My Super Speech

In Writing, we have been working on our speeches. We got to choose our topic and I chose strange laws because I think that it is an original speech idea. I had to research my speech a lot because I didn't know many weird rules from around the world. From the laws in this speech Germany has the most with 2 that I included. Please comment if you like it or give me feedback.

Wonderful Writing Starters

In Writing, we have been doing starters in every session based on a photo. The first starter was a ship on its side and the second one was a shark coming out of the water with people walking past. We have 10 minutes to do each starter with a sentence on each taste, sight, and hearing. Are you wondering what happens next in my starters?

Perfect Persuasive Writing 4

In Writing, we have been doing persuasive writing this term and we were given a task if we wanted New Zealand children to be able to vote and I said no. You will find out soon if you read my persuasive writing.

NZ children shouldn’t be able to vote

Hi, I’m Dylan, do you think children should be able to vote in elections? Because I don’t and I am going to tell you why.

Firstly, most kids would just vote for the current Prime Minister or if they are really young they could just vote for the party with their favourite colour or point out a random politician they like the look of.

Secondly, a lot more parties would be made so they could be in parliament with hooks like giving out sweets to every child in New Zealand. This could be a waste of our taxpayer’s money and time.  We already have enough political parties to choose between.

Thirdly, more paper would be used because some people don’t have devices and a lot of trees will have to be used to send voting papers out to most people in New Zealand.

Next, kids don’t know much about politics, so they could just vote for the same people as their parents. Or if there is someone they know in the elections they could vote for them. This is not a well-educated decision.

Now, some kids could just scribble a person’s name out and write their own in that space. Or if they get the paper version then they could just tick them all.

If kids could vote there should be an age limit of at least 10 or 11. At that age, you should be expected to be sensible.

After this do you think children should be able to vote? Because I don’t.

Why we should get more than one hour of screen time a day

In writing, we have been doing persuasive writing. this is a build-up for when we do our speeches. This is my second persuasive writing and we could choose out of some options that you can be for or against. I chose to be against the one that I chose. I think that I have done well on this topic because it is quite a hard topic. If I have done anything wrong or you think that I can do anything better please comment.

Screen time for children shouldn’t be limited to one hour a day.

Hello, I’m Dylan and I am going to talk to you why we should get more than one hour of screen time a day. I think that we should get more than one hour and I have got reasons to back myself up.

Firstly, I think that we should get about two hours of learning on devices and one hour for playing games on a device. A Canadian study shows that a child between eight and 11 should have 60 minutes of physical activity, two hours of screen time and nine to 11 hours of sleep. I think that this is quite close to what I think is right. 

Secondly, It can give kids time to relax if they have had a hard day and if they are really tired, they can have some time to chill out. And if they are really sad they can have some time out on their favourite game. There are also educational websites like Epic reading and Mathletics and you can write stories on google docs. You can also do research on Google and Safari. 

Thirdly, You can learn a lot of things and you can ‘meet’ other people on their blogs and become pen pals and they might be able to visit you from other countries. You could also do video chats and speak to each other after school if you are in a time zone where you are awake at the same time. 

After this, do you think that children should get more than 1 hour of screen time a day? Because if you do, then, in my opinion, you are right.

Give me five Harry Potter Series.

Give me five Harry Potter series on Biteable.

In Reading, we have been doing a book club on Mondays and we do activities. This give me five biteable is a can-do and I have been doing this for a couple of weeks. I have worked hard on this and I have added extra people from my first one. If you like it please comment and if you don't please comment on what I could do better.

Perfect Persuasive writing

This is my persuasive writing from the start of term 3. I chose this subject because of our inquiry this term which is on the power of innovation. This persuasive writing is going to help us because we are doing speeches later in the term. I think I have done really well for writing a lot of words about this subject.

Why we should fill up the Red Zones

Hello, I'm Dylan and I am going to tell you why we need to fill up the red zones. In this persuasive writing piece, I am going to tell you what we should build in the multiple red zones. Some of my ideas are a mountain bike trail, a running trail, a dog park, a bike pump track and more.

