Pages

Friday 28 June 2019

The Gatherers

Walt: Draw on multiple sources of information to comprehend an event



Task Description
Hi, my name is Caleb, and welcome to this post. In this post, I do activities for the text, The Gatherers.

Tuesday 25 June 2019

Food from Asia

Today, Room 4 ate Pad Thai and Kim chi. These are both Traditional dishes from Asia, and have tastes in them, Sweet, Spicy, Salty, and Sour. I am going to write what they taste, smell, feel, and look like.

Smells: Kim Chi smells like a sweet cabbage. Pad Thai smells like a big, warm, noddle.

Feels: Kim Chi feels like a soggy sponge. Pad Thai feels like a hard noddle

Looks: Kim Chi looks like a piece of onion, mixed with lots of spice. Pad Thai looks like white noddles and chicken.

Tastes: Kim Chi tastes like a sweet and spicy onion that is crunchy. Pad Thai tastes like sweet, crunchy, rice.

Image result for pad thaiImage result for kimchi

What's for Breakfast?

Walt: Explain your answer clearly for your group



Task Description
Hi, my name is Caleb, and welcome to my blog. In this post, I learn about breakfast. Until next time, see ya!

Thursday 20 June 2019

Fruit Kebabs

Walt: Take risks and share our math's thinking



Task Description
Hi, my name is Caleb, and welcome to this post. In this post, I answer questions about Fruit Kebabs. This was a fun task.

Perspicuous Paragraphs

Walt: Use correct paragraph structure



Task Description
Hi, my name is Caleb, and welcome to my blog. In this task, I write about using correct language when writing a sentence or paragraph. I also write my own information report about J.K Rowling, who wrote the Harry Potter series.

Wednesday 19 June 2019

Empanada

Today, Room 4 tried Empanada's. Empanada's are a traditional dish in Argentina.

Looks: Empanada's look like golden, triangular Sausage Rolls. It also looks like a dumpling and has brown meat underneath the skin.

Smells: Empanada's also smell Smoked, Sweet and Spicy, Pizza.

Tastes: Empanadas taste meaty, sweet from the raisins and spicy from the spices. There Texture around the middle is light and squelchy, and on the outside, it is hard and crunchy.

Feels: Empanada's feel soft and lumpy. Image result for Empanada

Captain Cook

Walt: Analyse, evaluate, and synthesis information from a complex text



Task Description
Hi, my name is Caleb, and welcome to my blog. Today, I did a activity about Captain Cook, who discovered Australia and New Zealand for the British. Until next time, see ya!

Monday 17 June 2019

My Haiku 9

Walt: Follow the structure of the story

I love to play sports
I play Rugby and Cricket

They are both awesome

Task Description
This is my 9th haiku
It is about sports
Can you please leave a comment

Caramel Slice

Walt: To have everyone participate in the small group discussion



Task Description
Hi, my name is Caleb, and in this task, I answer questions about Caramel Slices.

Mammon and the Archer

Walt: Use paragraph structure



Task Description
In this task, I write about Mammon and the Archer. Until next time, see ya!

Friday 14 June 2019

Around the World

Walt: Learn about the World



Task Description
Hi, my name is Caleb, and in this activity, I do stuff about the World. This was an awesome activity. Until next time, see ya!

How to make Olive Oil

Olive Oil is one of the best cooking items. In this essay, I will explain how to make Olive Oil, so that you can see the wonderful wonders of Olives. Have you used Olive Oil?


The first step for making Olive Oil is obviously picking the Olives. The best way people collect Olives is by using big machines to put all the Olives in a big bag. The machines shake the olives off of the trees and they put the bags underneath to collect them. Then they ship them away to Olive Oil factories.

When they get to the factories, the first thing they do is to wash the Olives. The reason they do this is to wash the twigs off so the twigs aren’t in the Oil when it is made. This happens quickly so the Olives are fresh. Then they are put into a grinder, which grinds up all the Olives. If they are grinded too quickly, they will get too hot, which means the oil can't be used.


Next, they are put into a presser, which takes all the Oil out of the ground Olives. The rest of the Olives aren’t wasted, and are used for fertilizer or Animal Feed. When the Oil comes out of the press, the Oil is gold. When the Oil is out of the presser, the Oil goes to a centrifuge, which spins the oil to separate the water from the Oil. After this process, the Oil should be lighter.

The Oil then reaches its final stage. The Oil is first put into dark black or green bottles. The reason the bottles are black is because if the sun get onto the Oil, it will affect the quality of the Oil. Then, the bottles get labelled, put on a conveyor belt, boxed and then get sent away to shops, were people buy the Oil.


As you can see, making Olive Oil is more complicated than most people would think. Now you know how to make Olive Oil. What are your thoughts on the process?


Until next time, see ya!

Thursday 13 June 2019

Signposts

Walt: Use signposts to guide our readers



Task Description
In this task, I learn how to use digital signposts. Digital signposts are used to guide our readers to a certain belief. Until next time, see ya!

