What Do You Know About Mood And Atmosphere

 For the last few weeks in Te Ngahere we have been learning about mood and atmosphere. We had 3 texts to pick from, they were called The Promise, Mirror Image and Brave Flower. For my story I picked The Promise, The Promise is about 5 kids that are trapped in a bunker and there are bombs going on outside and they are arguing when the right time to go and get more resources. With the story we had to pick a small extract from the story and find all the language features like metaphors,similes, concrete nouns,verbs and adverbs. When we found a language feature we would try and find what mood the sentence made for example  The colours in the bunker were muted, fading in the grey shadows. The author uses the words muted, grey and fading to make a mood of gloom, and then we had to write why. When we finished we had to right a script to explain what we learnt for a DLO. Can you analyse a text for its mood and atmosphere?

Here is my script so far.

The Best Teacher Ever

At the start of the year we were so lucky to get a new teacher Whaea Shanna. Whaea Shanna is a really  funny  teacher and she loves sports. Later in the year Whaea Shanna gained confidence and got more interactive with us students. All throughout the year we have been doing a lot of P.E and sports and it has been really fun. Whaea Shanna has taught us  lots of skill in P.E like passing and catching using our teammates but also she teaches us Math, T-shaped and more. Whaea Shanna is one of my favourite teachers we have had at this school. Do you have a teacher as great as Whaea Shanna!? 

What Do You Know About T Ball

 n Te Ngahere we have been learning a game called T Ball. T ball is like cricket theres a fielding team and a batting team. If your on the batting team you hit the ball and when you hit the ball you drop the bat and run to the 1st base. If the batting team make it all the way round the field they get a home run. The fielding team have to try get the ball and get it to the base before the person on the batting team gets there. One hard thing was catching the ball also it was a bit hard hitting the ball off the t ball stand because sometimes you hit the stand and not the ball. An easy thing about it is throwing the ball to the base. Have you ever played T ball?

Amazing Adverbs And Verbs

 For the past week in Te Ngahere we have been learning about adverbs and verbs.  We are doing this to identify the mood in stories. In our reading groups we made a google doc with three stories on it. In the three stories we had to find all the verbs and adverbs and write them down on our doc. When we finished that we did three other stories that I found harder because there were some words I didn’t know. I kind of enjoyed learning about the adverbs and verbs but at least now I have a better understanding on what they are. Do you know what adverbs and verbs are?

Amazing Cricket

Today in Te Ngahere Someone called Neil came to teach us some skills about cricket.  First he gave us some tips of how to hold the bat & how to stand properly. After he finished talking to us we got into pairs and started practising hitting the ball and fielding. After a few minutes of hitting and fielding we played a game called Non-Stop cricket. To play Non-Stop cricket there are two teams the batters and the fielders. Also there were only three bats. The batters job is to just hit the ball but if the fielders catch it they lose a bat. If the batters loose all of their bats the teams switch over. I really enjoyed playing and practising cricket and I hope Neil comes later in the term to teach us more skills. Have you ever played Non-Stop cricket?

The Best Holidays Ever!

 Last Sunday I went to the rugby game in Whangarei. The game started at 2pm and it was Northland vs Southland. When we got there the two teams were doing some warm ups like practising their passing, catching and tackling. Both teams were pretty good. In the first half Northland was winning 11 to 7. But at full time it was 14 to 18 to Northland. After the game we got a picture with the mascot. It was really fun watching the game and I hope there is another one soon.

The Best Artwork Ever!

 This week Te Ngahere have been doing art. For our art we have been practising to draw continuous lines and blend with coloured pencils. First we got a template that you could just see through the paper and then we had to draw with our shoulder for the out line. Drawing with your shoulder is like doing big long lines because if you draw with your wrist you can only do small and not as tidy lines. When we were really confident in ourselves we could start practising  blending with colored pencils. One of the things we can’t do is talk because our teachers say we need to really concentrate. I found the art quite fun and I can’t wait until we start our good copy. Do you use your shoulder to draw?