Writting | Typing

I did a can-do activity called dance dancing mat.

First I went on dancing typing mat and set up a 15 minute timer.

Next I put my finger on the home row keys.

Lastly I took a screen shot of my results and put it on a google slide and write what I needed to improve on.

I need to memorise the keys and type faster.

Tongan Language Week

This week I did a task based on the Tongan Language week.

We got to choose from counting from 1 - 10 in Tongan, Greetings in Tongan, Maths.

I chose do to counting, I made a slideshow of fingers going up to 10 showing the Tongan words.

This task was hard because I don't know how to count in Tongan.

Madlibs

My group and I did an activity called madilibs. We had to write down: a girls name, a colour, a kitchen utensil, an action you do to someone, a number under 10, a pop star, and an eating utensil.

First, we wrote down a girl name and a kitchen utensil. The girl name was Jessica and the kitchen utensil was a fork.

Next we wrote down a colour and an action you do to someone. The colour was green and the action was a slap

Then we wrote down a number under 10 and a pop star.. Our number was 5 and the pop star was Micheal Jackson

Lastly we wrote down an eating utensil. The eating utensil was a spoon.

Writting | Dance Mat Typing

I did a can-do activity called dance dancing mat.

First I went on dancing typing mat and set up a 15 minute timer.

Next I put my finger on the home row keys.

Lastly I took a screen shot of my results and put it on a google slide and write what I needed to improve on.

I need to Improve on typing the correct keys and stop looking at keyboard.

Madlib

Today I did and activity with LS1. We got into groups and we needed to put and animal, person's name,unit of time,adjective (not colour), city, adjective (not colour), and a type of clothing, colour.

First, we wrote a farm animal and the animal we picked was a pog.

Next, we wrote a city and the city was auckland.

Then, we wrote down a number between 1-20 and the number we pick was 17.

Then, we wrote an unit time and the unit time was days.

Then, we wrote down two adjectives but not a colour. The two adjectives were ancient and dirty.

After, we wrote down and person's name and it was Jake.

Last, we wrote down a type of clothing and a tyoe of clothing was a shirt.

I enjoyed this activity because I got to make a funny story.

Writting

I completed a can-do that is called Dancing Mat Typing. 

It helps me to type a bit faster and properly

First I did leve 1 for dancing mat typing and did it for 15 minute.

I placed my hands on my keyboard and I wrote the word that were shown on my screen and I had to type it as fast as I could and corectly

Lastly I put my results on mygoogle slide. Then I wrote What I had to practise on more.

I need to practise on foucsing on typing a bit slow.

Argument | Writting

I wrote down 5 reasons to back up my argument.

My topic is about animals. My argument is about how we should stop animal poaching. My adience is LS1 and Mr Ogilvie

Next I wrote down my first reason. We should stop animal poaching because the goerment has to send park rangers to protect certin animals from going extincet. But if they were no animal poachers the goverment can focas and spend their money on on other things like schools and hospatils. 

Lastly, I wrote my 2 other reasons one of them were, which were about how irreplaceable animals are going extinct like the giant panda and tigers which are killed for their fur.

I enjoyed this activity because this helped me with my script.

Brainstorming | Writing

We learnt about brainstorming and persaive writing.

First we watched 2 videos about Brainstorming and planning. The videos talked about topics you could use to persuade someone.

Then I made a google doc to brainstorm ideas on we had to have 15 diffrent ideas. Then we catorized them into three groups me, school/community and world.  

Lastly we used the traffic light system. The traffic light system is used to rate ideas. Yellow means it's ok Red means it can't be used, and green meaning it's great.

I enjoyed this task becasue I learnt more about Brainstorming.

Persuading Poster | Writting

We learnt about persuading.

First we watched a video about kid president he said treat people like people in an argument you can sometimes forget you can that your talking to a person and yell at each other.

Second we watched a video explaining how to pursuade someone into agreeing with you. One piece of advice they gave us is listen to the other person because you might be able to persuade them by using there points.

Lasty we made a poster with all the thing that kid president and the video taught us and how agreeing and disagrreing depends on perspective 

I learnt alot of useful thing that I can use when I am in an argument. 

Introduction

We learnt how to write three diffrent types of introductions.

My first introduction was a basis fact. A basic fact is something that is true. Glass is a material used all over the world. This transparent material is made from silica sand, soda ash and limestone.

The next Introduction I did was a question hook. A quesiton hook is trying to make the reader read the text with interesting information. Did you know that the history of glass making dates back over 3,600 BC?

