Tuesday 30 June 2015

The Warmth Of A Teddy Bear, A Kitty And A Lion

This is my google presentation about my story based on a myth or a legend that I made up. It includes figurative language and what it is about. Also this is for my inquiry topic this term which is 'Myths And Legends'.

Monday 29 June 2015

Biosecrurity Puppies Named

Kiwi Kids News
Today, Monday 29th Of June, I read a text called 'Biosecrurity Puppies Named' on the website Kiwi Kids News. It is about what they named the puppies and what kind of names they came up with, for example:Freedom, Flopsy, Ferbert, FIFA, Ford, Fiat and Finda but their actual name is Fudge and Fritz because it's easy to remember. If you would like to learn some more about this, click the link.

Rules Of Disneyland Employees

Kiwi Kids News
Today I read about a text called 'Rules Of Disneyland Employees' from the website Kiwi Kids News. It is about what you have to do and what the rules are. It is also about how weird the rules are and what you must do while doing this job. Click the link to read more about the text and to know what the rules are.

Friday 26 June 2015

Athena - Describing Details And Phrases

This is my google drawing about Athena. It is about describing details and phrases about her and using figurative language to describe her. These are my examples and phrases about Athena.

Matariki Goals For Term 3&4

This is my google drawing about my goals for Term 3 and 4 and also for Matariki. My goals are to start a new begining for me and to renew my goals for Term 3 and 4 by work on them and achieving them. They are my personal goals to work on to be a better me and it also includes how Im going to achieve them.

Wednesday 17 June 2015

Tuakana Teina - How The Tiger Got His Stripes

This is my google presentation I did with my buddy Kelly for Tuakana Teina. We watched a myth on youtube called 'How The Tiger Got His Stripes' and it was really interesting. Our presentation shows why we chose it and what our favourite part was and it also includes pictures.

Monday 15 June 2015

The Art Of Ice

News Article
Today at lunchtime, Monday 15 June, I read an article titled 'The Art Of Ice' from the news website Kiwi Kids News. It's about how we can use ice in a artictic way and different but creatives ways to use ice. To read more, click the link.

Joseph Parker Wins By K.O

News Article
Today, Monday the 15th of June, I read an article on Kiwi Kids News  about Joseph Parker. Joseph Parker is a professional heavy weight boxer representing New Zealand and won the fight by knocking out Yakup Salgum from Germany who was his opponent. If you woud like to know more about the article, click the link.

Bloom's Taxonomy - Misunderstood Monsters

This is my google presentation about the article called 'Misunderstood Monsters'. Its about how a pitbull is really huge and his name is Hulk. This is a Bloom's Taxonomy presentation to show more critical thinking towards my reading tasks.

Friday 12 June 2015

Personal Profile

This is my google document about my personal profile about what I should share online and what I shouldn't and decide it into different collumns. Also personal information that should be kept private and what I shouldopenly share online.



Personal Profile
Decide whether each item of information below is personal information that you would share online or keep private.
A.Personal Information that you would share online
B.Personal Information that you should keep private
Gender (boy or girl)
Favourite band, sports team, food
Your first name
Favourite subjects at school
My learning goals
My strengths - what I am good at
The name of your pet
Full name (first and last)
Age
How many brothers and sisters you have
Home address
Email address
Date of birth
Home Phone number, mobile number
Credit card numbers
Parents names
Brothers and sisters names
Someone I admire

Personal Profile
Hi my name is Tiere and I am a year 8 in Tamaki Primary School. I am in the Kia Manawanui senior syndicate. My teachers names are Whaea Petra and Miss Aireen. I enjoy listening to music and playing on instruments. My favourite subject at school is writing. The reason why I like writing is because it gives me the inspiration to writing songs. I admire my own band, 5 minutes Of I Don't Care, and I admire martial arts. My favourite food is apples, salads and ice cream. I am good at sports, playing instruments, being kind and being funny with people I’m comfortable with.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Perseus and The Gorgon's Head

This is my google drawing about a mythical story called 'Perseus and the Gorgons Head'. It shows how we can use figurative language for this character and what to describe him with or something that was in the story.

Figurative Language

This is my google drawing I did with my buddy, Ma'asi, and it is about figuarative witing. It is about when to use figurative landuge and how to use it and where to put it and it shows examples of what type of figurative language it belongs to.

Remebering Task(Questions for Movie Percy Jackson)

 Remembering Task (Questions for Movie Percy Jackson)
Click this LINK to access my google drawing that is about the movie Percy Jackson and questions that were given to us to answer. It is about the characters and mythical creatures and what happened in the movie.

Matching The Mythical Creature With The Correct Description

This is my google drawing about matching mythical creatures to with the correct description. There are arrows to dierect you to which description it matches and what the names of the mythicalc creature are.

Charitomenos - My Mythical Pet

This is my google drawing about my mythical creature I'd love to have as a pet. Her name, Charitomenos, means cute in greek and she is a female pegasus which is a Greek mythical creature. It includes some characteristics of her and how helpful and kind and caring she is towards me.

Percy Jackson Characters Study

This is my google document about two characters from the movie "Percy Jackson". It shows how different and simmilar it is and how it describes each character and their personality and what changed about them. I also did this with my two buddies Deandra and Shantai.



Percy Jackson
Poseidon
CHARACTERISTICS - how would you describe this character? their personality?
  • Caring
  • Dilebriate
  • Heroic
  • Kind
  • Comprehensible
  • Understanding
  • Funny
  • Different in the best way
  • Lucky

CHARACTERISTICS - how would you describe this character? their personality?
  •  God
  • Father of Percy
  • God of the sea
  • Defensive
  • Wise
  • Noble
  • Advising
ACTIONS - what key actions and events did this character take part in?
  • He saved Grover and his mum from a monster
  • He returned the lightning bolt to Zeus
  • He awakened Annabeth and Grover when they ate the Lotus flower 5 days later
  • He stood up for his mum against his step dad Gabe
  • He healed Annabeth when he looked at her bruise on her arm
  • He captured the red team’s flag
ACTIONS - what key actions and events did this character take part in?
  • He helped Percy
  • Told Percy about the Lotus flower  
  • Gave Percy advice when Percy was in trouble
  • Poseidon had a heart to heart talk with Percy

HOW DOES THE CHARACTER CHANGE OVER THE COURSE OF THE MOVIE?

He becomes a responsible hero. He becomes more acquainted with his power as a hero and understands his powers when with water.He becomes more caring and protective with the people he loves and cares for and he realises he is special and different in the best way as a demi-god.
HOW DOES THE CHARACTER CHANGE OVER THE COURSE OF THE MOVIE?

Poseidon made up for all the years that he never spent with his son Percy, he also became more involved with his son by helping him realize that the Lotus flower was a trick, and talks to him when he is in trouble.