How to learn Indonesian

Science Fair 2013

Task

Write a recount of your Science Fair project last year under the headings. Be brief and summarise. One or two sentences on each:

Aim - To see what hair brand is the best.

Hypothesis - I think  silky  shampoo and conditioners are better than ordinary shampoo and conditioner because the silky shampoo and conditioner just have more harsh chemicals designed to clean hair.

Introduction - 

                                 
I am a girl, and like most girls I want my hair to feel soft, shiny and smooth. Most of the popular hair brands are more expensive than the less used hair brands, but is the price worth paying? Do these more expensive products really make our hair softer, shinier and smoother?  

Equipment & Method -Pantene Shampoo and Conditioner Nourished shine

Pantene Shampoo and Conditioner Classic clean
Sunsilk Shampoo and Conditioner Frizz & weather defence
Sunsilk Shampoo and Conditioner Addictive brilliant shine
Water

Results - My findings show that  Sunsilk Frizz & Weather Defence was the best brand for making your hair soft and silky is because it feels so soft and it lasts for up to four day.

The worst worst brand was Pantene Shampoo and Conditioner Classic clean because it didn't feel that soft and only lasted 2 day!

I also noticed that Sunsilk Addictive  Brilliant Shine was pretty good too because  it also lasted up to 4 days.

Conclusion - It was a good first science fair.

Now answer these questions

What did you do well last year? I got all the brands I needed and finished on time.

What did you find difficult last year? Typing all the information onto my laptop and getting everything onto the science fair board.

Look through the Science Fair Tab - How does the type of water you feed a plant affect its growth?

Find 2 possible topics - How does the type of water you feed a plant affect its growth?

Babbel

Go to the Room 42 blog. Select one of the videos on how to learn languages. Watch it. Go to the site. Select your language. On your blog post, report how to say it.

The site I am using is babbel and Ill will be doing this post on Polish.

Hello - Cześć!

Goodbye -

Thank you - Dziękuję!

Count from 0. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

My name is….

Give 5 pieces of basic information about your chosen country.

Royal Visit 2014

Task

Write a short summary of the current Royal visit to NZ. Begin each paragraph with a question heading. Answer your questions in full sentences. About 2-3 sentence answers for each question heading.

                           Here is a photo of the royal visit 2014 with Prince George.



Were where the royals seen first?
They flew into wellington first and meet with John Key.

Why did the royals visit New Zealand?
To show everyone the new Prince and just have a look at New Zealand.

How long are the Royals staying for?
They are staying for one week, they will be visiting Christchurch, Wellington, Blenheim and More.

Were are they staying?
the Royal family are staying at the luxurious Wharekauhau Lodge in Palliser Bay.

Something Faulty

Orcon
PO Box 302362
North Harbour
Auckland 0751
NEW ZEALAND
Tuesday 15th April

Dear Orcon Company,

Lately the internet has been slow and it bugs me when I am trying to go on youtube or do homework the reason why it is slow is because it doesn't load and it says the internet cannot connect which is really annoying for me.
It would be very appreciated l if you could help me and my family with this problem and make the internet faster. 

We have had internet from your company for 2 years now and it has just recently been very slow.
I expect you to come round to my house and fix this problem pronto, take out our old internet box and give us a new one or give us free internet for a month.


Your Sincerely,

Joy Mitchell

Poetry

How to learn German on Babbel

McDonald's receipt tattoo

Use the article above to answer the following questions. Write both the questions and answers down in 
your book.

1. Who is the main person or group of people in this news article?  Stian Ytterdahl  and this 

group of friends √

2. What was the key event from the news article? The guy has a tattoo of a McDonald's recipe on his

arm. √

3. Where did this event take place? In Norwegian. √

4. When did this event take place?  It took place on the 1st of april. √

5. Why did this event happen? This friends talked him into it. √

Use the article above to answer the following questions. Write both the questions and answers down in 

your book. 

1. Find a quote from the main person in this news article? Stian Ytterdahl, will now never forget his latest trip to McDonalds. √

2. In your own words describe what happened in this news article. Stian Ytterdahl friends talked him into getting a tattoo, he had a choice of a barbie tattoo or his McDonald's recipe he choice the McDonald's tattoo. √

3. Find out where this event took place and include some information about this place.

It took place in Norway in a local town. 

