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Monday 25 February 2019

language fitness .


 Nouns

A.Write the missing collective nouns?

1. A  flock of doves
2. A   fleet of ships

Verbs

B.Add suitable verbs to this passage

1.The children knew they had to have their homework on the teachers desk first thing in the morning,but there were always those who wouldn't.

Prefixes

C.Add a suitable prefixes

1. A semi circle  is a half circle

Suffixes

D. Add a suitable suffixes

1. Thankful


Synonyms
E.Write a synonym for the following words

1.Voyage-journey
2.Decide-Resolve

Antonyms
Write a antonym for the following words

1.Tame-Dangerous
2.Eventful-disaster 

Homonyms
Write two meaning for this word  Shoulder

1.The upper joint
2.Part of the body this is the neck

Homophones
Write the homophone for this word
Tired-Fried

Abbreviations
What do this stand for

Mon-Monday
Wed-Wednesday

Contractions
Rewrite each of this in short form

I will-I'll
He is- He's

Singular/plural
Write the plural of this words

Lady-Lady's
Class-Classes
Papers-Papers

Adjectives
Write  two suitable adjectives that you could use to describe a storm.
1. strong
2. violent

Adverbs 
Add a suitable adverbs












     

Thursday 21 February 2019

culture

What does culture mean to me?

 culture means a.lot of things me.It means the ideas, custom, and social behaviour of a particular people or society.My culture we like to have a big feast. My culture, i'm Fijian we like to invite the whole village to come eat and have fun.This is what culture means to me. 

Tuesday 12 February 2019

Butterflies-English crash course literacy.

English.

Questions:

What kind of language  is used in the text ? English

Which positions,voices and interests are at play in this text ? Maori cause the author is a good Maori writer.

What does the author want us to know ? That you can kill butterflies cause they eat your cabbage.

How are characters constructed in this text ?  The grandmother-She's smart because she plants food and she knows about the environment , The grandfather is smart because she tells the granddaughter to go to school and learn stuff,The granddaughter-she is smart because she knows how to write.
   
What kinds of social realities does the text portray ?  The girl lived with her grandparents. 

English critical literacy. 9LK

English.

Questions:

What kind of language  is used in the text ? English

Which positions,voices and interests are at play in this text ? Maori cause the author is a good Maori writer.

What does the author want us to know ? That you can kill butterflies cause they eat your cabbage.

How are characters constructed in this text ?  The grandmother-She's smart because she plants food and she knows about the environment , The grandfather is smart because she tells the granddaughter to go to school and learn stuff,The granddaughter-she is smart because she knows how to write.
   
What kinds of social realities does the text portray ?  The girl lived with her grandparents. 

Monday 11 February 2019

Critical thinking-English 2019

Factual or satirical


Questions and answers:

The  onion.

What does the website look like? It look's like it is Photoshop.

What photos is it using? Photo of a man flying drones. 

What headlines are they sharing? Fly my pretties,says Jeff bezos releasing swarm of Amazon drones .

Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website? It is a satirical website.

The New York times.

 What does the website look like?The website looks real, the photos are not Photoshop.

What photos is it using? It is using parliament photos.

What headlines are they sharing? Democrats and parliament issues.

Do you think it is a factual website,  or a satirical website?I think it is a factual website.

The Civilian.

What does the website look like? The photos looked real,everything was layedout properly.

What photos is it using? Melbourne cup horse racing photos.Some city photos. 

What headlines are they sharing? The headlines they are using are fake cause they are using bad words.

Do you think it is a factual website,or a satirical website? I think it is a satirical website.

The Daily mail.

What does the website look like? This website looks real and has some persuading photo's in it.

What photos is it using? Photos of Grammy awards.

What headlines are they sharing? Royal favourites

Do you thin it is a factual website, or a satirical website?  Yes i do think it is a factual website.


The Daily Mash.

What does the website look like? It looks like it's not even a news article. 

What photos is it using? They used pictures from the movie paddington. 

What headlines are they sharing?  4 classic kids movies.

Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website? I think it is a satirical website.


NZ Herald.

What does the website look like? It looks real and it's layed out properly.

What photos are they using? Photos of a man standing.

What headlines are they sharing? Health boss booked flight for woman,went to Las Vegas
.
Do you think it is factual website, or a  satirical website?It is a factual website.

The shovel.

What does the website look like? It looks properly layed out. 

What photos are they using?They are using photos of people dancing.

 What headlines are they sharing? Story's of the election

Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website? I do think it is a factual website.

Daily telegraph.

What does the website look like? Website looks real.

What photos are they using? Football Photos

What headlines are they sharing? Clive Palmer's party

Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website?I think it is a factual website.

Tuesday 5 February 2019

English,2019

 What aspects  of stories was she  (Andrea) interested in? Don't always take thing at face value.

What did the ad imply with the big diamond ring?

What is the subtext? Subtext is hidden messages in story's.

With CL, can each student have their own answer? yes you can all have your own answer.

What does Andrea compare CL to?she compared it to to wonder woman's lea sore of truth.

 How can CL,be applied to your life outside of school?

 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=aHAApvHZ6XE

What am i learning?I am learning to be more critical in reading and writing.

How does this work show my learning? It shows my work on how i can answer questions.

What am i wondering?i am wondering about the questions.