Chaotic car pollution! - Writing.

W.A.L.T Write and understand the features of an explanation.   

In room 2 we have been writing our writing tests. I wrote mine about electronic cars what are their power source, what do they need, and are they good for the environment? Here is my story, hope you like it :) 

Chaotic car pollution!

Fossil fuels are a big problem for our Earth. But are electric cars really the solution? Are diesel cars better?

Here is a different perspective on these chaotic cars! 

Have you ever wondered how you power an electric car? What's inside and how does it work? Let's start from the beginning. Electric cars get energy from something called lithium ion batteries, lithium ion batteries are located down below in the Earth's surface. That means in order to get these batteries you have to create a coal mine. Yes, Diesel and gas cars don't seem that bad but they dispose  fuels out into the air and that causes air pollution.  Here are some examples of electric cars: Volkswagen, Tesla's and last but not least EVs, EVs have the longest driving range ranked. Lithium ion batteries can only go up to 6 to 16 months and then you can't get rid of them then we have to dump them which causes even more pollution! Electric cars are not as green as we have been told. 

No need to freight yet! There is still hope. Specialists are trying to find a way to revive electric cars, by putting the batteries in a freezer for 24 hours. Hopefully this works! Electric cars can be improved here's how. Try to keep your speed under 60 mph whenever possible, go easy on the AC, not too hot and not too cold and drive cautiously. If you do this then your battery will last longer which means it reduces car pollution! If you can do this you can help our Planet. 

In conclusion, These chaotic cars are a problem that needs to be pointed out. Don't lose hope yet we can make electric cars work! Do you agree with this perspective? What do you think? Do you want an electric car? Or do you already own one? 

Simile!

W.A.L.T Use a simile in our writing! 

Today for writing I will be continuing on this or that slide. I have to finish the sentence I chose and use at least 1 simile. 

Here is the sentence: 

1.  You discover a trapdoor in your house. What lies beneath? 

Here is how I finished the sentence using similes. 

Here it is. Hope you like it?

1. You discover a trapdoor in your house. What lies beneath? I was so shocked like lightning had just struck where I was standing. Beneath lies a mysterious empty black dark room… 

 

Adjectives!

 W.A.L.T Add adjectives into our writing. 

Today for writing, we have to add adjectives to two sentences and finish them using adjectives, an adjective is a describing word like a noun. Here are the sentences: 

1. When I discovered there was treasure buried in the backyard I… 

2. You have 1000$ to spend. How will you spend it?

    

Here is how I finished the sentences using adjectives,

Hope you like it! 

1. When I discovered there was a treasure buried in the backyard I..

Screamed in excitement! 

2. You have 1000$ to spend. How will you spend it? I spend the money faster than a car! 

Perfect place in Lock down!

W.A.L.T Use adjectives. 

Today for writing using adjectives to describe our dream home to stay in Lock down. Instead of making a dream home I decided to use my home and describe what I love about my house!

Here it is, Hope you like it :) 

My House, 

My favourite thing about my house is the backyard. In my backyard I have a pool and a spa. I love to swim with my fun, friendly family, especially my big brother! On the inside of my house. I have lots of fun spending time in my  magical, music room.

 

Places you should visit in Christchurch!

 W.A.L.T Write a travel guide. 

Today for writing we  had to write a travel guide of fun places to visit in Christchurch. I made a google of 3 places I love to visit in Christchurch!

Here it is, Hope you like it :) 

 

Use onomatopoeia!

 W.A.L.T Use onomatopoeia!

Today for writing we had to write a story using onomatopoeia.  

Here is the story I wrote, I hope you like it!

The scary sleepover...

One night I was having a sleepover with my friends. Everyone arrived on time. As it became closer to 9 we all decided to watch a movie. We put the popcorn in the microwave and it started going POP, POP, POP We took the popcorn out of the microwave and went to watch the movie as we are 1 hour into the movie we heard BANG, BANG, BANG we decided to keep watching the movie and ignore. The movie was almost finished but I noticed something strange. There was a shadow by the door, as I slowly approached the shadow. BANG, BANG, BANG. AHHHH! I screamed. All my friends went home. I went to bed.. 

                                           The End.

Dear Harold,

 W.A.L.T Write a letter 

Today for writing, Harold wrote us a letter. Harold is a giraffe (not a real giraffe) and he teaches education and hygiene for your body! Harold visits once a year in a big van. In the van there are stars attached to the roof, they turn all different kinds of colours. Here is the letter Harold wrote to room 2, and below is the letter I'm writing back :) 

Hello My Friend,

I have been thinking of you all at home with your whānau. 

I hope you are all taking good care of each other.  I have been cleaning my room and found all sorts of things like my old racing car set under the bed.  It’s something I haven’t played with for ages! 

I have also been drawing pictures for my friends and my favourite educator!

What have you been doing? Send me an email anytime.