4. Tell us when this event happened and explain what might happen in the future.

It happened on april the 1st 2014 and in the future people might not hire him because they will think he is immature. √

5. Explain in your own words why this event took place.

Because his friends were jealous that he was getting all the girls. √

6. Use the Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner to find the meaning of 3 words from the article.

1.permanent 

adj. lasting, enduring, perpetual; regular; fixed, invariable √

n. chemical process for permanently curling hair

2. cheeseburger 

n. hamburger with a slice of cheese (usually served in a roll) √

n. cheeseburger, hamburger with a slice of cheese

3. meal 

n. repast; regular time of day when food is eaten; food eaten at regular times during the day; feast; flour, coarsely ground grain √

The School kids Rap by Josh Foster

There is a really good site to help you read a good poem:
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/p180-howtoread.html

tip 1: Just read like you are reading to yourself but out loud.
tip 2: Make eye contact with your audience.
tip 3: Look at the audience when you speak.
tip 4: Make your voice clear so the audience can hear you clearly.

Chinese Tones

Answer these questions:

What is pinyin? Pinyin are words with tone marks.

Chinese is a tonal language. What does this mean? There are different tones in the Chinese language.

How many tones are there? There are 4 tones.

Describe how your voice changes for each tone

Tone 1 High flat sound

Tone 2 Rising sound

Tone 3 Down and up

Tone 4 Down (angry)

Finish this sentence: Chinese characters don’t show how words should sound.

What does ba (tone 1) mean? Tone 1 means 8.

What does ba (tone 4) mean? Tone 4 means the number Dad.

Homework Poem

Winter Wonderland

fireplace

toasty, hot 

knit, imagine, yawn 

warming  

Student Led Conferences

Today I had my student led conference it was a good conference I hope that my next student led conference is better thought. The conference lasted for about 15 minutes and we talked about our learning and how we are doing compared to the national stranded. And the conference was in our classrooms luckily as soon as we left it started to pour down with rain so it was lucky that we did not get wet!  

Homonyms

Task

There, they’re and their. Research and find out when you should use these 3 homonyms.

When should you use there? - A location for example: if you said to somebody look over there.

When should you use their? - If it belongs to them for example: Their cat is cute.

When should you use they're? - They are example: they,re great at drawing.

Give 2 of your OWN example sentences for each.

Cent - Cent is a coin for example: yesterday I brought a 50 cent lolly.

Sent - Sent is the smell of something for example: that sent on you smells very nice.

My score for the exercise was 100%
Here is the link if you want to try it out: http://www.better-english.com/easier/theyre.htm

Mini Dialogues

Have a look at these very short stories. They are from Twitter which allows you only 140 characters (including spaces). Write 3 stories in 140 characters or less. If you have extra time, you can make your stories look like actual tweets.


1. there was once a three year old, It was the day before easter when I heard a car pull up my drive way and the next morning all the chocolate was gone until I found it all.

2. Once upon a time there was a girl called sappy, one day she saw a pretty shell on the beach and took it home, the next day her parents...

3. I went to my friends birthday party and brought then some chopsticks but then realised they had not hands.

Chinese Knowledge

Answer these questions

How many Chinese characters are there altogether? 50,000.

How many characters does an educated person know? 8,000.

How old are Chinese characters? around 5,000 years old.

Why are some Chinese characters called pictographs? because they come from pictures.

What 2 characters join together to make ‘good’? 好.

What 2 characters join together to make ‘television’? 话 视.

Facts and Opinion's

How can you tell the difference between fact and opinion?

Write 3 facts and 3 opinions about one of these topics:

- Frogs

- Roses

- Coca Cola

A fact is something that is true and an opinion is what you think for example: I think that cat is fluffy (which is an opinion.)

My three facts about Roses:

They make perfume

They have lots of petals.

They have spikes on the stalk.

Three opinions about Roses:

They smell nice.

They are pretty.

They have lots of colours.

SoundCloud Test

Favourite Website

My favourite computer website is FlappyBird because it is a cool game to play if you are bored, when you play it on the computer you just have to keep pressing down the space bar to get through the poles and it you hit a pole you die then you just play it again! you can either play normal or hard on the computer.

Link to FlappyBird

Kia kaha

Kia Kaha Lesson 1

2. Types of bulling:
Physical
Verbal
Sexual Bullying
Gesture
Pear Pressing
School Bulling
Disability Bullying
Cyber bulling
Isolation
Signs
Threatening
Social Bullying
Parental Bullying
Legal Bullying
Gay Bullying
Relationship
Humiliation bullying

What is bullying?
Power and control
Repeated
To hurt our feelings or body

Airplane Disaster

 Write 10 questions to research about the airplane disaster which has been in the news lately.

