Thursday 15 September 2016

Camp Merc: Show Don't Tell





Reflection:
My class and I have been how to write feelings but without telling them but showing them. For example if I was scared I wouldn't say "I was scared" instead I would say "My legs were shaking". This was called Show don't tell. So our teacher set us a task to make a recount about going to Camp Merc but we were not allowed to tell how we felt but we had to only show how we felt. So yea this is mine and what I have done.

My Certifacte


Reflection:
Camp Merc was a cool place to go to and all the Year 6 kids (well most of them) came along and we all did some cool activities. My favorite activity was giants ladder. We had to put on some things that were called Caribbeans. It was pretty scary climbing up and reaching for the ladders. It kinda sucked because we didn't do any water activities only 2 groups got to. Well camp is a really cool place to go and the activities are awesome.

Tuesday 13 September 2016

Whale Rider Bias



Reflection:

So my class and I were learning what Bias is and we found out that bias can form in different ways and mostly has something to do with people, and it is only focusing on one side of a story. My teacher shared us a doc of Chapter 8 in the Whale Rider Story. My teacher asked us if we could highlight where Koro was showing bias to Kahu. I thought it was hard to find where Koro was showing Bias to her because,