Anthony Rockwall's View on Money

Anthony Rockwall from 'Mammon and the Archer' thinks that money can buy everything. Anthony's son, Richard, doesn't think that money is everything, and Anthony is trying to convince Richard otherwise. Some of the things Anthony thinks he can buy are Love, Time, and Happiness.

In 'Mammon and the Archer', Richard talks to his father about a girl at School he likes, and Anthony tells Richard to buy time with her. He tells Richard that Money can buy time, but Richard still thinks otherwise. Later on, when Richard gets to see Miss Lantry, the girl he likes, for the last time before she goes to Europe, while they are in a cab going to the cinemas, Anthony pays some people to make traffic so that his son and the girl like each other. While Richard picks up a ring he dropped outside accidentally, the cars come in and make traffic. While they make traffic, Miss Lantry and Richard get to talk to each other.

Later on, at about 11:00 PM, Ellen, who is Anthony's sister, tells Anthony that Richard is getting Married. Next day, a woman named Kelly comes over and asks for the money he spent to make the traffic. After she gets the money, she goes to leave, but before she leaves, Anthony asks if she saw a naked boy carrying arrows. He was, of course referencing Cupid.

Overall, I think that Money can't get everything, and bad things can happen to people who love money to much. I also like Richard more than Anthony, because he is not like his Dad

Wednesday 12 June 2019

What is School?

What is School?

School is a place where children get an Education. In NZ, when people are from age 5 to 10, they go to Primary School. When they turn 11 to 13, they go to Intermediate School. Depending on what Job you want or how hard your Job is depends on the amount of Years you go to College for. The Average person ranges from 4-6 Years, while professional people spend 7-8 Years. Then you can choose if you go to University. 

What do Kids learn?

The main topics that kids focus on are Reading, Writing, and Maths. Sometimes, we also do Cybersmart and Inquiry. For Writing, kids write about a story or a question, just like I'm doing now. Some people (like me) like to write their own stories about whatever they want, which means they choose to do extra work without being asked. For reading, kids read a text, talk about it, and then answer it. It’s pretty simple. For maths, we get a question and have to solve it using our brain. After we answer the question, we need to explain our thinking.

Physical Education

For our School at least, we do lots of Physical activities. On of the main activities that all the kids do, unless they are not in class for some reason, is Kiwisport. Kiwisport is an activity that we do with some Professionals, where we do a particular sport. Depending on what sport we are doing, depends on the coaches. For example, if we are doing cricket, we will have coaches from a good cricket club. We do Kiwisport for an hour, and there are different times for different classes. We also do Cross Country, where we have to run around the chosen course. And we go outside all day for one day, and do Physical activities (It’s called athletics day).

Friendship

Friendships are one of the most important parts of School. If people didn’t have friends at School, then the day would mostly be getting to School, working, have a break and eat some food, more work, more breaks, more work, then you go home. That’s pretty boring! People get friends just by talking to people and being in the same class as people. If you get friends at school, you will most likely go to the same Intermediate, College, and University. You also might lose some friends and gain some new ones. This might be hard for people, but it means that people are moving on.

From Reading to Friends, this is some of the things that people do at School. School is awesome in my Opinion. Until next time, see ya!

Orienteering

Today, the Extension group did Orienteering. Orienteering is like using a compass to get to different places. While we were at Extension, Mr Jacobsen came in and talked to us and taught us how to use a compass properly, then we all went outside to get ready for Orienteering.

When we got outside, we went onto the field, and waited for Mr Jacobsen to snd us to our right mark. I first went to room 28. I then went around to the different marks, while I was doing my seventh one, I realised I did a mistake, so I had to retrace my steps. I kept on tracking down the different marks for about more 10 minutes, until Mr J called us in. After he called us in, we took some photos, and came back to where I am right now.

Overall, I think that Orienteering is a really fun sport, and I would like to do it more. I would also love to use compasses more. I hope you enjoyed this, and until next time, see ya!
Image result for compass

Monday 10 June 2019

Oceania

Oceania


Oceania is a continent which includes Australasia, Polynesia, and a few other main big landmark. There are only 14 countries in Oceania, however, there are thousands of islands. The Population is 40 Million.


Fiji


Fiji is one of the thousands of islands. It has 300 Islands which are all part of the country. The population for Fiji is 900,000. Fiji was settled in by Austronesian People around 3500 BC. The Capital of Fiji is Suva. Fiji is has some of the best foods in the world, thanks to the Indians, and Chinese people.

Food War 5: No Chance

Apolo awoke with a start. From what he could hear, someone was shouting his name. He opened his eyes. “Hey, Apple, Apple!”. A Broccoli was shouting a him.”W-what” Muttered Apolo, who at the moment, was trapped, along with all the other fruits……. Except Airin. He wondered, for a second, were Airin could be. Perhaps, he really was dead, but he didn’t think that was true. Or did he? He didn’t have much more time to think about it, before a guard released him from his chains. He fell to the ground, and was shocked. Was this some sort of way to betray Cortus, who was their leader? After he got up, ready to run for it, he felt someone grab him, and put handcuffs on him. His excitement, turned swiftly to disappointment. Of course, this wasn’t a betrayal, they were just moving everyone to another position. Now tired and disappointed, he followed the guard slowly, of the table, and into the unknown……..


