Short Stories

Meila was sitting in class and a bird came in and the bird said Meila you have 3 wishes for whatever you need but you have 1 hours and then they will go. 

There was a tree just standing there watching me so I said to the tree do you want something to eat or something.

Breeze was having her dinner and she heard something so she went outside to she what it was a bam a bird came and sat on her head.

How many Chinese characters are there altogether?

I found out that there are 50000 characters all together.

How many characters does an educated person know?

Around 4000-5000 which is about 40000 words.

How old are Chinese characters?

Over 3500 years old.

Why are some Chinese characters called pictographs?

Because they look like pictures.

What 2 characters join together to make ‘woman’?

Woman and child.

What 2 characters join together to make ‘television’?

电视.

Photos with a meaning

I think it is about a book has more information  then the film.    

 This means this is a team and I'm the leader. 

This is how people live they can't pay for cleaning so they have to suffer. 

 The burger on the left shows life wasn't as good as now. The burger on the right shows we have made our life better than before. EG: Our work 

Facts and Opinion

How can you tell the difference between fact and opinion?

A facts is true and a opinion is not true.

Frogs: 

Facts

1. They can be green.

2. They Croak.

3. Frogs live in ponds.

Opinion 

1. Frogs are gross.

2. Frogs are awesome.

3. People think frogs are slimy.  

Skype

Skype is a app that you can talk to your friends and family. You can chat and video call. The main features are you can talk with anyone and everyone all at once. You can also put your status. You can block people and report abuse. I love this app because I can talk to me family and friends overseas that I haven't seen for a long time. 

Airplane Disaster

1.When Did the plane disappear? Saturday Morning

2.Did the plane have people in the plane? Yes there was people on the plane.

3.When did the plane take off?

4.Did the plane land?

5.Did the plane crash?

6. If the plane crashed why did the plane crash?

7.What happened to the plane?

8.How many people were on the plane when it tock off? There was 239 people on the plane.

9. Was the plane hacked?

10.What type of plane was it? It was a malaysian airline.

Kia Kaha Lesson 1

Kia Kaha
Constable Den

What Is bullying
Power and control
Repeated
To hurt our feelings or body


Types of bullying

• Verbal
• Physical
• Cyber
• Gesture
• Abuse
• Pear Pursuer
• Emotion
• Humiliation 
• Isolation

Lost and found

Venn Diagram

PIC MONKEY

Before

After

Fine for not wearing life jackets

Recall Questions 

1. Who is the main person or group of people in this news article? Mr Norman the harbour master and 8 people in Hawkes Bay.

2. What was the key event from the news article?That you will get fined for not wearing life jackets 

3. Where did this event take place? Hawkes Bay

4. When did this event take place? On the 11th of March

5. Why did this event happen? To promote safer boating

Thinking Questions 

1. Find a quote from the main person in this news article? Mr Norman said that the people fined were seen putting their life jackets on only as they entered the harbour.

6. Use the Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner to find the meaning of 3 words from the article. 

Lacking a sense of responsibility, Unreliable, Careless, Incompetent, Unfit to assume responsibility not accountable to a higher authority, independent.

a) Too is used in expressions like that bear is too cubby and too expressions. Too means as well or also. Too means as well or conveys the idea of in excess.

b) With the inventor of photograph it became the business of the photograph too. Too often, such protests are going unheard among collectors.
Lets go to the movies.
Talk to me.



c) 
Site 1       Site 2        Site 3

Apostrophes

- What are the 2 times to use an apostrophe?Possession and Contraction.

- When should you use an apostrophe of possession? When something is the owner. 

- Where does it go in a sentence? *When it is talking about the owners thing.

- When should you NOT use an apostrophe of possession?When the sentence is not talking about someones things.

- When should you use an apostrophe of contraction? When you mix two words and make them one word.

- Why do we use apostrophe of contractions?Instead of putting two words together and making them really long you can take some letters out and make the word shorter.

- Where does the apostrophe of contraction go in a contracted word? *Where the missing letters are.
Give 3 examples*

Would Not - Wouldn't  Could Not - Couldn't I Am - I'm

Pros and cons about being sick in space

Pros	Cons
You get a really big bag.	Everything floats away.
There is a wipe in the bag so you can wipe your face.	You have to carry it around with you for a long time.
It comes in a ziplock bag.	You feel sick when you first get to space because you are not used to no gravity.

5 tasks which are difficult to do in space:
1.Go toilet
2.Sleeping
3.Crying
4.Cooking
5.Washing your heir

Snake Vs Crocodile

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The snake gets ready for a great feast for lunch.

NFC Tags

a) Research and find 5 facts about NFC tags (what they are, how they work, where they are being used etc). Write up the 5 facts in your post.

It is a application of RFID the wireless technology shops use to stop shoplifting.

U can also use it for setting the brightness and set the alarm for the morning.

b) What is good about NFC tags

You can use them to set things on your phone.

c) What is one potential weakness of NFC tags?

People can hack them.

12 Years of Slave

Steve McQueen have made a awesome movie the trailer looks great and I really want to see it. It is call 12 Years a Slave. It is based on a true story some people in the film are Brad Pit, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti and Chiwetel Ejiofor played Solomon Northup’s horrific journey from free man to slave and back again. It was filmed in 1800   

3 mini dialogues

1.
"Hi mum." When she hoped out of the car.
"Happy birthday darling." as she gave me a big hug.
"Thanks mum." I said.
We walked to the BBQ table.
"Ringggggg" They rang the bell very loudly.


2.
" Miss Campbell what are we doing for technology this week".
" Grope 8c are doing food and 8d are doing soft" said Miss Campbell.
"YAY! I am doing food I love to cook"
"Thats good to hear"

Camp Tips

1. Don't fall over in the rabbit run.

2. Don't be the eater in the clash of the camps.

3. Don't wear that many layers in paintball because you will get really hot.

4. On the first day when you go on the tramp take a towel because you go for a swim.

5. Try to get Mr Hart in your paintball team.

6. When you sleep in the bivouacs sleep on the end.