 For my first point, we need to build some things but they need to be careful how tall they are and the weight. But a reason we need to get creative to fill up spaces is that we have too many places that are empty. And if we build some things it might bring people from around the world and some of those people might make friendships.

 Onto my second point, which is why we need more attractions. If we get more attractions to come into the red zone it will get more money for the council so even more things can be built and so they can afford to make even more things. And because a lot of people moved away after the earthquakes it might bring people back to Christchurch. And if there are moving events held in the red zone parking outside of the red zone will be full people will have to walk miles.

That comes to my next point, why we need to make the roads again. If we do then it will be easier to get around to things on the other side instead of taking the long way around the outside. We could just open the roads for short times only or just make a barrier so you have to pay to get in and it will bring more money to hold multiple events.

 As for the old buildings people could do street art in a really bright picture to bring joy and happiness because of the bright colours. They could also add special effects like the 3D wall in town. If people see that it could make them really happy. They could also hold a reunion for the people who used to live in the red zones. They could also add in some small sporting grounds for rugby and soccer and other things. If they did all of this then I would be very glad.

But what we need to do to attract worldwide sporting events is a world-class sporting centre. And that would bring lots of people from around the world to come and eat in our restaurants and sleep in our hotels. All of those people would be spending what we need. Money.

Most of these things would all have to be made without heavy machinery because we can’t risk more liquefaction rising up. Do you reckon all this will work if we had the choice to do this? Do you reckon this is possible? Because I do. Would you agree with me?

Give Me Five

In Literacy, we do a book club on Monday's of every school week we can. We all picked a book from the library and I chose Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. In "give me five" we had to choose some characters from our book and I chose Harry Potter and Hermione Granger. "Give me five" is where you choose quotes that describe the characters that you have chosen. What are the characters you would choose from your favourite book?

Doctor Seuss Reading Aloud

At the start of the term in Literacy, we had to do a screencastify reading a Doctor Suess book. I chose to do 'The Cat in the Hat'. We had to read a part of the book to ourselves with as much expression as we could. My recordings aren't that long because I only read a small part of the book. I think my second one was better because I had practice with Pukeko kids in buddy reading. Which one do you think is better?

Information report 2

In writing, we had to make another information report and this time we had to do it on an endangered animal. I chose the Green Sea Turtle and I had to follow my writing rubric. I know that I followed my rubric because I got 3's in punctuation, spelling, publishing, and closing. I also know that I write it in my own words because it doesn't have any sections the same as a website. My rubric is below. Please leave a comment.

Week 6 ako

For our week 6 ako in literacy, we had to make a crossword puzzle after we had completed one on Lovatt's crosswords. We had to choose 10 words from our book club book and I chose some of the hardest words. I tried to make this as hard as possible. Please say if you could try to complete this or if I could do any better.

My Information Report

For writing, we had to create a report about something in nature that is powerful. I chose crocodiles because I think they are powerful because they can stay underwater for ages. There are 3 types of crocodiles that I did this report on. Can you answer this question in the comments - How heavy can American crocodiles get? Please leave a comment and say what I can improve.

Week 1 reading ako

For our ako in week 1, we had to make a book cover and a blurb. We also had to write a piece about the author. This task was based on our book club book. My book club book was The happy prince and other stories. I chose the cover because a bird is in some of the stories. I made this cover on
Canva. My success criteria helped me make my cover pages better. I think my cover is eye-catching because it has some bright colours. My information came from 2 sites. The sites were Google and shmoop. My cover suits my novel because a bird is in some stories.

Influential New Zealander Report

We were set the task of making a slide with a lot of information on one influential New Zealander. Our teacher Mr. Bell gave us some headings that we could use if we wanted to. I chose Jonah Lomu because he was a really big figure in international rugby when he was playing. My report is above.