Airin, who was the only fruit who was not caught by Cortus, was sitting in a waiting room. He could not help feeling like the whole world depended on him to survive. Of course, he didn’t know his friends had been caught. But he just had the feeling that they were suffering badly. That is what caused him to feel so sick recently. He had been in that room for a week, and he felt like he would throw up every time he moved. At that very moment. Airin heard a door open, and saw two lollipops come in. “Come on fruit, your going to start your fight in two days. Carton says you need to train up so you can fight his chosen champions” One of them said. So, slowly and Miserably, he followed the guards to a room.


When Apolo and the other fruits finally stopped, Apolo opened his Eyes. In front of him, there was a huge stage, with what looked like the whole army of vegetables. Apolo didn’t know what would happen to him, until he looked down. In the middle of the stage, there was a big wheel, with chains at each end of the wheel. He thought he knew what it was. But he didn’t tell anyone in case anyone passed out. Apolo thought it was a torture wheel. He wished desperately that Airin was still out there, but even if he was, there was almost no hope….


Airin had sat on the floor for the last 5 minutes, and had said nothing. He sat there, thinking how he could win this, until something distracted him from that thought. “Oy, hey there, excuse me, fruit”. Airin looked up, and saw someone. From what Airin saw, the figure looked like a big rock. “What are you!?” Said Airin, but instantly thought he sounded rude. “Oh, allow me to introduce myself, my name is Drig, and these are my friends Xas, Findal, Grobper, Andav, and Quanc, and..” “Nice to meet you Drig and your friends, but what are you?” Said Airin. “Oh, well, i’m a rock obviously” Airin was puzzled. “How can you be a rock? I thought only food can be alive.” “Oh well, I have food stuck inside me, so, it just joined arms to me, and that is how I came to be”. “How did you get captured?” Asked Airin. “Well, when I woke up, I went inside, and I met these guys and another guy, and we decided to be friends. While we were travelling, these idiots captured us. The other guy Gorge tried to fight them and was slaughtered, so we let them take us, and we’ve been here since then. Wait, who are you, and what are you doing here?” Airin paused, and then said “Oh, sorry, my name is Airin, and I got captured by the vegetables trying to help the fruits and beat the vegetables, and I was on a secret mission. I was with 3 others, but they died, so now I have to fight this champion so I can escape and defeat the vegetables. I also need some training.” Well why didn’t you just ask us?” Said Drig. “Well, I, I….”. Airin didn’t know what to say. “Alright, fine, but you have to try hard, ok?” “Sure. Plus, how hard could it be?”.

Friday 7 June 2019

Examination Day

Walt: Identify and evaluate the Author's purpose for writing



Task Description
Hi, my name is Caleb, and in this post, I read and answer questions about Examination Day. Examination day is about a boy called Richard who has to take a test to see how smart he is. Read on to learn more.

Thursday 6 June 2019

Fish Tank

Walt: Have everyone contribute to the small group discussion



Task Description
Hi, my name is Caleb, and in this post, I answer questions about a Fish Tank. This was a fun activity, and I want to do more of this in the future.

Italy

Italy is a country in Europe. It has 51 different islands, and the official languages in Italy are Italian and Catalan. Italy was home to Palaeolithic, which were the ancient humans, for about 800’000 years, and was home to modern humans for 40’000 years. The current Population in Italy is about 60 Million people.

Food

Food is an amazing part of Italy. Italy has the best foods in the world. Italy created food we eat everyday. Some of these foods include Lasagna, Fiorentina Steak, and Pizza. There best Pizza is the Neapolitan Pizza. Italians love cuisines. One of the reasons they love it so much is because there cuisines are the best in the world. Some common foods to eat in Italy are Soup and Rice.

Climate

Italy has good climate. When it is summer, the weather is mostly dry and hot. And when it is winter, it is cold and icy. Sometimes, it is so cold in winter that people can’t go outside. In winter, there is lots of snow on the big mountains. The best time to visit Italy in the Spring is April and June, and in the fall it is September and October.

Wildlife

Wildlife is truly fascinating in Italy. In the sea, there are many different animals. On of the most dangerous animals in the waters of Italy are the Great White Shark. But there are also Dolphins, Jellyfish, Seals, and Amazingly, Flamingos! But the land animals are more fascinating. There are great Foxes, Wolfs, Wolverines, and Big Brown Bears! But there are also other cool animals. There are Lynxes, which are like big wild cats, Rabbits, Big Deers, Boars, and Big Goats. There are lots of other animals, but if I tried to cover them all, I could make a book!


Out of all the amazing places in the world, Italy has got to be one of the most popular, and amazing places. From making Pizzas, to big Wolfs, there are so many things that make Italy shine. I really wish I could go to Italy.

Wednesday 5 June 2019

Mexico


Task Description
Hi, my name is Caleb, and today, I learnt about North America. We had to choose a country in North America, and I choose Mexico. A few facts I found out include that Mexico's real name is the United Mexican State, and that Mexico is the 11th most Popular country in the world.