Fab 4 literacy skills

The fab 4:

  Predict- What we guess will happen.

Question- Something you ask to find out information.

Clarify- To make clear something we don't understand.

Summarize- We shorten the key information into our words.

About my book:

Predict- In my book I predict that Percy Jackson will go back to his mum.

Question- Will they have to fight someone?

C

Catchit

Go to this link to watch this short cartoon - https://www.literacyshed.com/catchit.html

Scene One:   At home	I can see a small space and dim light. It reminds me of the burrows I have seen on television that animals dig out as their home. I can see they are all huddled together sleeping so there is not a lot of room. The inside of the burrow is brown so it is dirt that has been dug under the ground.
Scene Two:   First activity of the day	The meerkats awake slowly. Then they all poke their heads out of their burrows. Immediately they scurry to a tree where they spot a rose berry. Instantly they fall in love and gaze amazingly.
`Scene Three:   A feared enemy	A vicious vulture comes along and steals their prized possession (aka the rose berry), and flys away with it. Although the meerkats are not giving up.
Scene Four: Enemies revenge	The vicious vulture swoops up with the rose berry tightly gripped in his hand. Still with hope one meerkat grabs hold of the vulture, with the others following on. They are kinda making a chain by holding on to each other. The vulture tugs and pulls to try and get them off, and succeeds.
Scene Five: The Rescue	The rose berry is thrown into the air with them, just enough for the meerkats to claim it back. As the meerkats gain the rose berry back the vulture slams full body into the rocky wall.
Scene Six: Sport nirvana	The meerkats had a little moment of team work, revenge and victory. So they passed around the rose berry to eachother.
Scene Seven: The End	Sadly carrying on with the sport nirvana one of the meerkats kicked the rose berry in between two trees, scoring. For a split second the meerkats were so happy. Then unfortunately the rose berry hits the ground and splats in half. Slowly the meerkats eyes start to twitch and they look so devestated. Like they are going to burst into tears. Well, that rose berry lived an eventful life.

Artist Street Art

1) What is the significance of the objects and characters?

The artwork connects with our city very well because our city is changing like these penguins.

2) What is the significance of the colours used?

Well, the colours just remind us of where these penguins are. Also just reassures us that its cold there and the icebergs are frozen. Penguins are generally black and white and water is usually a shade of some kind of blue.

3) What is significant about the location of the artwork?

This artwork's location is in the city. Specifically, (corner of oxford terrace and Worchester boulevard, CBD Christchurch.) Since it is relating with our city it was very important to be in the city.

Global Warming - 52 word challenge

Ever thought about global warming? Me neither, until now. This is such an important issue that effects our plants and animals. We have so many cool machines, that we need to burn incredible amounts of fossil fuels to maintain and use them. This is the issue. Do your part to help, please!

To read or not to read...........

To Read or not to Read.........

Everyday in English we all sit down and read our books for 15 minutes. Lately I have been reading " Percy Jackson and the sea of monsters". Instantly this book hooked me in with all the adventures and intense quests they go on. First of all Percy and his classmates are playing dodge ball in the gym and then majority of his classmates turn into monsters called Laistrygonians. Luckily him and his close friend Tyson were alright. 

They found out they were needed at Camp half-blood. Which is a camp for half gods. This is because someone poisoned Thalia's tree. Zeus created Thalia's tree to save his dying daughter. They go on a quest to try to find the golden fleece. Which is the cure for Thalia's tree. Unfortunately for them they encounter a huge boat called "Princess Andromeda". Abroad are a lot of peculiar monsters. Even the person who poisoned Thalia's tree. 

I haven't finished this book yet but I feel like I know what might happen. I predict that Percy and his friends will be trapped on the boat, but will find a way out and kill the poisoner of Thalia's tree. For a price. I think Percy will have to sacrifice something or someone to find the cure.

As you can see below I have made a word poem about "Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters." I made this on https://wordart.com/. Try and check this website out because I think its pretty cool. You should read the book too.

                                  

                                                                                                 

        

Aggressive magpies wreaking havoc - 51 word challenge

Visit this website:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/9443972/Aggressive-magpies-wreaking-havoc

Every spring the magpies go crazy. Magpies peck and dive-bomb which causes major ruination. This is seasonal behavior which affects posties, cyclists, walkers and just the public in general. Did you know that a boy in Australia lost his eye to a magpie! Thankfully the CCC has acknowledged this issue.

 

Street Art

Predict the meaning for the following words and write it in the first box. It can help to break the word up, do you recognize bits of the word that can act as a clue? Have a guess!

Then google search the word and write the dictionary definition in the box on the right to clarify the vocabulary.

Word-	My prediction-	Dictionary definition-
Gallery	Gallery is a place that showcases art.	A room or building for the display or sale of works of art.
Mural	A long big piece of art.	A painting or other work of art executed directly on a wall.
Grafiti	Messy style of art. Spray cans.	Writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place.
Theme	A theme is an idea, concept or aesthetic.	The subject of a talk, piece of writing, exhibition, etc.; a topic.
Commission	Commission is a price or fee you pay for something.	An instruction, command, or role given to a person or group.
Illegal	Illegal is against the law. Copyright.	Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.
Expression	Expression Is a certain way that you show something. E.g facial expression.	The action of making known one's thoughts or feelings.
Gesture	A realistic movement in artwork.	A movement of part of the body, especially a hand or the head, to express an idea or meaning.
Contrasting	Two opposite things combining. E.g blue and orange contrasting is brown.	Differing strikingly.
Mythology	Mythology is a type of art connected to myths, legends, greek gods.	A Collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition.
Native	Something to do with where you live. Your culture is represented in your artwork.	A person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there or not.
Location	The place where your art is located	A particular place or position.
Significant	The most prominent idea in the artwork.	Sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy.

Once completed- copy and paste your chart of definitions into a new blog post.

Next- google search for a piece of ‘Street Art in Christchurch’ and add it to your post, be sure to include the location and artist's name next to the image.

PUBLISH.

Extra for experts- Write sentences for 5 of the above words and add them to your blog post. 

Extra extra for speedy experts- Once you have finished your own blog post, jump onto the blogs of your classmates and look at their bird mascot posts. 

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