gaming day

yesterday we had a gaming experience tony from esports Whangarei brought up 10 gaming pc. I learned a bit about gaming I also learned that esports will be at the next commonwealth games I had so much fun I got 2nd in Fortnite. thank you, Ryan, jess, and tony for such a great day I had so much fun.

MATH

 Math on scratch.

we did transformation this week this is my scratch animation

My name is Rez

 This week we have been learning about refugees this is some of the work I have done.

MY NAME IS REZ

1. VOCABULARY

Write your own definitions of the following words BEFORE READING the article. During and after the reading, you may wish to revise (change) your definitions.

WORD	MY DEFINITION	REVISED DEFINITION
refugee	The person who comes into a country legally or illegally.
overwhelming	Oh my god
intimidating	Someone who comes across as scary to you.
adjusting	Get used to it.

2. COMPARE AND CONTRAST

Look at the pictures of Rez under the desk and Rez in a New Zealand bedroom. Discuss the contrast between the two images. (DO WITH TEACHER GROUP).DONE;

3. LOCATE/ANALYSE INFORMATION

1. What helped Rez and her family to settle in New Zealand and what made it more difficult? Rez playing sports helped a lot, and Rez getting bullied did not help much.

2. What do you think would have been the biggest challenge for Rez in her new school? In her new country?   I think the biggest challenge for them was when Rez was getting bullied and not fitting in.

3. What features in the pictures help to show what the characters are thinking and feeling?

4. (Insert text and images from the story and add screenshots, photographs, and speech bubbles to support what you say)

   
   

   1. What are the benefits of telling a story in a graphic format? Are there any disadvantages? There are no disadvantages but it made the story a lot better because you could see their emotions.

   
   

   2. Was this the best way of telling Rez’s story? Why do you think that?

   
   
   

   Yes, I do think it is the best way because the pictures give a lot of emotion.

Get into Gaming NZ

Today we did a gaming seminar it was about esports 

At 12;30 today we went on a live stream about gaming, it had lots of tips about gaming and the gaming industry in general. It talked about esports and its roles in the gaming industry. it was quite interesting. 

I can not wait for the week ahead and learning a lot about gaming and about the gaming industry

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Ed Chatterton.

 

One of his books.




Today Ed Chatterton come to our school.
He has been writing and illustrating children's books

 for twenty five years.

I'm a black fella work

 Over the past few weeks, we have been working on this poem. We had to do all questions then we had to perform it to our teacher and principal

I’m a blackfella - Steven Oliver

VOCABULARY

1. Place each word from the box in a gap to complete one of the six sentences below. See if you can do this without a dictionary.

condone

stereotypes

savage

beseech

noble

formulate

1. We decided not to - formulate- a new mathematical solution - one that no one had ever done before.

2. If you say, “All the people from that country are lazy”, you are only using   -stereotypes- .

3. We do not -condone- such naughty and unnecessary behavior in this school.

4. The soldier was extremely violent and we soon began to see that he was just a savage.

5. I beseech you, please do not misbehave in class. Be sensible and help the teacher!

6. When someone is of high standing and always behaves well, we call them noble.

2. Decide whether each of these words is a verb, adjective or noun. Highlight your choice.

1. condone verb/adjective/noun

2. stereotypes verb/adjective/noun

3. savage verb/adjective/noun

4. beseech verb/adjective/noun

5. noble verb/adjective/noun

6. formulate verb/adjective/noun

LANGUAGE AND LAYOUT

1. Does this poem rhyme?It does. If so, what is the rhyme scheme - that is., is the rhyme in pairs (aa,bb and so on) or is it irregular? Irregular sometimes it rimes aa bb. What effect does the rhyme have on the poem as you read and listen to it?It is like a rap and it is intresting it drows you in. 

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2. Look for examples of internal rhyme - where words on the same line rhyme. What effect does this have on the way you read and listen to the poem?                                                                                               Slake fella and smack fella” It makes the poeme cachy

3. Can you identify any slang words? What effect do they have on this poem? Ain’t and fella they make the story more realistic.

4. Which line is repeated? Why does the poet repeat it?

           I’m a blackfella not a drunk criminal.He repeted this line to make a statement and get it in our brane.

5. This poem has no stanza or verse breaks. What effect does this have when you read through the poem? No the poem has no stanza breaks in it. It makes the poem flow better.

UNDERSTANDING AND EVALUATION

1. What does the poet say he is throughout this poem? Not a blackfella.

2. What does the poet say he is not throughout this poem? a drunk criminal.

3. How would you describe the poet’s emotions throughout this poem? Angry strong.

4. What does the poet say about how other people see him? That he is just a drunk black criminal.

5. Who do you think you are throughout the poem? What does the poet want them to do? Listen to what has to say and not to make fun of him because he is just a person.

6. What do you think the poet is saying with these lines: But the drunk white man who stumbles and falls/Oh, he’s not a reflection of a race at all? 

 That most of the time they don’t pick out the white men and women but they pick out the black men and women.

7. What is the problem the poet refers to in his final line? What is the solution? Think back to your discussion in the warm-up section.

That this world can be very unfear and he is telling us that we need to stand up for each other and face the problem.

8. What two lines do you think sum up the poet’s overall theme? The first and the 4 to last lines.

9. Evaluate this poem in one or two sentences. That is, state if you like the poem or not and why.                                                                  

Yes, I do like this poem it is a very real problem that is not being fixed. 

FOLLOW UP

Practice and perform this poem in small groups.

summer learning journey art coloring book

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