Thursday 29 June 2017

weekly refltion

This week we had a give it a go day and I did basketball and speedball which was fun because i have played them both before it was a awesome day and I had two hot dogs.

this week 9 the term has gone so fast from the IEs to give it a go day the year has been awesome but goon to fast.

Tuesday 20 June 2017

Word of the week:excruciating

excruciating
Definition:  What does the word mean?intensely painful. Does it have more than one meaning?very embarrassing, awkward, or tedious.

What type of word is it?adjective

Show Examples:  Write a sentence showing how to use the word.
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As I lay in a puddle of my own blood,I was feeling the most excruciating pain from gunshot

Image:  Create a drawing or find an image of showing the meaning of the word.
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Synonym:  (Similar Word)
acute,agonizing,exquisite,grueling,Harrowing,intense,searing,severe,unbearable,burning
,chastening


Antonym:  (Opposite meaning)
calm,dull,easy,facile,mild,bearable,endurable,helpful,pleasant,pleasing,soothing

Tuesday 13 June 2017

Word of the week:Matariki


Definition:  What does the word mean? Matariki is the Māori name for the cluster of stars. It rises in mid-winter – late May or early June. For many Māori, it heralds the start of a new year. Matariki literally means the 'eyes of god' (mata ariki) or 'little eyes' (mata riki).

What type of word is it?noun

Show Examples:  Write a sentence showing how to use the word. .
As the 7 sisters of Matariki sparkle in the sky,The new year is dawning.

Image:  Create a drawing or find an image of showing the meaning of the word.Image result for matariki

Synonym:  (Similar Word)constellation

Word List
What I think the words mean
Revised definition
constellation
It's a group of star that normal make picture in the sky.
any of various groups of stars to which definite names have been given, as Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Boötes, Cancer, Orion.

navigation
It a system that shows you where to like turnleft in 300 metres
the season when ripened crops are gathered. the skill or process of plotting a route and directing a ship, aircraft, etc, along it



the act or practice of navigating: dredging made navigation of the river possible

voyage
It’s like a trip on a non-modern boat to a far away place.
a course of travel or passage, especially a long journey by water to a distant place.

a passage through air or space, as a flight in an airplane or space vehicle.

a journey or expedition from one place to another by land.
a Māori canoe, usually made from a tree trunk

waka
In a boat that the maoris used to get around rivers all around new zealand
a Māori canoe, usually made from a tree trunk

harvest
It is when you dig up the fully grown crop and that is a harvest
Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.


Monday 12 June 2017

Reading role(last week):Vocab buster

 MY book is There's a boy in the girls bathroom
Vocab Buster
W.A.L.T-Identify words you are unsure of in the text and create your own meaning based on clues in the text.

Find four words you are unsure of in this week’s reading.







Choose 2 words to investigate further:


Word 1:
Definition in my own words: flunking

And

Dictionary Definition:
to fail in a course or examination.



Other words with similar meaning (Synonyms):
Dropout
miss


Use in a sentence::
i was flunking my class
Word 2:

Definition in my own words: scoffed

And

Dictionary Definition:
to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at):




Other words with similar meaning (Synonyms):
Belittle
Deride
Jeer
Mock
Reject
Ridicule
Scorn
Sneer

Use in a sentence:
”Please don’t scoff at him”.

Reading role:Quote to character

This week my reading role was to do quote to charter and my book is There's a boy in the girls bathroom.

Quote to character
W.A.L.T-Use quotes to inspire or encourage the main characters or main parts in the text and explain why these connect.

Quote:
How does this inspire a character or relate to something in the text:


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Bradley was a bad person but he made friend by being bad but he was there were better friends

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He started to be good and he got thing like he has more friends and gets to go to a birthday.

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When he got friend the respected him the included him the encountered by sitting down and letting him have a shot which he got.

Sunday 11 June 2017

My IE

This year my IE was on blood,i think was good choice because there was lots of information and had lot of fun find out about it.
https://www.emaze.com/@AQZRZLIF/welcome-aboard

Thursday 8 June 2017