English - Brainstorming Task (The internet has ruined our ability to be bored)

 

Social Studies - Stuff Article

STUFF Article

What % of rubbish can cause a recycling truck to be dumped?

- Trucks containing more than 10% of rubbish have to dump their contents. Since May 4th last year 1960 truckloads of recycling have ended up up at the Kate Valley landfill, costing the council and ratepayers about $1.9m. 

What is going into peoples recycling bins?

- There are still people putting items that belong in the red bins, that don't belong in the recycling bins. There are items such as bagged waste, soft plastics, that don't belong in the recycling. Since it has been happening to has caused problems for the organisations that help and deals with our everyday waste.  

What is the current penalty?

- Bins have been removed from the city council due to the amount of rubbish and waste that has ended up in the wrong bins due to the lazy people. It has been happening all around the country. Many other people have received warnings because of their recycling habits.  

English - Creative Writing Matrix (Random Wikipedia)

Random Wikipedia Article

1) Garret Barry (Piper) was born in 1837, during the great famine.

2) A disease caused him to loose his sight as a young child. 

3) Barry died in 1899, he was Irish and blind among the most famous players of the 19th century.

4) Barry was a popular and respected musician travelling his region to play at house dances.

5) Barry was raised on a farm in the townland of Kylea called 'Inagh Parish' on the shores of Cloonmackan Lough, in an area known as the Garden of Willows.

6) He inspired many later pipers such as Willie Clancy.

7) There is no record of him exists other than certification of his death as a 52 year old bachelor in 1999.

8) Its possible that Garret Barry travelled in Country Kerry in his younger years.

9) An old neighbour of the Barry family claimed that Garret Barry had received some torturing from a Kerry Piper. 

10) Garret Barry was obliged to learn poetic or musical skills in order to earn a living. 

English - The Hunters Swoop

 

  1. 1 sentence - top left hand corner:

- The small bright moon is lighting up the white clouds in the distance over the horizon

2. 1 sentence - top right hand corner: 

- The bright white clouds are spreaded out just above the water with a dark, blue sky hovering over the clouds in the distance.

3. 1-2 descriptive sentences - bottom of the image:

- The bottom of the grey rusted spaghetti can is sinking in the sparkling, clear, shallow blue water.  

4. 1-2 descriptive sentences - middle of the image:

- The poor lonely Guinea Pig is surrounded out of no-where inside a silver cold spaghetti can wondering how it is going to survive going home in the middle of heaven.  

English - Brainstorming Task (All teenagers should have after school jobs)

 

English - Brainstorming Task (Men are stronger than woman)

 

English - Brainstorming Task (Zoo's should be banned)

 

Social Studies - Greenpeace Slideshow

This week in Social Studies we have been learning about what Greenpeace is and what they do for the community. Then we had to create a slideshow to answer questions that we had been given. All of the questions were about Greenpeace and what they do for the community. Here is the slideshow that I have created. 

English - Brainstorming task (Plastic bags should be completely banned)

 

English - Brainstorming Task (Social media makes people less socially active)

 

English - Brainstorming Task (New Zealand should get rid of speed limits)

 

English - The hunter swoop

  1. 1 sentence - top left hand corner:

- The black leafless trees are dangling into the forest.

2. 1 sentence - top right hand corner: 

- The tall black trees are falling into the distance.

3. 1-2 descriptive sentences - bottom of the image:

- The deep black watery pond is reflecting into the intimidating forest.

4. 1-2 descriptive sentences - middle of the image:

- The orange autumn fallen leaves are leading into the continuous forest were no one could be found. The mist is blurring into the distance following the black forest. The dark burnt trees look like they are going to fall onto the leading track that lead to the exit. 

English - Alliteration

This week in English we have been learning about figurative language. The third activity that we had to do was about alliteration. What we had to do was to highlight the alliterations and finish sentences with my own alliterations. Here is the work that I have completed.

Highlight the alliterations in each of the following sentences:

1. The sun sizzled the swimmers skin.

2. I accidentally ate an awful apple.

3. Beth borrowed Barry’s books before biology. 

4. Slipping and sliding, I stumbled in the snow and slush.

5. Many mysterious men mumbled messages.

6. The gallant goat gobbled gobs of garbage greedily. 

7. The rapidly rising river rushed rampantly.

Finish these sentences with your own alliterations:

1. Red roses are raising rapidly smelling like relish

2. While wandering, walking through a winter wonderland

3. The tired traveller travelled through the torturing trenches

What I have learnt?

