Hello readers, today I colored in an art in my laptop. This is just a teaser for my Summer Learning Journey activities and I will be posting more!. Here is the art that I colored in:
I thought night time was only the time of the day that is scary. But today In the morning I know that I’m alone in my house but I hear a voice coming from my closet. I went under the pillow and thought if I would open it or not. Five minutes had passed and I still didn't know what to do, I came up and opened the closet door and there was nothing. I closed the closet door and I started hearing scratching from under my bed. I looked below and saw a black cat, I grabbed it and calmly laid it down on the lawn. I went back inside and I saw that the closet door opened, I was frightened. But I just thought that I left it open, I went back to bed and fell asleep. I woke up at 1 am because I heard something scratching in the closet door. I got up and went to the bathroom and washed my face.
I thought to myself that it would clear my mind then suddenly I saw a black figure in the mirror. I went downstairs and went to the kitchen, I made food I thought 5 minutes passed but when I looked at the clock it was 2 am. I watched tv then I felt a cold breeze on my neck. I looked behind me and then I heard voices coming from my bedroom. I went up slowly to my bedroom and saw the closet door opening up with a purple dead hand grabbing the door. The thing had me running downstairs in fear as I ran for the door and a cold hand grabbed my ankles and dragged me up the stairs and into the closet.
I woke up, I was on my bed, maybe it was all just a dream. I was so tired when I went to work I felt like I was going to fall asleep but that's when I notice that black cat again waiting in the window looking at me, someone touched me on my shoulder I got a fright my work mate said “are you ok, you seem a little bit sleepy” I replied “ya, I had this weird dream about something” he told me that it will be alright. 5 pm in the afternoon I finished work I sat in my car for a bit. I fell asleep then I felt a cold breeze again, maybe it was the same thing that I saw in my dream
. I turned around to find that there was nothing but I saw a letter there was a fingerprint. It was dark red blood with a name my work mate named Benjamin then out of nowhere a body came flying out of the building onto the front of my car I screamed. I saw Benjamin getting pushed by something, his eyes were pitch black like something sucked the life out of him. I looked around and saw a black figure on the roof. I thought that it was the thing that pushed Benjamin off the building. I felt really furious, everything was going so fast. I didn't know what to do, I woke up in my car Benjamin was knocking on my window asking what are you doing I was so sweaty then I said that I'm going home. I left work wondering why I’m having these dreams.
I went home sitting in my car. Thinking If I go inside or not I said to myself if I go inside I’m going to fall asleep and have another dream I can’t stand to have then any more. I sat in my car thinking of what I should do, then a taping started happening at the back of my car window. I looked behind me to see the black figure again. It's hair was long and gross like it has not cleaned herself in decades. It had a dress that was long and ripped. She started to scratch the roof of the car, a hand came from the roof and grabbed my neck. It started to choke me and I could not breath. An old woman came out of her house with a rolling pin and yelled at the thing it groaned back and ran to it slit his throat. The old woman’s eyes went pitch black like Benjamin's eyes did in my dream.
Hello readers today I'm going to be making a new blog post about Reading. This period we are doing book reviews, we are going to writing summaries about our books and there are some questions for us. We need to write a paragraph by at least 6 to 8 sentences. We need proper punctuations and we need to share our ideas sensibly.
The title of my Book is Freak The Mighty, Freak the Mighty is the two kids which is Kevin and Max. They made a group name and they called themselves Freak The Mighty. The Authors name is Rodman Philbrick, it's my first time reading one of his books and I already like it. I selected Freak The Mighty novel because I thought the book cover was interesting, not only that the book cover was interesting, it already showed the 2 main characters. On the back of the book it says " Killer Kane Killer Kane Has a Kid With No Brain" It hooked me more up because of this.
Overall, I think the book is one of the coolest Book I've ever read, this is because there are some dramatic parts that is really for Year 7&8s. My favorite part of the book is the first page, it said something like " I had no brain until Freak comes by and let me borrow his". The Characters were Freak the Mighty which is Kevin and Max. They are the main characters. I really recommend this book because it is really for your year level. I think blog readers would enjoy this book. Here is a picture of the book and the author.
I hope you liked and blog post and please give me some feedback about my writing.
