Show not tell

We had to show the reader what we were saying, not telling them.

4 things I would like to change in the world

If I could change four things in the world I would change:
#1, Get rid of all the sicknesses - you won't have to go through any sicknesses any more.
#2, Make lego cheaper - All the sets I want cost way too much.
#3, Make you not have to go to school for that long - It eventually gets boring
#4, Make it so that you could always choose what subjects you want to learn - It will be more fun now!

Word of the week, week 11

It was fun doing this since I have never heard of this word. The word is egregious.

A Piece of Writing

Hi, I'm Bob, a Minecraft villager. I live in the blacksmith's hut. My friends are Roger the fisherman, Steve the librarian, Alex and Iry the Iron Golem. And this is my diary.

Well, today was very strange. Alex came back to the village very hurt. She said that there was a Zombie apocalypse at the North village. She said that 10 of the villagers died so there are only 4 left. The 2 iron golems died fighting 4 spiders and thankfully the sun came up or there would not be any villagers left. They are saying that we are going to be next! Alex left and came back 1 hour later with lots of iron blocks and pumpkins to make more Iron Golems.

10 zombies, 100 zombies! Few, I was glad that there was no exit from the building for now! We are having a meeting in the fisherman hut because it was the biggest building in the whole village. Should we rebuild the village into one massive building that no hostile mobs can get into, said Steve. We could have glowstone lights suggested by this nitwit villager. DING! DING! ‘It is time to announce our ideas. My idea is to put armour on while we build a big castle’ announced the big boss villager. ‘Bob, what are your ideas’? ‘Um…’ I muttered, ‘We could build a castle on the edge of this village so we can still come out into the old village, as well as having separate rooms for ourselves that will have everything each village needs’. ‘We could have the old village as old history buildings’ exclaimed Roger.

A few hours later all the brave villagers got diamond armour and diamond swords and went out to attack the Zombies. I looked out the window scared because they could turn me into scary ZOMBIE VILLAGERS! Some of the villagers were sad because they wanted to fight the zombies but they were either Farmers or Blacksmiths. Right then Steve came in with pretty much no armour and no food left. ‘Man, I didn’t notice that there was a Zombie spawner!’ exclaimed Steve, ‘chuck us some food, I’m hungry’. While he ate I watched the Zombies. There were so many of them. ‘How are you doing’ I asked. ‘Well,’ he said, ‘I don’t want to go out again. Hopefully, we will not do any more fighting today and just sleep the night through’. ‘Well, if we do that all the people who have fought will be able to sleep. We can’t risk going through all the houses to get all the beds, It’s too dangerous’ said the big boss villager.

The night was finally over, man that was a long scary night. We only lost two villagers, they were Nitwits. ‘Now we are going to see what Alex’s ideas are’ announced the big boss villager. ‘Thanks, Big Boss Villager, my ideas are 1. We cut down all the trees in the village so mobs can hide behind them. 2. We light up the village so no mobs spawn inside the village. What do you think’? ‘YEAH,’ the crowd cheered. Even I like this idea! ‘OK, that is what we will do, but I had another idea which is 3. Build a cobblestone fence around the village’. Only a few people cheered. ‘Let's get going doing Number one and two. If there is a tree please stay away so that we can destroy them without any harm’ Said Alex finally. I, Roger, and Steve decided to go to a house that has the backyard, you should know the one.  We were thinking about having a fence around the village. ‘We won’t be able to travel to collect special items from other biomes’ said Roger who liked the ocean biome because he could get fish.

It was fun writing this story and I would like to write more. Next time I reckon I could use more descriptive words in a text.

Book review

Book review of the book “By the river” Author and Illustrator - Sarah Penwarden
Kenzie expects school camp to be really boring.
She does raft building, then slides down a slide into the river.
After that, she has fun for the rest of the camp.
I like this story because it tells you that you can still have fun even when you least expect it.
I recommend this book to people who like stories that anything could happen.
I rate this book 6/10 stars and for ages 7-9.

Word of the week - Precocious

I found it hard to do this since we hadn't done it for a while.

Information report

Orographic rain

It was fun making this slide. It is focusing on the south island of New Zealand. The hardest part was making the land and sea since one side of the mountain is higher than the other. Orographic rain is when the wind from the sea comes onto the land, heads up the mountain, turns into a cloud, and rains down to earth. The wind has moisture in it.

True or false questions about Matariki

It was fun writing these questions but you needed to know the answer when you thought of it.

True or false about Matariki

1. Are there 7 sisters. true or false?
2. Are the 7 sisters stars. true or false?
3. Is alcyone one of the stars. true or false?
4. Is the Matariki cluster also known as Pleiades. True or false?
5. Is the southernmost area to see Matariki, Antarctica. True or false?
6. Is the northernmost area to see Matariki, Russia. True or false?
7. Does the word “Matariki” come from America. True or false?
8. The Matariki cluster symbolizes the Maori new year. True or false?

My Childhood

For literacy this week we were writing a poem. It was hard because each line has to rhyme

My fish-eye. My googly-eye.
My Mother. My grandmother.
My fishy. My 2nd fishy.
My little fish 3. My PS3.
My father. My great grandfather.
My cards. My glow-stars.
My 2nd little fish. My silver-colored fish.
My, I'm hungry. My uncle Mickey.
My home. My, want to go home.
My snail Garry. My rock greeny.
My water. My computer.
My aunt Marina. my aunt Terissa.
My dad's brother. My Mum's father.
My lego. My, don't want to.
My food. My, I'm bored.
My 1st fish littler. My dad's mother.
My Kea. My Lollie(s).
My looks. My books.
My Trampoline. My biking.