 

Love Harold

Dear Harold, 

Hello Harold, it's Lexi! I hope you are doing okay in the lock down and that I hope you are safe. This lock down My best friend Dakota and I  have signed up for a musical, Matilda the musical. I have also been swimming in my pool with my family. Have you ever been swimming before? I have been helping my mum with stuff at home, and last night I watched two movies with my parents! 

Hope your safe and well, 

Sincerely Lexi. 

Matilda musical!

Matilda Musical!

Today, Instead of doing the home  activity guide I am going to write  a story about what I have been doing over lock down! Recently my best friend (Dakota) and I have signed up for the award winning Broadway musical, Matilda the musical. My audition is on the 18th of September and the show is next year in May, 

I'm so happy I get to do this amazing opportunity with my Best friend. This is the link to Dakota's blog!

Matilda is a smart young girl who loves books but her family Mr and Mrs.          Wormwood  and Matilda's brother Micheal don't appreciate Matilda. As Matilda grows up she discovers an amazing talent...

Writing!

 W.A.L.T Make comparisons! 

Today for writing, We had to watch this video about how people survive In Antarctica and see if any of the things that they do in Antarctica and see if we did any of the stuff they do and see if we did it at camp. 

Here are my differences. I hope you like them!

My differences: 

The weather was a huge difference. At camp the weather was sunny and it was so hot, but in Antarctica it is freezing cold!

At camp we had toilets that flush but in Antarctica they have to pee and poop in a bucket! 

Free writing!

 W.A.L.T Use the new figures of speech we have learnt. 

Today for writing we were able to make up a story. But we had to include similes, alliteration and hyperbole.  Here is my story! Can you spot my simile, alliteration and hyperbole? 

Lost in the woods…

My name is Lexi. I live in a house with my Mum, Dad and my Obnoxious brother Axl, Axl is as annoying as a 2 year old and as loud as an Elephant! One day my Dad says let's go for a walk! I said Okay! We all agreed to go for a walk except Axl (as usual) but it wasn't really his choice. We grabbed our drink bottles and we went to the forest. 

Everything is going well so far. As we walk across a crooked, cold, creepy path I feel a shiver run down my spine. I saw a bench so I sat down. ´Mum , Dad´ Where are you? I said, They were GONE. I noticed something weird in the trees, Anyone here? I said twice and got no response…

As I approached the tree I noticed something on the right hand side of the tree. It was a mini door. There was that shiver again. I felt like something or someone was watching me. Hello, Anyone here? I said as my voice was cracking and shaking. 

I got close to the door very slowly. I kick the door something telepathically says: GO AWAY OR ELSE.. Or else what? I said. It said again GO AWAY OR ELSE… This time it was dark, cold, and mysterious not to mention creepy. The shiver up my spine was getting stronger and so was the wind. 

I started shaking. I ran, ran and ran as fast as I could and I never EVER went back…

                                                   The End. 

Writing Hyperbole!

 W.A.L.T Use hyperbole's in our writing! 

Today for writing we have to come up with a Hyperbole to summarise our day. A hyperbole is simply just exaggerating with a twist, Here is an example of a hyperbole: I am so hungry I could eat horse! 

Here is the Hyperbole I made, Hope you like it!

I ate to much food I feel like im gonna explode! 

Blog comment!

 W.A.L.T Write a positive,thoughtful and helpful blog comment. 

Today for writing we had to write a blog comment on someones blog, I chose Dakotas blog. The reason I chose Dakotas blog is because I liked how she was sharing her comment she wrote on Emilees blog. I liked how Dakota was Positive, thoughtful, and helpful, Kai Pai Dakota!

Here is the comment I wrote on Dakotas blog, Hope you like it!

Kia Ora Dakota, My name is Lexi from New Brighton Catholic school. I like how you were positive too Emilee and giving her some helpful feed back, Kai Pai. Maybe next time you could explain more about what your doing :)

Sincerely Lexi!  

Alliteration story!

 W.A.L.T Use alliteration, 

Today we had to do a 15 minute quick story inspired by this picture! 

Here is my story! Hope you like it :)

The fierce, frightening Zoo! 

One day I was walking to the brilliant,big zoo with brave and courageous staff feeding the fierce, frightening animals, We had to stay a metre away from all animals at all times even the fast, friendly and foolish farm animals. As I was walking up to the Zoo not knowing what would be waiting for me on the other side, One man yells ´´There making a run for it!, another man yells  ´Watch out´´ As their driving to me I scream at the top of my lungs ´´ Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!´ I quickly jump out of the way I see a van with animals inside and on the top! as they zoom of into the distance. ´Ím gonna get a glass of cold, cold water´I said  Completely ignoring what I had just seen. The animals were never seen again and the Zoo got shut down. The End     

Alliteration Poem!

 W.A.L.T Use alliteration,

Today I did some writing work and we had to: Make a poem using alliteration! Here is my poem, I hope you like it. 

Alliteration poem!

