Malia @ Tamaki Primary School: October 2013

Wednesday 30 October 2013

Narrative Writing Template

Saturday 26 October 2013

Recount about My first day at school

I remember when I first started school I was so nervous and so scared. I came to New Zealand when I was four years old and I didn't know any English and I had to start school the next year. I was so shy and I didn't want to go to school because it would been the first time leaving my Mum. When I first entered the school gates I remembered how my Mum told me to don’t be scared and don’t cry.

My first class was in Room 1 and my first teacher was Mrs Dee. She was kind and lovely but once I saw my Mum leave, I was so lonely I started to cry. The teachers helped me out to not cry but I couldn't stop crying, so my teacher had to call my Mum or my Aunt to come and stay with me. While the class was learning I stayed at the back and tried not to cry. Then my Mum came and stayed with me for a couple of hours and then a boy name Simon and a girl name Mehi looked after me while my Mum went back home for a family meeting. I tried my best to not cry. Simon and Mehi were good friends. It was so funny how Mehi didn't know much English and she always talked to me in Tongan.

A couple of weeks later I came more familiar with the school. I learnt heaps of things in English and I made heaps of new friends. I love school and I enjoy learning things I didn't know and just having a positive attitude toward school.

Wednesday 23 October 2013

Drift by Denis Glover

Drift by Denis Glover -

What are some features we can see in the poem? Use words and quotes from the poem to support your answer...

The poem Rhymes for example:

Drift drift upon the beach

Dead Man’s bay and Dead Man’s Reach

What is the author’s purpose pf the poem?

The purpose of this poem is that there is a log drifting through the water all alone.

What are the key ideas in the poem?

The key idea is that poem is to follow your own pathway and to never give up and never let anything bring you down no matter what happens. It also means making the right choices in life and always have a positive attitude.

Why do you think these are the key ideas?

Its like you can go anywhere you want to go in life without anyone leading you to somewhere you don’t wanna be at and its like just being responsible for your own actions through life.

How does the poem make you feel?

It makes me feel like I am free because it makes me want to go anywhere I would want to go and not listening to anyone but not only I also need to be responsible and always make the right choices in life.

Why does it make you feel this way?

It makes me feel this way because you can be free and go where ever you want to go but just remember you always need to make the right choices and follow the right pathway of life.

How does the image in the poem support the way the poem makes your feel?

The driftwood drifting in the water and water can lead to different places even to your dreams and hopes coming true and then achieving your aspiration.

Tuesday 22 October 2013

Rangimarie

Poetry

Rhythm, rap and Rhyme creating peaceful times,

I like to make raps ,

I like to sneak up and play tricks on cats,

I have to make a hit song,

That can be catchy and really long,

I’ll never forget what I've made,

I hope my song will always stay and never fade,

All I ask is for peace,

All I need is rhythm,

All I have is Rap,

And the rhyme that I have,

Integrity

Monday 21 October 2013

Rhythm and Rhyme

Drumming Performace

Syllabification

rhy-thm

bi-cy-cle

e-nun-ci-a-tion

sta-tis-tics

ce-me-te-ry

o-no-ma-to-poe-ia

i-nno-cence

pro-nun-ci-a-tion

pro-ces-sion

re-solve-ment

hu-ma-ni-ty

scrump-tious

Against The clock

rhythm rhythm rhythm rhythm rhythm rhythm rhythm rhythm rhythm rhythm rhythm rhythm rhythm rhythm rhythm rhythm rhythm rhythm rhythm rhythm rhythm rhythm rhythm rhythm

bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle

enunciation enunciation enunciation enunciation enunciation enunciation enunciation

statistics statistics statistics statistics statistics statistics statistics statistics statistics statistics statistics

cemetery cemetery cemetery cemetery cemetery cemetery cemetery cemetery cemetery cemetery cemetery cemetery

onomatopoeia onomatopoeia onomatopoeia onomatopoeia onomatopoeia

innocence innocence innocence innocence innocence innocence innocence innocence innocence innocence innocence

pronunciation pronunciation pronunciation pronunciation pronunciation pronunciation pronunciation pronunciation

procession procession procession procession procession procession procession procession procession procession procession procession

resolvement resolvement resolvement resolvement resolvement resolvement

humanity humanity humanity humanity humanity humanity humanity humanity humanity humanity humanity humanity

scrumptious scrumptious scrumptious scrumptious scrumptious scrumptious

This took me 4 minutes to do all of my spelling words.

Alphabetical order

bicycle

cemetery

enunciation

humanity

innocence

onomatopoeia

procession

pronunciation

resolvement

rhythm

scrumptious

statistics

My Spelling Words