Have you ever thought that bullying should disappear in New Zealand?

WALT: present an argument that will persuade an audience.

Success Criteria for writing a

Persuasive Argument

1.   I stated my point of view clearly in the introduction and the conclusion

2.   I backed each argument with relevant evidence and detail

3. My argument is mainly in the present Tense

4.   I used conditionals; would, could, might, if, unless,

5.   I used connectives

§ To structure the argument: first, finally

§ To link ideas within the argument: because, consequently, so, therefore,

6.   I used persuasive devices such as

§ Statistics: ‘More than 50%.....’

§ Emotive language; strong adjective

§ Rhetorical questions: ‘Are we to believe that ….

Cheeky writing.

This is a piece of writing that I have done and it is a descriptive writing on a cheeky giraffe. Here it is....

CHEEKY!!!!!!!!

WALT: Write a descriptive piece of writing about this photo.
List a few questions you would ask about this picture before you
start writing. (Like……. Is this giraffe actually making a cheeky face.
List some exciting words you might use in your story.Be imaginative.

Questions:

1. Is this giraffe smiling?
2. What colour is this giraffe?
3. Is this giraffe actually making a cheeky face?
4. Does this giraffe have a big nose?

Exciting list of words:

1. Wonderful
2. Cheeky
3. Tall
4. Funny
5. Happy

Poem:

Wonderful and brown spots

They have a head that is shaped like a dot.

Big deep eyes

They don’t eat flies

Just like honey

They look so funny

They can be tall

They can be small

They are so Cheeky

Sometimes they can be Freaky

In my photo they are happy

There not very good at being flappy

My animal is a Giraffe

Now this is my small graph.

Story:

Is my giraffe really smiling? Know it is not because in the photo,
you can look at is closer and you can notice that there is smile going
on right there. Now, Does this giraffe have a big nose?
Well, to me this giraffe has a small nose because I think that in
every giraffe photo that I have seen, has a very small nose.
What colour is this giraffe? The colour of this giraffe is giraffe
is dark brown dots and light brown skin.

My last question is this giraffe actually making a cheeky face?
I can’t really answer that because to me that is a cheeky and
I should know because I have 14 brothers and Sisters and they are
all cheeky.

The giraffe looks like it has legs on the top of it’s head.
The blue sky looks like blue has been splattered over a small canvas.
It’s spot’s look like big sized circles.

Future Careers.

Here is my future careers and what I want to do in the future.

What do you want to be doing in the future?

Silver fern

What subject in college do you think is important for you to learn?
Science, Te reo Maori, Maths, English and Technology.

What skills do you think you want to learn, which will be important
in the future?

Healthy lifestyle, Prevent rheumatic fever, Prevent cancer,
Know how to dress right, Be fit.

Have you thought about what career you want to be working in?

Lawyer, Personal trainer, Leader for my family.

Inference Text

I have created a slide show about infence text and also visual clues. Hope you enjoy!

Matariki

This is my video on how my family and I celebrate Matariki. Hope you enjoy it!!!!!!!!!

Whakatauki me Whakatauaki.

I have been learning about the difference of Whakatauki and Whakatauaki. I made a presentation on Whakatauki and Whakatauaki.

HOPE YOU ENJOY!!!

Technology.

Every week on Fridays, the year 7's of Tautoro school have been going to technology. We all had to make a google slide show about what we have been going at technology and also take photos and add it all to the slides. I personally made a slide show to tell everybody the recipe we had to stick to, the method and the reflection of me day.

Hope you enjoy!!!!!!!!