Thursday 30 June 2016

Student Led Conference Reflection

The things I enjoyed most about my SLC were: Math and PE and ARTS.


What went well and why? My maths because i got a better score then some of the other ones.


What were the challenges you faced when preparing and presenting your SLC? Putting the term 1 asttle on because i could not find it at the start.



What changes would you make for next time and why? link the modeling book on some ideas.


Wednesday 1 June 2016

I can use a use a wide range of comprehension strategies to understand text

Year 7/8 Standard: Assessment task
WALT: I can use a use a wide range of comprehension strategies to understand text such as: - using their prior knowledge, along with information in the text, to interpret abstract ideas, complex plots, and sophisticated themes - gathering, evaluating, and synthesising information across a small range of texts - identifying and resolving issues that come from competing information in texts
Complete both texts and write the answers in your own words.
TASK 1 - read the text about Sneakairs

TEXT: EasyJet's Smart "Sneakairs" Makes Sightseeing Effortless

What I already know about navigating with maps?
  • paper map
  • app
  • north south east and west
Who created “Senakairs?”?
easy jet
How do the “Sneakairs” work?
  • they work like a gps
How do “Sneakairs” help tourists visiting a new city or town?
  • to tell them where to go
  • to help them find cool places
What challenge does easyJet need to overcome before “Sneakairs” can go mainstream?
  • make the battery last longer.
Can you think of any other uses for smart shoes like Sneakairs? - (give at least 2)
  • have a built in speaker.
  • light in the shoe
Can you think of a better invention than Sneakairs to help us navigate places? Why is that invention better than Sneakairs?
  • a watch because you could see where you are going and it can be touch screen.

TASK 2: The purpose of this task is to identify details that support a main idea.
A main idea that the author David Hill often explores is: New Zealand's natural environment, and how awesome (impressive and amazing) and powerful it can be.
Read the following passages from pages 7, 8 and 9 of "The Sleeper Wakes" by David Hill.
a) Find details in the text that support this main idea. Underline these details.
b) Think about what the 'sleeper' is, and how it would 'wake' up. Highlight details in the text that suggest this development.
Two girls stood with their parents by a car, watching him. So Corey tried to look cool and expert, and he started up the track behind his father.
The blunt pyramid of Mt Taranaki lifted into a blue winter sky. Snow softened the cliffs where lava had flowed, thousands of years ago. High up towards the summit, the ridge of The Lizard showed where more lava had crawled downwards before cooling and setting.
Corey lowered his gaze to the 4WD track twisting up the mountain's north-east flank. Packed grey and green trees rose on either side. After just ten metres, all sounds from the carpark faded away. Only the crunch of their boots broke the silence.
Three steps ahead, his Dad walked steadily. He wore a woollen hat and green Gortex jacket to keep out the June cold. Warwick Lockyer, Department of Conservation Field Officer; expert on Mt Taranaki; tramper and climber.
His father loved this mountain. He loved its silences and stories, the way it tested people. Corey felt the same way. Being up here was the greatest feeling in the world. Pity some other people couldn't see it that way.
* * *
After 30 minutes' climbing, they paused, took deep breaths, and gazed around. The trees were lower. Tangled, waist-high shrubs had taken over, crammed together for shelter, tops flattened by the wind. In summer, white and yellow flowers blazed here, flowers that grew nowhere else in the world. Now everything huddled beneath winter snow.
Far below, the towns glinted like little grey models – New Plymouth, Inglewood, Stratford. Off to the left, the Tasman Sea was a sheet of grey steel.
On the horizon, blue-and-white shapes shouldered upwards: the peaks of Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, Tongariro. Corey thought of Riki, the other DoC Field Officer. From Riki, he'd heard how Mt Taranaki once stood beside those other volcanoes, fought with them for the love of beautiful Mt Pihanga, then marched away in anger after losing the fight. Hardly any Maori people lived along the line between Ruapehu and Mt Taranaki; they believe that one day, Taranaki would head back in the fire and smoke to find his love again.
Corey stood listening to the silence. A puff of wind slid past. A pebble, loosened by the morning sun probably, dropped from an icy bank nearby.
'Awesome day,' Corey said.
His father nodded. 'Pity Dean couldn't make it.'
Corey glanced up at the dazzling white summit. Dean was a volcanologist who monitored New Zealand's North Island volcanoes to see if any eruptions seemed likely. He came to visit two or three times a year, even though nothing ever happened on Mt Taranaki.
Corey's father was gazing upwards, too. He stretched, and grinned at his son. 'Come on, mate. We're sleepier than this mountain.'

I can describe the structure of a Short Story




Something I have learned about the structure of short stories is: It is really quick

After reading some short stories two things I will remember when I write my own short story are Short and interesting .

My Short Story.


  • WALT use all basic punctuation independently and attempt more complex punctuation (eg semicolons, colons, parentheses) (Year 7/8)




                  Short Story

Woosh! Jr was woken up by the waves against the sand and rocks .Jamieson the dog barked and woke Kaya the pig up at the same time, they all got up and went for a walk across the beach.Then they discovered that the waves were getting really close to the house, and went closer immediately they got wet and sprinted back to the house.They packed as much as they could like dog food, pig food, normal food and clothes.Then they set off to find a new house, but then they remembered that they needed money so he went looking for a job in the city.The next day he got up from the street, and went looking .Finally, after two hours of looking he found a job at Mc donalds standing at the register.2 days later he has enough money from saving and his job.He went looking for a house.He came across a nice looking house, he only had 200,000 dollars to spend the house he was looking at was 180,000 dollars he looked around and bought the house.He spent 20,000 on furniture and food, now Jr is 18 and his new house is holding up well for him.