Barry is a bunny but a brilliant one he buries  bones and likes to have fun, he loves bananas and baseball and bright sunny days he hopes that his broken beaten baseball hat will get fixed some time today!

Emma Twigg!

 Emma Twigg! 

Today we had a special V.I.P come to NBC her name is Emma Twigg,  Emma is a Olympic gold medallist in the single scull rowing! Emma represents New Zealand and we are so lucky to have Emma Twigg come to join us today we sang the national anthem and  a wonderful performance of the kapahaka .  Emma  talked about that if you have a dream you should never give up. Emma inspired us to reach our impossible and follow our dreams nothing is impossible if you work hard enough never give up!

Thank you for inspiring us Emma!

 

Limericks!

 W.A.L.T Write limericks! 

In room 2 we have been learning about writing limerick poems. We worked in buddies my buddy Is Emilee, we could chose between multiple characters for our limericks we chose Belle. Hope you like it!

Report Writing NBC

 W.A.L.T Write informative reports.

In room 2 we have been researching our school New Brighton Catholic school (NBC).

We went around the school searching for facts and things we not have known before,

interviewed Ms Daines (The principal)  I enjoyed writing these reports because we learnt different things about the schools history.

Check out my full report linked here.

 

Should Charlie be in Room 2 for the day?

 Lexi Howse,                                                               Room 2,                                           

NBC 

28th August 2020

Dear Miss Pownall,

I strongly believe that Charlie should come into Room 2 for the day. Reason 1, Charlie can be used as a learning tool and can be used as a reward to make us work hard. Reason 2, Everyone gets stressed from time to time but it might be nice to have a calming dog there to comfort us. Reason 3, who wouldn't love to have a dog in the classroom? They are adorable! Studies have also shown that dogs Love meeting new people.

Firstly, Charlie can be a learning tool and can be used as a reward. An example from my own life is In Lock down my Dad would say finish your work and then we can go out for a the dogs . That's an example of a reward. 

Secondly, Everyone can get stressed anytime and any way. He might be very helpful for people who might be feeling stressed or upset. I remember when my dog  made me feel better when I was worried about cross country.

Finally, Every dog is comforting, supportive and of course Adorable! Who wouldn't love to have a cute furry little monster in the classroom for the day?   

In conclusion, I strongly believe that Room 2 should have a dog in the class for the day that is my persuasive letter. Do you think Room 2 should have a dog in the classroom? 

Sincerely,  Lexi Howse 

Why all children should not have pets.

W.A.L.T To write a persuasive text 

All children should 

             Not have pets 

  I strongly believe that all children should not have pets. 

   I state three reasons why not all children should have pet reason one  They take up all of your attention reason  two They are expensive 

  Plus the stuff you need to buy for them reason three. Some dogs are very vicious and not suitable for families. 

Firstly,

 Say you were going out for dinner or going out with the whole family you would have to leave the dog home alone 

It has a lot of responsibility to have a pet and takes up 

Most of your time think before you buy. 

 

Secondly,

They are expensive and plus having to buy all the proper 

Equipment or care that a dog needs i believe it's bad for all 

Children to have pets

Thirdly,

They are vicious and sometimes not suitable for families even if you have a small child and a vicious dog that wouldn't go down 

Well. 

In conclusion,

I strongly believe not all children should NOT have pets this is

My persuasive writing of why all children should NOT have pets. Do you think all children should have pets?  

Tuatara

The Tuatara

This week we have been learning to write an explanation about animal life cycles, we had to pick animal and we got the tuatara. we had to write about them on google docs.stage one is the Egg stage two is the hatch-ling stage three Juvenile stage 4 is adult.  what went well was I used technical language and was proud of myself for learning new words. My next step would probably be working on my punctuation. Have you ever written about a animals life cycle.

Tuatara life cycle

Have you ever wondered how a Tuataras life cycle works?  well today I am going to tell you. 

Stage 1 The Egg 

When a female Tuatara lays its Eggs is laid in the soil in the ground an egg stays in the deep  burrow for 12 to 15 months before hatching. The eggs are soft and leathery when born.when an egg is warm it is a female and if the eggs are cold it is  a male.when the baby tuatara is just born it is born with three eyes. 

Stage 2 the Hatchling 

when a tuatara reaches a hatchling it loses its third eye because the scales cover over it when the tuatara becomes a hatchling over time the mum leaves it to defend themselves the length of a hatchling tuatara gets up to 12-15cm long for the first 15 years it starts being called a Juveniles.

Stage 3 Juveniles 

When a hatchling reaches Juvenile the Juveniles only hunt in the day because adults hunt at night and will kill the Juvenile tuatara Juveniles is not when they mate or have babies 

Stage 4 Adult 

Adult tuataras are 45-60cm an  Adult tuatara only hibernates in the winter to avoid cold weather tuataras have been around since dinosaurs they eat beetles,crickets,spiders,frogs,lizards and birds 

thats how a tuataras life cycle works.