t see any cars. Billy looked up to the sky to see a bunch of cars mid air. “ THIS IS REALLY COOL!!” Billy shouted. It was very cool but Thomas felt very worried.  Diego mentioned how he really loves the colour blue and wished he could live in a blue world and this was a blue world! Maddie got annoyed “This place should be my favourite colour YELLOW” she cried. 

Thomas took the three of them back to their car mentioning that they should be in school right now. But the three did not care. They saw a thousand cars all going one direction. They followed all the flying cars in their outdated car. Billy looked behind to see Diego getting ready to jump out of the car to live in this world. Billy whispered what he witnessed to Maddie but she was sleeping. Diego fled from the car, having to finally be in his world. 

Then, they got to where all the cars were and saw how all those weird looking humans were flying into a bunker. The three got inside with them with those other people disgusted by how they looked. There was a hologram explaining how there would be a massive asteroid hitting earth and Billy’s face went shocked. Billy explained to Thomas how Diego is still out there and Thomas’ face went blank.

They escaped through a manhole, getting into their car and searching for Diego.  While they were searching for him, Diego was chilling in some random home. Thomas immediately dropped into sad tears thinking that it would be the end for Diego, Maddie was falling asleep again but had seen Diego running past she jumped out the car door and tackled him. She screamed in his ear saying “GET IN THE CAR!!!” Diego kept refusing till he kicked her right in the leg making her fall in pain. He took this as an advantage so he sprinted off. Thomas helped Maddie up back into the car and chased after Diego. Diego had jumped to the side attempting to make them crash into a mountain but Thomas swiftly turned around. Diego got worried. But their car fuel had run out. Diego giggled as he ran away again.

Fuming with anger, Thomas jumped out of the car and zoomed out of anger. He crashed into Diego stopping him making Diego fuming. Diego began to throw hands at Thomas. Billy rushed towards the window to see a huge fire ball going towards them. Thomas saw a little gun that said time travel.  He knew what he had to do. He grabbed it and shot all the kids as they disappeared. They were brought back home. Thomas couldn’t believe what had happened. Diego cried, he really wanted to stay. But with Thomas he knew what would be best. That was the end of an unwanted future.

Thank you for reading!!!