- I have learned alot more about what alliteration are and what they are used for. I also have learned how to finish sentenced using my own alliterations.

How does this work show my learning?

- It shows that I have completed all of my work that has been assigned for me above and It shows my learning on this blog post.

What am I wondering?

- I am not wondering about anything at the moment.

English - Brainstorming Task (Animal abuse should carry the death penalty)

 

English - Similes and Metaphors

This week in English, we have been learning about figurative language. The second activity in figurative language we had to highlight words that are similes and metaphors. After that we had to write some similes and metaphors of our own, we must do 3, should do 4-6 and could do 6-8. Here is the work that we had to do. 

highlight the simile in each:

1. My bedroom was as black as a cave in the depths of the earth.

2. The classroom after school became as noisy as a gaggle of gabby geese.

3. The cat capered along the fence top like a tightrope walker on the hire wire. 

4. My anger crashed into me like waves against the shore. 

Use a word from the box to complete each simile

1. The cloth was as black as coal

2. The wet ball was as slippery as an eel

3. My little sister is as playful as a kitten

4. The top of this table is as smooth as silk

5. I’ve been as busy as a bee

6. The lamb is as white as snow

For each of these sentences is it a simile or a metaphor?

1. As slippery as an eel. Simile

2. Arnie was a man-mountain. Metaphor

3. He was a lion in battle. Metaphor

4. She is as pretty as a picture. Simile

5. The striker was a goal machine. Metaphor

6. The torch lit up the room as if the sun had already risen early. Simile

7. The moon was a misty shadow. Metaphor

8. My friend has a face like thunder. Simile

Have a go at writing some Similes and Metaphors of your own:

Must Do - 3 (of each)

Should Do- 4-6 (of each)

Could Do- 6-8 (of each)

1. The house is as clean as a whistle

2. He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys

3. That guy is as nutty as a fruitcake

4. The calm lake was a mirror

5. The classroom was a zoo

6. The stormy ocean was a raging bull

What I have learnt?

- I have learnt alot more about similes and metaphors that what I already did know. I have also learnt how to find if there are similes and metaphors in sentences.

How does this work show my learning?

- It shows that I have completed all of my work that has been assigned for me above and It shows my learning on this blog post. It shows that I know what similes and metaphors are because I have highlighted them below.

What am I wondering?

- I am not wondering anything right now, at this moment.

English - Figurative language (Idioms)

This week in English, we have been learning about figurative language. One of our first activitys in  figurative language we had to mix and match some poetry terms and definitions about figurative which is on one of my latest blog posts. Then we started on doing activitys about Idioms, the first activity was, we had to write down the meaning of idioms that was listed in the grid below. After that we had to choose 3 idioms and then to draw a funny picture about what would happen if these idioms got taken literally. Here is the grid below. 

Figurative Column	Literal Column
a.Just chill out dude!  Meaning: It means to calm down
b. ‘He is driving me up the wall!’ Meaning: It means someone is irritating and making someone angry.
c. ‘His nose is out of joint’ Meaning: It means someone is annoyed
d. The teacher is a real scream Meaning: It means that the teacher is very funny and humorous.
e. What is she cooking up in her mind right now? Meaning: It means what is she thinking right now.
f. He gave her the eye.  Meaning: It means that a man is trying to flirt with another woman.

After that we had to write some other idioms ourselves that are not listed in the grid. We must do 3, should do 4-6, could do 6-8. Here are the idioms that I have chosen.

Idiom: Its a peice of cake - Meaning: Its easy

Idiom: Its raining cats and dogs - Meaning: Its raining hard

Idiom: Let the cat out of the bag - Meaning: Give away a secret

Idiom: Break a leg - Meaning: Good luck

Idiom: Call it a day - Meaning: Stop working on something

Idiom: Get out of hand - Meaning: Get out of control

What have I learnt?

 I have learnt a lot about idioms and what they are. Before we did this work I wasn't that sure what Idioms were. 

How does this work show my learning?

- It shows that I have understood what I am learning. It also shows that I know what idioms are because If I didn't know what Idioms were I wouldn't have completed all of my work.

What am I wondering?

 - I am wondering if there are any idioms that I haven't thought of and what are other idioms that I may know but I haven't thought of them.