Hello readers today I'm going to be making a new blog post about why we should stop using gasoline? My team recorded me reading my short speech about why we should stop using gasoline. Something that I enjoyed was working with a group that I don't really work a lot with. I also liked it when there is not much people listening to me just my group. I overcome reading my speech by thinking that I was just playing around but I still tried. I learnt that I pronounced the other words wrong. When I read my speech I got 3 to 4 words wrong but I re read it and make it right. Persuasive writing is convincing your readers about your writing. Like why we should stop using gasoline which is what I did. Here is my recorded speech and I hope you like it:
Hello readers today I'm going to be making a new blog post about Chelsea Bremner, she is a very good rugby player. We get to read an article and answer this questions.
What are some of the key points in this article? They are called the Royal Angels, and the Canterbury stars.
List at least 5 key words in the article, Rule, game, interesting, tackle, technique.
In what ways is Miss Bremner a positive role model for us? She is in a really good team, She teaches schools like HHS how to play rugby and she gives them tips.
What is Chelsea Bremner's team name?
Hello readers today I'm going to be making a new blog post about Kids Fun Run.
How much money do you want to fundraise? I wanted to raise at least 10 dollars, so that I can help for the kids fun run .
How will you encourage people to donate to you? I will be sharing my fun run account to social medias like, Facebook.
Do you have a particular prize you are working towards? I really don't want anything from the prizes, I just wanted to do the fun run.
Explain in your own words what the fundraising money is going to support. We are supporting kids can which is a charity that helps kids.
Hello readers today I'm going to make a new blog post about Coastal wolves. On our wananga activity board there are some questions.
Why are some animals at risk of extinction? Some of the animals are in the risk of extinction because they lose their habitat. People cut down trees, some people over fish and now there is not much fish left.
How does their environment vary from other wolves? They live beside rivers or any places with water source.
What are their threats and how do they need our protection? Humans, humans are their threat. Some of the people think they need to kill the coastal wolves because they are wild.
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Hello readers, Today I'm going to be picking 10 words from the book and make sentences with them.
1. Unicorn, A unicorn is an a animal with 1 horn on its head.
2. Tubiliferous, Her hair is Tubiliferous its almost perfect.
3. Zed, Zed Is saying Z - ZEE for England.
4. Cigarette. He is smoking a cigarette it is bad for them.
5. Round table, a round table is a table used by high ranked people like the kings and queens. Its where they have Feasts.
6. Brain, A brain is a sponge it absorbs knowledge.
7. Butthead. Someone that is being a bad to people .
8. Armor. The king is wearing a golden armor.
9. Allergy. He has an allergy of nuts, when he eats nuts he gets ices.
10. Dictionary. A dictionary is a book with words that explains what they mean.
Please comment on my blog post and give me some feedback about my sentences.
Hello readers, today I'm going to make a new blog post about Freak The Mighty. We have been reading this novel for 7 weeks and now we are finally finished. On our Fast finisher tasks we need to write a letter to Mr. Rodman Philbrick. Here is the letter that I wrote; November, 23, 2020
Dear Mr. Rodman Philbrick,
My name is Alex and I’m a student from Hornby High School. When I first read your book it was really interesting because I was still knowing who or which are the characters. We spent 7 weeks reading your novel and now we are finally done. Now that we know all of the characters really well we understand the book. When I finished the book I felt good because it's my first time finishing one of your books. I really wanted to ask you a question, why did you think of making the story Freak The Mighty. Rather than writing stories, what other jobs do you do?
Alex
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Hello readers and listeners, today I'm going to make a new blog post about Freak the Mighty. I chose a passage on the book and read it while recording. Reading while recording was challenging because I didn't want to get my pronunciation wrong. I picked the passage because I think it has a theme or moral. It might help you for your future. Here is my recording:
Hello readers today I'm going to be making a new blog post about gymnastics. We have been doing gymnastics for 4 weeks and we learnt a lot of skills. If was my first time doing gymnastics and I failed a lot. Now that I know how to do some tricks we did front flips, back flips, tuck jumps and we did a circle on the bars.
Hello readers today I'm going to be making a new blog post about why we should stop using gasoline?. I made a short speech about it and I hope you like it.
SPEECH Alex Bernal Yr 8
Do you think we should stop using gasoline? Hello awesome people my name is Alex and today I will be presenting a speech about why we should stop using gasoline.
Vehicles use gasoline so the engine would run, when gasoline burns it releases gases like carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides. These cause air pollution.
Oxygen is one of the best treatments when you are exposed to gasoline. Breathing a little amount of gasoline might cause illnesses, headaches, breathing problems, and maybe death.