1. How many people were on the plane?      Answer: 239 people onboard.

2  What flight number was the plane?            Answer: Flight 370

3. What airline was the plane?                       Answer: Malasia Airlines.

4. Have they found the plane yet?                 Answer: No.

5.  When did the flight start?                         Answer: March the 8th 2014.

6. Where was the flight going to?                  Answer: Beijing.

7. How did the disaster happened ?              Answer: There was a problem with the plane so they turned round and fell.

8. Where did it go missing?                         Answer: Over the Gulf of Thailand.

9. What would their families be thinking?    Answer: Who crashed the plane and how did it start.

10. How many crew members were there?    Answer: 12 crew members in total.

Difference between year 7 and 8

Create a venn diagram which compares being a Year 8 to being a Year 7.

year 8 same year 7


In year 8 you have more work do to. We both have camp. Homework is more relaxed.
You have a better camp in year 8. We both do Rimu house- You have to be at stage 3A at the end of
Homework is harder. swimming sports. the year.
You have more trips. You don't have as many camp activities
In year 8 the teachers are more strict. We both have laptops. as a year 7.
In year 8 everything is more competitive.
You have to be at stage 4P at the end
of year 8.

Photo editing

6 People Fined For Not Wearing A Life Jacket

Use the article above to answer the following questions. Write both the questions and answers down in your book.

1. Who is the main person or group of people in this news article? Mr Norman the hawke's bay harbour  minister. and the 6 people that got fined $300.

2. What was the key event from the news article? That 6 people got fined for not wearing a life jacket.

3. Where did this event take place? At the Hawke's bay harbour.

4. When did this event take place? Some time on the first week of march.

5. Why did this event happen? To warn people to wear life jackets so they don't get fined.



Use the article above to answer the following questions. Write both the questions and answers down in your book.

1. Find a quote from the main person in this news article?

Mr Norman insists that he does not want the safe record Hawke’s Bay has to be ruined by irresponsible behaviour.

 

2. In your own words describe what happened in this news article.

Six people got fined and Mr Norman does not want the harbours good record to be ruined by the irresponsible people that are not wearing life jackets. 

When to use too and to

a) Too is a word which is often confused with to. Research to find out when we should use too. (Too has two meanings, what are they?) Explain in your own words in your post. 

You use too when you are indicating something extra.
For example: You were told too turn off the lights.

You use to when referencing a direction or recipient of an action.
For example: We need to go shopping.

b) Write four sentences using too. Two for each meaning.

Today I went too the zoo.
To be or not to be.
My little brother wanted some too.
Go to swimming.

c) Find 3 sites which have activities or games for practising the use of too. Add the links into your post.

To and Too Quiz
Preview Quiz
 to too

Blog Post Apostrophes

- What are the 2 times to use an apostrophe? When you shorten a word and when it is a pension of someones.

- When should you use an apostrophe of possession? When the sentence say "Thats"

- Where does it go in a sentence? I can't go home today because I don't want to.

- When should you NOT use an apostrophe of possession? If it doesn't belong to someone.

- When should you use an apostrophe of contraction? If you want to shorten a word for example: you are a great friend - You're a great friend.

- Why do we use apostrophe of contractions? So we can shorten words.

- Where does the apostrophe of contraction go in a contracted word? 3 examples: you are - you're, I am - I'm, I have - I've.

How to barf in space

             Pros  

It has a liner so you can wipe your mouth.
It has a zip lock to keep it closed so the barf doesn't float in the air.
You can vomit in space without keeping it in.



                                                                                                     


          Cons

The barf bag has to stay with you for months.
When you first get to space you feel sick and dizzy .
Your body get confused when you get to space.



Name 5 other tasks which are difficult to carry out in space.

1. Going toilet
2. Eating
3. Going to sleep
4. Moving
5. Crying

Snake Eats Crocodile

 This is very disturbing. a snake eats a dead crocodile!

 Its very sad. because the Rino  kills a baby lion.

NCF tags

a) Research and find 5 facts about NFC tags (what they are, how they work, where they are being used etc). Write up the 5 facts in your post.

they can set an alarm for you and open your car just with your phone and your can just swipe your phone and it pays!

b) What is good about NFC tags? they can make things quicker and easier to do.


c) What is one potential weakness of NFC tags?
It might not work or it could be a scam. They could steal your pin. if you lose your phone they could steal your money and car.