Exploring our National Current Events

 LI: to identify authors purpose.

Authors write for a purpose, to either inform, entertain, or persuade. These reasons are to persuade, inform or entertain (PIE). Each day, newspaper editors around the world must make desicions about which stories they will run. We explored the different types of current events that are happening in New Zealand, thought about why the story made the news and plotted the location on a google map. What I found interesting is that people have chosen the bird of the year and it was a kakapo.

Provocation: Should Masks be Compulsory on NZ Public Transport

 LI: to identify and consider the two perspectives of this provocation to help me form an opinion.

A provocation is an action or speech that triggers strong feelings about a topic. Today we considered both sides of the provocation, ‘Should masks be compulsory on NZ public transport?’ We then used that infomration to help us form an opinion that we could justify with evidence. I think that we should make masks compulsory because we are still in a time where we find traces of Covid19: A virus that spreads easily.

The Charge of the Light Brigade

 LI: to learn about the charge of the light brigade

In groups of three we created a DLO about Crimean War, we mostly focused on "The Charge of the Light Brigade". We learnt about when the Crimean war took place, where it was fought. The war was fought in Crimea, Peninsula, Russia. The charge of the light brigade was a task force that followed out a false order that lead them to their death. We also used the poem made by Alfred Lord Tennyson to give us a visualization of what might of happened. The story made by Alfred Lord Tennyson is about how the light brigade was ambushed by Russian soldiers. I found interesting they used horses as transport.

Maths Challenge #3

 LI: to explain our strategy.

This week in maths Afatia, Lukah, Rj, Juel and I created a DLO about our challenge we did in Maths.Our maths challenges were based on our learning about weight. We solved three separate word problems and chose one to make a dlo about. We explained our strategy on how we got the answer. Our problem was to figure out the combination of animals to match the weight of an elephant. I found interesting that we used a variety of animals that are different in multiple ways.

The Gunpowder Plot

 LI: to explain in fewer words what the text is about.

This week we learnt about the origin and story of guy Fawkes. Guy Fawkes is a day where we get to send rockets off into the sky, but the origin isn't all happy. Guy Fawkes was originally a person who wanted to kill the king by using barrels of gunpowder. He was found guilty of treason and sentenced to execution. We worked in groups to learn about the origin of Guy Fawkes. 

Why is it Important to use our Care Values?

 LI: to use transitional vocab in an explanation.

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This week we have been revising explanation writing. Next week is our assessment week so we did this collaborative challenge to remind ourselves what is needed when we write explanations. We worked in groups and used TEEL to create an explanation. We then linked the paragraphs together so the paragraph before can flow into the next. The topic of our explanation was "Why's it important to use our Care Values".

Design Tech Flowchart

 LI: To create a flowchart of our design process.

For our inquiry topic this term is technology design, while learning this we are using our learning on technology design on making decorations for our Christmas tree coming up. Before we could start making the decorations, we noted what we needed to do, that was the design process. We then created a flowchart in pairs showing the different steps we need to do.