There are 1.4 billion cars here in the world, not everyone needs cars, we can use other transportations like biking, scootering, hybrid and electric vehicles.
People should make better choices. If we keep using cars we all might die because of air pollution. We use 384 million gallons of gasoline each day. Petrol is not just for engines, they are also used to make vehicle tires , nail polish, sport car bodies and more.
Using electric powered vehicles doesn’t do anything to the earth, it doesn't cause pollution. Electric powered vehicles will save you more money, you will get less car sick.
You can also use hybrid cars, they use very little amount of gasoline and you can use them electrically. Even if they use gasoline, it won’t affect the world as much. We can use hybrid cars while we are still producing electric ones.
Thank you for listening to my speech. I hope you decide to buy an electric cars in the future.
Alex
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Hello readers today I'm going to make a new blog post about Diwali, Diwali is an Indian culture. I made a DLO and put facts about Diwali in it. Here is my DLO I hope you like it:
Hello readers today I'm going to be making a new blog post about Child Poverty. I made a really sad DLO about it. Here it is:
Hello readers today I finished up reading all the chapters for Freak the Mighty and now I'm doing the fast finisher task. Our fast finisher task is making the book cover for Freak the Mighty. I get to work with my friend Angus and we need to make it look better. The book cover is very detailed Its Max and Kevin, Kevin is carrying Max on his back while looking at the sunset. Here is what we made I hope you like it! :
Hello readers today I'm going to be making a new blog post about why we should stop using gasoline?. I made a short speech about it and I hope you like it. Here it is: Do you think we should stop using gasoline? Hello awesome people my name is Alex and today I will be presenting a speech about why we should stop using gasoline.
Vehicles use gasoline so the engine would run, when gasoline burns it releases gases like carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides. These cause air pollution. Oxygen is one of the best treatments when you are exposed to gasoline. Breathing a little amount of gasoline might cause illnesses, headaches, breathing problems, and maybe death.
There are 1.4 billion cars here in the world, not everyone needs cars, we can use other transportations like biking, scootering, hybrid and electric vehicles. People should make better choices. If we keep using cars we all might die because of air pollution.
We use 384 million gallons of gasoline each day. Petrol is not just for engines, they are also used to make vehicle tires , nail polish, sport car bodies and more. Using electric powered vehicles doesn’t do anything to earth, it doesn't cause pollution. Electric powered vehicles will save you more money, you will get less car sick. You can also use hybrid cars, they use very little gasoline and you can use them electrically. Even if they use gasoline, it won’t affect the world that much. We can use hybrid cars while we are still producing electric ones.
Thank you for listening to my speech. I hope you decide to buy electric cars in the future.
This is my speech, writing this speech is challenging because we needed to do a lot of research. I was also exciting because I really like making persuasive writing, which is like hooking people up about your writing.
Please comment on my blog post and give me some feedback a about my speech.
Coastal Wolves, Hello readers today I'm going to make a new blog post and it is going to be about coastal wolves.
Hey Guys, today I'm going to make a new blog post about Freak The Mighty. We read chapter 17 to 20, and now we are doing our weekly tasks. Our weekly task is in Chapter 17 Killer Kane confides in Max (pg. 101-102).
How would you describe the emotions he is feeling? Killer was feeling scared, sad and angry.
Why is he feeling this way? Killer is feeling this way because he said, These people stole my life, they took years away from me. He was blamed that he did all the crime. I think Killer Kane is a really good man because of the way he talks. Even if he looks this way, he is a good guy ."I Kenneth Davin Kane, do swear by all that's Holy that I did not murder this boys mother. And if that isn't the truth, may god strike me dead"
What is the conflict between Killer Kane and Loretta? Killer Kane tried to kill Loretta because he was conscious for Kevin. Kevin doesn't know the Killer Kane is his dad, but killer Kane knows that Kevin is he's son. It says on the book that Killer Kane Killer Kane, Had a kid with no brain.
Who are these characters? The characters are Kevin's dad and Loretta is a woman that Max and Kevin helped.
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Hello readers today I'm going to make a new blog post about freak the mighty. We have been reading this book for three weeks and we have to answer the questions from the book.
Where does freak
Where does Freak lead Max on their latest adventure? Max to a part of the hospital that is labeled Medical Research.
How does Freak feel when they arrive? Max felt excited when they arrived.