The last introduction I did was a explain emotion. Explain emotion is trying to get the reader to have an emtional feeling while reading the text. If glass didn't exist every structure would be dark and make it hard to see. This is why mixing silica sand, soda ash and limestone is one of the most important processes in the world.

Writing | Explanation Topic Planner

I commpleted a Explanation Topic Planner.

First we choose a topic we would like to write about.

Next we wrote three mechanism about the topic we are writting about and show our information sorce.

Then we added cause and effect.

Then we had to pick another topic.

I thought this was challenging for me because I only finished one and I was working on my second.

Writing | Cause & Effect Introduction

We wrote a cause and effect sentence for each of our mechanisms for Chocolate making and how Fireworks work.

Chocolate

Chocolate is made by liquifying the cocoa pods together with sugar and other ingredients by heating them.This chocolate liquid is then poured into a mold so it can set and harden. The size of the mold affects the size of the finished chocolate when it is cooled.

Fireworks

A cylindrical paper containing the parts of the firework has a fuse inside it which can be lit. Stars, cubes or spheres containing the chemicals are needed for the reaction to add colour A bursting charge in the firework's center contains gunpowder which makes the noise. A fuse with a time delay ensures the shell explodes high in the sky and allows you to be away at a safe distance.


Next time I will write a better introduction and add more writing to my introduction.

Writing | Cause and Affect

We wrote cause and affect sentences for butterflies. 

First we wrote the cause and effect sentences on the first stage of a caterpillar which is the eggs.

Next we wrote the cause and effect sentences on the second stage of a caterpillar which is when the egg hatches into a caterpillar.

After we wrote the cause and effect sentences on the third stage which is the chrysalis.

Afterwards we wrote the cause and effect sentences on the last stage which is the butterfly.

Lastly we put an explanation of the life cycle of the butterfly.

This was fun because I got to learn about cause and effect.

Writing

Cause and effect fit within the mechanism structure of an explanation.

Cause is where something happens. 

Effect is what something or someone is doing before the cause happens.

An example of cause is every bulding in the city was destroyed.

An example of an effect is Nick slipped.

An a casual language for example therefore.

Below is an activity you can practice this with. Make a copy.

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By using cause an effect it will highlight what a mechanism does.

Explanation | The Luge

I learnt how to write an explanation about how something works. First I chose a topic to write an explanation about. I chose about how the Luge works.

After I wrote the introduction about my topic. The luge is a famous place in New zealand. It is in the sky line of rotura.

Next I wrote down the mechanisms about the Luge. The luge requires carts to ride on the track. This allows people to ride to the bottom. The luge also requires people to control the carts. This prevents the carts from falling off the edge and a track for the carts to ride on. This allows for the carts to ride easily.

Lastly I wrote down the summary. The luge requires carts for people to ride on people to control the carts and a track for the carts to ride on.

Next time I will try to be more specific with my mechanisims .

Writting | America's Cup

I completed a task based on the America's Cup.

First I gathered the main ideas for the America's Cup.

After I gathered the main ideas I summarised the information. I chose 20 words then I chose the six most important out of the 20 words. After we used the 6 words to write the text in a few sentences.

Lastly I evaluated the information.

These three of the strategies helped me with the main points, summarizing and Evaluating the text.

Handwriting

I finished a can-do activity called Handwriting.

First I watched a video to learn how to write neatly.

Next I wrote the alphabet from from A to Z and the numbers and symbols.

I need to stop writing the letter j on top of the line.

About Me 2021

Greetings

My name is Mahdi. I am from Afghanistan. I am in LS1 at Panmure Bridge School. I enjoy playing Badminton and digital games like Minecraft and Roblox.

 

Writing | Commanding Conversation

Commanding Conversation is a can do for writing.

I wrote two conversations on an image of three kids and two girls on motercycles.

My first conversation was about three kids playing a game of tag. My second conversation was about two girls complimenting each others moter cycles.

I think Commanding Conversations is a great way to improve use of punctuation. 

LI- To write descriptive conversations
 

Writing | Formal and informal language

Formality tells people when to use formal language and when to use informal language.

Formal language means appropriate and understandable words and is often used for formal occasions like a meeting or a funeral. Here are some formal words, hello, good afternoon, greetings.

Informal language is mostly used for informal occasions like talking to friends or playing. Some informal words are sup, whats up, gee, man.

Formality helps people know when to use informal and formal language.

LI: To identify formal and informal language.