The Lung And Respiratory System

Lungs and Respiratory System

The lungs help us breathe and we don't even have to think about it!! The lungs are the fourth largest organ in our body behind the Skin, Liver and the Brain. The lung on the left side of your body is smaller than your right for space for your Heart. Your lungs are in your chest. Lungs are protected by the rib cage which are made up of 12 sets of ribs. The diaphragm is a dome-shaped muscle under the lungs that helps us inhale and exhale. You can't see your lungs but you can easily feel them in action. Put your hand on your chest and as you breathe in you will feel your chest expand and as you breathe out your chest will shrink. From the outside the lungs are pink and squishy but on the inside they are really fascinating. At the bottom of the Trachea (say: Tray-kee-uh), or windpipe the are two stems. These stems are called Bronchi (say: Brong-kye) and one goes left to the left lung and the other goes to the right lung. Each main stem Bronchus (say: Brong-kuss) - the name for just one of the Bronchi - then branches off into tubes, or Bronchi, that get smaller and even smaller still, like branches on a big tree. The tiniest tubes are called Bronchioles (say: Brong-kee-oles), and there are about 30,000 of them in each lung. At the end of each bronchiole is a special area that leads into clumps called Alveoli (say: Alo-vee-oh-lie). There are about 600 million Alveoli in your lungs. Each Alveolus (say: Al -vee -oh -luss) - what we call just one of the Alveoli - has a mesh-like covering of very small blood vessels called Capillaries (say: Cap-ill-er-ees). These capillaries are so tiny that the cells in your blood need to line up single file just to march through them. Your lungs help you do a lot of things. They allow you to breathe, talk to your friend, shout at a game, sing, laugh, cry, and more! And speaking of a game, your lungs even work with your brain to help you inhale and exhale a larger amount of air at a more rapid rate when you're running a mile - all without you even thinking about it once.

D.A.D.W.A.V.E.R.S

 The Ghostly Shadow.

It was a relatively cold night as I passed a murky puddle and then stepped in another. The forest was close to my house so I decided to go for a walk. The trees were huge bristlecone pines.  I saw a mysterious figure up ahead. I chased a shadow but then it disappeared into thin air….

I started sprinting down the road but then an invisible barrier stopped me in my tracks. As I ran into the barrier again a tree glowed and the shadow reappeared in the tree. I darted back to the ranger’s cabin as fast as my legs could take me.  

On the way back I met a mountain biker and remarked “ Don’t go down there because I saw a teleporting shadow and got stopped in my tracks by nothing” and that eventually persuaded the mountain biker to come with me. The park ranger wouldn’t believe us so we told him about the man.“ He had a cloak of which colour we don’t know and he was a teleporter and where he appeared again it glowed before he was sighted,” I said.

I took the ranger and the mountain biker and went to the spot where the shadow had teleported and noticed the barrier was still blocking the road, so we went off the road and went past without any trouble. There were scorch marks on the tree and a branch nearly collapsed on us.“That was close” the ranger remarked.

While we were examining the tree the ranger slipped and fell. It turned out he sprained his ankle. The mountain biker took him back to the ranger’s cabin. I continued to walk and came to a house in the middle of some trees. I entered and saw the shadow and let out a blood-curdling scream.

I ran for five minutes but seemed like a millenium. I ran onto the road but the barrier was still there. I ran into the barrier and stunned myself for a few seconds. When I regained my senses the only thing I had in my mind was to run. So I sprinted for my life off the road but he teleported in front of me. He punched me hard and I dropped like a sack of rocks.

“Will I live?” I shouted so loudly I thought my lungs might burst. Then I realised I was in the house nicknamed the the Screeching Shack. He pulled out a knife and I tried to scream as loud as I could but he put a bandana round my mouth.

I was as scared as a cat seeing a cucumber. He pushed it down and I let out an ear-splitting scream. The last thing I remembered was a burning pain in my chest but then it spread all around my body. Then it all went fuzzy and after that there was nothing. They tried to find me but they couldn’t find my body.

My Pick a Path (not finished)

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