How can Max tell that Freak feels this way? Because he kept touching his on excitement.
Hello readers today I'm going to be making a new blog post about Freak The Mighty. We need to make some questions to what we have read on chapters 10 to 12. My questions are: Where is the treasure located?, Did they spread dirt on their faces?, Where does the poor people live?. Please comment on my blog post and give me some feedback about my questions.
Hello readers today I'm going to be making a new blog post about Art. We have been learning about abstract art. Abstract art doesn't represent anything in reality but it might represent how you feel. What I have learnt on abstract art was, texture, cross hatching, drawing lines and drawing geometrical shapes. I think that abstract art is really fun because you are letting your feelings out and drawing or painting it. Please comment on my blog post and give me some feedback about my writing.
Hello readers today we have been learning about abstract art, abstract art are arts that means a lot but doesn't look like anything else you've seen. Some kinds of abstract arts are painting or drawing things about what you feel. We watched a video about abstract arts, the arts we're made by famous artists. But it didn't look that great. But when we knew the story about abstract art we we're amazed. My favourite part was colouring in my drawing. An advice that I can give you about abstract art is closing your eyes and try to draw what you feel. Here is what I did:
Please comment on my blog post and give me some feedback about writing. Do you think abstract art is interesting?.
Make a copy of this quiz. Share this in your Hurmanu 2 folder.
Highlight the correct answer for each question.
When you are finished, work with someone in your novel group to check your answers.
Hint: The chapters are indicated for each question to help you find the correct answer.
Chapter 6:
This is the first Fourth of July that Max
A has a friend to come with him to the fireworks show
B doesn’t have to go to the show with his grandparents
C is not sad about not being with his mother
D is not worried about getting home too late
When Max says that he starts “to get real cold inside,” which word best describes how he is feeling?
A concerned
B nervous
C excited
D terrified
Which literary element does Max use to describe the sights and sounds of the firework show?
A onomatopoeia
B metaphor
C psychological realism
D simile
Which sentence best describes Freak’s actions when Max puts him on his shoulders?
A He is self-conscious because he thinks he is too old to be on Max’s shoulders.
B He wants to leave the show because the loud noises hurt his ears.
C He is a little unsteady at first, but he’s quite enthusiastic once the show starts.
D He thanks Max for finally using his vast size for a worthy cause.
Match the following:
1. Max __D__ A. Kevin’s mother
2. Kevin __B__ B. Very smart, fierce eyes
3. Grim __E__ C. Max’s grandmother
4. Gram __C__ D. Big, narrator of the story
5. Gwen __A__ E. Max’s grandfather
Chapters 6-8
1. Where did Kevin and Max go in order to escape Blade and his gang?
A) They ran towards a police car.
B) They ran into the pond.
C) They ran into the nearest house.
2. How were Kevin and Max finally saved from Tony D?
A) Kevin got the attention of the police by whistling.
B) Grim came running and scared to gang away.
C) Fair Gwen drove up in her car and scared the gang.
3. How did Grim and Gram treat Max differently after the pond situation?
A) They were proud because he took care of himself and Kevin.
B) They grounded him because he should not have gone to see the fireworks in the first place.
C) They were so happy that he was safe that they bought him a bunch of new toys.
4. What is an example of an effect of Max’s disability?
Max is tall.
Max has trouble reading.
Max has difficulty walking.
5. According to Kevin, what will the doctors do for him in the
building?
A) They will create robotic parts for his body.
B) They will make his organs (heart, lungs, etc.) smaller.
C) Kevin will have his tonsils removed.
Hello readers, today I'm doing my fast finisher work. I need to do this Writing Activity: What does Max mean in Ch 5. (pg 18) when he says, “There’s a place I go inside my head sometimes.” Why is he going to that place? I think he goes there after he sees Gwen, when he goes there it's cool and dim and you float like a cloud. He is thinking about her because he likes her.
Can you personally relate to what Max is talking about here? No. Why or why not? Because he is not talking properly and saying a lot of things like, cool, dim, floating. Fair Gwen went away and I think that he was just thinking about her. I thought this because it says on the books that "Max likes Fair Gwen"
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Hello readers today we are finishing off our Hur2 and Hur4 Tasks. I have finished all the tasks and this is my last one. This last task is our week 2 independent tasks, In our work some of the character on the story are the characters that we haven't met. That is why my work is not full. Here is my work:
